First 3 Years of Berklee in 20 Minutes

[@smc8144]

I think I might need the 3 years instead of the 20 mins.

[@Music1111-v7e]

😂 …yea, hold a seat for me!

[@anatol1204]

😂too much B flat and you are flat on the bed 😅

[@AlfredoCalixto]

😂😂😂

[@Stevestevestevestevestevesteve]

Yup me to

[@StratMatt777]

The first five minutes requires understanding 1st year theory. You need to understand chord theory (at least in the easy key of C), knowing what scale degrees (notes) of the C scale make up each of the 7 diatonic chords. Then at 4:07 he had just finished explaining the primary dominant (relationship), and immediately started talking about the more complex concept of secondary dominant (relationship) that you learn a little bit later, while not pointing out that he was switching from talking about the primary dominant to talking about the secondary dominant with regard to "how we get to the IV (F)". (It's really hard to teach something slow enough for people to understand when they don't know the basics/basic foundation of chord theory. I'm not knocking him!) Then he's right into modes. To understand modes you need to understand the chord theory I mentioned, and each chord's relationship to it's respective mode. I can't wait to watch the last 15 minutes after getting some sleep! I know this is going to be both a fantastic review of everything I've forgotten plus new things I never knew. AWESOME VIDEO! Thank you, sir!

[@i_chatoglou]

Excellent said in 20 minutes! Unfortunately it still needs 3 years to get used to it...

[@gabrielperrymusic]

That's music. One can learn a concept quickly and then spend the rest of their life trying to master it. :)

[@mandrewcurry9416]

Dude, there are ears bleeding all over the world. right now. Never has it been explained in a better, clearer, linear fashion. I've got one student heading to that school that will not be named in Jan. A real head banger, just this week he started turning onto these ideas; it was like that scene when Helen Keler learned how to sign for water! I nearly cried. The conversation just gets more and more interesting. Thanks again.

[@marbinmusic]

Glad it connected some dots for you

[@riazwalji3417]

Stumbled on this genius too early in my journey (playing 30 days). Will revisit later this year!

[@bajovato]

I wish videos like this existed when I was in music school in the early 90s. It would’ve saved me so much time. What an amazing era we live in.

[@Nicksmix97]

The MOST clear and digestible explanation of sub 5’s and their corresponding modal relationships. Makes the jazz program I attempted to learn from seem more irrelevant than I thought lol

[@jonnyguitar747]

This is really kind of mind blowing. Not just the musical knowledge, but how you managed to compress everything into the absolute essentials with nothing extra. I'm not exaggerating when I say the amount of critical information conveyed here is more than I've gained in many MANY hours of watching those hour-long instructionals. I came away from this feeling like I really leveled up instead of feeling like I wasted my time for a drop of honey. Keep it up!!

[@marbinmusic]

Thanks Jonny, I'm glad the lesson was helpful!

[@Immortal_swine]

You, my friend are possibly the best intermediate advanced guitar teacher on KZbin. I can’t wait to sign up for your Patreon.

[@cursedswordsman]

BEST explanation of tritone subs I've ever heard. Holy cow. I just learned it as "oh well the dominant because altered when you make it tritone sub cuz magic"

[@tonyleeglenn]

Well . . . . I've just found my favorite new channel. This video is loaded. Back to the shed for me.

[@gordoncrmn]

I agree with the goldmine. I learn more from Danni then I have in my whole career of playing guitar

[@marbinmusic]

Take some one on one lessons and get your mind expanded bro

[@stevengrinold7631]

Freakin' brilliant lesson. You not only know this stuff, but lucky for us, you can explain it clearly! Glad to see your subscribers going up. Should be much higher!

[@michaelgreen4935]

Deep! For some like me, this is a video I will save and watch until the end of time. Section by section. Thank you!

[@jevinday]

I have an entire playlist of guitar lessons videos saved on my account. If you use KZbin regularly you should try making playlists, I love it!

