On a more serious note, Pianote has teamed up with the charity "MusiCounts" to help provide instruments to those who are unable to access one. In Canada, where Pianote is based, music programs in schools are chronically underfunded - if they exist at all. This means that an entire generation of kids is growing up without the chance to explore and discover the life-changing power of music. Here at Pianote, we want to change that and we need your help. For more information as to how you can get involved follow this link: www.Musora.com/gift-of-music?KZbin&Social&QXMCC Let's show the world how much music means to our community and how incredible our community really is!
@TheNoobVishu2 жыл бұрын
Please Help Me I Play On SA 77 Small Casio Piano . I Am 14 Years Old I Have Learn Arpeggios , I play with Both Hand . I can't afford A Piano Because it is expensive
@ryno6101 Жыл бұрын
Started laughing so hard when Lisa ate the chips had to pause 😂
@pajeeper4202 жыл бұрын
Slurs vs ties. You can't slur two identical consecutive tones. You can't tie two different consecutive tones. It's a tie if it's between the same notes, and a slur if between different notes.
@RexTorres2 жыл бұрын
This is how I've always thought about them... Until I saw this video. I got confused. lol.
@evanwilson22142 жыл бұрын
Double flats/sharps are also useful for reading chords. Take a G flat major chord, for example. It's made of G flat, B flat, and D flat. What if you wanted to make it minor? You could write G flat, A natural, D flat, but then its "shape" could be mistaken for a G flat sus2 chord. Using B double-flat makes it clear that this is a triad with the third lowered a semitone.
@BAD_8792 жыл бұрын
I'll come back to this once I studied my chords..
@harrisfrankou23682 жыл бұрын
It's Fsharp minor but its ok for a quick chord sub.
@ksmkeys2 жыл бұрын
Exactly!!! 🤘🏾🤘🏾 Enharmonic equivalence for the nerds! 🤣
@evanwilson22142 жыл бұрын
@@harrisfrankou2368 I was thinking if you happened to be in a key composed of flats it wouldn't look right to have a bunch of sharps suddenly. Especially if you're just temporarily switching modes. I guess that's what you meant by "chord sub". I'm not too advanced in theory myself. I was just using a hypothetical example.
@harrisfrankou23682 жыл бұрын
yeah that was taught at MIT in Hollywood when I was there. It was subjective to the teachers in classes where we'd passed theory, but many gave examples in certain Keys, especially say playing in B major ..close to E major but as you say a chord change here up a fourth or down two frets for a "Mixolydian vibe". Like you said in B major and then going G flat is weird...to the eye. As well say your throwing in an odd E chord before you were in B major and its nuts. That's why at MIT they Taught enharmonically Gb/F#
@SuddenUpdraft2 жыл бұрын
What is the difference between a slur and legato? Also, it’s never too late to start piano. I began at 65 after 30 years and I’m having a blast.
@ScottsSynthStuff2 жыл бұрын
7:40 also important if you're playing in an ensemble - you don't want each musician playing their "own interpretation" of expressiveness. You need everyone playing the same, as the composer intended - which is why we need the notation that makes that clear.
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
good call on that one!
@andreasvandieaarde2 жыл бұрын
I think there should always be room for discussion of interpretation so as to unify the performance in a way that works for everyone - this would in turn negate the need for fancy nigh-contradictory markings because at the end of the day, it seems a lot of classical composers for example would've wanted their music to be freely interpreted and had performers' touch applied to it anyway.
@d.l.loonabide99812 жыл бұрын
Yes, but then there's usually a conductor or group leader who decides.
@user-bo4jv1xb9u2 жыл бұрын
I find the first rule very important actually. In more complicated rhythms or time signatures it helps to understand the rhythm and to see were is each beat
@tahneejuryn2 жыл бұрын
Came here to write this
@ouranacoyneouganza95132 жыл бұрын
Great lesson. Thank you. Fun to learn music theory.
@viennapalace2 жыл бұрын
As a recovering sax player, I've had more than one encounter with both double flats & double sharps & I've got to say, they actually make sense when you have to deal with them all the time. As for the subtleties of the staccato, that has caused more arguments than anything else I can think of among woodwind players!
