How The Beatles, REM, and Bob Dylan all use the 1-4-5 Progression

[@jesuswept2718]

I bought a piano 3 days ago i'm 57. This is my first tune i learned. i kept laughing at my mistakes. Stil haven't cracked it yet but nearly. Thank you so much. I can't believe i'm fimally playing piano. I've wanted one all my life. God Bless.

[@only4chordseasypiano964]

Keep it up. It's never too late too learn.

[@joannemark6643]

Bravo, and please keep it up!

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

You'll get it eventually, then you'll have another hill to climb. You might also like Keyboard Conversations w Jeffrey Siegel as well as Cliburn, the doc about the Van Cliburn piano contest.

[@moadot720]

Can someone just NOT be older than me?

[@MichaelSmith-hs5iu]

@@moadot720 I'm 76 and been at it for just about one week, those chord progressions with the left had are going to be a challenge

[@michatroschka]

very nicely explained!!

[@leannechinnery6627]

Awesome. I’m 62 and going back to basics because I never learned how to play the piano properly even though I worked in the music industry for many years. Top priority on my bucket list! My current piano teacher touched on the 1,4,5 method in my last session but it didn’t gel for me even though I’ve been playing these patterns on guitar & piano by ear many years, I never learned the theory side. So thank you for laying it out in BLACK & WHITE for me. I’ll be telling MY teacher about this 😆 I’m doing my lessons on line with a friend so he can’t hit my fingers with a ruler like my first piano teacher used to do 😖😜. I think I’ll be subscribing to your courses. Happy piano to everyone. 🥰

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

You might like music theory courses at a city college. It's cheap and not that hard. There's a few people who are over 40 in the music program where I live.

[@caydence808]

What did you do in the Music industry? Hiii.. How are the lessons coming along..?

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci for this. I wish I had discovered your channel several months ago.

[@playgroundpiano]

Check out our application for more in-depth lessons!

[@connieblackmon3932]

May just be the most beautiful voice I've ever heard.

[@scottmckenna9164]

Through this lesson and explanation, you increased my musical understanding. Thank you! A very kind and understanding voice.

[@playgroundpiano]

Awesome Scott!

[@FOCHS5]

Made sense to me after listening to so many others!! THANK YOU!!

[@SmS-pR]

I like this kind of teaching. Numbers plus chords names. Very good

[@brewedawakening6577]

Amazing how the V chord wants to go back to the tonic chord to release the tension. Guess my old lady's my V chord coz' she always creates tension. Tonic chord is great I like the G Tonic myself and my favorite, especially after a long day at the office, just to get the edge off.

[@playgroundpiano]

Lol!

[@annavernick1490]

I finally get how the chords are made to fit a given scale, and how they are numbered. Very clear, you could rename this lesson as intro to scales and chords!

[@bhaskarareddypothireddy4674]

Explaination is excellent thank you sir

[@pauldiaz4273]

Awesome video, could you explain what your doing with right hand? Thanks

[@entanglementtv]

Why the constant background track?

[@playgroundpiano]

Sorry if that's distracting. In later videos we've chilled out on the background music behind the teaching moments. Thanks for writing in.

[@hallucinati]

If you listened to the whole thing you would have noticed that the backing track stopped when the lesson began. BUT....i DO wish the backing tract had been in the key of G...seems like a no brainer but hey...I'm just a kid. ;)

[@Skyconnectiva]

That was song from audiojungle, mostly typical stock music that licensed from audiojungle, pond5, quite generic.

[@thegood9]

Agreed. That's horrible and amateurish.

[@calebschmucker4391]

Stephen Casals and all life is just a nightmare 😂

[@tedshaventures6188]

A terrific start to a new hobby. Thank you.