[@lirong2]

דני שמע זה אחד השיעורם הכי מטורפים ביוטיוב אי פעם ואני אחד שחורש בחיפושים אחרי אלה. כולם מוכרים משהו אבל ממך ממש למדתי מלא דברים חדשים שמקפיצים בעשר רמות. אתה תותח על ותודה. אולי יום אחד תגיע לארץ נזכה לראות אותך זה יהיה גדול תודה !

[@marbinmusic]

@@lirong2 תודה אחי! תצטרף לPatreon

[@Wick3DSteely]

​@@marbinmusic מה! לא הייתי מנחש לעולם שאתה משלנו. תשמע, שנתיים ברימון ואני עדיין נפעם כל סרטון מחדש איך אתה מסביר הכל יותר טוב מכל מורה שהיה לי.

[@marbinmusic]

@@Wick3DSteely יאללה לפרוש וללמוד אצלי פרטי

[@mayploy6869]

i’ve been playing the guitar since it was called a lute in the 1600s and now i finally understand. thank you.

[@marcelocaraballo4394]

My friend, this tutorial most defintely qualyfies top ten among all turorials that produce a radical change in music language comprehension, mannnn I thank the lord I speak english (i´m fron argentina) you literally blow my mind. Just what I needed to be able to actually understand wtf is going on in a song. For ever grateful.

[@marbinmusic]

Thanks man. Join our Patreon !

[@7soulcraft7]

How sweet it is. Sure, MAJ makes sense, now, finally THE explanation of harmonic minor, how , why it works. The joy of a formal music education. Now to work the sweet spots between nat min, harm minor and major. Ah, life is good. Thank you kindly:)

[@robertlukas3036]

This is brilliant teaching. Just so naturally explained and discussed. I can't thank you enough for this lesson.

[@marbinmusic]

@@robertlukas3036 joining the Patreon is thanks enough ;)

[@_Helm_]

man, what a good educator you are. Sincerely thank you sir.

[@markyoungmusic]

Dude, you are a genius! Thank you! (And I went to Berklee)

[@JoshPaterson]

This is fantastic! The explanation of tritone subs makes things so much easier to digest.

[@marbinmusic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@64siskat96]

00:24 is crazy work

[@curmudgeon8]

Pause

[@paxonpresley]

Ayoo

[@fisch723]

Excellent lesson. Explains a lot of concepts I’ve seen in different places but all in one lesson.

[@Villanotrh]

This is brilliant. I've been using all that is described in the video but never actually learned the theories behind them. Saved for rewatch

[@michaeljoshuaholmes4482]

This is the advanced music theory lesson ive been searching for the last decade. I know all of the terms explained here, except their applications in a practical way and better yet, a way to practice them. SUBBED for sure and you earned it.

[@tomchambers4537]

This has tied together so many concepts i thought i had an okay understanding off, amazing video!

[@adamwhitford2177]

This is a rewatcher for sure, had me for awhile but i got overloaded, I'm just a bedroom guitarist, but starting to work on song writing and trying to understand these concepts. Thanks for the dense video and hope i can get more info as I keep rewatching it.

[@chrisbarrineau7896]

I've always wondered why you were treating your dominants differently. This is the video I was waiting on. Makes total sense now! Thanks.

[@JeffMcErlain]

Great job laying this out!

[@bailey.matthewr]

I gave you a thumbs up for your description of this video alone.

[@addradz]

At the end of this video….i will have an awareness of what you are teaching, I can’t imagine how I could implicitly know this information let alone intuitively apply it in my playing. Thanks for the moment of clarity, wish I could catch and keep it!

[@philkor3152]

this video lesson is gold for intermediate players... kudos. also, Ritchie Kotzen eyebrows rock.

[@autotrophical3179]

It's amazing what is being said here because it's not just explained theory for guitar players - it applies everywhere! Tell your bass friends. Piano player probably knows it. Get that rhythm section in the pocket. Thanks for the knowledge and super kudos to the style of expression.

[@marbinmusic]

Rock on!

[@salvatormundi5184]

It's crazy to think that it took me years to find such clear explanation, and that after a year of music school I had absolutely no clue and couldn't understand all of these concepts ! that's how it should always be taught ! Huge thanks.

[@marbinmusic]

Quit school and join our Patreon

[@salvatormundi5184]

@@marbinmusic Gotta get that degree sir...

