The Number System Explained

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

I just noticed that I called the 4th and 5th minor, my apologies for that. My mouth was moving contrary to my brain lol. Hopefully I didn’t confuse anyone. Thanks,

[@pankajjoshi3189]

Yeah 😂😂 correct

[@josephbenjaminarcher]

Thank you so much

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Xaphryel thanks bro 😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@kblu65]

Piano Lesson with Warren : lol, you made be go back and check my scale knowledge 😂

[@epifaniocortez]

@@PianoLessonwithWarren at least we know that ur still a human...orayt...thanks for inspiring us...greetings from d Philippines.

[@r.k.8718]

I struggled for a long, long time with modes and scales and the frustration of understanding how piano players seemed to just know that a chord is a major or minor. I thought they were all doing it by ear. Mr. MacPherson, your explanation has been an immense help in this regard. Now I'm going to be like Dory in "Finding Nemo" after she memorizes that address; I'll be waddling around the house saying, "145 Major, 236 Minor, 7 Diminished. C Major, D Minor, E Minor..."

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Awesome 👏😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@bonniesimpson7488]

Hey Warren! I just stopped by to tell you about my experience this morning as I did the homework, so to speak, for the C and D major scales using the number system. It was intense! I was so happy to see it unfold that I fought back tears. Lol! I'm no crybaby but that was huge for me! Sometimes, while studying your tutorials, I think of a music teacher from years ago who abruptly paused ... I'm telling you ... she paused with a gasp like something was wrong! My heart jumped not knowing what to expect ... but in the middle of the second lesson, she said what she was teaching me was only taught to students after a year in the program. What she said next is what comes to mind (from time to time) when I study your tutorials. She said, "God is uncovering something in you!" So with that, I just want to say AGAIN ... and I'm sure there will be many more AGAIN(s) lol ...I am truly grateful for your generosity to share your knowledge about music and your wisdom on how to use music to serve God and bless the people. I'm not religious, but this is you ... "A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men" Proverbs 18:16 Amplified Bible Classic Edition (AMPC).

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thank you Bonnie 😊🙏🏾

[@lins254]

Thanks Warren. The number system is what I majorly use for playing. You've taken me deeper quite deeper.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks bro 😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@chadwickwatkins6272]

Thanks for this video on chord numbering. Much needed. And helpful.

[@wilbertcasher]

Just starting play the piano and I am so inspired to play for my church. Thanks for your time in explaining the number system. It has really opened my understanding a lot clear. I just got to practice with the numbers. Thanks again

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

@@wilbertcasher thanks for watching

[@jwilliamsuk1451]

Wow this tutorial helped me out so much

[@marktab251]

One of the best teachers here on youtube. Thank you very much and God bless you brother.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks bro 😊👍🏽👌🏾

[@bmmusic]

thanx so much warren...gb..

[@devidasdandgaonkar6421]

Excellent tutorial.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

You’re welcome 😉

[@tobyfox1638]

This what i like about the internet or KZbin. Any body can pick and choose which teachers are best for you. Yes, professor Warren i will support your products they are the real deal. Althoug I no longer have a piano your lectures are the best ever. You relay the information precisely. Thank you so much and may God continue to Bless the world through you!🤗

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Toby Fox thank you for watching 😊🙏🏾

[@davisfabian2226]

Great lesson Warren, thanks

[@philatkinson3955]

Thx for making keys easier to put together...great master teacher! Glad I founf you and KC

[@khristaflowers7179]

God bless you my friend ! Thank you for taking time to show us !

[@Sylver255]

This is quite helpful. Thanks lots Warren.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thank you 😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@jimmyponds5504]

Very good presentation!

[@frankkattani480]

Thanks, this was helpful. This is more than a tutorial. Warren God bless you.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

You’re welcome bro, thanks 😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@Donna_R.S.1167]

sooooooo helpful.......I will use this right away, good tip Coach Warren

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Sure thang 😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@WillieCleo]

This is so helpful. Thank you so much. You are a great instructor.

[@bntaft5133]

Makes sense. Thank you, Warren.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks 😊

[@florencestenson9194]

Thanks so much for the tutorial. Happy new year

[@midastymiwaynedasty2681]

Thanks for the tips on numbers system. This is what we call a great teacher. Just finished practice on FAT CHORDS course also in the 4th cycle and it’s amazing. I luv it. Thanks and greetings from Scotland

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks wonderful bro, glad to hear of your progress 😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@oltas223]

welcome back my mentor we have been missing you. God bless you . you are the best

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks bro 😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@dennismeredith6944]

Thank you very much!! Great lesson and explanation!!! I learned a lot!!

