Memorize Every Major & Minor Chord Forever [EASY]

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Make sure you stick around to the "+1" section - it's important to make sure you remember these FOREVER. Get the cheat sheet here: bestpianoclass.com/chordscheat 00:00 Intro 00:20 Chord Shape 1 01:32 Chord Shape 2 02:10 Chord Shape 3 03:40 Big Beginner Trap!!! 04:52 Chord Shape 4 05:31 How to Remember Them FOREVER Happy practicing!! -Zach

[@any.user.allowed.]

WWW (Straight) C Major F Major G Major WBW (Triangle) D Major E Major A Major (If you use fingers thumb, pointer, and ring or 124 the gap between 2 and 4 is closer to eachother. 2 will be farther from 1, if your using your right hand) BWB (Inverted Triangle) Db Major Eb Major Ab Major (How to tell if you press wrong middle key? Its not right if it sounds depressing and, its correct when it doesnt sound sad. When it sounds sad, its actually a minor) Minor Chords Just move down the middle key of a Major Chord down a key, which applies to all chords. Wildchords Gb Major - BBB (get Gb, skip, get, get) B Major - WBB (get B, skip a black key, get the 2 black keys) A#/Bb Major - BWW (get A#/Bb, Middle white inbetween of 2 black, get 1st white key where the other section starts) [Some tips were what I learned and observed)

[@PianoKathy]

Dziękujemy.

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Thank you!!

[@nigellutze9981]

Love your content, just one thing, I play with my headphones on so not to annoy my family with practice. I am impressing myself....and that is enough. Learning to love playing.

[@bruderjr]

me too!

[@RichardChappell1]

I appreciate the apparently simplistic approach, but focus on the key colors in reality over complicates it all. I have found the very best thing is to just know that a major chord starts on any root, count 4 keys (white and black) and then 3 (white and black). Then you don't have to memorize note colors, and you can make a major chord at any note. Learning the other chords from the major is then a simple rule for each. Drop the middle not one step for a minor; diminished is dropping both the middle and top a step; and augmented is a major with the top note raised a step. They are much simpler rules and they don't depend on what key the chord is in to learn.

[@AKumar-co7oe]

yeah the math method is way quicker

[@furkaneryaman5272]

Couldn't explain better. I've been searching to find easiest content for a while. fortunately came across this video and learned permanently, thanks a lot!

[@silentwave5540]

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[@SunilKalamkar-u4x]

Sir you are a legend and a true master❤

[@Gr8FriknApe]

Great video Zach. Your shared knowledge and videos are appreciated. Tks for everything you do.

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it

[@AdamJamesEarlyChasebliss-ru8tq]

Also the most attractive man I've ever seen!

[@lilianaprina5991]

Thanks it's a pretty amazing way of learning.

[@gt2978]

Excellent video. Thanks for pitting fhis out for us.

[@kyawkhantshin3876]

this makes me easy to undestand thanks Teacher

[@eirysepoet]

Omg total GENIUS!! Thank you so much for total beginners like me! You're my 1st go to MUSIC teacher!

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Love the attitude :) thank you!!

[@eirysepoet]

@@becomeapianosuperhuman6765 I always wanted to learn and be as optimistic as tou do with your students 😁

[@JeevanBiswa-hh8pq]

Great.. m gonna learn it... Thanks...🇮🇳

[@KountryCuz1]

I am Loving your lessons Thank you so much I Got A new keyboard coming this Week !!!!!!!!!

[@cyngarcia1097]

Thia is exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks loads for sharing!!!

[@haidarAlshakhes]

Thanks!

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Welcome!

[@Joy_ethan]

Bro your the best

[@ashleyjoshj]

Awesome Brother

[@nuoctoi-ktm]

Thanks

[@cferguson6688]

Hey Ted, thank you very much for the video. I thought about your complete course but I really dont have alot of time to dedicate to this. and at 66 years old, well, trying to impress people is not high on the priority list. I have a long history of playing the guitar, so years ago when I decided to throw playing keyboard in there and know base 3rd and 5th helped out there. Then over the years I have progressed but when you take months off between, well, advancement doesnt happen quick, I watched your jazz vid where you move two fingers down the scale and its sounds pretty good, Probelm is getting the right hand to sound good hasnt worked out. But then, I have only been at this for a couple of weeks. Oh yea, I can already play by ear. Thanks again.

