What does 'in the key of' mean? // Beginner music theory for piano

[@greatdanelegend7001]

Music theory is the craziest, weirdest sorcery to ever be invented. It makes sense, and doesn't make sense at all, at the same time.

[@KVerne009]

Music theory is like algebra, the question isn't "can you read math?" its "can you do math?" - Werner Hisen....I mean Mozart, Mozart told about this analogy in Amadeus

[@HeathenHammer80]

It used to be I thought the same way, but after awhile it does start to make sense. It is very convoluted though. Unnecessarily complicated it seems.

[@treyutacht4439]

Awesome! So helpful. Thank you!

[@shutdahellup69420]

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[@itsFETO]

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[@rproctor83]

Music is a beautifully complicated thing. I see it as part of the fractal nature of the universe, a pattern within a pattern, within a pattern, and so on.

[@reddicing]

glad I sat down to watch this, incredibly clear and concise

[@brianSalem541]

Very helpful to me as a singer who sings by ear. Now I want to learn music theory.

[@storm7590]

Thanks man, I really appreciate the effort you put into these videos. Keep up the amazing work!

[@PianoFromScratch]

No probs, thanks for the video idea

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It's the guy!

[@RB-video]

This really cleared up some confusion for me! Thanks man

[@PianoFromScratch]

Glad it helped!

[@TemiladeAdetunji]

No I am still confused

[@ukidasanchez9303]

I’ve just hopped into learning piano, so this video is a huge help to understand it’s different fundamentals, big thanks my dude 🙌

[@tomjohnston5141]

That was extremely helpful. So far, of all the vids I've tried to learn piano, I like yours the best. I like that you provide theory, and I like also your practice videos where you do things like tell us to find a note and we play along with you--and that you even put some music in the background to make it fun. Looking forward to working my way through all of your work. I hope you keep going. I think you could build up a big channel here. Also, kudos for how professionally produced these videos are. I like that tagline you have as well at the start: "Let's do it."

[@PianoFromScratch]

Thanks for the feedback, Tom! Good luck with your learning

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I saw you had a video and I haven't seen your channel recently. Even though I know this, I thought this was one of the most complete explanations for a beginner. Good job.

[@skatas2578]

Thanks a lot!! Your channel is so underestimated Beacause of you I didn't quit playing piano, because at first i was so confused. Keep it up..you deserve more!!

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[@g-notezmusic7989]

Omg after all them years you have answered my brain fog and unmotivated sadness for not know what it actually means. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@Volpix28]

First of all - HUGE thanks . I think your videos are very well structured and one of the highest quality content i could find on yt. I'm pretty sure your channel will grow very well if you hold on that quality! I struggle to understand augmented/sus chords in terms of when to use them. Mby one day an idea for a video :)

[@PianoFromScratch]

Thanks for the feedback i'm glad they help. In terms of when to use those chords, yes perhaps I could tackle that in a video at some point, will put it in the ideas list. The way I learned was really through spotting we they have been used in music I was playing. I think that's the most authentic way to get a solid sense of it, like the way you can become fluent in a language, through experience. But just quickly, a sus 4 chord quite often gets used to move to the major (Sus means suspended) So instead of just playing G major, you can add a movement from Gsus 4 to G major. The sus sounds 'suspended' and the major sounds more stable. That's one common use way anyway but you need to hear it really with an explanation.

[@paulfournier-w8s]

very helpful but more important, well put forward explanation ... thank you, i will watch more

[@carke7205]

Omg…you putting this in art terms blew my brain

[@elizabethmoore9286]

Just joined a choir and having never learned music theory, I found this incredibly helpful. One request for further clarification, if you could play an example of what you're explaining at each step it would help me. Not being an instrumentalist, I was trying to imagine the sound as you explained. When you did play a few things, it really helped clarify your expectation. Great video!

[@worldofparker]

very useful for me. It strikes me that we come at music with bias, so not all notes are equal, we need phrases to resolve on certain notes, our brains should accept any note, then again if everything was equal, then music wouldn't be music it would be sound. Different cultures presumably have unrecognisable keys and alternative note resolution ideas. You've got me thinking, thankyou.

[@waluigihentailover6926]

5:17 Thank you! It’s 11:16 p.m. and you just answered a question I’ve had for a long time. The key in a music means the music can only play in such notes. Good to know!

[@waluigihentailover6926]

6:23 Lmao, I commented too early. 😅 Now I know!

[@Takamine65]

Thank you so much in helping me understand keys and scales (from Canada)

[@zonys]

Best video on KZbin about this topic. I finally understand what it means. Thank you for your time in explaining it!

[@PianoFromScratch]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chayadevanney3904]

Super helpful, there’s been a huge cloud lifted!

[@Zuqmaro]

Brilliant explanation. This is exactly what I needed. Thanks ❤❤❤

[@smirkza]

First video on this topic where I felt it click. Thank you!

