The 8 Levels Of Playing Chords On The Piano!

[@superstarplayz2629]

1. Triads 0:29 2. Inversions 2:12 3. Bass Notes 5:00 4. Octaves or 5ths 7:45 5. 7th Chords 9:51 6. Extensions 11:20 7. Left Hand Patterns 12:53 8. Right Hand Patterns 17:40

[@definitionsupervillain4583]

Thank you

[@RitchieCollins]

Not all heroes wear capes, cheers.

[@johnnyvishnevskiy8090]

Are you kidding me? The level of effort and time put into this video is insane. Wow. I wish I saw this video when I started out!

[@happybackchiropractic]

I agree!! So well done!

[@mozfonky]

my thoughts exactly, great advice but it would take a lot of time (talent too) to be able to play that well.

[@TayWoode]

How many times did you have to rewind to learn anything? Jump cuts, speaks too fast, sound effects, more like he’s showing off rather than teaching

[@AKAMustang]

I _had_ to rewind zero times. But chose to rewind once because that Badd11 sounded so dope.

[@EmanuelFuchs]

I think he is not kidding you. Why would you think that?

[@FunFamilyZone]

This is the single most valuable piano tutorial video on KZbin. Believe when I say I have watched maybe hundreds by now with the top teachers and this beats out all of them.

[@davegee888]

Truth!

[@krutoyinfo]

no its not

[@richardalvarez7904]

Thats so sad for someone who just started. And it is really a good video, but I feel bad for the lack of videos on youtube.

[@eafortson]

Literally came here to say exactly this. As a hobbyist producer I’ve been looking for some to explain these basic concepts in a way that communicates the value and focus of each part of the learning process for AGES. This one absolutely nails it. Great stuff.

[@pkopik]

I love people who are willing to share their knowledge. This eloquently summarized 20 minutes could replace 2 years of music school minus those quirky moments when I had to go back to catch up on what was said while I was laughing. Seeing the beefy texture of music was the highlight of my day....

[@brianp9054]

As someone who self-taught how to play piano, this video helped me realize where I stand and what I'm missing. Certainly eye-opening, thank you very much for such high-quality content.

[@claudiatran4148]

The value in this video is crazy! Really wished someone taught this to me in such a compact and easy way to understand, instead of having to figure this stuff out over the course of literal years. Great stuff!!

[@matticawood]

Thank you 🙏 I’m glad you found it useful! I think a lot of players spend a lot of time getting to know these types of things in a DIY way 😊

[@ItsLukeTheRose]

I agree so many great lessons smashed into one succinct video!

[@AmyAndThePup]

Same here!

[@StevenChalem]

I love how you explain more advanced playing using language that a beginner can understand. You don’t assume that people already know a lot - you even explain what fifths and octaves are! - yet that doesn’t keep you from covering more complex things. It gives a beginner things to aspire to.

[@christophertitus7442]

Bro. The content value. The creative design. The amount of “valuetainment” in this video is setting high standards. It’s crazy. You must have a degree in music, video editing, story telling, and a bunch of other things. Great job.

[@the1984aritra]

I don't know how to thank you. This video answers so many questions in my mind. I really wanted to understand how music turns rich, why the same song can be played like a novice and like a maestro. This one video answers all questions, wow! It simplified music for me.❤

[@kynshra8960]

You do know how to thank him, give him money if you’re that appreciative.

[@Jack.Morgan]

Genuinely, this is the best piano tutorial I have ever seen. You filled the exact knowledge gap that's been in my mind for 12 years. Many lessons, many tutorials, many hours. Never have I fully grasped the underlying logic to playing piano, nor did I know how to take my playing to the next level. I can not believe quite how directly you hit the nail on the head with this tutorial. The way you explained all this in one video with such clarity and simplicity has genuinely changed my life. Can't thank you enough

[@elixerprince_art]

As a self taught pianist that plays mainly classical I think this will help me be more familiar with improvising as well.

[@TheReal4th]

Learn jazz for improv

[@Dogearewow]

Classical Person Here :D

[@joeffponceja409]

I play by ear..can't read music sheets, but seeing this made me think I was doing those unconsiously, thank u for making me realize❤

[@chrisholland3552]

Thank you. This is a great lesson and very helpful. Any chance you would consider a short follow up video demonstrating these techniques if we are singing and playing chords in the right hand instead of melody notes? Thanks again.

[@Moabhd2012]

Outstanding! This mght be the most informative video I have ever seen in You Tube! I have seen thousands over the last 15 years. This is like a magician finally revealing to you how the tricks are done, thank you.

