MUSIC THEORY made easy

[@caseylockwood5512]

The paper visuals are genius, love that aesthetic

[@samuraiguitarist]

It's nice to do something a bit different (though time consuming) glad you enjoyed it!

[@tomney4460]

I’m an AP (college-level) Music Theory student and I’m learning more in this than I have in my first semester so far.

[@samuraiguitarist]

Right!? This was my first semester of college music theory class

[@chrislaubenstein7209]

This guy has been teaching me personally one-on-one for like 10 years and I've learned jack. Great hair tho 😍

[@TheWarlock42]

You're going to need to change your channel name to Shogunguitarist soon.

[@Dubdubs16]

I like Sageguitarist

[@rakninja]

i've been kinda sorta trying to wrap my brain around keys, and this is the first explanation i think that really got through to me. thanks sammy.

[@davidt9513]

That is the best I've ever seen the scales explained!

[@ChristopherBuecheler]

Enjoyed most of this yesterday while it was briefly up, and enjoyed the rest of it today. Thanks!

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

I like that you use the keyboard to illustrate some of this. I took beginning music theory in school, but we didn't have a piano at home, so that's how I learned theory on guitar by transcribing what I learned on piano that day. I'm convinced that this gave me a big advantage over those who only learned on guitar.

[@Ryan-ws3yf]

In shcool, obviously multiple classes each day but a total of 3 years in chorus, 6 in concert band, 5 in marching band, 2 in jazz band, and 7 years in music theory. Of course I've learned about the circle of fourth's/fifth's but NEVER once were we taught a mnemonic device to remember the sharps and flats. 23 combined years in music thouhout school and you're still teaching me new things. Thank you 👏👏

[@WhirledPublishing]

Over 50 years of music training - which began with years and years in choir, then seven years in band - which included concert band, pep band and two years in marching band - on multiple instruments - then decades as a singer, performing from England to Hawaii - training under seven opera coaches, with a performance repertoire of over 50 arias composed by Mozart, Bellini, Puccini, Rossini, Verdi, Vivaldi and dozens of other composers * G2 to D6 * and having written over 1,000 songs, over a dozen musicals and now writing my 15th opera - trained in the Circle of 5ths, and various mnemonic devices, and I've created and uploaded educational videos on the principles of music, geometry, chemistry, math, etc., and I am - to this day - learning new things about music.

[@ghost79ish]

Solid lesson. I'm fine with all this stuff and more, but I will say that it was layed out really clearly. Knowing music theory and being able to teach it are very different things.

[@CalvinLimSH-ld5le]

Thanks for the 18 minutes of music theory in a nut shell for beginner guitarists learning the ropes how to play better music behind every good songs (scale + Melody + Chord + Rhythm lessons).

[@MichalPfeifer]

I wish I've seen this video 15 years ago. Thank you!

[@brumd]

And in tomorrow's video we take what we learned today and learn how to solo over Giant Steps.

[@samuraiguitarist]

Lol funny enough, the only other time I did stop motion was for my giant steps video. I still suck at that song

[@JohnM-zz8bd]

@@samuraiguitarist nobody sucks at that song, we all suckle at it.

[@ZOOC-iz1fq]

High quality content. It's wonderful. Please expand these topics in the future videos maybe even make a full series on music theory would love to learn from your sir.

[@richbowman5819]

Great video. I learned the circle of 5ths, but you explained everything very well. Good job!

[@aaronstonebeat]

At 5:10 you play b but it sounds like c. Why? Then at 5:17 the b flat sounds like b. When you play the whole f major scale b flat at 5:24 sounds like b flat. I can't imagine this happened by accident. Or did it? Long time subscriber, I always enjoy your content. The theory is solid.

[@stephenbouchelle7706]

Love the graphics.

[@chrismuratore4451]

15:45 this can be complicated if you play around by ear and end up building inversions 😅

[@JimBoom92]

you can learn a small part of music theory in 18 min ;). good video though. respect for the analog visuals in our digital world.

[@onsight2822]

I have a Newbee Guitar question nobody can answer so far regarding looping 🤷‍♂️ Is it possible to play a bass line through a looper pedal and an amp then play along with a guitar using the same amp and looper ? if not is there another way using one ( bass ) amp ? ( unusual i know :-) if not is there another way or , what is the easiest / cheapest way to play a bass line and guitar jam on your own ? maybe it could be a good video idea / i can't find any info on how anywhere??? 🤷‍♂️

[@PaddySwan]

Anyway... here's wonderwall

[@robswystun2766]

Thanks, sensei.

[@chrismuratore4451]

0:38 the diesis would like a word 😊

[@NuggyRC]

Didn't this already get posted recently?

[@samuraiguitarist]

Ya I had to fix a couple things

[@leftbehind4030]

@@samuraiguitarist Namely the whole offer!

[@guiguiyom8787]

Do you say TI instead of Si to avoid mixing it with C?

[@old_man_fran]

I have all your courses and they're great. But now I struggle when I see everyone else refer to the CIRCLE OF FITHS 😅. Is it a Canadian thing?

[@samuraiguitarist]

Is it???? I didn't know others did it different

[@robinr22]

Ha ha, lol, I just googled it and I can't believe how many people refer to it as 'fiths' - it's not even a word!! 😂😂

[@ianchandler9993]

3:36 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez wants to know your location

[@vladilenasmusiccollection9309]

Sounds like Take The Veil or Tetragrammaton

[@samuraiguitarist]

Love me some Mars Volta

[@trharding]

3:36 Jazz!

[@MsJpeter]

Man that's GOOD!

[@ey870]

Very cool

[@Charlieberg-w2q]

I wish I could meet you I am from Winnipeg to I am such a big fan my name is Charlie berg plz reply

[@Charlieberg-w2q]

Plz Answer

[@HeavyDwarf]

ahhh why is your CoF the wrong way 🙈

[@richardclark.]

B to da C to da D double G.

[@KXGXpertGamer]

First

[@bishopoftroy]

How about learning music theory in 18 months, at least? These learn X in 1 hour stuff are very counterproductive.

[@samuraiguitarist]

If you wanted to start getting into applying this all and then looking at the next steps maybe that's an 18 month experience. But the information isn't super hard and I think most people can benefit from a highly visual crash course.

[@BlackReaperMetal]

​@@samuraiguitaristI personally found a lot of value in this. I've been playing guitar and creating music for about 20 years. I had no idea how the circle of fourths or the circle of fifths worked. I didn't understand how minor and major scales were related. I didn't understand how to build chord progressions other than shapes I visualized based on patterns I built out of sounds in my head. This gives me tools to develop my skills by using these guidelines. I believe this gives me a foundation to study and experiment with for years to come. Thanks sensei.