@beautyintheskies Жыл бұрын
I think she knew the reasons why. She was just being facetious for entertainment purposes- playing the role of the petulant child.
@muktachikerur74392 жыл бұрын
I really love the video ♥️♥️ U should do more music debate type videos they r fun to watch but actually help understand difficult stuff better in such an entertaining way
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
noted!!
@theirmom47232 жыл бұрын
Double sharp and double flats...I hated them. I always wondered why not just use the notation with a natural sign?.
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
because ................ notation!
@richardlehoux2 жыл бұрын
Very fun interaction. I would've liked to hear the difference between the types of staccato.
@MissCraig2 жыл бұрын
I am so glad you explained the double flat and double sharps
@philipmcniel49082 жыл бұрын
I think slurs vs. ties make more sense when you realize that the Western notation system was not originally invented for piano music. It predated the piano, and was originally used to notate vocal music, and then music for wind instruments and bowed string instruments. The "big picture" was that the curved line we're talking about--the one that denotes a slur or a tie--simply meant to keep bowing or blowing. In other words, it meant to change notes on a wind instrument by changing which holes you were covering without stopping blowing in between, or change notes on a string instrument by putting down or pulling off a finger without stopping the bow. For singers, it meant to change which pitch you were singing while your voice was still sounding. As you can see, there's no real difference between a slur or a tie when you're, say, blowing on a flute: A curved line between two different notes means to move from one to the other while blowing, and a curved line between two notes of the same pitch means to play one and then the other without stopping blowing...which just sounds like playing one note longer.
@philipmcniel49082 жыл бұрын
As for the different staccato notations, I'm no violinist, but I thought those were different ways of physically playing a bowstroke on the violin.
@philipmcniel49082 жыл бұрын
p.s. The double-sharps and double-flats may make it harder to sight-read on piano, but they make it easier to sight-sing. You do "hear" that F-double-sharp as a raised "Do" rather than a lowered "Re" (in movable-do solfege), so if you're sight-singing an F# major scale and want to throw in that chromatic note between Do and Re (or you're sight-singing a choir part in F# major that contains the third of a V/ii chord*), that F-space is where you'll instinctively expect to see that notehead. *Or if you're just sight-singing a piece in G# minor that uses the melodic or harmonic minor scale, and therefore raises the note that's in the F-space, which would probably be a more common example of where you'd see an F-double-sharp in choir music.
@Bigfoot_Boogaloo2 жыл бұрын
Haven't even finished the video yet but got so excited that Lisa said there needs to be a logical reason why not just because that's the rule!
@godschild365252 жыл бұрын
I use tri tones a lot when I’m playing gospel. It’s one of the foundations of that style to play it in the right hand.
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
sounds heavenly
@jcf200102 жыл бұрын
Ties and Slurs don't look the same. The Slur covers a range of notes and a Tie connects adjacent notes.
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
good distinction!
@stephenbayer092 жыл бұрын
I was so lucky to go to a school that had a really good music program and knowing that schools like the one in my hometown have cut there music program. I'm kinda glad I decided to go to a school 3 hours away from my town because a music program mutch less a good music program is something a lot of kids won't get. So I consider myself very lucky.
@ScottsSynthStuff2 жыл бұрын
re double sharps/flats: I don't care if the notation is "proper" in order to keep it within the scale or not. When I'm reading the music and my brain is interpreting what it sees and translating that to playing it, adding an extra "calculation" step when I see a double sharp means it slows me down and makes it harder. When I see a F with a double sharp, I have to think, "ok, is that a G? Wait, is there an F# in the key signature?" whereas if I just see a G natural, I don't have to think at all, I don't even care what the key signature is, I just play the G. Simple. Sometimes old rules are counterproductive, even if they are "correct."
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
exactly why we made this video!