[@beadyr4810]

Great Lesson! This clears up chord progressions so much. Thanks

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

You’re welcome, thanks for watching 😊👍🏽

[@johnford3825]

Brilliant. Thank you.

[@DrewFad3]

Great lesson. Very clear

[@skategang1380]

You're the MAN! Thanks!

[@eustacezu]

Hi Warren excellent help!

[@charlieharpman2107]

Hi warren, great lesson. Thanks for posting it.

[@johndoeusa65]

Thank you so much. You explain very clearly and straight forward! It's easy to understand you.

[@johnnyd8065]

Beautiful lesson. Glad to see you back

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks Johnny 😊🙏🏾

[@tonysangalang8706]

Well explained and a well deserved thumbs up!

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks for watching 😉👌🏾

[@dotieno4602]

I love the background music at the start. Thank you for this tutorial. Much love from Kenya

[@lewinisnord329]

Been playing piano for year and I never watch videos that long on piano, haven’t seen someone explain it so simple

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Nice, glad to hear you found the video help 😊🙏🏾

[@christineharmony2375]

Fabulous. Thank you

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

You’re welcome 😉

[@kettlynemichel5763]

Good afternoon warren i like this progression you are the best

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thank you :)

[@josephbenjaminarcher]

Very helpful.Thank you.

[@constancegomez351]

Thank you warren..i just bought a yamaha keyboard 61keys...i found your video ...thank you for going g slow!...im just learning.

[@paulhaines7551]

Excellent - thank you!

[@evertondunbar6171]

Hey warren, welcome back man. Hope all is well regarding finding that home in Florida, I like how u shed light on the number system it's very clear. Keep on doing the good work my brother.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks brother 😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@lins254]

❤ thank you warren.

[@ravencanillo3348]

Thankyou Sir Warren. What a good lesson! I really need it. Godbless you Sir.

[@loripeterson6926]

Thank you! 😊

[@darylsalinasal3223]

Thank you for this lesson sir,Godbless you always

[@alfredquaynor9910]

As usual great lesson. Welcome back. Greetings from Ghana.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks brother :)

[@midastymiwaynedasty2681]

Eti sen Alfred

[@alfredquaynor9910]

Eye

[@emmaomor2389]

Wao that's great. Emma in Uganda. Am impressed

[@michaelcherry3018]

Bruh...you are cracking the code that I couldn't understand how to crack before. I love this ❤. Thank you so very much

[@DREWSKIBOY1]

Thank you for this lesson

[@scottlynnrobinson426]

YAY.. I am familiar with the number system which has been made popular in Nashville Country musicians. I use this system to transpose songs to another key

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

That’s wonderful to hear 😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@nilabeth0-]

Amazing as always Mr Warren #South Africa

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks brother. Hoping one day I can visit South Africa one day, heard it’s beautiful.

[@nilabeth0-]

Very beautiful Sir

[@5966ramesh]

Thank you so much Warren. Your teachings always simplify things. This is exactly I am in. Addicted to transpose for years and never even tried to use black keys. That really restricted my scope to expand and explore. Let me implement this number system and see. Thanks once again. :)

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Yes, the transposed button has been the death 💀 to many pianists’ growth, but it’s not too late to break the habit. Keep me apprised of your progress 😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@philemonthejazzy-merchant]

This is dope...I follow closely your tutorials and are just excellent

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thank you 😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@OyeChico.x8]

Great video. What is an effective way to practice this ?

[@oluwaseunkilanko3233]

Dear Warren, You have been a great inspiration to me through your tutorials. I have all the 97 video tutorials you uploaded on youtube on my laptop. And some that I downloaded from your site. They have been great blessings to me and have helped my piano playing so much. As touching this Number System, this is great. It serves as eye opener for the beginners. But can I make this request from you? Can you continue this tutorial next time by spelling out all the chords (and their uses) for each of the number on diatonic scale? Though you have all these scattered in many of your videos, but I have been looking forward to seeing a particular tutorials where you deal with all possible Chords for tone 1 on the major scale and their purposes, Chords for tone 2, for tone 3, for tone 4, etc on a diatonic scale. The same can be done for tone 1 to 7 on minor scale. I learnt things like this from Germaine Griggs of Gospelkeys (Gospelkeys DVD 202). I am enjoying you all the time. You are doing a very good job to help the worship of our God globally. May the Lord continue to increase you, preserve you and empower you to do more. From Dr. Kilanko Oluwaseun, Covenant University, Ogun State, Nigeria.