[@johnforensicman6179]

I'm just turned 60 (3 days ago) and I have an early dementia problem so i thought I would learn the piano to keep my mind exercised like the docs recommend. A crushed left middle from a motorbike accident and a touch of arthritis in my fingers won't help but... Anyway, tried quite a few 'beginners' videos and I have to say this one seems the best so far. The guy has a really pleasant voice, the lesson is at a nice pace and is really interesting. May well try the free trial then it's on to the Albert Hall

[@RaulGonzalez-fr4pu]

Great video Happy new year !!!

[@zacharygarcia9869]

This video was amazing! I finally learned the whole idea of how chord progressions work!!!

[@thomasnordsiek1000]

remember to be realistic - you'll have to put in a bit of work whichever system you choose for learning piano I have spent months studying teaching yourself piano and discovered an awesome resource at PianoLessons99.blogspot.com

[@sifridbassoon]

it's amazing how much "popular" music you can play with only 1 - 4 - 5 - 1 chords, but if you also add the 2 and 6 chords, you'll sound like a true professional. and don't forget that the 6 chord can be used in two "flavors." The 6 chord always has the opposite modality from the modality of the 1 chord (AKA the "key" of the song). So if the song is in a major key, the 6 chord will be minor. For example, if the song is in C major, the 6 chord will be minor (a-c-e). But throwing in a "flat-major 6th" can be very interesting. So in the example, the key is C major, and this means that the 6 chord is A-C-E, which is minor). But if you lower the regular minor 6 chord a half step, it becomes a "flat-major" 6 chord (spelled Ab - C - Eb). Once you learn what this sounds like, you'll hear that this trick is done EVERYWHERE in music.

[@playgroundpiano]

Thanks for writing in! You're totally right about the 2 and the 6 chords, and I love the flat 6 chord as well! I'll be doing more of these chord progression analysis videos in the months to come, where I'll talk about these and more.

[@kennethjones4169]

sifridbassoon Jan

[@johnthornton4266]

Oh man you put the ii and VI or vi in there, you have jazz baby....

[@keithkent6275]

Modality! Bit of a Eureka moment for me here after many years noodling about on keyboards and getting key scale notes and chord notes in a knot. Cheers

[@campar1043]

when can you incorporate other number chords in?

[@sujayanarula3913]

Loved this lesson 😍thank you 😊🙏🏽

[@playgroundpiano]

So glad!

[@kurtannalienlenk1157]

Thank for the work and sharing this.

[@playgroundpiano]

Thank YOU

[@derpymcderp3099]

Really taking your sweet time getting to the point. Gotta make that 10-minute mark for the ad roll, huh?

[@amillali9321]

Finally , I know what the hell is 1-4-5 , a big THANK YOU !

[@djfingersflores]

thank you very much for sharing, this helped me alot. I found a ton of value in this video... Peace

[@Soapandwater6]

Thank you for your excellent explanation of chord progression!

[@playgroundpiano]

You're welcome!

[@5966ramesh]

Thank you. Great Tutorial

[@joaogoncalves3625]

Hi Y’all I am unable to connect my Yamaha Arius Piano with my mini iPad. Have installed the playground session app on the iPad and used the usb cable to connect it but the iPad doesn’t recognize the piano. Any idea what might be the problem?

[@aagamshah8569]

KZbinrs Like you are amazing Explaining such good Tricks God bless 💐

[@joannawardell152]

Thank you! You've finally made something click that I'd been missing!

[@playgroundpiano]

Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching :)

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[@terria1254]

Thanks Phil! You're a great instructor (I'm a PGS Lifetime member, making progress) :-)

[@LifewithJESUS]

good explain God bless y ou

[@brigherman1959]

nice work.

[@michaelhiggins7365]

Wow! Your teaching style and graphics are Top Drawer! I really, really learned a great deal just from this single video. You bet I'm newly subscribed !

[@brucesmith9144]

I wonder if this progression works: I-IV-V-V7 as the dominant 7th note of the V chord scale is also the IV note of the tonic and a way to go back to the root.

[@higherandhigher5848]

Great. Looking forward to seeing more lessons. Thanks.

[@naduarteedwards]

I am so glad I found your canal , learning piano and having defected reading music.

