MUSIC THEORY- I SHOULD HAVE LEARNED IN MUSIC SCHOOL. Music Theory 101- The Basics - The Jazz Ranch

Basic Music Theory- they should have taught in music schoo lbut often didn't. If they taught you this, then you had a better school. Music Theory 101.
Lesson covers Tetra Chords, Cycle of 5ths, and Tritones. Go to website for more theory, examples, exercises, and songs to learn: https:www.kentheiwtt.com
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[@stanleysokolow]

The Circle of Fifth (and Fourths) has a lot more information in it. For example, in jazz, sometimes the chord built on the tritone in a key is substituted for the V7 dominant chord in a ii V7 I (2 -5 -1) progression. Magically, you can find the tritone chord on the Circle by looking directly opposite to the V chord. For example, the tritone of G is Db(=C#). This makes sense because the tritone note is the exact center of the octave interval so it's half-way around the circle in each direction. You can find the relative minor of a chord by looking 3 spaces clockwise, which is the vi chord. Then its neighbor counterclockwise is the ii and clockwise is iii. The Circle is easy to memorize when you notice that the notes on the right side spell "B E A D" going up, and on the left side also BEAD going down but with flats. That just leaves FCG to remember, plus the last one at the bottom which is the tritone of C (F# = Gb). And the Circle lets you know which notes are sharps or flats in any key, but that's too much information for this little comment.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

All this is true. ...there's a lot you can learn from the circle of 5ths. I see that you know it well.

[@estarling8766]

Intuitively I knew there must be a symmetry in a scale, but alone I could not see where sit the mirroring plane. Thanks for revealing it here.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for ackonowledging one of the amazing things about this concept.

[@petermcmurray2807]

Thank you I knew of the tetrachord but had not thought it through. Doing your 2 5 1 round the circle exercise I was half understanding why this leads to that. Now clear.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I'm glad to help out!

[@danielbrett1750]

Hi Kent, it's so nice to see one of your videos pop up on my feed again, man I wish I'd had you as a music teacher at school! Hope your well, thanks for another great video!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks, Daniel. Welcome back, and I'm glad you liked it!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

A lightbulb video. It hasn't sunk in, but I'm an incandescent bulb in an LED socket. It takes a lot more energy for me to see the light. I think I'm not wasting my time just moving around the keyboard by fourths and fifths. I'll keep noodling, but I'll start using your sauce.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I'm glad to know that I could "shed some light"!

[@rebanelson607]

Not sure if you're familiar with the Edna St. Vincent Millay poem but "...ah my foes and o my friends, it gives a lovely light."

[@anthonymeadows5115]

The chart @11:20 also shows how negative harmony works. Going to C like this (D > G > C ) works as well as ( Bb > F > C) as long as the melody doesn't clash.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

T^hanks for the tip...I'll check that out.

[@CHYPCAR]

Excellent tutorial - thanks Kent! I learned all this the hard way (by rote) - you’ve just refreshed my memory. Of all the jazz lessons around, I’d recommend this lesson be studied a thousand times by newbies until they can visualise it in their sleep :)

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for the affirmation...I appreciate the comment very much!

[@unclenote]

Great stuff Kent. How orderly and mathematical…. Mind blowing…. Thank you ..hallelujah

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Glad you enjoyed it...great comment...thanks!

[@ficklejaguar8198]

Favorite video so far!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for telling me!

[@rickrocketts183]

Thanks Kent!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

You are very welcome!

[@moo639]

Subdominant is not "sub" because it is one tone below the dominant, but because it is a fifth below the tonic as opposed to the dominant which is a fifth above the tonic. There is no "circle of fourths," there is only a circle of fifths going up or going down (or left and right). The direction does not change the name of the circle.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for the comment.

[@ivrz]

Susscint synopsis Kent thank u

[@xs10tl1]

One of the best explanations I've heard yet.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Great that you're telling me...a million thanks!

[@rossellis6679]

Excellent lesson ,thanks

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thank you!

[@foodhead4677]

Epic Kent

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Great!...thanks!

[@darktimesatrockymountainhi4046]

I actually learned all this in music school - or already knew it when I went there - but this is an excellent presentation!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

You went to better school or after the 70's ...yes?

[@man0sticks]

What music school worthy of the name doesn’t teach this stuff? It’s fundamental.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I take it that you didn't go to music school?

[@arthouston7361]

This is good stuff. I have the familiar chords and cadences book, but this made those first few pages come alive. I am still a beginner on piano. Fortunately, I have sung in choirs for some 25 years, and I am now learning how they make the sausage. Maybe in five years I will be ready for Bekeley Online. At that point, I want to be able to play Linus and Lucy like Vince did.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

If you want to play like him. study his albums and try to imitate his playing, phrase by phrase...it's all about your ears, and developing your hands to translate.