@allgood67602 жыл бұрын
"" Please don't eat in my classroom" LOL 👍🇳🇿
@davidojimadu51222 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video, I learnt a lot today
@ilia74512 жыл бұрын
i like how you make story . this is a luv to watch video . thanks
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
thanks for being here and for the kind words :)
@RobertShaverOfAustin2 жыл бұрын
This video isn't about music theory, it's about music notation. First I'd like to say that I think that there must be a better way to notate music. I've said this about many software application interfaces: *no matter how bad the interface is, humans have the flexibility to accommodate it.* I can not read music but I can decode it but it's like decoding a secret message.
@jasonking72402 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Fun video, but this is a music notation video. not a music theory video.
@RobertShaverOfAustin2 жыл бұрын
@@jasonking7240 Yes, I like the playful attitude. Learning can and should be fun.
@andreasvandieaarde2 жыл бұрын
I think it makes sense to say that music notation generally comes under music theory. You don't learn about music notation separately from music theory, that seems semantic to me.
@kittyfruitloop82642 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!!! I really need this episode! I'm a late bloomer, though I've had a yr in piano as a 9yr old with an extremely conventional teacher that sucked the fun out of learning, YEARS later I picked up piano 7yrs ago and also this pipe organ a year or so ago. I feel like a 40+ prodigy. People don't even know I'm a newb. Music theory is something I'm missing so THANK YOU! Although by serendipity I've figured out how to turn any hymn into a minor key (it 's about the root.note! ) I feel lost when speaking to other musicians!
@SynthApprentice2 жыл бұрын
I agree, all the different forms of staccato are splitting hairs. However, to me, one of the biggest strengths of standard notation is that it can be both precise and comprehensive in the information that it conveys. That sort of depth of information isn't always necessary, and sometimes it's better to sacrifice detail in favor of legibility, but that depends on the musician's understanding of the music. For example, I could scribble out tablature for the guitar riff to Blitzkrieg Bop on the back of an envelope, and even leave out bar lines. If I handed that to any punk guitarist, they would immediately understand that it's supposed to be played in a loud, rapid eighth note rhythm. If I gave the same paper to a flamenco guitarist that's never heard punk rock in her life, she would have no clue how to play it. She may end up trying to play it as a delicate waltz, because there's nothing to tell her that it's 4/4 played at (ff) throughout.
@vanessawestmoreland68942 жыл бұрын
Yep, double sharps and double flats! I've been taking lessons for just 10 months and I love it regardless of confusing music theory rules 😁 You have supplemented my lessons beautifully, thank you! Vanessa~
@The_cool_Savon_kids2 жыл бұрын
The double flats and double sharps get me every time they definitely should be taken off the rule book!
@unclemick-synths2 жыл бұрын
It's important to differentiate music _notation_ from music _theory_ because they're not the same thing. Notation can have rules because it is a communication method. Music theory (e.g. circle of fifths) is information, not rules.
@dianasharpe94842 жыл бұрын
Yes, I was disappointed it wasn’t about music theory, which I love.
@andreasvandieaarde2 жыл бұрын
I kinda see what you mean, though it often gets connected together to mean the same thing (in my experience) and therefore both are often referred to under the same umbrella term of music theory. (Western music theory.) I think that makes sense, notation can be considered part of music theory because it technically comes under the (fake) rules of the theory in general. I think it's a bit semantic to use an example like the circle of fifths as theory, whereas the usage of a tie vs slur somehow doesn't come under that.
@unclemick-synths2 жыл бұрын
@@andreasvandieaarde as a predominantly ear player things like the circle of fifths inform my playing. Notation merely directs my playing when I'm reading sheet music.
@d.l.loonabide99812 жыл бұрын
Spot on. The language used in music is extremely silly. The system it attempts to describe is logical.
@d.l.loonabide99812 жыл бұрын
I read notation in school band for seven years. I knew zero music theory the entire time. I didn't even know what keys were.
@ericksanchez24962 жыл бұрын
We need more of these!! 👍🏼
@lawrencetaylor41012 жыл бұрын
I think it was Jacob Collier that said "F The Rules". But Rick Beato said that his parents were both music professors, he had attended a public university for music theory, and had also attended Berkely or Julliard, and had that experience under his treble clef. So he could say what he said.