[@keithsamuels7645]

Great job on this video. An amazing amount of work went into doing this. One thing to point out. The extensions are called 9ths, 11ths, and 13ths because that implies there is a 7th in the chord. If there is no 7th, you would call them a 2nd, 4th, or 6th. I know in theory they are very similar, but if I see a C9 chord, I know to include a Bb. If I see a Cadd2, I know there is no 7th in the chord.

[@HuiyenManton]

Ahh...thanks for reminding me why they are 9th, 11th, 13th or 2nd, 4th and 6th 😊

[@keithsamuels7645]

I ran into explaining this in a lesson once and had forgotten myself the reason why. 😂

[@dr.rajarshiraha6627]

I'm sorry, but what in the world is Cadd2? '-'

[@keithsamuels7645]

@@dr.rajarshiraha6627It is just adding a 2nd to a chord. There are different ways of writing it as far as notation goes. So the C chord would have the notes CDEG.

[@keithsamuels7645]

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[@BigParadox]

I stumbled upon this and thought it will just be like many other such videos where everything starts super simple and then you get totally lost and get no value from it. But this was different, systematically, step by step, things you can try. Thanks a lot for very good education.

[@russian-canadianfamily6895]

Thank RCM for having much more progressive levels compared to others like ABRSM

[@mserth22]

I’ve been playing for almost three years now. I was self-taught for two years and took lessons on and off for about a year. The inversions are much more challenging for me than the video's 6, 7, and 8 levels. Playing primarily by ear and being self-taught, 7th chords and extensions were some of the first chords I learned. Inversions, however, are challenging for me for some reason. It's not the concept of them but using them in cadences, for example, that makes my brain explode. Have you seen this with any of your other students?

[@sushi3377]

pretty much the same for me

[@bunnyhollowcrafts]

Finally I see how to play 9th’s and 11’s! No one ever explained that before! This is such a valuable tutorial! Many thanks for your time and talent.

[@michael2350]

Amazing video, as a self taught pianist this was eyeopening as I somehow figured out most of the levels on my own but never saw the whole picture of how they evolved and can be extended

[@almaress]

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I started Piano a couples of months ago, and since then I've been struggling with that. I couldn't understand what to do with the chords because triads doesn't always fit. I NEEDED that video!!!

[@chainmanz7476]

i will be honest with you i have watched so many videos on piano and music theory, this is by FARRRRRRRRR the most valuable video i have watched. Thank you so much i love you for this. The thing i appreciated the most was you showing real examples where these methods were used, from current music to classical music, oh and the last part was the perfect example. thanks so much again.

[@LydiaRuthAbaco]

I just volunteered to teach a basic- intermediate class at a local school for an elective grades 7-12. I chose music to rebuild the kids post Hurricane Dorian /covid which came back to back for us here in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas. This video is amazing!!! I will give it to the kids at the end if they want to keep going as it really gives a total overview in a nutshell. Would love to see a simple song thats worldly recognized like Amazing Grace with all 8 levels applied like how you did for cold plays song. This was beyond brilliant thank you.

[@Progamer-kq7mv]

As a completely self taught pianist I have reached level 8 well let's say 7 and a half I can do the arpegios but using the broken chords using the inversion going down sounded so good give me an hour and I'll have that technique down loved this video and you made it very understandable for younger audiences good work

[@jedpittman6739]

as a beginner, wow ty so much. this was the best, most rich video I’ve seen on this topic.

[@sunitisharma4071]

PLEASE!!!!! keep making videos like this, and plz make a video on how to figure out arpeggio patterns

[@ronniepad154]

Simply Amazing. Not only able to play and demonstrate the different levels in different songs, but apply them all in one song. Mind blown….

[@lucasbernardo1877]

What a genious video! As a guitar player and a beginner at piano I'm amazed with how you were able to divide the long journey on piano like this. Congratulations, SuperB job!

[@5StringRob]

Same here.

[@nchillbilly3]

Wow. such a simple way to explain complex information. Great job. You teach such a volume of music quickly that others take hours and make it hard and confusing. Such clarity. Thanks.

[@roughrosa]

This is brilliant. I learned each level individually in songs. But never have been able to ‘see’ it’s mapped out so simple this way. Now I have a roadmap in my brain! I like it that you identify them as ‘level’. I can see which one to improve and move up to, or even spiced up and mixed them up. I am always flustered and lost when it comes to improvisation. Thanks!

[@bh5606]

Will try out your ideas. Thanks.