[@premasru]

He's good, isn't he :)

[@eduntin4886]

Hi my Brother I can't understand, help play

[@denisedeleau1835]

Practise!

[@atristicvalue1231]

Best teacher

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Awe thank you 🙏🏾

[@serinadonaldson9113]

Very good understand much better

[@earnestpaul8475]

Nice Warren . Easy way of explaining the things . I too hate the transpose button . I always play with all keys . To be honest I use the transpose when I’m playing fast and the songs some times fall in sharps . Rest I never use the transpose . I welcome your advice /guidance to the pals who use the transpose button . Once again a nice lesson . God bless you . 👍

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks bro. PS: never use the transposed button, even on fast song in sharp keys, Just pretend it doesn’t exist. It’s better you fumble your way on those fast songs in keys than use the transposed button. There’s a lot to learn when you push through those fast songs in unfamiliar Keys, don’t rob yourself of the learning experience 😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@earnestpaul8475]

Piano Lesson with Warren Thank you very much . I will do that hereafter ..

[@ricardo90506]

Thanks Warren, good lesson

[@anafried3]

That's wonderful Warren. Your explanations are clear. Could you please do another tutorial to expose the different chord combinaisons we may have at the right hand when at the left hand we are on each number. Exple for the C key? Many thanks and may God always bless you.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks for watching bro. Next week’s will be on left hand positions 😊👍🏽

[@anafried3]

@@PianoLessonwithWarren Great ! Will be tunes.

[@anafried3]

Tuned

[@vidalon3231]

Yup, I will stop touching to that transpose button now! Thanks so much man, this tutorial was so helpful!!!

[@jhonnycholo9893]

Thank you so much for this, what a great way to integrate the Circle of 4ths/5ths!

[@lishavi6607]

What a coincidence! The number system has interested me for a few weeks and I watched or read everything I could find on the Web, some 30 links. For a beginner discouraged by the classical notation system, it seems that this is the ideal. I read that it is related to the Chinese notation system more than 2000 years old. I hope you explore this topic with practical examples.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks awesome. Yes, I’ll be doing more things on the number system.

[@locutz]

bro you just earned you a new sub, i was kinda lost but i picked up on what you was saying quickly

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Glad to hear the video helped, that’s for the sub 😊🙏🏾❤️

[@Philly-Champ]

The way you explained this is very helpful. I tried other videos and it just wasn’t clicking. You have a sub from me and I look forward to watching all your videos. Thank you

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

@@Philly-Champ awesome, glad the video help. Thanks for the sub :)

[@fereshtehjoudi510]

thanks so much it was so helpful

[@7thvervetheproducer800]

Very clear explanation 💪🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks for watching 😊🙏🏾👍🏽

[@akalarrylove52]

Nice lesson.! I'm a beginner.!!

[@nathanielgoulbourne3968]

Yes sah big up to you i just start to learn the piano and i fine your style very easy to fallow i am a jamaican and i am going sign up on your lession

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Respect 🫡 bredda 🙌🏽

[@Susanzakho]

Thank youuuuu You are a great teacher.

[@kblu65]

Giving birth to your musical skills ain’t easy, but I’m excited and looking forward to giving birth to this musical experience 😊

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Nice 😂😂😂

[@kavaleao1528]

GREAT MOVED AND I LOVE THE SUNSHINE FLORIDA STATES!

[@csa2103]

@8:45 the 4th and 5th chords are not minor chords.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Oh wow, my mouth was doing the positive of my brain 🧠😱. Thanks for pointing out

[@ShaySade]

Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

You’re welcome 😊👍🏽🙏🏾

[@StallionBeauty11]

THANK YOU!!!!! 💖🗯

[@azprincess0825]

Wow thank you

[@hpeavie]

Weather is beautiful here in Jacksonville Fl

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Nice, definitely agree. Looking forward to living there next spring

[@frankdux5215]

Thanks for sending me to this video, I've learned alot!! Subscribing! God Bless.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

@@frankdux5215 you’re welcome ☺️

[@bleuounseuebenezer732]

I love your video that the Lord bless you. I would like to know if it was possible to have a video on moving with pentatonic. if you already did it could I have the link of the video please

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks for watching. Check out this this tutorial; kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnyWZ4Kuqdqsl9k

[@bleuounseuebenezer732]

@@PianoLessonwithWarren I watched the video but she did not really see what I was looking for. I was listening to this song that I will give you and at 19 second there is a game that I can not do. if you can help me with it's kind of moving.kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJrciWyKr8lges0

[@bleuounseuebenezer732]

thank you already for answering me. God bless you.