[@alliebooth1517]

Exactly what I'm looking for... I love the video I just Discovered you and I cant wait to dive into all of your videos. I'm seriously taking notes. half way though the video and I have a whole page! Iv been studding music theory on my own using KZbin and just about any book or article I can find and I cant believe I didn't find you sooner. you deserve way way more Subscribers . KEEP IT UP!!!!!

[@PianoFromScratch]

Thanks, welcome aboard!

[@__hazelnut]

This was super helpful!! Tysm!

[@fannyschneider77]

thanks for your work! your chanel is awesome. I'm kinda bing watching it right now and a lot of concepts appear way clearer already!

[@PianoFromScratch]

Thanks for the feedback, glad to know it’s been helpful, that’s why I started 😀

[@yivsm780]

Awesome video dude. Looked this up for a second explanation and it was exactly what I needed! Thanks!

[@PianoFromScratch]

Glad it helped!

[@anttonyyoutube]

Thank you for making this video, my guy!

[@Theycallmekennedy271]

Music theory >>>> rocket science

[@roymwendwa5266]

All this knowledge is impeccable bro👌this is really helpful, God bless you brother and keep inspiring aspiring music producers like me👊

[@oscar51007]

This is amazing thank you for the explanation

[@MariaTrotter-w9f]

Thank you … easy to follow .. I love your channel

[@MandyCandy13]

i might be a guitarist but it's much easier to visualize the notes with a piano

[@gordowebb9910]

theory is so confusing for me. I'm working on a melody where d, f, g and a are sharped, but c is natural. But according to the order of the sharps, c should be sharped, but it doesn't sound right. But if I keep it natural, there is no key that it makes since in? Am I breaking a "rule" ?

[@boomieboo]

I don't understand when someone says something is in the key of blank for 3 reasons: 1) What about all the modes like Lydian, Dorian, Mixolydian, etc? If a song is in a mode do they say the mode along with the key like C Lydian, C Dorian, etc.? Or do they just say the song is in C and it can include all the modes and you just have to figure it out? 2) What about the different chord variations like augmented, diminished, suspended, etc. chords? Can you not play these types of variation chords because they don't fit in the key if the chords include notes outside of the key or the song (chromatic notes)? For instance, if an augmented or diminished, etc. chord has a sharp or flat in it. But the notes of the key or scale of the song don't contain these sharps or flats, will the chord sound bad? Or you can still use these chords for the key of the song even if they include some chromatic notes? After watching this video I think you said it's ok to use these types of chords. 3) What about when a song changes key during the song? So many songs change keys. And certain bands like the Beatles and Radiohead make key changes a normal part of their songs. So if a song changes keys why don't the musicians say this song is in the key of C then C minor, or F then A#, etc? Why do they always only say the song is in the key of blank (naming one note/key) even if the song changes keys?

[@TemiladeAdetunji]

Hi good evening but I am confused the question which I asked was to write all the 12 keys in music and how u got them with the tones and semitones ❤

[@jamesmichaelsimmons]

Thanks. Very helpful.

[@kaegancasey5291]

This video was everything I needed!! So incredibly helpful and well done

[@andreaperez2690]

Thank you😊

[@edvallecorse2966]

Any explanation of steps and half steps along with the formulas would help a lot.

[@francisbakininthekitchen2441]

A half step means the key directly next to the og one. So a half step from C, would be the next black key up, C#. A whole step is two half steps. So a whole step from C would be, (skip the black key) the next white key, D

[@MarkHill-e2f]

Brilliant. Thank you.

[@CloudxOut]

Now make a video explaining this video please.

[@PianoFromScratch]

If something didn't make sense, let me know what and I'll try and help 🙂

[@enjoy7024]

cloud, For once, someone is being honest and not pretending to understand everything he said. If we are not honest about what is clear/ not clear, how would he know where to make adjustments?

[@lauraborenstein9916]

😅

[@cherondavis2603]

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[@sherriskelly1426]

Very useful information and explained well!

[@albertopuente6831]

Great teacher

[@jannomeeuwessen4886]

3:00 but there are a lot of songs that still grab notes from other scales sometimes to spice things up? How does that work?

[@maghonz4488]

Helpful it was thank you teacher! 🤓

[@mike9139]

Thank you for the help!! You are awesome!! ❤

[@adamlacko2546]

Wonderful job, thank You!

[@barskarakas4927]

really clear explanation thank you so much

[@NineSeven_Tahoe]

Hi. i Have a Question on being on Key , Lets Say a melody is In G Min , Do you then require a 808 or Kick To Be Tuned to G Min also ?

[@moosequeen]

Amazing! thank you for explaining so clearly

[@JanKent-r6u]

Thanks, it answered by question

[@RogerKoh]

very impressive。 Thanks for the knowledge.

[@OTSuave]

Great video!😁

[@markphillipkimbowa2883]

This is exactly what I was looking for

[@PianoFromScratch]

Hope it helped!