@barbaralawrence6226 Жыл бұрын
This is awesome! So much fun!
@d.l.loonabide99812 жыл бұрын
The term "invisible bar line" isn't even clearly explained. The debate seems to be can we write a half not in the middle of the bar or not. The half note in the middle is simpler, therefore honors the principle of Occam's razor.
@theDubleD Жыл бұрын
I call the tritone an augmented 4th or diminished 5th, but sharp/flat is shorter in contrast to Major/minor intervals and communication. (taught myself music theory with guitar and youtube, i don't know how to read notes/sheet music, but i do know the chromatic scale, all of the Major modes, intervals, chords and apply it to guitar/piano)
@simoneastwoodnz2 жыл бұрын
This guy needs to read Behind Bars. Not hiding the middle of the bar is indeed a rule, but the example he gives is an important and well-known exception to that rule.
@tahneejuryn2 жыл бұрын
Complaining about slurs and ties looking the same is like complaining that the word 'second' (as in seconds on a clock) and 'second' (as in 2nd place) are the same word. If you understand the language, you won't get confused because you'll understand which one the speaker means in the context of the sentence.
@Reubs12 жыл бұрын
The invisible bar line rule is essential for syncopated rhythms
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
yes!! good call
@jayveep52372 жыл бұрын
Hi guys, y’all make learning sounds so much fun...yup, Lisa. I feel u when it comes to TIES & SLURS. Nom nom 🍫🍬🍩
@d.l.loonabide99812 жыл бұрын
Drummers read rhythms the same way anyone else does.
@FlyingPetschman2 жыл бұрын
👌thank you ... fun to watch and i guess i learned somenthing 🐻
@debdebwwjd2 жыл бұрын
Loved this. Lisa you're so cute. Any chance to give visual examples of the different staccato especially the last one 😊
2 жыл бұрын
The chips. Lol.
@syberyah2 жыл бұрын
"But why would you play something that sounds terrible?" I can tell Lisa doesn't play jazz XD
@indirajayaraman47587 ай бұрын
Lovely way to explain music theory!
@d.l.loonabide99812 жыл бұрын
Double flats and sharps are easy if you know the scale steps.
@samanthanikhil65252 жыл бұрын
I agree with Lisa
@korosenaiGames Жыл бұрын
when she started eating those chip i started dying luaghing ahha, the look he gave haha
@reineh34772 жыл бұрын
We need the tritone how else are we going to play dominant 7 chords. Also blues and metal use the b5 all the time.
@charith-umesh-buddhika-978152 жыл бұрын
These are so valuable theories🙂🙂🙂
@newuser98882 жыл бұрын
Before: 😵 After: 😮👍
@nishantsaini5792 жыл бұрын
😆
@tripslft2 жыл бұрын
I agree with Lisa, because she has snacks.
@d.l.loonabide99812 жыл бұрын
What are "advanced keys"? Scales have the same formula no matter what names you give the notes.
@tulsidavey80792 жыл бұрын
This is the funniest lesson ever Lisa is really an amazing actor 😂 Actually she is doing my role 5:38 it’s literally me ... I’m obsessed with chocolate or something like almond in my theory class 😄😂😅🤣
@DThompson552 жыл бұрын
I've confused musicians for years by putting half notes in beat 2. Also, I love the way he starts each topic with "This is really fun" or "This is really interesting". Also, I was figuring out / improvising on Moon River last night in G (because guitar), when I realized, to my ear anyway, it went from G to Em to D7/C, and that D7/C is really a tritone. So hourray tritones!!
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
tritones are actually so cool
@kenrobin5440 Жыл бұрын
I like the invisible bar line rule
@langadubazana2 жыл бұрын
Tritones are essential!
@robertjenkins25782 жыл бұрын
How about three staccato (tenuto?) notes under a slur/tie? Are the notes held or detached? I don’t know so I play the notes as dull throbbing sounds, or that’s what I think I am doing. :)
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
“Great question! Sometimes music can be a bit mischievous, but here’s what I would do. I would try to play the notes as if they were really hot, but also trying to make them smooth. So A quick release, but having the notes start as smooth as possible.” -Sam
@robertjenkins25782 жыл бұрын
@@PianoteOfficial Thanks for the tip. I may not have the chops to play it though.
