Determining song chords using the circle

Karen Cuneo Ramirez simplifies how to determine the chords in a song using the circle of fifths (circle of fourths)

[@spiracy561]

Yo I've been playing piano since i was around 3. I've studied classical piano in middle school, went to an arts high school for piano, AND studied piano in college. This is by FAR one of the BEST explanations on progressions I've EVER heard. I am an advanced piano player AND teacher, and this lady taught me something i didn't think of before!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@izzatafandi9298]

I know your comment is old, but ive just came across the channel, does the video actually explain chords progression or the chord for different keys change?

[@mulattotvc15]

@@izzatafandi9298 both classical chord progression & key change using circle with flats to the right.

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[@GweeGwee]

prime example of a good teacher. you can tell she enjoys sharing what she knows and she's probably showed people that wheel a million times over

[@randelltuttle143]

Happy teachers make difficult subjects much more enjoyable! I love your enthusiasm.

[@dewaunwalker7935]

She is blessed to have a the true talent of TEACHING. Not only does she lecture and implement various styles of learning, she also checks in with her audience to ensure their understanding. As a bonus, she utilizes "common" stories as anecdotes in order to maximize each listener's capability to learn. Simply put, SHE'S AWESOME!!

[@ProntoPiano]

Thanks for the video! this is the best explenation I have found so far. your a great teacher! ( : (yes I know I am 15 years late bc this came out when I was born)

[@RogueReplicant]

What makes a great teacher? 1st hand experience, passion for the subject, understanding of learner psychology, tips & techniques to jog the memory. Finally, stage confidence & a sense of humor. This lady's got it all.

[@juancpgo]

I love the spirit of this class. What a wonderful, inspiring teacher. :)

[@joel7348]

whoa. why doesn't this video have a hundred MILLION views!??? wow. Thank you so much for your awesome lectures!

[@ronecandle8128]

Wow! I was always told about the circle of 5ths, but I could not figure out how to use it. And now, suddenly, thanks to this amazing music teacher, I finally understood it! Blessings 🙏🙏🙏

[@49rockon]

Self taught, play by ear guitar, ukulele, harmonica. Brain badly wired ; totally unable to read notes. Limited knowledge and difficulty understanding much of the music theory. Very, very happy to come upon your series of videos on playing by ear. Has been able to understand some of the theory now. You are a fantastic teacher. Not everyone can impart knowledge in the way you do, and with such humour and enthusiasm. Thank you very much.

[@vaishakhmonti]

quite amazing....... she keeps the wonder alive...

[@thangdinhsaigon]

My goodness. She saved me years. Thanks for uploading.

[@simonesjourney3172]

Thank you for sharing this. It's like a light switch in my mind has been turned on

[@dussie920]

She is a masterpiece of musical teacher! She earns a medal of honour!

[@dartek14]

This is the simplicity behind the complexity. I think I am having an aneurysm. Thanks Richard .. Karen is a gem.

[@playboxadministrator9229]

I wish I had chords explained to me this way years ago. Would have saved time and would have made sense. Karen's a great teacher.

[@kleins2049]

We need more teachers like this!! Love her!!!

[@vishnue5368]

Self-learning guitar. This is one of the best session I had come across. Thank you, Karen 🤩

[@SpockOfRock]

I love this video. She makes everything seem so simple to understand. So many teachers are more interested in impressing you with what they know than making it easy for you to understand it. This woman truly loves what she does and it shows through in her teaching. Thanks for posting this for everyone.

[@alw1268]

Ur amazing Karen. Best teacher of all time, in my opinion.

[@romainesmith4880]

the best teacher of keyboard theory i have ever come across

[@AlexSujeewakaDeSilva]

Praise the Lord, she is amazing and made it easy to understand the chord progression. Sincere note of appreciation with profound gratitude. God bless you with immense joy peace love and happiness for ever and always.

[@mthomas73]

WOW... Karen is an amazing, enthusiastic music teacher. Her analogies & explanations are brilliant

[@manajsrivastava]

What a great way to explain the concepts!! She made it all look so easy. Many thanks to Karen!!