[@reyescobar2922]

Best and most complete lesson of harmony applied to guitar of the history!!!

[@semihibernation]

This is the video I wish I saw at the beginning, I limped along a long time knowing a lot of pieces but not the big picture presented here. Appreciate your effort here seriously, I'm watching this on repeat for awhile. Would really love another video someday of going even further, how you think about using this whole thing in writing progressions...

[@hrossaman]

My new favorite music theory channel

[@MantisRoutes]

Ok this is the best video on the internet for this stuff. By far the clearest explanations. Thanks for sharing!

[@anti-galacticbackingtracks4154]

Great lesson with massive implications - love the enthusiasm 🙂

[@marbinmusic]

Thanks! 😃

[@turellius]

This was a fantastic lesson! I imagine the Patreon content will really help with integrating these concepts into my playing. I'll be checking that out when I have some time to work on it.

[@enjoybrad81]

Hey Dani! I happen to click on your video and immediately thought you looked familiar and glanced down and realized who you were. Been listening for years and not terribly long ago was blessed to watch Marbin play in my friend's back yard in Missouri. I still wear your shirt nearly every week. But anyways, I also want to thank you for this concise video. This opened up a new plateau for me :) Take care, ya'll!

[@marbinmusic]

@@enjoybrad81 hi bro! Welcome to the channel

[@JustinTrudeau1971]

Great video. All of this is explained in The Berklee Book of Jazz Harmony for those who learn best from books. It’s almost a must-have.

[@monkface]

I'm glad to hear that, because I own that book!

[@jedmarsillo]

🤯 Danny you are an amazing teacher. That actually made so much sense. I will have to go over it a hundred times so it all sticks but I'm finally kind of understanding how dominant chords work. Thank you so much.

[@marbinmusic]

Happy to help. Let me know if you have questions

[@felixserrano1296]

This is a great way of viewing and retaining the info of all dominant functions. Thank you!

[@woolyfuzzy]

My Grand Ma jazzes hard after I sent her this vid. Thanks!

[@chilipeet4610]

Oh my … youre doing some serious brain expanding on us rn. Subbed instantly. Thanks a lot for this lesson 🙏

[@kevinsmith4545]

Excellent work, really clearly explained.

[@elias-vu4tj]

This is the best educational video on youtube man, its like general relativity for dogs, you are an absolute genius

[@DeGroove]

This sounds brilliant! I'll go watch it again now until I fully understand it 🤔 That will probably take me 3 years.

[@globaltempo]

Wow, this video is gold! Thank you so much!

[@brentled]

You make it sound so easy. Very cool and over my head. Thank you.

[@chrismcloughlin163]

Finally .... a tritone substitution lesson that helps. Nice one.

[@stephenbornemann1778]

This is the best explanation I’ve ever come across. Amazing. Thanks so much

[@marbinmusic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dariolombardo84]

Wow! Triton... resolving! Mind blowing, thank you so much 🙏

[@lewis6567]

Fantastic lesson thanks Dani, you are the best!

[@Daanguitarhero]

Lets slow this vid down to where it takes 3 years to finish and i think i can keep up! No joke seriously well made vid and i love your tone

[@SeanMcQuilter_Music]

This was the best summary of music theory I’ve ever found!

[@hectorrascon2671]

The best tutorial ever thank you so much master/teacher Danni,always grateful for the amazing knowledge that you share with all those that admire your awesome talent 🤝👌👍

[@kareizaamune429]

There is method in all the beautiful madness of jazz music. Aha! Nice work.

[@marbinmusic]

Thank you

[@marbinmusic]

Thank you

[@rogerhaase4651]

This is a brilliant lesson. To the point.

[@IraanOzono]

So, I gather from all of this brilliantly presented information, data and psychoacoustics that I can make folks tense, then relax them, then make them tense again, and repeat until the final statement. But maybe the aesthetic and energetic model I seek is different?

[@bobsdock]

🤯 you just put it all together! I have some practicing to do 😳

[@XCPRTP]

This is gold!

[@djsalmon1084]

Love your teaching style. I have the JB book and I’m working through the first 20 licks now!

