Chromatic Mediants Explained

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I agree 100%! This is the best explanation of chromatic mediants on the net! He took it from classical to neo soul! Warren has a very wide background and understanding of music.

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I am studying this video for two hours straight... It has a lot of interesting voicings and many other stuff... And what made me come here is transcribing "Stairway to heaven". They make this movement right in the beginning of the song, when they use D major as a passing chord to get from C to Fmaj7. The song is in Am. I am so glad to discovered this and you helped me understand the concept even better! Thank you! Greetings from Serbia

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This is crazy, i play those chords everyday with out even knowing they are called chromatic mediants😂, i need to learn theory! Thanks alot Warren! now I can play them more with some knowledge about what am playing

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Love the way that you use the chromatic mediants as a passing chord! Great job!

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Really well explained. Made much more sense than there other videos on KZbin about chromatic mediants. You are a fantastic teacher the way you describe things. I appreciate your skill.

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This lesson was super helpful! I knew roughly "how" to use chromatic mediants, but this taught why it works, which better teaches how to apply the use. Thanks!

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Excellent explanation of a deep subject. Some of this was over my head (okay, half of it was over my head) but I think with some practice and several views of this tutorial I'll have an understanding of key modulations that I've sought for a long time.

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using the chromatics as passing but extending is so nice.

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Thank you. I was wondering how to use chromatic medians in black contemporary music

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Now I know what chromatic medians are. Thank you for sharing.

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Progressions at 11:15 and 14:22 sounds so tasty! Thank you for your tutorials, they are super useful!

[@tmusic8946]

Nice sound using Chromatic Mediants. I just tried one going from Cmaj7 to E7/b9 Fma7/9. As you said, the E7/b9 sounds good as a passing chord.

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Powerful, so in relation to a tonic chord, first degree being minor or major

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Thank you very much my mentor I have always want to know more about chromatic median

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Excellent lesson, Warren. Especially good is the practical application of the theory. Minor point - Debussy and Ravel are technically Impressionist, not Romantic...

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Vico Re thanks for watching, and yes I’m very much aware of Debussy’s and Ravel’s technical period - I sometimes miss things while on camera. Never the less, the technique is employed extensively in their music.

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@@PianoLessonwithWarren Hey, you've inspired me to go back and review my music history for mediant modulations. I'm pretty sure Wagner used them, and Dvorak, too. Maybe Mahler? Also, in more contemporary context, isn't the beginning progression in Yesterday by the Beatles considered a mediant? Also I think Creep by radiohead?

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Vico Re yes, yes, and yes, 😊 your music history is definitely on point. The chromatic mediant I believe really started in late classical era, even probably with Mozart (I’d need to review that) but definitely with Beethoven. Then the romantic guys ran with extensively, most definitely can be heard all over Wagner’s symphonic works. Beetles and Radiohead also used it - Radiohead pulled a lot of inspiration for “classical” pieces.

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[@zipperhead101]

Question for ya, please. For the chord of Cmaj, I go down two steps in the C major diatonic scale and get A. So, therefore, Amaj is a chromatic mediant chord to Cmaj. How then does Ab get to become also a chromatic mediant chord? Same idea with going up two steps to E makes the chord of E but also Eb. How does that work? What is the 'rule' there? PS, thanks and so glad I ran across this video. I've been studying modulations in general and have spent a good bit of time on specifically the Chromatic Mediant modulation. I am still struggling and waiting for that light bulb to come on. Thanks again!!!

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These are the criteria for chromatic mediant 1. Both root chords are separated either by a major third or minor third. 2. Both chords shares at lease one chord tone.

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Hi Warren! Nice video! I learned the chromatic mediants that have no common tones to the original key as doubly chromatic mediants. Have you ever heard this?

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No I’ve never heard of that, but could be true, will have to look it up.

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I thank you very much for this wonderful lesson but I have a question is it possible to describe augmented and diminished with chromatic Mediants

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I don’t believe I’ve ever used those chords in that context

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Help me understand discover chromatic chords and how to use them

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Is the neo soul progression in the key of C? How does the Bb related and DB relate

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Loud Production Gang give me a time stamp for the exact section of the video you’re referring to and I’ll check it out and respond. At the moment I don’t quite understand the question without know where you’re referring to in the video.

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Piano Lesson with Warren 14:15

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Loud Production Gang yes the home chord would be C, but Neo Soul doesn’t follow traditional rule of harmony and key. However if you want to create a relation, the Eb is the chromatic median for C, Bb is the b7 ( also the 5 of Eb) the Db is the b7 of Eb ( also the chromatic mediant for Bb). So overall, I’m just moving between the key of C to the key key of Eb.

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[@klevens5496]

I don’t understand how you went from the [Eb maj7 13 chord] to the [Bb maj7 13 chord] to the [Db maj7 13 chord] back to the [C major7 13 chord] in the Neo Soul chord progression. Could you explain how this works?

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@@klevens5496 Neo Soul music isn’t based on tonality or traditional rule of harmony, which is why it’s considered vibe music. You can literally combine chords of any quality, from any tonality. It’s like impressionist music

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[@ekiwkiw]

Hi warren, at 15:42 when u go from Eb to Bb, Bb is not the chromatic mediant of Eb right?

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Correct, Bb the the Dominant. Chromatic Mediant is always either a minor 3rd or major 3rd apart.

[@ekiwkiw]

@@PianoLessonwithWarren Oh so the movement is C > Eb is chromatic mediant, when u decide to move from Eb to Bb is just like 5 to 1, and then Bb to C# is the chromatic mediant again?

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Yehezkiel Allwin Brilianto Sihombing correct 😊

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Good that sounds better. can the Cromatic mediants be used In any song?

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Michael Darko oh yeah 😎

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Pierre Helou thanks for watching, but I do have lots of video materials that cover this stuff on my website pianolessonwithwarren.com

[@raphaelkasongo8377]

Hello! How is a E7 able to resolve to an F major? Should it not wanted to resolve to A major? (@10:10-10:33)

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

It’s functioning a a temporary modal shit to the relative minor. In the Of A minor, you have E7 going to F and vice versa. I simple took that movement and use it in the relative major.

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@@PianoLessonwithWarren oh okay I think understand what you did then. When I play A minor scale in 3rds, if I use the harmonic one, E is major going into F that is also major. Thanks

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Piano Lesson with Warren Thanks. You respond fast.

[@wallacethomas6441]

Just happened on your video looking for something else and I was hooked. In the neo-soul progression, was there any particular relationship between the E flat chord and the B chord as it pertains to chromatic mediant, or was it just a way to keep the phrase going?

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Yes, the Eb/D# is the chromatic mediant of B

[@wallacethomas6441]

@@PianoLessonwithWarren Thanks! I definitely missed those two being related.

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Great Job man I love it

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[@leopardSKINZ]

Hi there! I found this video really helpful!.. but I have a question about the chord progression at the end. I can't seem to connect the Bb via thirds to the C or Eb.. it seems to jump in from nowhere. I think Im missing something. It sounds great though so I'd like to be able to replicate it. Cheers in advance!

[@supahsean6710]

I know this response is really late and you may have already figured it out... but the Eb and Bb are a 5th relationship. I don't think Warren was trying to imply that the chords he played were a chain of Chromatic Mediants, but two chromatic mediant pairs. Hope that helps.

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Thank you very much!!!!!!

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