[@dacoguero]

I am in awe of this explanation. I have struggled to understand the circle for awhile and this just shed major light on it for me. THANK YOU KAREN!!!!

[@trusarmor4957]

i want to publicly thank you for these videos. i keep coming back to your vids, they're super helpful

[@tropicalcasa]

I have taken piano lessons for more than 8 years and nobody explain the circle like you.

[@dangrigs]

For sure man! Circle of fifths is for all music, doesn't matter the instrument at all. I used to run a guitar school and it was always important for our students to learn the circle of fifths.

[@anthonyibimiluyi3979]

It's beautiful how you've simplified this concept. Thank you. I must also add that your laugh just at the end of the video really cheered me up

[@brianstephenson4713]

She is an excellent teacher. I did music theory in class and did not understand a thing. But listening to her and replaying the video I got it clear as crystal. Thank you teach.

[@40weight]

We need more and more base Music instructors like Mrs Karen Ramirez, her inspiration in teaching the basics of this class help me to understand what I didn't know, just as when I first learn to play my slide trombone back in 1989. It starts with the theory of learn it in class before playing the instrutment your grow to love.

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[@m0nsterchief]

You are such a life saver Karen. If you could have taught me from my day one, I would have become a President 😍

[@justcommenting76]

This lady is so freakin awesome I can't believe it! If I make an album I am hiring her to play her organ, man it sounds great! Lady you made me smile from ear to ear, and I learned ALOT! great teacher, .lucky kids, you should get a raise!

[@siletamus2016]

I’ve been struggling to understand chord progression for years and this has just opened my mind. I love this.

[@redrockballa]

i don’t know how i missed this channel all these years but i had 2 subscribed after the first video

[@JonKapity]

You are an amazing teacher....THANK-YOU! I have been looking for this explanation forever. I finally get it, thanks to you!!! It will be so much easier to teach my students now (I am a guitar teacher). You posted this in 2008...7 years later...your still teaching and training the world on autopilot and your teaching legacy lives on. God bless you.

[@reubenkeyz5131]

This is the best explanation of the Circle of fifths/fourths ever!! I've taken this class before and never could get it til now.

[@NanoverseProductions]

Wow Karen thank you so much. I've always just guessed my way around til I found solid chord progressions or riffs....sometimes I'd get lucky and hear amazing riffs in my head....now i can go back and make sense of what I've done. Thank you so much for this. I've been playing guitar for over 15 years and I never got this til I saw this video

[@susetyoediprabowo3681]

Big Thanks... You ve widen3d my Horizon... Hard topic,simple explaination,joyfull class atmosphere.. thank you Karen

[@roger51000ify]

As my Mom would say, If you can't say something nice, well! You are awsome keep teaching. We need more teachers like you.

[@PRBriney]

Outstanding insight into chords on the circle. Thank you. I relate to your "symphonic" enthusiasm.

[@mikem7976]

You are a gifted teacher, Karen. I am so glad I discovered you on KZbin. You demystified much of Music Theory for me with this one and several others videos I have watched in the last week. TY! TY! TY!

[@ChrisLeonis]

i came across your channel to refresh the whole music theory I had in school years ago. thanks alot for the vids, I really enjoy them and oh before I forget it.. Karen, your smile makes me smile the whole time. greetings from Austria :)

[@mmoonet2280]

Karen thank you sooooooo much for this very clear explanation of the circle of fifths. I was trying to learn the chords to a song and couldn't for the life of me. When you said that 85% of music revolve around that circle I put it to the test and surely just as you said the song used those chords just like that. Thanks!

[@jez5855]

its pretty fun learning all this. ive been playing piano for a few years now and never had a teacher. so i had to figure out this myself. i'm so glad i found this video.

[@jjalf42]

Thank you ma'am. I was getting gray hairs trying to figure that out. Some instructors and books make it more difficult than it is. You taught me the whole concept in 10 minutes.