[@TimothyRyanFisher]

Just a suggestion but you should use Roman numerals I IV V to distinguish that they are chords, not single notes. Use small case for minor chords, ii iii, (b9 sus4) (IV(#11), vi viidim. Seventh chords are all upper case IM7 II-7 III-7 ( in Jazz the iii chord is often arpegiated 1b9, sus4) IVM7#11 V7(Alt, b9,#9 #11 #5 or V altered Dominant, or Melodic Minor one half step above the Dominant, this gives the allowable alterations for V7,) VI-7 VII-7b5. It makes more clear what the #s refer to. You wouldn’t want say 2 sus 2 or 5 sus 4,b7 for example. Vsus4b7 is more clear. It also allows the expression of minor chords. Using 2 and 3 chords implies they are major in my mind. II and III are major, ii and iii are minor. Yea Berklee College of Music!

[@playgroundpiano]

Hey Timothy, thanks for writing in. Of course, you're technically right. However, since this is a relatively beginner level lesson, I thought I'd keep it very clear using numbers everyone is instantly familiar with, instead of introducing the roman numeral system too. And since we don't get into 7th chords, alterations, sus, etc... that can all be for a future lesson ;)

[@TimothyRyanFisher]

Playground Sessions I made this comment right after a lesson where student was getting confused about what the numbers refer too. It’s hard for some to keep it straight. Are you cool with me sharing your vids? I like to send videos I like to students?

[@TimothyRyanFisher]

Playground Sessions BTW I don’t bother commenting usually on vids I don’t like so no harm intended. Thanks for posting.

[@playgroundpiano]

Of course, share away! Thanks :)

[@playgroundpiano]

No harm taken! I'm always glad to have a discussion about music.

[@buttonpusher3786]

How do you determine which chords are major and minor I'm confused. Why for example is A a minor chord not major? Because if its not an f it's a white key?

[@adefalsen748]

A simple way to determine if it is minor it major is to count the half steps in a major chord it's the base note then the fourth note then the third note with minor it's the other way around first the base note then the third ans then the fourth

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[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

It's the spacing between the notes, called intervals. Minor chords sound sad. Major chords sound happy. C chord is CEG notes. If you drop the middle E one 1/2 step or one key to Eb, you'll get a minor every time. The pattern is skip 3 skip 2 (piano keys) for major and reverse that for minor. Don't make it harder than it is. Most musicians aren't that advanced, lol

[@keithkent6275]

I've been confused about this for decades. Not any more. Amaj would be AC#E but Key of G doesn't "allow" C# so it goes down to C giving us Amin. The other replies are true for chord construction.

[@jorgelavin]

The progression explanation begins at 5:45 :)

[@alexandrefigueiredo1805]

What a wonderful video! Absolutely clear explanation. Couldn’t thank you enough!

[@playgroundpiano]

Thanks!

[@grahamtiedtke]

what’s the symbol after the F#? F# degree?

[@arthouston7361]

I should preface this by saying, "there must be a reason, but..." My question is why are the second and third notes shown during the explanation of the key of G, shown as A minor and B minor, when we are looking at major scale intervals for G Major? Later, it makes sense when we are looking at chords, but the individual notes, by themselves, should still be labelled as A and B respectively, right? I am new at music theory, so help me understand this nuance. Thanks.

[@carlossaraiva7968]

Great video. Thank you. Thumps UP!!!

[@frankiemidnight4218]

Video starts at 5:57

[@lowek7773]

it actually starts at 0:00 , thank me later

[@playgroundpiano]

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[@maarazak]

He is trying way too hard to stretch it over 10 minutes. dislike

[@playgroundpiano]

I didn't try that hard. Is there anything you did like about the video, or did the length ruin everything for you?

[@J_Trask]

We live in an amazing day and age where a guy can put up a FREE music lesson for you to learn from and you choose to complain about his presentation? You’ve got NO idea how good you’ve got it, bud.