[@ugenegareth9339]

I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, show this also to thy servant: whether after death, as soon as every one of us yields up his soul, we shall be kept in rest until those times come when thou wilt renew the creation, or whether we shall be tormented at once?" 76 He answered me and said, "I will show you that also, but do not be associated with those who have shown scorn, nor number yourself among those who are tormented. 77 For you have a treasure of works laid up with the Most High; but it will not be shown to you until the last times. 78 Now, concerning death, the teaching is: When the decisive decree has gone forth from the Most High that a man shall die, as the spirit leaves the body to return again to him who gave it, first of all it adores the glory of the Most High. 79 And if it is one of those who have shown scorn and have not kept the way of the Most High, and who have despised his law, and who have hated those who fear the Most High -- 80 such spirits shall not enter into habitations, but shall immediately wander about in torments, ever grieving and sad, in seven ways. 81 The first way, because they have scorned the law of the Most High. 82 The second way, because they cannot now make a good repentance that they may live. 83 The third way, they shall see the reward laid up for those who have trusted the covenants of the Most High. 84 The fourth way, they shall consider the torment laid up for themselves in the last days. 85 The fifth way, they shall see how the habitations of the others are guarded by angels in profound quiet. 86 The sixth way, they shall see how some of them will pass over into torments. 87 The seventh way, which is worse than all the ways that have been mentioned, because they shall utterly waste away in confusion and be consumed with shame, and shall wither with fear at seeing the glory of the Most High before whom they sinned while they were alive, and before whom they are to be judged in the last times. 88 "Now this is the order of those who have kept the ways of the Most High, when they shall be separated from their mortal body. 89 During the time that they lived in it, they laboriously served the Most High, and withstood danger every hour, that they might keep the law of the Lawgiver perfectly. 90 Therefore this is the teaching concerning them: 91 First of all, they shall see with great joy the glory of him who receives them, for they shall have rest in seven orders. 92 The first order, because they have striven with great effort to overcome the evil thought which was formed with them, that it might not lead them astray from life into death. 93 The second order, because they see the perplexity in which the souls of the unrighteous wander, and the punishment that awaits them. 94 The third order, they see the witness which he who formed them bears concerning them, that while they were alive they kept the law which was given them in trust. 95 The fourth order, they understand the rest which they now enjoy, being gathered into their chambers and guarded by angels in profound quiet, and the glory which awaits them in the last days. 96 The fifth order, they rejoice that they have now escaped what is corruptible, and shall inherit what is to come; and besides they see the straits and toil from which they have been delivered, and the spacious liberty which they are to receive and enjoy in immortality. 97 The sixth order, when it is shown to them how their face is to shine like the sun, and how they are to be made like the light of the stars, being incorruptible from then on. 98 The seventh order, which is greater than all that have been mentioned, because they shall rejoice with boldness, and shall be confident without confusion, and shall be glad without fear, for they hasten to behold the face of him whom they served in life and from whom they are to receive their reward when glorified. 99 This is the order of the souls of the righteous, as henceforth is announced; and the aforesaid are the ways of torment which those who would not give heed shall suffer hereafter." 100 I answered and said, "Will time therefore be given to the souls, after they have been separated from the bodies, to see what you have described to me?" 101 He said to me, "They shall have freedom for seven days, so that during these seven days they may see the things of which you have been told, and afterwards they shall be gathered in their habitations." 102 I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, show further to me, thy servant, whether on the day of judgment the righteous will be able to intercede for the unrighteous or to entreat the Most High for them, 103 fathers for sons or sons for parents, brothers for brothers, relatives for their kinsmen, or friends for those who are most dear." 104 He answered me and said, "Since you have found favor in my sight, I will show you this also. The day of judgment is decisive and displays to all the seal of truth. Just as now a father does not send his son, or a son his father, or a master his servant, or a friend his dearest friend, to be ill or sleep or eat or be healed in his stead, 105 so no one shall ever pray for another on that day, neither shall any one lay a burden on another; for then every one shall bear his own righteousness and unrighteousness." .....2 Esdras 7:75 /////////

[@dansanger5340]

Keep your delusions to yourself. This is a piano video.