[@dandelobo9284]

Probably the best video on this topic from all I watched. Only couple of things I would suggest to it. I think in this case it is better to speak about keys on the piano instead of "half steps" because not everybody already knows what it is. The practical meaning remains but the same. And if an example of chords are given it would be better not to use inversions and bass notes, since newbies will start to thing about it and have feeling, that they didn't understand something.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Wow, great feedback man, thanks 🙏🏾. I guess I should hire you to me my content strategist - I like the way think 🤔👊🏽

[@witnessmoyosvi6170]

hello sir, loved ur tutorialtoday....wish u get a bit deeper next week wednesday

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thanks for watching bro 😊👍🏽

[@visualkapture4465]

5STARS!!

[@delivinhoagbiji3025]

Hello sir I just came across your channel and you're doing a great job. I'm really trying to change my understanding of music sadly am deeply hooked on the transpose button but I want to end that vicious cycle. The number system is still new to me

[@viralbuthow000]

Number system made my life so much easier. Anytime I listen to nay song I hear the chord changes more distinctly.

[@stacydavis9781]

Hey there Warren this is Stacy from Ga. I really appreciate your lessons and they help ALOT. I’ve been playing for years by ear but not familiar with the number system at all and I want to apply it with learning to chord with my left hand. What’s the easiest way to make that happen please sir?

[@Stephanie9959]

Hey Warren. Everyone needs to revisit the basics. Thank you.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Yes we do 😊🙏🏾

[@Channel-channel-i]

in jacksonville. Would love to meet up.

[@chriskeys8670]

So if a song is in Cmaj , is it safe to say the song is in Amin ? Since it has the same notes...

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

No, it's either in C major, or it's in A minor, but not both. The chord resolution is different based on the key - also, when a song is A miinor the G# is often used which gives E7 resolving to Am.

[@realebogapetlele6713]

This is so overwhelming I just want to cry

[@godfreykibui369]

Hi are you still at this, greetings from Kenya

[@justice1915]

Chord break down of James fortune -identity

[@andreacase4792]

Hi love how you teach

[@HumbledByHisLove]

Did you ever move to Jacksonville? I live here and need some lessons!

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Chosen Few 111 I’ll be moving in two weeks, however unfortunately I don’t offer private lessons. I’ll my teaching is don’t through the website pianolessonwithwarren.com

[@nilabeth0-]

What is cycle of fourth? Mr

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Checkout this tutorial, I explained it, kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5vRhHRurseNpck

[@yzee5085]

Hi welcome to Florida

[@ChristofferKeizer]

Portland lost a heck of a teacher. I'm glad you have this channel.

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Thank you 😊

[@1TreukFlyyy]

Hye Warren, i have a weird question : my guitar teacher doesn't use the number system and doesn't wanna hear about it. When I barely talked about it, he said "you are overthinking, don't think too much". He can play by ear and find chords and melodies to a song. I find it very very odd that a music teacher doesn't even use this simple and effective tool. I mean everybody use the numbers, in every genre from pop to gospel to jazz and so on. How does a musician communicate with others if he doesn't use the same terminology ? How would he say "we gon a put a 2-5-1 to the 4 and 5 to go back to the tonic" ? It has been puzzling me for days. He gives me a chord progression to learn. And I say "it is a 1 6 2 5 progression". He would be like "we don't care you think to much...."

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Sounds like it’s time you get a new guitar teacher David. You’re paying him, not the other around so no need for you to suffering under his tutelage especially if it doesn’t make sense to you.

[@mukhtarmukhtar8636]

08:46 FAC is a major chord

[@justice1915]

Could you help with a video on that

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

A video what?

[@justice1915]

@@PianoLessonwithWarren chord break down of identity by james fortune

[@PianoLessonwithWarren]

Blessing Happly I’ll have to check it out, I’m not familiar with that song

[@justice1915]

Okay, thanks

[@evertondunbar6171]

Sir, can u do a breakdown of this song called( stay close) by bishop Paul Morton.