[@nationstationmusic227]

thank you for this lesson

[@franciscocalvo1980]

Very useful. Thank you.

[@nico.87]

awesome channel, thanks for sharing!

[@dinalombos2606]

Awesome!!

[@BenjaminIstvanCseko]

So useful! (and I love your voice)

[@richardpotter8390]

You are a very good teacher!! Very good video, thank you very much!

[@frankhicklin715]

Just starting out... great help!

[@anzatzi]

great video

[@pradeeppabari4981]

Very well way explained. So useful and made it easy to pick up... thank you sir... from Africa

[@playgroundpiano]

Awesome, thank you and I'm glad you are enjoying it!

[@Vissepisse11]

Very useful and inspirational. I never really befriended F# until now.. I have now come to like the G major scale . A very pop/rock n roll vibe to my ears.

[@spanishmasterpieces5203]

I-IV-V is the basic for all western music, classical music to. 400 years ago this exist also in classical music!

[@jesuswept2718]

Thank you Lucho. I'm looking forward to discovering that one day.

[@dhpbear2]

I'm glad that it's the REAL 'Joy to the World' :)

[@yeshuman668]

What about right hand?

[@memoprincess3057]

you are amazing man

[@mariatrepanier5815]

Thank-you!!! Great teacher very nice and easy to understand

[@playgroundpiano]

Glad you're enjoying the lessons!

[@rickmorrison4440]

Wow, you cleared up a few issues for me. Very nice, well done thanks.

[@kurdish.musicoreintal2766]

Thanx for that

[@sutapabera8818]

Is over the rainbow one of them?

[@jimt9816]

I'm still new to PGS. Does anyone know where this particular concept is taught in the actual PGS lessons? Thanks !!!

[@ETsonggalaxy]

This guy is not a bad teacher, his pace is STEP by STEP while CALLING out EACH chord, or key note. See what else he 's got going ! Check it out!

[@playgroundpiano]

🙌

[@KevsGuide]

oh so its and 1st the 4th and the 5th? in this key of G its G C D?

[@KevsGuide]

yes Kev you are right!!! haha

[@tomcarr2744]

Excellent video

[@playgroundpiano]

Thanks Tom!

[@premasru]

A very helpful video. Thanks you.

[@playgroundpiano]

Excellent to hear! Glad you're enjoying the channel.

[@sutapabera8818]

I tried playing unity but had some chords missing and the g major was a e minor

[@downhill240]

Great lesson!

[@playgroundpiano]

Thanks!

[@thereasonableamericans411]

This was incredibly useful as a new guitarist.

[@ThePrickTrollSpammer]

"Boy in the Bubble" by Paul Simon uses this progression as well

[@playgroundpiano]

Right on!

[@mipueblo7042]

This is so helpful!! Thank you.

[@ian38018a]

I find watching these musical theory vids fascinating, even if I have not got a clue what is being explained.

[@charlieharpman2107]

Hi phil, so when you are talking about a chord progression like 145 . It is not necessarily just straight 1,4,5. This could mean 1,1,4,4,5,5 or 1,4,4,5. In other words, each chord can be repeated before switching? I just wanted to clarify.

[@michaeldaniels9242]

Like the understanding very much

[@donwood7700]

Cool! Thanks!

[@playgroundpiano]

You're welcome Don!

[@sayercanova8799]

This is a helpful video. Also, you sound exactly like Chris Pratt in teaching mode. Awesome.

[@playgroundpiano]

Awesome, glad you like it! And that's funny, I've heard that before several times, lol.

[@dhpbear2]

What software do you use for your staff and keyboard highlighting?

