How To Figure Out Chords To TRICKY Songs

[@TLMuse]

Brilliant intro to secondary dominants! This deserves as many views as your previous winner-fingers crossed for you! -Tom

[@mauricerobillard612]

I'll definitely remember the 5 of the 2nd now in my ears and in my head. Brilliant lesson Aime

[@ozhalljr]

Brilliant! Thanks Aimee.

[@RobyMBeki]

E(7) to Am for "What A Wonderful World" ❤ Always loved that sound, the secondary dominant. Used it in a lot of my songs back when I was 17. Thank you for reminding me that sometimes simple just works better than complicating stuff.

[@tomgleason5546]

This is really helpful for understanding how to think about and recognize secondary dominants, which is exactly what I'm interested in now. Thank you!

[@emanuellandeholm5657]

Very helpful, thank you! As for "What a wonderful day", the "I think to myself" chord really stumped me. Not gonna spoil it for anyone.

[@leechild4655]

I must have wrote it before on your channel but, here it is again. I love the way you teach music theory. Just the sound of your voice is appealing like a school teacher you like attending class of. All the best.

[@charliebarredafriends61]

Thank you for making it simple for everybody to understand.

[@Chipshotz]

Very helpful for that frustrating chord I can hear but can't find. Thank you Aimee!

[@christhacker9450]

Another great and educational video! Thanks!

[@denniswroblewski988]

You are so cool....You explain things so well... Lol... Even I get it... Thank you so much !!! from the heart !!!

[@coreybray9834]

Lovely lesson. I didn't realize secondary dominant extended beyond the 5 of 5. This makes lots of sense. Thanks so much.

[@StratsRUs]

I just realised it's quite rare to find the note of the melody a half-step from the root of the secondary dominant.As in the Ballgame song ! That G#.Usually I can see the harmonic minor or melodic minor housing the melody at that point.But this G# has thrown me.Very humbling. Thank you

[@AimeeNolte]

I just look at it like a little neighbor tone. It’s just a playful way to come off of the A and back to it

[@StratsRUs]

​@@AimeeNolte Thank you !

[@md-ps2hx]

Another great video. Greetings from London UK!

[@JaysterJayster]

I was listening to “lullabye” by Billy Joel and was stricken with all the awesome chord movement and richness especially when he plays it live in interviews or masterclasses I find on KZbin. That song has musically become endlessly beautiful to me. I need to learn it and want to do it by ear if it’s possible xD

[@UrbanGarden-rf5op]

Great video. I watched it on Nebula, off course. ✌✌

[@ayoaina_fpv]

Wow! Just wow! 👏🙏🏾

[@davidespinosa1910]

Nice examples ! BTW, if we can hear seven diatonic chords (and figure out melodies), we can also name the V7 chord for any key. You don't need to tell us to count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

[@2410thijs11]

This is brilliant. I know quite some (jazz) music theory, but often still have difficulties harmonizing songs by ear. This 'V for chord'-trick might be the missing puzzle piece for me😄. Somehow assumed most (pop)songs would always stay diatonic

[@MichaelTrentColvin]

UR sooo talented I LOVE learning new stuff from you ❤🌹🎵🎶

[@LeroyYue]

The final mystery resolved!

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

🙏 merry christmas and happy new year

[@offkilter]

love the hit song “buy me some pee” lmao

[@MichaelTrentColvin]

A+ work 😘

[@singerreid4624]

I usually called it major 6th thanks for the five of 2

[@MichaelTrentColvin]

❤ LOVE U

[@garyvanremortel5218]

Now how about those b5 (flat 5) chords?

[@Bill_Woo]

Here and on your Stepping Out video you referred to a natural minor scale. Why do you use the "natural" variant? It sounds so wrong. Are you employing it for teaching because it is more congruent with intervals and full step progressions? And does it make any difference on Stairway or Come Down in Time to call it Am, vs. A natural minor?

[@AimeeNolte]

The natural minor scale comes from the relative major. So a C major scale is the same as an A natural minor scale. It’s the most basic one to talk about although it’s not the only place that Harmony can come from. You can look at some old Rick Beato videos that talk about the modes of the different minor scales. I think to get more info on this.

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

@@AimeeNolteI remember sitting in Harmony 1 class at Berklee and listening to the teacher explaining V of V.. But he didn’t do it NEARLY as well you did just now .

[@michaelvarney.]

Everything reduces to V-I in the end… ;)

[@MichaelTrentColvin]

Secret shhhh I have a crush on U 😘

[@ricklaino6385]

Sadly..........Noone will use their ears........Google is tooooooo easy.......!!!

[@DrSid42]

Well explained, but come on. This is hardly tricky. Show me what's tricky for YOU ;-)

[@AimeeNolte]

Haha I’ve got plenty of those published already - check my playlists for the advanced stuff🙌🏼

[@victorhugotoledocofre1366]

...buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack... ≅ ...and if she's beside me I know I need never care...