[@user._.515]

maybe too late, but do we have to specify the mode ? for example in the key of E Phrygian ? or we just say E major ?

[@pumprockin]

So how do we know in witch key we are with one chord? Couldn'it be in various keys?

[@SaladMuncher]

I’m pretty sure you just use the root note in the chord

[@axelkarlsson5900]

Great video!

[@rafaelvillalobos9145]

I have read somewhere that a key can make use of pitches found in several different scales...

[@aa-sd2io]

Thank you very helpful 👍

[@bashinspace]

What's the impact of playing the same music in a different key? does the atmosphere and emotion vary or is it completely subjective?

[@goodlife1581]

Thanks, bro

[@carlau78]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@PianoFromScratch]

Glad it was, thanks for watching

[@DjHolykid]

Thanks for help man

[@brunomelo9114]

That little LOTR reference there caught me off guard

[@erkelcia]

Thanks well explained

[@popoymotmot]

I really want to learn bohemian rhapsody song. In what key is this song played and what major scale should I practice to play this song?

[@hyrijecekani7116]

bravo and thank you!

[@joanakabbali]

What does context in music bacis mean?

[@blackefeltsch7459]

I still have trouble understanding this. In your G Major example when you showed the triads why did you play F sharp instead of F and why do the spacings differ between them. G > B > D has 4 steps and then 3. But from A > C > E it's reversed to create a minor chord. I don't get how minor chords can be in a major scale. It's very confusing.

[@PianoFromScratch]

F sharp is the 7th note in the G major scale not F. The chords of G major only use the notes from the G major scale so that includes the F sharp. If an A minor chord uses the notes A C E, all 3 of those notes are also in the G major scale and so you can find an A minor chord within the G major scale. You can find it in other scales too that also have those 3 notes like the C major scale.

[@enjoy7024]

​@@PianoFromScratch Goodness gracious! What a confusing explanation. Maybe if you are Oscar Peterson you would understand that!

[@nenamajstorovic2990]

I never understand this. Is that mean that is the song is in Gdur than we must use ONLY notes that are inside that scale? And we musn't use notes that not exist in Gdur scale?

[@tsuwaque]

for me, music theory is like math i get lost 10 seconds in

[@astronautical4973]

Can you explain how a key gets its name.

[@va941]

What if i use notes fröm different scales? Is it off key?

[@luisr7708]

Super frustrating have watched like 5 videos on scales and what it means and how to use it and how it works a barely understand also don’t understand what the left hand does? Also when okay the c major scale or example is there a order it needs to be played in and if I’m playing in the c major scale what does my left hand do bc when I’m watching his play the g major scale he just starting clicking the keys and I don’t understand what he’s doing other than playing in that scale. Help me please comments

[@karlbriggs374]

Thank you!

[@PianoFromScratch]

No probs

[@lawrenceobi]

Please what does the minus -1 to 12 mean and the +1 to 12

[@gileshardcastle9425]

Thank you

[@Charles-yq8vv]

Thanks

[@yousefyaser1999]

bro got no idea how much that helped ty

[@adfhjufbjyg957]

But how do I know how the scale goes? I memorize it?

[@PianoFromScratch]

Yes, it's really helpful to memorise scales

[@impecable1]

I'm confused can someone just tell me what, (A4-A5)(D-Bb) (D-Bb) is?

[@yuanyuanlu3354]

I lost my keys

[@bld9696]

I find D minor to be the saddest of all keys.

[@geethas5491]

What pitch means

[@PianoFromScratch]

Each note on the piano is a different pitch, its the frequency of the sound.

[@naitkaet]

8:11 sounded like its from lord of the rings to me, just something funny

[@PianoFromScratch]

Haha it was, forgot about that

[@The_Kwis]

lil Dicky? is that you?

[@Zoomrail]

Bruh I already knew everything in this other than the minor scales and some of the other ones other than major scales I wasted my time I just thought I didn't know because the name was different

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Cool

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Vinny? Is that you?

[@ushnicyuvnikof2748]

Yes

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In the Jailhouse Now, fellas... neighborhood of B

[@jimszikk775]

Rules. I am a musician because I am a rebel and hate rules.

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❤

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Hey

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Hey

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[@PianoFromScratch]

Thanks for the feedback and the tip, I'll check it out

[@webrambler88]

I am afraid i will never understand anything in music theory 😢

[@kairatturganbayev7114]

Good useful lessons. Thx a lot. But you show and speak fast. I think Need a little slow down. So some people can accept and learn well. Imho.

[@Ampwich]

All these musical terms and words are confusing and everything kinda goes over my head..

[@Callum-pe8sh]

Without the terminology you'll never learn?

[@adammitchell1290]

this explained nothing to me, just new concepts i don't understand. this really means when people say that, accent this, major minor la la

[@Thatone.guy14]

GCSE Music I’m cooked