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@winstonsyme58996 ай бұрын
Does the pivot note have to be in both keys? In the example, you picked the third, but said you can use any note. But does the note have to be in both keys?
@ChrisMuellerMusic4 ай бұрын
@@winstonsyme5899yes. That is why this works.
@dudleyspikeclarke13556 ай бұрын
Your Leonardo DiCaprio impersonation was just uncanny.... I think you have missed your calling...
@14theguitarman6 ай бұрын
Incredibly useful! … Thank you ✨
@jmurray20186 ай бұрын
Hey GM in non music related news we had to changes keys as apposed to changing a key when our door lock busted.. So that’s what popped into my head. Anyways hope your ok and y’all not burning the midnight oil too much you looked a little tired and we can’t have our rockstar with a lack energy when putting on those glassy shades of awesomeness 😎 (understandable if you’ve been running up and down Italian mountains - though that looked remarkable like a gentle hill.
@ThinkSpaceEducation6 ай бұрын
gentle hill...mountain..... who's counting
@jmurray20186 ай бұрын
@@ThinkSpaceEducation well with that nimble footwork it looked like you were tip toeing thru the tulips 🌷 on a gentle hill instead of trying to recover from a Punta San Matteo climb. Maybe we get to see you on dancing with the stars one day.
@GediRitter6 ай бұрын
Some portions of this video are so weird.... AND I LOVE IT xD
@johnmac80846 ай бұрын
Entertaining as well as informative, thanks Guy 😅
@ThinkSpaceEducation6 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@MttHny6 ай бұрын
This was very insightful! Exactly the video I've been needing to see. You are the man! Thank you so much
@wtpwtp6 ай бұрын
What piano keyboard are you playing on?
@chrisg52716 ай бұрын
Can’t honestly say I really understood but kind of made sense ! Well I enjoyed it sounded cool
@zandel_zandel6 ай бұрын
At 1:56 stopped to say this: already looks a great video! Subscribed.
@alfredodark64806 ай бұрын
It helps when you road-splain it.
@bernardraconte63556 ай бұрын
Merci beaucoup pour toutes vos vidéos (from France, near Chateauneuf du Pape !)
@ericleiter61796 ай бұрын
This video was alot of fun...isn't the Titanic bit just another harmonic slide-reinterpreting the E major's G# as an Ab???
@MyOwnWayMusic4 ай бұрын
Guy I love your videos but I think key changes could be explored further. The video skimmed over the 2-5-1 method of changing keys, good to show minor variations of the 2-5-1, (2-7, 57, 1) or using the 4/5 method or modulating up to a major 4th. Interestingly the prolific songwriters Stock Aitken Waterman had key changes in probably 80 - 90 % of their songs, usually modulating up a major 4th, sometimes up a minor third.. Two purposes 1. to give the chorus a lift from a pre chorus buildup and also in many cases to keep the singers limited vocal range within an octave or a bit over an octave. Islands In The Stream by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rodgers is another interesting example of key changes to suit the singers vocal ranges whereas the BeeGees version remained in one key. Thanks again, David
@swessels6 ай бұрын
New MIDI keyboard? Love the way you explained this.
@MreenalMams6 ай бұрын
Do non-musicians perceive key changes..?
@ceasetheday876 ай бұрын
I would like to think so. You don’t have to know music theory to have a perception of sound. It’s like being a passenger in a car while blindfolded. Sometimes the car stops abruptly so it’s definitely noticeable and jolting but, other times, the car slows slowly so it’s less noticeable. Key changes are probably similar feeling. Only difference between a musician and non-musician is the blindfold is off for a musician.
@zarkymusic6 ай бұрын
@@ceasetheday87 or like at a concert the light shows, noone realises about what's actually happening there, cause you focus on the music, but if it sucks in comparison to a very good light show, you will have a different feel of it, it's there, and you see it, but you don't realise it's doing anything with you
@nedim_guitar6 ай бұрын
This is very helpful. I've been working on a rock sort of song for a while now. I like the effects I'm using and where I'm going. I come onto the major 6th chord and I know that's is not parallel minor, but I don't know what it is. It could just be a key change, and this, now major chord, could be I, IV or V. So, I need to sing it and figure out where I want to take it.
@alleyway32159 күн бұрын
At 4:29, you demonstrated the pivot chord modulation. I love using secondary dominant pivot modulations. They feel quite accessible most of the time. I also love using the modal pivot chords. Say, a bVIII in Gmaj which is also a bIII in Amin. Those can be especially colored with Oooohs and Aaaahs.
@MikJames-d1g6 ай бұрын
Sometimes you just gotta put the theory aside and Shia Labeau that 💩 Theory is a mathematical perspective, a way for nerds to dilute the process of composition. The only way I use theory these days is to avoid blatant cliches.