[@marbinmusic]

Wonderful!

[@rabinserious1]

You struck a gold mine with this podcast. Is it the title?

[@marbinmusic]

@@rabinserious1 yes

[@kazire4591]

Very good, man. I like that you use tritone sub for major and harmonic for minor. That's how it's supposed to be. Some Aebersolds or other real book put alt7 everywhere in minor keys but it's not right. Also I think in the first 3 years they probably teach the diminish chord/scales (dominant and/or passing) and Whole tones scales which are really interesting for improvisation. Maybe Barry Harris for those scales is interesting to watch. Take care

[@anneonym7346]

I have been there (berklee) in the 80's, and it does not work this way ! Harmony program is : Harmony 1 first semester, Harmony 2 second semester and so on until harmony 4. Then modal harmony. This is harmony 2 program, very basic knowledge that one can find everywhere. Also this video is good, but not the way chord scales are being taught at Berklee, for ex chord scales for secondary dominant and resolution to their diatonic target chords are different. Only thing common is the use of lydianb7 on sub V's. Anyhow this kind of basic knowledge, or even much more advanced knowledge will not make a jazz genius of anyone, that's for sure. ! If you are interested, the berklee harmony workbooks 1 2 3 4 are very easy to find online , check them out, you will see by yourself and go deeper about what i am talking about. One more thing : all of this is kind of pure BS, just the very basic grammar of elements that are used in music and improvisation, but certainly not the jazz language ! I teach all of this, and always tell my students that knowing all your scales will definitly NOT help you to play jazz NEVER ! Harmony is much wider subject, and after 4 semester at berklee they go much deeper : Modal interchange, reharm of diminished chords, related II minors of subV's, different types of modulations, etc etc. Once again all of this is available online in those harmony workbooks. But nothing , nothing comes close to transcribing the masters and doing analysis of what they do. Jazz lessons videos on YT is an excellent channel and what is there is close to the real thing, because... There are top class musicians that are teaching ! No BS, Jazz language analysed and played. Have a good musical trip and good luck on this journey that never never ends...

[@HarryMcKenzy]

daaamn. that is amazing content ! thank you for sharing !

[@HristoVelev]

Underappreciated awesome stuff! Very clearly communicated

[@Fastskull]

Gonna be honest.. this video appears to be really helpful and the comments clearly support that. For the first few minutes of this video I felt the gears turning in my head and I was starting to get what you were talking about. After that, the video unfortunately started to feel like it was speeding up a lot in terms of advanced terminology and made some assumptions about what the viewer already knows. I will come back to this video eventually and see if it makes sense then!!

[@HFox-qh7jj]

Excellent. Thank you. I have to work on this for some weeks. Great

[@QBRX]

This is incredible, but just a bit to much for me to grasp in 20 minutes. I need some charts and time to go through all this. But I got enough from it to understand it's value. Thank you!

[@marbinmusic]

It’s broken down on the Patreon

[@ericpalmer3588]

Wow, that’s way you explain things is great, thank you.

[@marbinmusic]

Glad it was helpful! Check out the Patreon for much more

[@lydianboy6874]

Man, I just love your content. Thanks a lot.

[@marbinmusic]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@as_v8]

Rapid-fire information taught in a digestible way. No other music theory video is this informative in 20 mins!

[@helderluispereira8898]

Excellent Dani! Please, can you share an example or give a nice tip to organize the practice sessions with the guitar in order to improve that knowledge in a practical way? Thanks!

[@NC17z]

This is by far the "Greatest Music Theory Lesson" I have ever had. My mind just went "Kaboom". I learned the entire Sal Salvador Mode Method as a child, and now that I'm in my 50s I still gravitate to Major or Minor 6 Scale or Pentatonic Maj/Min. Understanding the "Why" in the other modes just makes so much sense. I hear this in every one of importance in the guitar fusion/jazz word use these techniques and I always considered they know some secret gimmick or trick but its not,... they just know and understand this. F'n Amazing! I'm going to be studying this till the day I die in every key. I'm just absolutely floored by this. You had me at HARMONC MINOR! I love that scale however, had absolutely no idea that it truly had a purpose. Thank you Thank you Thank you for posting!