[@ThatoKhumaloTK]

Wow. This tutorial was amazing.

[@kgkg081200]

Sweet

[@Iamnums]

i’m a little confused on something, could you specify how to find the top part of a 3rd major. For example you said to find the middle, count 3 from the top. But how exactly do you find the the top? And by the way i do not play piano so i have no idea if i’m just being dumb or if it’s actually a good question. So please don’t hate on me i just am here to learn!!!

[@Joachim.Jacobs]

Can you make a software program that teaches your method? Then the software could teach us. You know like we could connect our midi controller and then practice along with the program??? You could have a monthly subscription you know like the Melodics App but actually teach us piano instead of just popular songs.

[@jimmyponds5504]

Learning the "basic" major/minor chords might be "easy," but transferring/applying them quickly to the piano is the tricky part for me personally! There is so much hesitancy on my part in hand/finger placement; I know: PRACTICE!! Ha!! Any source of song suggestions, in addition to practice? Thanks!

[@091Cash]

Play the chords around the circle of fifths and you're good to go!

[@connectbyrvg8344]

How

[@AdamJamesEarlyChasebliss-ru8tq]

With my head, I prefer to put into memory just CFG, not introducing avocados and brown sugar and all sorts of more stuff to remember!!

[@Gold-Aibo]

Could you do Narcissist Piano Version by Avery Anna sometime soon?🙏

[@paulheinz2145]

I got to say your method is tougher in practice as compared knowing the count method. I did not forget them either.

[@manelsanto8680]

❤❤❤❤

[@bdespain11]

I'm new to piano, teaching myself. I'm still not sure if I should be using my 1 3 5 fingers for chords, or more like how you did it, 1 2 4. 1 3 5 feels super awkward for me and my pinky keeps hitting the wrong notes.

[@amysines]

Or, you can just say that every major chord is made up of a major triad (2 whole steps) with a minor trade (1 and a 1/2 steps) on top. Reverse that for the minor chords (a minor triade with a major triade on top) There's nothing random about any of the chords. They all follow the same pattern.

[@ursulinekairson4372]

Zach's way is much simpler.

[@jackroberts1733]

​@@ursulinekairson4372So your argument is that memorizing SIX DIFFERENT SHAPES that look exactly like the same exact shapes used for OTHER types of chords (Major and minor and diminished use many of the SAME EXACT SHAPES) is easier? Rather than learning a bit of the very basics of music theory, your intervals? All you have to know is the difference between a Major 3rd and a minor 3rd. Then it is ONE FORMULA for all 12 MAJOR chords. One formula for all 12 minor chords, one formula for all 12 diminished chords and one formula for all 12 augmented chords. Or you could do it the stupid way and memorize different 6 shapes for Major chords and then be all confused as to why those same exact shapes also make minor and diminished chords as well. As a piano pedagogy major that has been playing piano for close to 30 years and teaching for more than ten, this is the dumbest way I have ever seen someone try to "confuse" their students into learning chords. Clearly this guy is a guitar player and not a pianist. Because pianists don't think of chords like this. GUITARISTS do. You can learn chords by shape on the guitar because of the way the fretboard is laid out. But on piano this method is clumsy, misleading, confusing, and inaccurate. I teach 4 formulas and my students get 48 chords and no confusion over why some chords look like other chords but sound different.

[@angel-dx2pg]

❤

[@cMaXeJIJIo]

And I use the Drug Enforcement Agency mnemonic for the white-black-white chord sequence! 😁

[@matthijsgordijn5585]

Hi Ted, a colleague of you made a tutorial on this concept two years before you did. I´m not sure but I have the impression he´s the spiritual father of this concept (remarkable: the layout of your thumbnail is exactly the same as his). Wouldn't it be fair to at least give him credits in your video?

[@chexcollects]

Woopsie

[@paulphillips701]

Is there a link 🖇️🔗🖇️?

[@paulphillips701]

Is there a link 🖇️🔗🖇️?