[@playgroundpiano]

I use the Playground Sessions app to capture the notation highlighting, and the light up keys graphics come from a midi game called Synthesia :)

[@lenoxprotij]

Great 👍

[@Lowerhaightstreet]

really cool vid, you helped me figure out the 1 is not always asending. That was easy :)

[@playgroundpiano]

Awesome! Glad to hear you enjoyed the lesson. As you said, the '1' is not always ascending, and in fact any 'C' (for example, if we're in the key of C) still counts as '1'. But when you think about "voice leading", you obviously wouldn't want to resolve to a 1 chord that is 3 octaves away from the last chord you just played... so use your judgement and you ears to determine whether you should go up to the 1 chord, or down. Either is technically 'correct' but one will likely sound better than the other depending on where you're coming from.

[@Zoologic21]

Are you the same Phil from the HDPiano tutorials?

[@pmvoice88]

What? No mention of the Blues or Louie Louie?

[@playgroundpiano]

We definitely mention the blues!

[@bryanblandon]

Really hard to focus in the beginning when you have the music playing in the background

[@atendriyadasa6746]

Agreed!!

[@noonesflower]

I love the presentation of this. What programs?

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Playground Sessions. You'll need a digital keyboard, a USB>MIDI cable (put the OUT to the IN on the MIDI side, trust me) and a laptop or desktop. You can go as far back as Windows 7 and a 1997 Roland keyboard works, as long as it has MIDI i/o. (Inputs/outputs). I've had very few issues in 3 full days and 10 hours of use. All were fairly easily fixed with one email.

[@saathirara3906]

Good Job.....Thank you so much.....

[@playgroundpiano]

Thanks!!

[@vansullivan236]

Great, thanks!

[@shaunnathan4578]

Great lesson well broken down for us simpletons

[@Zurzofficial]

We're all the melodies played with the right hand come from the g major scale ?

[@playgroundpiano]

Yes, all melodies played in the song examples pull from the G major scale (when the 1-sharp key signature is used).

[@mindciller]

So you just look at how many sharps and flats to figure out key? Based on left hand?

[@jackcoleman1632]

what software did you use to animate this video

[@playgroundpiano]

Jack, we edit our videos in Premiere and use After Effects for certain animations. But many of the musical animations are screen-captured directly from our interactive app!

[@VigilanteVegan]

This means these songs are in a 3/4 time signature right?

[@PhilipAndersonMusic]

Who knew 3 chords could be so versatile?? How about you, do you know any other songs that use the 1-4-5 progression?

[@AlanSeeger59]

Every blues song ever written. Twist and Shout. etc, etc.

[@gottliebfischer5720]

La bamba

[@dreistein]

Wild Thing, Pays Tropical, Guantanamera, Twist and Shout, Hang on Sloopy, Hard Rock Café, Walking on Sunshine, Southern Mark Smith... and a 100 more. One of my favorite progressions, I almost smell it. Nice tut btw. Just the background music is misleading/annoying.

[@addyd.3140]

Pretty much any song you've ever heard on the radio.

[@lowek7773]

a hundred more ? that's misleading , way more

[@ernanisaraiva]

I will sign for a year and I hope I will renew next year for life. I do like the sessions

[@playgroundpiano]

Excellent news! Keep me posted here on how you like it as you dig in.

[@nomorebushz]

Most music by Mozart and Beethoven are as well I, IV and V chords

[@mrjasondylan]

Like a Rolling Stone maybe 1 4 5 but it also uses the 2nd and 3rds as minor chords so wouldn't that make it 1 2345 and not just 1 4 5 ?

[@FlyingVMartin]

So,is Baba O'Riley by The Who 1-4-5 progression?

[@bwsmithna]

Nice lesson. Thanks.

[@PhilipAndersonMusic]

Thanks Brandon!

[@arioneggers1977]

some 1-4-5 songs La Bamba: Richie Valens You Are My Sunshine: Johnny Cash Twist and Shout: The Beatles Werewolves of London: Warren Zevon Wild Thing: The Troggs Stir it Up: Bob Marley Louie Louie: The Kingsmen

[@Carminielloz]

Awesome

[@playgroundpiano]

Thanks!

[@aku7598]

Is on minor scale applied too?

[@shireenhendricks2194]

You a good teacher. Thank you.