[@arthouston7361]

@@KentHewittpiano88 Thanks! I am definitely going to take that advice. Do you have a link that you can share for your book that people often reference in these comments sections?

[@screamingjimmy]

great lesson

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for the support! And for telling me that it's valuble whether you learned it in school or not.

[@sandalero]

lesson "if u love chords and cant stop rewinding the tape until u get them just right youll never need a lesson or school. the tape is the teacher and you are the school"

[@KentHewittpiano88]

That's true.....thanks for the comment!

[@michaelelder3945]

My music theory teacher called it a one step separator between the lower and upper tetrachords. I was already familiar with the tritone. It seems like the only piece you're still missing is the concept of 9. They way I teach about tetrachords is to take the upper tetrachord and move it into the lower tetrachord position, then adjust the new upper tetrachord to maintain the same "whole step, whole step, half step" pattern. (Basically sharping the 7th scale degree.going up the cicle.). Then I go the other way by moving the lower to the upper and flatting the 4th scale degree to restore the pattern. What I learned from the lesson is how it related to the tritone, though I'm still not completely clear on how it works. That gives me something to work on. Thank you.

[@BlackMath69]

So the tritone of the key center is opposite on the circle position dividing the circle in half

[@KentHewittpiano88]

That's exactly correct! Check this in depth video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppeae5yheNtmj5o Go to 7:48

[@rogerbeaird3320]

Is theory important to learn before you start playing or waste of time till you practice?thank you for the knowledge

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Theory is good to know in advance of practicing...but you need to really think about what it all means when practicing...it will make your practice more meaningful...I think.

[@ratrindade3617]

Theory with no practice takes you nowhere. If you have to choose just one between practice and theory, go with practice. But the theory is a tool to make your practice more efficient if you want to learn faster

[@stuartdickson6251]

just want to send you some luv Kent, noodled on hobby guitar for years and, now retired, bought myself digital piano. Mercy, been playing the wrong instrument for 50 years. Thanks Mister, so much nonsense on this KZbin, it’s cats like you that make it all worthwhile. “…otherwise it’s just floating around in outer space or something” Ha

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks so much for telling me, Stuart. I'm glad you found your right instrument.

[@GizzyDillespee]

OMG that squeaky pen in headphones is like having mice on your shoulders, scream whining about the quality of your cheese!... so I filtered with EQ pretty tough. Maybe, for future vids, could you aim the mic's null area towards the whiteboard pen? Otherwise, maybe noise reduction in Rx or in Audacity software, with an isolated squeak or 2 as your "noise sample" for that automated process? Aiming the mic's null, to whatever extent is possible, is probably the best solution, IMO. Or you could keep the squeaks... maybe most other ways people listen don't accentuate those frequencies?

[@KentHewittpiano88]

This is an old video...made in my early years around 2015, when I was using just the external mic in the Canon S95 Powershot camera. Check out the sound on my newer videos.

[@extramile734]

you didn't learn about the Tri tone in school?

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I studied classical music (not jazz) in college. I think it was talked about in classical music as a "forbidden interval"...the "devil's interval" .but in jazz it's a means of a transition to another harmonic position.... which is fascinating.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

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[@Kurecify]

I went to music school in socialistic Yugoslavia we did learn all of the above.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I'm glad the curriculum has improved. What years were you there and did they relate this info to jazz?

[@garygimmestad4272]

Um - I did learn ALL of this in music school.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Abviously you went to music school after the 1970's. I'm glad to hear the ciriculum improved.

[@donaldedmonds365]

As a teenager in the 1960s I was taught all of this from a book entitled Harmony book for beginners, written by Preston Ware Oram in 1905. This book was used in the better music schools from 190until the present

[@garygimmestad4272]

@@KentHewittpiano88 Well, what I'm challenging is the teaser. Why the fake hype?

[@JayM928]

@@garygimmestad4272 well, unless he changed the title, it says “I should have” not “you”

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Sorry, Gary, my apologise. I already had a business degree.... so I shouldn't have assumed the better music schools wouldn't have taught this. I probably should have titiled this video "Music Theory I Wasn't Taught in Music School"..yes? I'm just trying to pass on some info to those who might benefit.

[@davidsanderson3024]

The LGBTQAI minus rainbow 🌈 colours included in your promotion is repulsive for me, therefore I cannot be a part of your program, regardless of how informative your information is..

[@KentHewittpiano88]

It was not intended to offend anyone..should I take the colors out?...this is about the love of music.

[@mokopuppet116]

Your loss

[@vonaudio5435]

I'm offended that you're offended by Gods sign to Noah - that the world will no longer be destroyed by water, "the rainbow 🌈" - is something you're offended by. What other signs or miracles of God offend you?