[@crisadrianabrea754]

its Piano From scratch here on YT

[@kentnolley9378]

Hell yeah

[@Ranger1216]

Imho for me CFG. no sharps DEA 1 sharp each …just play ‘em

[@killallidols]

A bit like how phoebe was teaching joey how to play guitar😂

[@topfoxshorts]

Vsause!!

[@skull-knight-420]

Walter White's Water, got it

[@patricktruchon9153]

How do I get the cheat sheet?

[@cedricol]

Link is in the description

[@electroforever93]

Not hard to remember "dea" if you watched breaking bad 😄

[@sternenherz]

Great Video, but i strongly dislike any "woosh" transition sounds - just wanted to get that out, i know it's a matter of taste , haha :D

[@dansanger5340]

FWIW, my mnemonic is "ConFiG the Drug Enforcement Agency": CFG DEA.

[@dianalynn3453]

I’m hungry.

[@Iainthave_name]

Inversion

[@mintee8638]

One way to remember the chord patterns is, recall that for the C major scale chords, 145 chords are major, 236 are minor, and 7 is diminished. That pattern is there in turning all 7 chords into major chords: WWW = 145, WBW = 236 (a minor shape for the 1 chord), WBB = 7 (a diminished shape for the 1 chord), and the flat root chords are previous chords inverted, ie b7 = BWW, b5 = BBB, b2b3b6 = BWB

[@RR.DonnaRomadhona]

ghost is white?

[@ladc8960]

😮

[@deityoffilth]

You just copied this from the piano from scratch video

[@goodeedsonly23]

Can you share that vid?

[@deityoffilth]

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[@marekkowalski541]

I've watched the rest of it. You're gay. Cheers for the allright effort. Hamurger beats me, but wtf, it's your vid ;)

[@AdamJamesEarlyChasebliss-ru8tq]

It doesn't matter if he's gay or not. ....the important thing is that you are full of crap.

[@elvi0115]

So fast the explaining. Don't register right away. Sorry.

[@meredithboudreaux7272]

reduce the speed in the settings down.25 maybe?

[@MichelleConradie-j5o]

Please you teach wonderful but you go too fast

[@AdamJamesEarlyChasebliss-ru8tq]

YOU CAN PAUSE THE VIDEO

[@Leek-Productions]

You can rewatch and slow down the video

[@RIVEXNGLE]

Buy a janko: Problem solved.

[@marekkowalski541]

are you a gay or zee? starting with counting three notes down instead of four up?

[@jackroberts1733]

This is *not* the fastest or the best way to learn chords. This is how a guitar player who doesn't play piano very well would teach chords: by S H A P E. So you have to memorize 3 or 4 "shapes" to learn the Major chord? LMAO. Ignore this guy. Learn your INTERVALS. Then once you know the difference between a minor third and a Major third...the formula for a Major chord is Major 3rd on the bottom minor 3rd on top. That is ALL 12 MAJOR chords. Done. There is a simple formula for minor, diminished, and augmented as well. My students learn how to create FORTY-EIGHT CHORDS in ONE LESSON by memorizing 4 simple formulas (12 chords of each type times 4 equals 48) None of this "memorize 4 different shapes that look exactly like other shapes that make totally different chords just to know ONE type of chord when it happens to have one of these three specific roots..." C Major and C# Major and D Major and F# Major and Bb Major and B Major ALL HAVE DIFFERENT SHAPES and they are ALL MAJOR. Learning chords by shape is S T U P I D and a waste of brain power. There is ONE FORMULA that applies equally to ALL MAJOR chords. Would you rather memorize one simple formula for 12 chords or memorize 6 confusing and misleading "shapes" on very specific notes to learn those same 12 chords? And you hamburger analogy...so that white note shape can be used for MAJOR, MINOR, and even DIMINISHED triads. I'm sure that will confuse the mess out of many people once they realize that using SHAPE to determine chord structure is the most slow, clumsy, and inaccurate way to determine chord quality imaginable. There are some great videos teaching music theory and piano technique on KZbin. This is not one of them. This video is an example of the traps and pitfalls on KZbin of someone not knowing what they are talking about and spreading basically what amounts to misinformation to unsuspecting new students who do not know any better. The people who know better learn nothing from this video and the people trying to learn LEARN THE WRONG THING.

[@chexcollects]

Slam dunkaroonie