In this episode I show the structure of the altered dominant scale, its diatonic 7th chords, and explain how to use it harmonically and...

In this episode I break down all the chords of the song ‘Sign of the Times’ by Harry Styles and show 4 different ways to play this song....

In this video I show how to construct major 7th chords vs. dominant 7th chords and talk about the similarities/differences and inversions...

This video is all about understanding the Minor 7th chord and its inversions including the 6/5, 4/3, and 4/2. I also talk about...

While there are many ways to harmonize a major scale, this method of harmonization is very common. The diminished chords are used as...

The Symmetric Dominant Scale is used on dominant chords. Just because of its symmetric nature we can use the same scale on different...

Composers in the 20th Century used different methods in order to explore themselves. The pitch-class & pitch-class set is one of them....

The line cliche is very common in many songs. It is very common in minor keys though you can find it also in major keys. This video is...

The line cliche is very common in many songs. It is very common in minor keys though you can find it also in major keys. This video is...

Many composers use Modal Mixture or Modal Interchange (it's two names of the same phenomena) in order to achieve chromatic inflections...

There are many hypotheses about the term Picardy Third, why is it called Picardy? Since I don’t deal with hypotheses and I prefer to deal...

The meaning of Modal Mixture is to mix or borrow notes from the parallel scale. It is very common to borrow notes from the parallel major...

Tendency tone or tendency note is a scale degree or chord-tone that has a strong tendency to resolve in a particular way. There are two...

The Parallel Minor Scale and the Relative Minor Scale are two different things. The Parallel minor shares the same tonic while the...

Everybody know the locrian scale or the locrian mode. It is the seventh mode of the major scale and the second mode of the natural minor...