[@jared29bc]

This is very informative. I wanted to learn how to play piano/chords since high school. Having no teacher can be frustrating, so I learnt just a little to nothing, but this is really informative and is making me find my old keyboard in the storage room and want to restart.

[@flowdee1058]

As a complete beginner this was eye opening and extremely inspirational! Great info and examples with perfect editing. Pure gold! Thank you

[@GloshJamal]

You are such a legend in educating piano 🎹 ❤️ i have learnt alot in such a short time video. Thank you so much sir!

[@angeldavidc2132]

Wtfffffff the best 22 mins of my life. You have won a sub

[@jameslangridge1674]

My grandfather died a long time ago and left me his piano. It stayed at my sisters house for almost 20 yrs while her kids learned to play. My kids are now just starting out. And so am I. I was shocked at how easy it is to learn on your own, and I quickly got to what you called level 3, as it made the most sense to me (guitarist for 30 yrs). But then I got stuck. Now I have a new challenge to try out. Thank you for your video and explanation. So helpful.

[@quantumXkyle]

This video made me finally understand how chords variations and scales work together. I played guitar for a long time and it was way harder to understand. Maybe it's just easier to visualize on piano but this video was awesome. Thank you!

[@-S_White-]

This might be my favourite video of yours so far but all of them are brilliant. I bought a digital piano 3 weeks ago and content like yours helps me see the light and the end of the tunnel. I’ve consumed so much content like this my knowledge far outweighs my ability but it’s helped me form a road map to follow. Thank you. 😊

[@ilaydaylmaz5601]

I'm also a self-taught and I love singing while playing the piano. Since I already sing the melody I play the 5ths with my left hand, and chords on the right hand. It sounds really nice but I'm kinda stuck with the same technique and I'm here to learn different techniques without including the melody. Thanks for great content btw 🫶

[@Kittycat52hi]

There is nothing better than listen to someone who really knows what he is playing. Fantastic job.

[@SheBuck]

Amazing video! This is exactly what I was looking for. I play with chords and can follow everything you're saying so well! Love the way you laid everything out. I need help physically maneuvering my fingers to do the right hand patterns (tips on best fingerings and maneuvers). If you devoted a video to just that topic, that would be amazing! Also, I would love to see you play the entire song of Wonderwall too - beautiful!

[@ZvikaDror]

As others already mentioned, Matthew, you've nailed it and created, hands down, the most complete tutorial for a beginner keyboardist to foresee which levels can be achieved in chord+melody and in-between passages and probably come back to this video for reminders and more advanced grasp while adding mileage and songs. This is THE guide I would trust to get my kid, for example, from Bass Guitar to Piano, without me watching every step and level, because you have it laid out so well and detailed ! Bravo

[@LOGic_InFuture2806]

After 2 years of keyboard, I made it to level 5, and I just want to say thank you for making this video so other players like me can improve their playing :)

[@J3susL0vesUS0Much]

By far, one of the best piano "tutorials" out there. This was more of a lesson. I really appreciate this!

[@EDWARD-y6v]

I can't believe that this is a free lesson. Thank you so much.

[@indrakrisnawan5015]

I spent half of my life trying to find out how the piano players play a song (as in my childhood I was only taught about playing triad). Finally found the answer today.

[@somethingnoob627]

This guy deserves way way way more than 44.4k subs! His video on this was amazing, I appreciate how much time he spent on one video! Respect!

[@wordofmo]

That's probably only because he has a funny accent.😁

[@KRR-o8n]

+1

[@dennis1954]

He just gained one more, mine.

[@stevensmith1788]

Yes, certainly one of the best tutorials I have seen. It is clear that you have put a lot of thought and creativity into this tutorial so thank you. ❤ Absolutely love the way you brought all of the levels together to play, a wonderful rendition of fix you, which is one of my wife’s favourite songs. 🙏🙏🙏

[@joannabell2453]

I love this! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this video! I can’t tell you how much you’ve helped me (and others, I’m sure). So, again, thank you!

[@susannamcauley3261]

This is a whole piano course in one video... Thank you!!