@Darkest_of_Winter5 ай бұрын
Hey Guy!! I think I might have to lift that C & C#m progression…
@SqueamishCactus6 ай бұрын
Always love learning new stuff and Guy explains it so well. He truly is a maestro. ❤👍
@Kevhuman5 ай бұрын
Could you cover using tritone substitutions and bridging chords ? Pls
@JanBLarsson6 ай бұрын
Guy's take on Titanic swiftly changes every key to EASTER! Enjoy the holidays. Really needed this video now :)
@ThinkSpaceEducation6 ай бұрын
Glad it hit the spot
@alexchristodoulou6 ай бұрын
Isn’t also the dim7 a common way to jump to other keys?
@ThinkSpaceEducation6 ай бұрын
In that dim7 sounds like a bit of a harmonic car crash anything would sound good after that
@alexchristodoulou6 ай бұрын
@@ThinkSpaceEducation 😂
@genuinefreewilly57066 ай бұрын
Absolutely, sadly its not so fashionable these days, and neither is jazz. If you like it use it. Symmetrical scales and intervals are cool, they allow you to move to any key
@dungeonsdierolls76176 ай бұрын
The dim7 of a key functions in the same way as the dominant 7th - they have three out of four notes in common.
@genuinefreewilly57066 ай бұрын
@@dungeonsdierolls7617 There are no rules as to where dim chords or half dim chords resolve to or go to, there are only 3 of them. Perhaps symmetrical intervals and scales are really in the realm of physics and math more than music. Yes they can clash and be jarring. I could care less. I love them. Spread voicings in different positions can sound really go. Dim chords are the msg or umami of music but for whatever reason not popular these days and neither is jazz
@PeteGeorges5 ай бұрын
I like this Guy! Pun intended. Smart and funny ;-)
@dirtyharry18816 ай бұрын
11:21 It is obviously from C# minor to Ab not from E major.
@jonos1386 ай бұрын
I'm not expert at this, but i go with the feel and decide where I'm passing through or changing key. But here is the biggest tricky one I find. Let's say your writing a song, you pass through a chord, or change key, how do you then work the chords so you can end up back in the original key you started. If that makes sense? A lot of great song do this and find that last chord after a key change that brings them back to the original key they started in.
@robertdraper1456 ай бұрын
You can rationalise the return to the home key using pivot chords/ pivot notes in the same way that Guy modulated away from the home key, but it can sound rushed if you go ‘straight home’. You may need to utilise a ‘stop off’ passing key or two along the way to smooth out the journey back. It often helps if you modulate to the flat side of the home key just before returning home, as this lifts the music when returning to the home key (due to the sharper nature of the home key), rather than descending down to it - e.g. if the home key is C major, modulate through F major or d minor before returning to C, using the techniques Guy demonstrated.
@Geo-Dome6 ай бұрын
Just confirming, changing key is like Cmaj, then go to Fmaj or minor but changing mode is like going from Alloniun, to say mixalidium or locriation.... yes? but with better spelling
@ThinkSpaceEducation6 ай бұрын
Yup more or less
@ronaldrayner50496 ай бұрын
Great fun ,using D in C - reason to believe ,Tim Hardin etc. ,I Play a C chord(key of C) ,go to an A major then to F ,not exactly a key change ,outside of this explanation ,but I didn't watch it through , Try E harmonic minor ,somewhat Middle Eastern , has at least one shared chord with the key of F ,so Em to B flat major ,C and F , get back in reverse B flat to Em ,might also work with a Neapolitan minor 6 . This guy knows his stuff ,I liked to seeing the Circle of fifths ,It makes finding the entrances and exit a lot easier. I'll watch this vid again and again.
@sjlearning1496 ай бұрын
One really cool way I like is using the chromatic parts of the minor scale 1 -> 7 -> b7 or the chromatic parts of the blues scales 4->5b->5 to introduce notes that can be a part of a key change. For instance 1 -> 7 ->b 7 -> 6 in the bass and then using the major IV back to minor i suddenly puts you in dorian or 5->b5->4->3 in the bass can switch you into major with a nice minor iii - major I tranition.
@johannborchersfriends6 ай бұрын
The piper always gets paid in the end.
@hellion_spitfire6 ай бұрын
Guy, could you please tell me what settings you changed for the keyboard sensitivity? I have the same Keylab mk2 keyboard. Thanks for your videos, always very nice
@MartinJG1006 ай бұрын
Great stuff, Guy. Cycling through keys is a really interesting technique and adds so much to the piece. PS - 2:46 :)..
@DarkSideofSynth6 ай бұрын
How to change key: Simple. You go to a locksmith and buy a new one. There. I've just shown you music theory is useless Joking. It is VERY useful, and sometimes even fun!