[@ArtGirlJan]

These videos are so amazing to me. I would never ask my teacher to explain any of this because I would totally zone out with the explanation. You explain it in a way that I can grasp. Thank you so much!

[@freelovefree]

Mom! I have to say these,you are not just best teacher even you are funny 😀😀so every time when I here you talking,I become very happy. Keep going today is Monday 2019-04-15 from Sweden thanks so much. I am African and swedish. Thank you again

[@JackMoneyTV2]

you are awesome...been trying to make sense of the circle for years but this finally made it click

[@breeze787]

Hey Karen nice to see you again. I'm back after many years of missing you but I'm back to learn more about music. Please . . . . . carry on!

[@mediathug]

I'm so glad to have found you on here! You made what I've been studying for so long now so much more simple to "GET"... Thank you!

[@susanhart5636]

EXCELLENT----you are a wonderful teacher explaining things easily and understandably. Thank you!

[@Buzbyacoustic]

You have explain so much in such a short space of time - wish you were my music teacher. Thank you

[@zizieabdkhalid2782]

wow. she's so good in explaining the method. Like my home mum teacher... loved her.

[@Zaradikaresells]

Aww man, I just realized how this works for relative minor chords. Geese I must thank this brillady

[@gilldavies]

Thanks so much. I've understood chord progressions to some extent, but you've made it soooo easy. This is really helpful and I can't wait to get going with it!

[@601flipstyles]

wow' i've learned more in one night than 2 years with a teacher!! i love this lady. she has changed my life.

[@RangerCloak]

Dude. She rocks. Seriously. That just revolutionized how I understand music...

[@jsyren1]

Yes I had the AHHHHHHHH moment too. The road home works for almost all standards the I have tried and after a while I started memorizng the road home, D always goes to G and B always to E etc. I,ve watched this vid a couple of times this past week while practicing and it totally works for me. All Karen's lessons have improved my skills. Thank you Most all the KZbin vids on cirle of fifths do not include anything like this. They only show how to find keys and sharps and flats for scales

[@danb2622]

I love the use of metaphors here to make it easier to understand - and it does! Of course, I tend to be a husband who leaves home without the GPS, and I love "getting lost" - to use Karen's metaphor. I have some friends - such as the diminished 7th, a few modes, the German 6th, etc., and they help me go to places where no husband has gone before. Egads, don't tell the wife!

[@klyons08]

I've tried to understand this all my life. Can't read a note, I play guitar, from Hank to Beatles and beyond and for the 1st time in 67 years it has made sense to me. Never had a teacher but if I had of had a 1000000 they couldn't have been better than you. Thanks Ever So Much !

[@boymatin5845]

Kerry Lyons you haven't tried to

[@katbeta]

This lesson was exactly what I needed. It made so much sense just now.

[@geraldinelam6984]

Love the family story around the circle of 5ths, makes it so much easier to remember, even kids will understand!

[@sstann56]

i'm so glad she posted these lessons on youtube ! clear as mud doesn't apply any more

[@terrencekarson]

Amazing!!! I have been trying to get someone to explain it like that for ages! I knew there was a way to use it like this! Thank you so much uploader!!

[@elextrixtechnixtree]

once again this is a great explanation. better than my entire music theory class in college

[@remyfernandes7765]

no words to appreciate this!! Its simply awesome and i love the way you made me to love music making it so simple!

[@ThinKing9000]

your videos are the best! I love watching them! GOD Bless You!

[@hunterphillips5142]

wow. thank you. this is why i dropped lessons. just mindless repetition, practice, chord identification, scales, memorizing (not learning) a song, without ever explaining the relationship between chords, and how to move through progression. it honestly felt like to me that my instructor didnt want me to grasp this concept so id be inclined to pay for more lessons. i know thats nonsense and he teaches much more experienced musicians, but i dont understand why this wasnt made clear to me or even mentioned by now.

[@venkiee]

The best ever teacher I've seen

[@ruimarquespinto7242]

Die Dame is very aknowledge and funny...I am impressed with the spirit around your the class. Congratulations!