[@tareksidky9967]

Thank you for a wonderful video. As a child piano player who gave it up at age 11 after 5 years in conservatory 54 years ago, I'm now just learning all over again as I have forgotten everything and can't remember to read music as I also learnt in solfage. Your video has made a lot of sense, and I'll definitely be following your channel. Well done 👏 keep up the great work 😀👌

[@emeka2684]

This is like finding a diamond in your backyard❤❤❤❤

[@uufruity]

This really helped me out. I couldn’t hear pop piano covers and figure out how they sounded so “full” and complete. You building up the levels and different components made me see clearly on how I could improve past triad + inversions in the LH and the melody in the right hand or for accompanying, 1-5 shells/octaves in the LH and triads + inversions in the RH. I didn’t know about the whole: incorporating the melody into the RH with chords. That’s so cool and I can finally see it clearly! :))

[@spineclinic]

certainly one of the best tutorial, answer exactly my problems. 20 mins fly by so quickly , thank you very much sir !!

[@luisgraca]

Thank you! Very helpful for arrangements 🙏🏽 Video suggestion: breaking down Patrik Pietschmann's arranging style

[@matticawood]

No problem! Thanks for the suggestion, il check out Patrik 😊

[@ProgramistaNaBudowie]

This is a brilliant video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Didn't play at the piano yet, about to buy one, but this is still great to watch and learn from your video.

[@radhikar3529]

Honestly, one of the best piano tutorials I've ever seen. Thank you!

[@matticawood]

Thank you! I'm glad you found the video useful and thanks for the super! 😊

[@AxmxZ]

That is hands down the best guide to chords I've ever seen. Thank you so much!

[@lucaspolinard5875]

Thank you so much for the quality of the video you putting out there. It's amazing the way you break things through and transform "complicated" stuff into easy one. I'm glad YT leads me to your channel. Have a good day, and please keep up.

[@bruhnatorb]

That's what I'm talking about

[@matticawood]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@Suspecttommy]

Thank you so much for explaining how the keys work without much knowledge, i already feel more confident with the piano by knowing what i know now❤

[@josephdlucero1104]

I'm a newby but my heart is totaly sold out to learning so Thank You so much.

[@gbemiromoses2163]

You are wonderful soulful person, thanks for this video sir. Im very grateful

[@gAlbert23500]

Great podcast! I've been playing piano and bass for years🎹🎸🎶, but I still learned a lot from your musical podcast. I only planned to listen for a couple of minutes, but you were so clear, insightful, and energetic that I ended up listening to the whole lesson. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@kyletimbaker]

This is information packed! Thank you!

[@klmoves]

I teared up at the end with Coldplay's Fix You. You are extremely talented.

[@FayeDoctolero]

This literally would have saved my time in learning piano when I'm just starting... I watched a lot of vids but this hits diff like bruh you slayed being a teacher for 20 minutes

[@sabeeln4855]

At last found something logical and easy to understand about this chord concept

[@olusegunadeniran6841]

This will help my playing in church! Thank you for this video. God bless you.

[@sunnyhawk]

Just what I need as I work to grow my accompianment skills. Thank you!!!!!

[@sarahh8808]

Amazing video as a self taught pianist I do all 8 stages by ear but had no idea on the terminology for some of the higher stages. I just called it adding pazazz 😂😂😂 but this literally spelt everything out clear and concise I'll be looking at changing up the way I use my chords throughout a song. I know 7th chords were only touched on but you've got so many variations there and I had no idea the 9th and 11th chords were the same as a Sus2 and Sus4 (usually played on guitar) I call them the dreamy chords 😂 the base note to triad jump chords I call cowboy chords. They seem to be used in country and western a lot. Helps me work it out by tone.

[@emmanuelakande5597]

This is the best tutorial ever

[@Crazyfish66]

Fantastic video. Very useful. Thank you. Would be great to see a video which goes into more detail with extensions and which ones work best with the chords in a progression.

[@christopherblackwell6362]

That video was sooooooo helpful. Brilliantly clear and well explained. Equal to the best I’ve seen on you tube for piano. Keep up the amazing work!

[@dianecourtney2724]

As a demoralized pathetic beginner I can’t tell you how much you help me. When I become great ( mediocre 😂 ) I will write a song for you in order to thank you ✌🏼🌷

[@KS-yn8hc]

I was blind and and now I see! Thank you so much--You have done an amazing job!🦋

[@RF-ww5gc]

This man is a genius 🔥

[@re5remake447]

I love how you demonstrate examples of the concepts you teach and other use-cases for them. This is a very well produced tutorial.