@taggartjs6 ай бұрын
You simply must do a video about your awesome studio building with which I’m obsessed. I’m planning on building one of my own and yours has inspired me to no end. Oh, and I love the videos, too. Very informative, sir!❤
@onlyeyeno6 ай бұрын
Thanks for another very enjoyable and entertaining video. Though I must confess that I know close enough to nothing about music and even less about composition, and I come here only because I very much enjoy the tone and manor that the concepts are presented. I enjoy listening to (and watching) all "masters of a craft" who have the ability to demonstrate, describe and explain their "craft" in an approachable way. And if I from time to time even manage to pick up some small morsel that gives me a tiny bit more understanding of subject presented, then that's just a bonus :) Best regards.
@denselman6 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@nobodyofconsequence99306 ай бұрын
OMG . I feel like I just spent a day at Disneyland! Not really sure what happened but getting back in line for the next ride. Thanks
@meljames1726 ай бұрын
Very interesting video, unfortunately I am still trying to work out where C0 key switch is on an 88 key piano, let alone changing modes. Not quite there yet, but eventually!
@alyamin34586 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Guy! I've been subscribed for a while now and your videos really help me become a better musician, love from Egypt.
@davidskolik53036 ай бұрын
LSD trip if anything.
@qldsafari6 ай бұрын
Wow, this is like opening Pandora’s box, awesome thank you!
@netuno606 ай бұрын
Very good Guy! Whaaat!? Yes, it was a very good video Mr.Guy. Thank you for all you have teached me.
@joeldavidpalmer6 ай бұрын
Super clear and, as always, an inspiration. Now, get to work, me!
@ThinkSpaceEducation6 ай бұрын
Thanks - go for it
@LP-music6 ай бұрын
Let me guess... Monte Amiata?
@CesarDMarin6 ай бұрын
This is amazing! Thank you for the video! I have learned about but you have explained it better...
@jorisguitars3 ай бұрын
Great video and lesson!!
@ccostantyt3 ай бұрын
From Italy ... What an amazing way to explain this😃!
@ToCoSo6 ай бұрын
Always such great tips and reminders!
@ThinkSpaceEducation6 ай бұрын
Thanks
@DaveB0wer6 ай бұрын
Enlightening, thank you! I’m off to make some noise.
@anatomicallymodernhuman51756 ай бұрын
As Melanie sang, you’ve got a brand new key.
@chrismoule72425 ай бұрын
saved in my Music list - thank you.
@joegrint62806 ай бұрын
Very interesting - thanks Guy!
@davidsinclair6996 ай бұрын
Thanks Guy. Really interesting material and ideas for me to play around with.
@ThinkSpaceEducation6 ай бұрын
Have fun!
@grahamtruckel6 ай бұрын
Did I catch a snippet of "Windmill in Old Amsterdam" at 8:25?
@ThinkSpaceEducation6 ай бұрын
Oh my lord that takes me back
@stiffiron6 ай бұрын
Another great video!
@DanIel-fl1vc6 ай бұрын
I think dropping a fifth is an option too. I think in all cases the "key" is build up to it so it doesn't come as a surprise.
@dungeonsdierolls76176 ай бұрын
He did that in the video. He sequenced from I to IV, which is going downward in the circle of fifths.
@DanIel-fl1vc6 ай бұрын
@@dungeonsdierolls7617 Did he, maybe I didn't pay attention. In my head I think of it as V to I. Choose pivot chord, move a single note and go down a fifth.
@PeteMel18756 ай бұрын
Great video 👍
@alexchristodoulou6 ай бұрын
Very nice, thanks!
@bethenyruefsongs6 ай бұрын
I definitely relate to Dr. Strange...😝
@ThinkSpaceEducation6 ай бұрын
Ha!
@JxH6 ай бұрын
The NSA requests that you do not change encryption keys.
@JxH6 ай бұрын
The NSA just called back to apologize for the misunderstanding. Please disregard previous. ;-) !!
@ThinkSpaceEducation6 ай бұрын
ha ha ha
@mantrapotro6 ай бұрын
Amazing as usual ! 🖐🏻. Thanks a lot Guy 🙏🏻
@ThinkSpaceEducation6 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@vaibhavsingh26156 ай бұрын
Sir i want to ask you when thinkspace academy are coming up with its complete orchestral bootcamp?
@ThinkSpaceEducation6 ай бұрын
thinkspace.ac.uk/courses/#bootcamp
@vaibhavsingh26156 ай бұрын
@@ThinkSpaceEducation it's shows me be notified when new dates are announced
@musiceclipse6 ай бұрын
There are always more ways to do anything. One method of key change I did in a student composition of “Easter music“ as I started with a theme in a minor, which we can call the Gethsemane theme just before the ending there is an extended pedal on C, and the same set of notes comes back as the “resurrection theme“ but it is now in C major. You might call this the Clark Kent method. All that changes is the clothing.
@diiosaodiiosa6 ай бұрын
the pointless trip to a mountain in italy to explain g major.. i thought guy had become too serious at first, but then i realized that it was all just another one of his tricks
@SirWhiteRabbit-gr5so6 ай бұрын
It's not pointless, it's a business expense on the taxes.