"You'd be surprised that most people find it difficult" No, I won't. I am most people.

Those two kids made me feel like I am deaf

Rick is a good teacher to someone who already understands music. I think he’s genuinely out of touch with a beginners mind when it comes to music unfortunately. Not all of us had Beethoven played to us in the womb. “Believe it or not, some people can’t hear these two notes when I play them together!” Ha, that’s correct Rick. That’s why we’re watching the video.

You HAVE to stay with this video... bookmark it and watch it over and over. I learned all this in a VERY difficult music theory class in High School in 1980. The first two weeks were mind numbing and also included modes. And then it all eventually went CLICK and made total sense. Since then I learned how to play stuff after hearing it only once if it's not too difficult. I hear a song in the grocery store and the chord changes just appear in my noggin, so often I can pick up a guitar or sit at the piano and can figure out the tune pretty quick. I can't explain it, it all just appears exactly as Rick is explaining. This blows the minds of our trained pianists in our church. IT'S NOT because I'm "so great". It's because I endured that class and it's exactly what this video is all about. THEREFORE, do your best to follow what Rick is saying... go through this video again and again until you are sick of it. The results will be worth is 12 times over.

I'm 20 and I decided to become the best I can in music. Your kids are well ahead of me. I will not be defeated by kids lol

"The closer in tune you are, the less beating there is." This describes most of my relationships.

Me: *cries* My mom: What's wrong? Me: I just wanted to learn music

You never outgrow the basics. My favorite story about this: I had friend trumpeter who was working as a janitor (yes musicians take side jobs - much more than you think) in a concert hall. He got to hear Miles Davis warming up back stage an hour or so before showtime. Here was Miles' warmup: Major scales, real slow, one note at a time, focusing on clarity of tone. In other words, same thing you teach a beginner. Moral of the story: NEVER feel bad about reviewing your basics.

I'm so glad I can watch this for free, it's so packed with clear theory. I feel privileged, thank you

If you're suffering from information overload, just learn your basic intervals. Hear them melodically (up and down) then harmonically (played together). Get them in your head first then learn what to call them afterwards. This stuff is actually much simpler than it appears, but you won't learn it all at once. Take baby steps. You'll soon realize that Rick is an excellent teacher. I sure wish his KZfaq channel was around twenty years ago when I was trying to teach myself this stuff out of an archaic book!

Speaking from personal experience as a self taught bass player, this stuff sounds very complicated but once you get it you’ll see (hear) that it’s actually the most natural thing in the world. I struggled with learning music for so many years that I am embarrassed to say how many then finally it clicked. What did it for me was learning the modes and the chords/arpeggios/scales that go with each mode. Once I got those sounds in my head I became much more melodic on bass and get this... all of a sudden I could sing! It really was a startling revelation just how effortless improvisation, both on bass and vocals, became once I had this information downloaded into my brain.

Your awesome Rick but can you do a more basic version of this. I know this is Part 1. How about part .001 to start

You have NO IDEA how much I wish I had a family member or even a close friend to learn music from. 😔

You lost me at hello

The pride he shows in his kids is absolutely awesome. The way you looked at your daughter was the perfect example of a father's love! I really am learning so much from you

Thanks, Rick, that was aug---- I mean - perfect.

I give up. I'm 4 minutes in and I already know less than when I started.

For those who may be confused... 1. Intervals: Take the C major scale for example C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C Notice there are 8 notes in that scale. All we're really worried about is how far away one note is from the next. For example C and G, the first note and the fifth note. We could also count it 1(c) 2(d) 3(e) 4(f) 5(g) to get a fifth. If we play them at the same time, we call it a harmonic 5th. If we do not play them at the same time we call it a melodic 5th. Rick is using a lot of interval terminology but it's basically just saying 2nd 3rd 4th 5th etc. 2.Beating harmonics: when you hear a note, you are hearing sound waves. Think about what a strand of DNA looks like. When he was tuning the guitar he was talking about listening for the sound wave pulsing up and down. The more in tune the guitar is, the less pulsing you will hear. The main point of this video is that you practice listening to the different intervals. Listen to every interval so much that when you hear one in context you can immediately name what it is you're hearing. So much so that when you hear an ambulance you don't think siren you think tritone lol. 3.Tritone: Splits an octave exactly in half. It is called a tritone because the distance from the first to the second note is exactly 3 whole steps away. This interval can be called tritone, augmented 4th or diminished 5th. Think of augmented as slightly stretched out and diminished as slightly shrunken. So now we can say a slightly stretched out 4th or a slightly shrunken 5th. For example, C to F# is the tritone. C to F is a 4th and if we stretch it out a half step it becomes an augmented 4th. C to G is a 5th and if we shrink it by a half step it becomes a diminished 5th.