@bleachedproductionz2 жыл бұрын
Augmented 2nds is a term I’ve heard used, it seems confusing to me
@d.l.loonabide99812 жыл бұрын
If you don't like tritones you have throw out dominant chords also.
@Nilslos2 жыл бұрын
I'm kind of a music theory nerd, but I haven't heard of most of the discussed topics. Interesting, but not so exactly relevant to me. Except, don't you say anything bad about the tritone 😝 What is music without harmonic tension? Because I think exactly this is what the tritone brings us: a large, maybe the largest amount of harmonic tension. My answer to the question: Boooooring! (not saying that there have to be tritones everythere/in every piece)
@bijukunjumon19562 жыл бұрын
Could you please help how write the notation of a song?
@Kibutsuji___Muzan2 жыл бұрын
1. The invisible barline rule should be invisible as its name suggests 2. Stacatto should only exist 3. Double sharps and flats are a waste of time and paper and memory and..... You know..
@user-uj6gg7ec9y2 жыл бұрын
New here...hii lisa! Ill be learning bout piano from youu now youre amazing i just watched youre 3chords vids💕
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
hello!! so good to have you here!
@nehazite2602 жыл бұрын
I must say you've landed in the Right place 🤗✨
@robertpien87082 жыл бұрын
Tritone is amazing a not of heavy metal band and Is 20th century Musicians use the tritone to create dissidents and tension. Lisa I really like the way you teach and always care so much about all Aspects of music . Music is amazing it can bring everyone together and so much love around the world . Were everyone speaks a diffrent language music is the connection of love .
@99baji992 жыл бұрын
3/4 time is so stupid. If there 3 beats per measure, they are third notes. They're not a quarter of anything.
@Davotunes4 күн бұрын
This is great content❤
@SophieKae Жыл бұрын
lmao! totally agree with Lisa!
@jahnvisingh80152 жыл бұрын
Pianote and Singeo videos released almost simultaneously. Don't know what to watch first.🤔
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
flip a coin??? :P
@scotth68142 жыл бұрын
I think the entire music notation system sucks. It should be scrapped and re-invented from scratch. When I was playing guitar, I used a notation called "tablature", which is way better than conventional sheet music. But it won't work for a keyboard. As an adult learning to play piano, it was way too much to take on all at once to figure out what note the notation was indicating, figure out where that note was on the keyboard, and then figure out what finger to use to play that note so that my other fingers are in position to play the next note without having to move my hand. So I use a simpler notation that I learned from a beginner's book. Could I properly document an original composition so that somebody else could play it? No, probably not. At least not complex classical music. But because I know popular songs by ear, my notation is way easier to read. It only serves as a reminder to me. With it I can play a song that I'm familiar with way faster than I could if I was trying to read conventional sheet music. And if I can't figure out a song by ear, then I have a chart with which I can translate sheet music into something that I play. But at my age I'm not about to learn how to read "proper" sheet music quickly. I'd rather spend my time actually playing than learning music notation.
@mfurman2 жыл бұрын
This exactly why after a year learning to play guitar I had enough of it. I do not value this “flexibility” etc. Playing guitar just does help with learning music theory!
@normasonnentag96862 жыл бұрын
Delightful, and also useful. Thanks.
@d.l.loonabide99812 жыл бұрын
At 2:10 he says that the tied quarter notes and the half note are different durations. This is false.
@d.l.loonabide99812 жыл бұрын
Rules for writing notation and rules of music theory aren't really the same thing are they?
@LocoLifeEntertainment2 жыл бұрын
This was a really good video
@BrianAndersonTT Жыл бұрын
These are mostly justifiable. What always bothered me is WHY LEFT HAND IS NUMBERED IN REVERSE👎🏽
@randywhite17242 жыл бұрын
Fortunately or unfortunately at my skill level I’ve not encountered any of these other than the ties. Having said that, the tie seems silly and better represented by a half note than tied quarter notes. It’s all about beats in a measure so why not make it simple as possible? In the beginning I learned ties but is it really the best way to represent what you as a composer want to hear played?