[@lindalangeheine5787]

Thank you for making this information available to so many interested people! It is interesting, well, fascinating, the way you explain it.

[@McTerror1]

thank you for uploading this video! I am an intermediate/novice guitar player trying to get better and this is very helpful. thumbs up for you

[@InUterusLimbo]

best explanation of the circle I’ve ever heard/watched.

[@pericologan]

What a great teacher you are! Great explanations! Difficult make easy is one of your specialities. Kind regards.

[@hermithermitus6036]

I am really happy to learn something which i knew from before actually, but like this i learn with more understanding, therefore i say this is a great music teacher an intelligent one indeed.

[@fgrayfarmer]

Excellent explanation thank you for taking the time to record your theory teaching session and posting it here for us to learn.

[@kotreshprasad7995]

hi madom I'm from India., karnataka really its impressive class as well as very good examples during teaching time .. your a friendly teacher ...

[@magicarp79]

Wow! Gotta watch the whole thing again and write down everything. This helps a lot with transposition.

[@PatoC1982]

Absolutely amazing!!! Now I understand, I'm so happy!!!!! Thank you very very much Karen!!

[@bennethos]

this is fantastic, the way she teaches, very good for remembering.

[@chrisharrisseacaptainchris]

Wow I musta had at least three ahhh Haaaa moments there...I read all this a hundred times in the guitar theory books ,and just could not get it.Its soeasy to learn from this funny ladie she really has something special in her teaching abilities.

[@kneedragger81]

Thank you! :) ......been learning the circle and scales and now it all makes sense....great for composition; instead of arbitrarily trying to find chords...save a lot of time.

[@buiscuitbreath7844]

Thank you for the upload! Thank you so much, really, you just expanded my mind and opened the doors I've been needing to succeed in music! Won't be long now, before you all hear my color added to the palate :D

[@wilmer33086]

I really love this vid, very very helpful, I'll be watching it over and over again 'til it gets stuck in my head and know everything by heart, thanks alot :D

[@reveries119]

@TheLazyPunk The B diminished is derived from the harmonic content of C major scale. When forming a B triad in C major (the 7th note in the scale, or the leading tone) we find B(1), D(3), F(5). If you notice, the intervals between these two components is 2 minor intervals forming diminished.

[@jwnevanas]

She makes me happy. What a great teacher!!

[@blackieja]

I think she's a great teacher even if I didn't really understand everything she's was saying which wasn't to do with her method but she has given me a lot to think about

[@white364]

Dear Karen I was Lucky to vistit your web site,Merci,Merci, I have understood so much more from your demonstration than anyting from a book.I thank you ,really you have my gratitude. john:Paris

[@michelepaino]

Good old topic but what a wonderful lesson, a big thank you from Italy too!

[@SeattleUkeLessons]

This is one of the few, and the best as far as I'm concerned, of the numerous "circle of fifths" videos that covers how the circle provides chord progressions. We also used Five Foot Two as an example, but stress that its a a series of dominant fifth chords: in C it's E7 to A7 to D7 to G7 and back home to C. We put out a video for ukulele players on this.

[@swordgz]

You are an awesome teacher. God bless you!

[@robinzad]

She is fantastic. I had many teachers and I red many theory books but she is just perfect couldn.t be better. Well done

[@tomlanda3467]

Karen, you are wonderful!

[@keiannlesley5989]

thank you so much! now I understand the importance of the fifths.. I am really glad for this tutorial. God bless you. Subscribed :)

[@rongkup15]

What a nice way of teaching... Great Teaching!!!

[@Tunetek]

This is the best music. Lesson I have ever had

[@andrewloya76]

Where have you been all my life! Lol Thank you 😊

[@marcio_souza007]

Thank you very much for the explanation, Karen! Márcio, from Brazil.

[@gilbertmunizofi]

You are simply the BEST!!! :-D

[@bwambaalesharif9099]

this is the best lesson av eva had about progressions