Rick is a great teacher. He covers a sh*t TON of material here. He makes it look simple. It's not simple. I have been studying music theory for about 30 years now. I understand what he is teaching but a beginner won't learn this material in a short video. I remember when I learned the major scale and immediately I wanted to shred on guitar using modes which was way beyond my skill then. Start simple, learn the notes, then intervals, then how to make basic chords, then how to alter basic chords into augmented, diminished, Maj/Min seventh etc...This all builds on itself and takes time, practice, and persistence. It will all gel eventually with hard work and a love for the material.

Being able to communicate through music is a damn near super power.

This is by far one of the most educational video I've seen in youtube when it comes to music theory. Learned a lot!

This is not for beginners, which is why it currently has 164 dislikes. It is however absolutely brilliant, thank you very much for this. I am now subscribed. I need to watch this a few times over again, but that will be a pleasure.

LOVE this man's youtube content. I feel fortunate he's sharing his wisdom and knowledge on this platform. Thank you, Rick.

Halfway through this lesson I've learned more than I learned in choral singing the past 60 years. I've heard the terms, but never heard them explained. Thank you! This will serve me well for the upcoming winter concert! It starts out a bit overwhelming but quickly turns into clear, concise explanations.

His lips are moving, I know he's trying to tell me something...What is it Lassie?

Anyone overwhelmed within the first 30 secs? Lol

I like how he introduces you to so much information at once. So much information I didn't know, but now I can research each thing in-depth. Thanks for your content!

What a teacher! All the little things I've discovered over the years (regrettably, without any formal study of music) consolidated and expanded into a fascinating lesson. I wish you'd been my teacher back in the 1970s - though I think we're roughly the same age. Thanks, Rick.

You are an amazing teacher...i learned a ton in this lesson. I'm so envious of your kids, they have a wonderful resource in you and I believe they will give us all some incredible gifts in the future if they are truly as passionate about music as you are.

This entire channel is a master work. Thank you kindly for the most excellent lesson.

There is so much value on this “close to free” lesson. It cost almost nothing. I will remember you forever!

the best explanation of what are intervals, tones, etc I hear in my entire life. U R an excellent teacher whit an excellent knlowledge.

.....this is part 1? I felt like an idiot within the first 30 seconds

Thank you Rick for all this wonderful information! I'm having a blast enjoying your older videos, this is pure gold. I used to be terrible at recognizing things by ear and really struggled with even the basics of hearing if my guitar was out of tune. I've gotten a lot better over the many years that I've been playing but I realize that I have so much more to learn. I can't wait to actually try working on some of these techniques more and watching more of your videos on the topic. Big thumbs up from me, thanks again!

3:10 bro he just flexed so hard on us

So informative!!! Gotta keep at it people, be patient. It seemed overwhelming when I started watching Rick but now I'm just excited about learning and applying it to real life music situations!! Peace!

thank you for your effort.. you said 101 .. i think I need lesson 1 not 101..lol

My brain wasn't absorbing anything but couldn't stop watching.

Thanks Rick! I really appreciate the rapid pace of your teaching. There is no time to get bored! Fantastic condensed lesson!

Rick, keep on keeping on man. I love how much I'm learning from your vids. I mark all of them to be watched again, for when i'm near my bass guitar and can really delve in. Thank you

I love how you have categorized these... Great video. Subscribed

unbelievable, i struggle with intervals over a year with poor results, but your logical and comprehensive approach completely changed my overview. Thaks a lot. Greetings from Czechia

As usual with all the things in my life, I've started out at the end and now I'm finishing at the start. You're recent videos from this one is a massive change. :) Thank you for this !