@dallasstiles1182 жыл бұрын
The reason for this is for clarity. It doesn't matter as much with certain rhythms, granted.
@Ajz0922 жыл бұрын
I agree with pretty much everything Lisa said here except for the Tritone thing. We definitely need that. There are no rules to music. If it sounds good, it's good. Writing it shouldn't be as complicated as it is. Totally unnecessary. Especially double flats/sharps.
@lawrencetaylor41012 жыл бұрын
While this discussion was beyond my pay grade, I found it highly entertaining, even though since I was drinking too much I was slurring my ties.
@korosenaiGames Жыл бұрын
should i even learn music theory, or just larn sheet music and the notes on the piano
@ziggy76762 жыл бұрын
Why does it seem like he's talking down to her?
@derpydudes78142 жыл бұрын
Its a skit
@ellibretto21732 жыл бұрын
Hey, Pianote can you plssss do a tutorial on how to play🎹 2002 by Anne Marie (a sing along type) plsssss. 🥺🥺 Thanks.🙏
@lelleithmurray2352 жыл бұрын
Before I watched this,I happened to catch the advert-which described my situation perfectly! Which takes the joy out of learning anything!! Sorry! Just my opinion!
@abhinavgarg67542 жыл бұрын
Was I just tricked into studying music theory rules?!!...😵😂
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
gotcha!!
@user-dh4mi6ir2m2 жыл бұрын
6:29 That’s not a word.
@vicpnut12 жыл бұрын
Ok this all(just about all anyways) is beyond me and why I can’t read music…. I even get stuck on guitar tab now and then …. Makes me wish that (way way) back in elementary school I paid attention in music class..🤦
@lindeehopkins64392 жыл бұрын
This is hilarious 🤣
@parthshakyawar47182 жыл бұрын
Can you do a tutorial of exile by taylor swift
@ptose2 жыл бұрын
what about parallel fifths? Can you imagine heavy rock music and metal without power chords?
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
power chords are AWSESSSOMEEEE
@paul2001net2 жыл бұрын
😂😂 Lisa!! did you drive some of your teachers to medication? 😜 Informative but hilarious! Now, Sam will have to pace and mumble for awhile!
@stevebaker83082 жыл бұрын
Is it ok to write a half note at beat 2 in 3/4 time?
@aqueminteressarpossa34452 жыл бұрын
love it, simply amazing. best brazilian regards
@Faaizer2 жыл бұрын
Lol true
@velcroman112 жыл бұрын
These are the discussions that beginners and conceited know-alls that have really have little theory of music.
@hriata47642 жыл бұрын
5:06 lisa consarntreat to your class 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😁😁🤭😹😹
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
we made her put a nickel in the swear jar for that one
@hriata47642 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 pls do like this vid again 🤣 Love your channel soooo much !!!🥰😍😘🤩❤❤❤❤❤❤
@bayareaconsult41152 жыл бұрын
Hehehehe you guys are so funny 😂. I laughed for hours 🙏🌹😍👌👍
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watchin :)
@acegamerzminecraft29712 жыл бұрын
You should also cover indian songs they are very very nice
@user-sl5ed8up1b10 ай бұрын
i agreed with nothing he said
@noazjoram52 жыл бұрын
🎹🎹✌️👍
@albusdumbledore8302 жыл бұрын
☢️☢️WHY❔️
@PianoteOfficial2 жыл бұрын
WhyyyyYYYYyyYYyyYYyyy
@albusdumbledore8302 жыл бұрын
@@PianoteOfficial LOL🤣🤣
@joannelennstrom49342 жыл бұрын
If You are in the key of C major and you have an accidental F sharp. And in the same measure you have another F but in a lower part of the scale it is not sharped. Right?
@dallasstiles1182 жыл бұрын
"Does it mess the drummers up?" Smh(just kidding).
@kopanotempleton84142 жыл бұрын
And she ate in class guys, so ya'll ain't gonna say nothing about that 😂😂