[@Piano_Albert]

level 8: relative chords level 9: chord patterns level 10: recognizing chord patterns level 10: improvising chord patterns Level 11: Play the chords of any song by ear level 12: alt chords such as (5b) (#11) Level 13 major minor Level 14: stacking 4th's and that is without getting in to any patterns or inversions.. you could talk about those some more as well. And then using chords to improvise in the right hand.. Fast arpeggios... tons

[@marcelovieira895]

So, I do not enjoy to study scores and memorize songs, that was always an issue to me and dragged me out from piano when I was a child. On guitar, I almost don't know any memorized song lol But I always loved to improvised, so I discovered I love to learn musical theory and apply on improvisation. Those days I found an old piano and tried to use my musical theory into practical to create some songs. Your process is almost how my brain proceed while learning this! Loved it and I wish education could stimulate other ways of learning

[@charoski9715]

Thank you very much for this video, i was searching for several week someone or something to explain me why some guys play chords like that, and now I understand!

[@twoscoops2]

Thanks, great video. Just what I needed to break free of my block triads. I appreciate the explanations, and examples. Very helpful.

[@excellentdavis4119]

Teacher Mathew thanks so much watching from Kenya..you are great teacher to me

[@DMWorkz]

I just started a couple of days ago. I will save this video 👌🏼

[@Pear.Jerry.]

This was just amazing! I am very much a beginner when it comes to piano (currently at a Level 2, struggling to get to 3 :D) and this video answers so many questions that I had - like how playing an entire song (playing both chords and the melody) and accompanying for someone singing differ. It also emphasises this creative element of it all - describing what kind of an effect each new "level" allows to achieve and that it is actually for the performer to decide which ones they see fit. I absolutely love it and I am sure I will be coming back many times as my piano skills progress. :)

[@tsbell8984]

I’m definitely going to dissect every single section of this. Thank you.

[@ElenasBarre]

Wow, amazing tutorial, Matthew! ❤❤❤👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏

[@TimSuliman]

This is the most information on chords I’ve ever seen in a single video.

[@PriandSamiChiriac]

It’s the best KZbin video to help us to come out of basic level! How much work you must have put into it… from teaching to editing… You just got a new subscriber! Thank you so much!

[@2011JOBA]

I think the most important thing is to know the inversion of the used chords and the melody of the song and that in best case without looking on the keyboard. Is there a exercise that trains all mayor, minor and diminish chords in all keys? A kind of master exercise so that you can support the easily. When my mother heard a melody, she could immediately add chords to it. I've been trying to do this for years and I'm afraid I'll have to practice for a while before I can do it. Or is there a shortcut. Thank you for your super great video!

[@Noriuslephotographe]

thanks 🙂 I am learning piano but i wanted to know why I was learning scales (and chords) now it makes sence 👍👍👍

[@rodneyhorrell]

Brilliant. I compose piano music, so was looking to see if I'm on the right track. Very helpful, thank you.

[@CharlieLeach-m4d]

This video is awesome! Now I get it and can see where I’m heading. Thank you making it all so clear. It’s a beautifully made and edited and clearly a huge amount of care and thought went into making it so simple and easy to understand. Huge thank you. It also makes it clear why you need to get so fluent at every scale so you can bounce around effortlessly between them.

[@StevenHughes-j5u]

What a great video. I’ve watched so many bits here and there but this one was much more informative and made everything fall into place.

[@smile-zn5dr]

Hey! thanks for the video, it is incredible! everything is so clear! I would want to suggest you something, if you would use different color for each hand, for example red for right and blue for left would be helpful!

[@jenssieckmann]

This is such a high quality video in terms of content, visuals and educational/didactic presentation. I teach myself virtual orchestral music production in the genre of filmmusic. On the face of it there's not much on comment with pop music of your playing examples but actually there is a lot that can be transferred. Playing bassnotes (not only root but 5ths and 3rds). The biggest thing are arpeggios. They're known as ostinatos in filmmusic, used as repeating rhythmic figures to drive a piece forward. They don't play always chord notes, bit mainly. Take for example Hans Zimmer's Batman theme or Chevaliers de Sangreal of the the Da Vinci Code soundtrack. Or John William's Duel of the Fates motif with the same ostinato over and over again. So iconic!

[@eliwhitley1878]

How you play it, use your head! Thanks, good info for a guy teaching himself. So much good info here.

[@ShakKy33]

thanks for that video i've always to arrange songs by playing them by ear but even with the chords that i can find on the internet i usually don't know how to play them to make it beautiful

[@nicemusicwithlove]

Thanks ! Very good video a little bit too fast for me but I will rewatch it and break it down. Exactly what I was looking for 👍

[@deardoue69]

13:17 JVKE's songs like golden hour and im not okay could be an example of arpeggios too, because learned both songs and just now i just realised what arpeggio meant

[@HenryArko]

This video is going to make my keyboard teaching simple and straightforward