Make Chord Practice Fun With the Circle of Fifths (Part 1)
Practising chords gets genuinely fun when you take them around the Circle of Fifths — and this lesson makes it comprehensive too. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music takes you through both directions of the Circle of Fifths with its two cadences, plagal and authentic, encountering every inversion for major and minor chords. While strengthening your chord-shifting knowledge, you'll also learn three ways to make the movement more rhythmically interesting, starting in Part 1 with major chords in different time signatures. It's an advanced but rewarding workout that ties harmony, inversions and rhythm together on the piano. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 00:16 - Introduction 01:38 - How awesome is the Circle of Fifths 02:22 - Theory of the Circle of FIfths 02:57 - Exploring 5ths and 4ths 04:10 - Perfect Intervals - 5ths & 4ths 06:19 - Counter Clockwize Direction 07:15 - Naming of the Black Notes 10:00 - Moving Clockwize - Plagal Direction 11:16 - Singing the True Roots of the Chords 12:20 - Carbon Copy in Both Hands 13:27 - Trick to Remember the Inversions 17:26 - The Authentic Direction 18:07 - Dominant Resolution 20:45 - Ear Training with Singing 21:59 - Singing the Roots around the Circle 23:51 - Rhythm Pattern for Part 1 24:25 - 8 beat Arpeggio Pattern 25:39 - 7/8 Arpeggios 28:19 - Quick Change within the Bar 29:10 - 6 beat cycle - 4+2 30:56 - 5 beat cycle 32:39 - 4 beat cycle 33:12 - 3 beat cycle 33:32 - Conclusion ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #CircleOfFifths #ChordInversions #ChordPractice
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