One Mammoth Lesson: Major Scales (All 12 Keys), Circle of Fifths & Chord Inversions
In this piano tutorial we play a chord progression using 2 popular cadences, plagal and authentic (perfect), across the entire Circle of Fifths. While doing this, we develop our knowledge of chord inversions and voice leading. After playing the exercise in the right hand with all 12 major chords, we then move the pattern to the left hand and focus on a melody line built using the tetrachord concept, climbing from the chord tones. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 Performance 00:16 What will you learn? 01:46 Circle of Fifths & Cadences 05:41 Basic Inversion Study 06:26 Chord Inversion Climbing - Authentic Cadence 12:49 Chord Inversion Climbing - Plagal Cadence 16:34 Understanding the Tetra Chord 20:29 Melodic Movement with Tetra Chord - Root to Root 22:43 Melodic Movement with Tetra Chord - Third to Third 23:15 Melodic movement with Tetra Chord - Fifth to Fifth 25:30 Conclusion & Revision ============================= 📹 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 #MajorScales
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