[@marbinmusic]

Sure! Consider joining our Patreon for more of this style of teaching and help with this concept

[@sese6344]

To say it in words of my favorite teacher on KZbin: "Thank you so much" You really helped to connect some dots in my brain, now I need to find time to practice more. 🫠

[@sabbathkennedy]

This lesson is going to break the guitarnet world 🌎 🎸 🔥

[@jessedenner]

But what if I'm using a capo? Jk...Great stuff man. Loved catching you all a bit back and also thank you for doing a clinic that day at the last minute.

[@S7320]

Great video!! Thanks Dani!

[@budsticky]

Came here to learn how to make techno bangers..ended up learning some harmony.

[@SpyneMetal]

Great explanation and examples. Keep up the great work!!

[@marbinmusic]

Thanks, will do! Check out our patreon

[@williammayer7802]

THANK YOU for covering the harmonic minor side aswell. The missing piece for me!!!

[@AhmetKizilay0]

This was super helpful. Thanks!!!

[@gabrielperrymusic]

You're going to put yourself out of business with a video like this. ;) This is awesome, such a great presentation. Thank you.

[@marbinmusic]

Wow, thank you!

[@gabrielperrymusic]

@@marbinmusic - I really love your playing and teaching style. I went to Berklee in '91. Did 3 semesters. I'm still trying to put it all together. Music is wonderful that way. Maybe you can make some videos about how to do what you did in this video but for minor keys? Anyway, such good stuff.

[@chilipeet4610]

@@gabrielperrymusicthis might be a studpi question, but how would a minor key be any different? Its just the relative to the major key isnt it? Like the 6th th is the new starting point in relation to this isnt it

[@gabrielperrymusic]

@@chilipeet4610 - Well, sort of. One has so many other choices with minor keys. For instance, one could use a Melodic Minor or Harmonic Minor scale as the parent scale and build harmonies accordingly. One doesn't just have to use a Natural Minor scale. So, I'm really asking, how does one approach Melodic and Harmonic Minor keys using the same kind of analysis and approaches presented in this fine video.

[@lionPGF]

Simply said ….AWESOME! Thank you!

[@wear246]

אלוף דני,ייקח לי הרבה זמן ללמוד את זה אבל איך שאתה מסביר את זה 👏👏👌

[@jamesdaviesguitar]

Very well explained. Nailed it

Excellent! Thank you.

[@Beyond_Right]

I always thought of resolution as something btw chords, not something btw scales. Blew my mind!

[@turbodownwarddog]

nice work!!

[@anatol1204]

The funny thing is that there are people that writing amazing music without knowing almost anything of this and other than know everything but they are not able to make a hit song Certainly I don't mean that this is useless but for me atlas for songwriting the most important thing is the capability to write good melody and this is a matter of pure talent, most just can t

[@Birutaginkgolab]

Great explanation ! Thumbs up

[@dominickegan]

Fantastic lesson! (Joined as Free member but couldn't find tabs, thanks.)

[@dancouriel]

Absolutely amazing. Thanks!!! I just joined Patreon but was not able to find tabs for this lesson?

[@marbinmusic]

It’s all on there. Look at the index that Nick made

[@marbinmusic]

Here's a direct link: www.patreon.com/posts/first-3-years-of-110457768?Link& There's a "Master List" of all of the lessons with links pinned to the top of the posts page. There's a patreon glitch where some members have issues with the links on the list. At the moment the only work around is to use the search function at the top right of the posts page to get to the desired lesson. Thanks for the support and welcome!

[@dancouriel]

@@marbinmusic I couldn't find it but I joined as a monthly subscriber and now the attachments are there. Figured I'd better support you guys given how much knowledge you provide for free. Thanks

[@lewiscano1350]

Incredible video. Thank you.

[@marbinmusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rogerhaase4651]

Some might not like it that Dani has strong opinions...but he's always right!

[@sergeko5834]

Fantastic video !

[@dremcfleuve]

I will have to watch this a dozen times with pen and paper 😅

[@yakovest]

Incredible lesson!!!!