It’s now mid-July 2023 & I’ve recently been going back and watching Rick’s old videos from way back before I knew about his KZfaq channel. I’ve been subscribed for a little over 2 year (I think). Anyhow, It’s absolutely amazing how much musical education, information and entertainment Rick has given us over the past 7-8 years…. all for free! What an awesome guy! You’re the best, Rick!!!

Remember it's "the world's greatest ear" Not "The beginner's greatest ear".

Youre so proud of you son and so are we ❤

My last guitar teacher (who is an excellent teacher) covered this material but you pack so much information into this video at a perfect pace. I appreciate all of your videos.

This is one of the best instructional videos on music I have even seen/heard. Thanks!

I actually enjoy dissonant music and music played in the minor range, this really helped me understand the notes as well as teaching me the correct 'language' to describe them with :) thank you so much

This put together (summarized even) what every music course I've ever paid for couldn't. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I like how you stated that the QUALITY is either perfect, major, minor, augmented, or diminished. No one ever used the word "quality" to refer to these things, and it instantly made sense, after not making any g**damned sense for years. :)

This, for me, is the best explanation of this I’ve ever come across. I realised that it was important to hear what’s going on, but this takes it to another, very useful and logical level all together. A eureka moment! Thank you Rick 👍

Musicians! This post is excellent and outstanding! This ear training lesson is priceless and if you are a musician you can only improve your skill by learning these ideas ! Thank You Mr.B ! Enjoy!

Thank you. That was a whole lot of great information in (dare I say it?) a very short interval. If you can believe it, you're the first person who's ever actually explained to me why perfect intervals are called perfect! I took piano lessons (briefly, at age 11 to 12, for about a year or so); and I've studied music theory (again briefly, in an 'open to the public / after hours class') in my 30s, under a college professor; not to mention all the videos I've watched - & nobody's ever explained that before. I forgot it was even a question lurking somewhere in the back of my mind. I had just been 'accepting' that they're called that, and not even thinking about it anymore. I'm reminded of when I was trying to teach myself about electronics (which was a largely unsuccessful endeavor), & I couldn't figure (or find) out what the deal was with 'root mean square' (RMS.) Even asking electricians didn't help. Years later, I picked up a copy of the Ham Radio Operators guidebook (a tome that looks exactly like a phone book, except for the picture on the cover!) In the third chapter - there it was: a complete explanation of that simple damned thing that nobody could ever just tell me about (mostly, I think, because they themselves didn't know!) Anyway, thanks! Keep jammin'! Rikki Tikki.

"He's another story altogether" -> Yeah that's an understatement.

This is wonderful. I love the lucid explanation. I also learned a trick or two that will make my guitar lessons better. Much respect!

I just logged in to comment that i understand the basics of theory while i am new to music but i really believe you did a pure job explaining this. I think you made it sound more complicated than it is.

THIS IS AMAZING!! you are a wonderful teacher. How amazing to have this online!!! Thank you so much!

This is good stuff, but I imagine it's gibberish to a beginner. When I was starting ear training, I learned to identify intervals by matching intervals to memorable examples of them. It was a great help. Here are some examples: Octave: the first two notes of "SOME-WHERE over the rainbow...." Minor 2nd: the first two notes of Jailhouse Rock or, played faster, the Jaws theme. Major 2nd: the first two notes of the major scale (which Rick actually mentions in this video); "DO-RE-mi-fa..." Minor 3rd: the first two notes of "SO LONG, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodnight..." Major 3rd: the first two notes of a major arpeggio, or the first two notes of the musical intro to "All I Want for Christmas Is You." Perfect 5th: the first two notes of the main melody in the Star Wars theme: "BUUHHHHHHM-BUHHHMMMM-(bumbumbum, baaahm, bum). Major 6th: the first two notes of the NBC jingle ("EN-BEE cee...). Major 7th: the part of the Superman theme after the main melody ("buh, buh, BUH-BUUUUUUHM, bum....buh, buh, BUH-BUUUUUUHM, bum"). That one is a little harder to describe, but play the interval and then listen to the song. You'll hear it. If you happened to go to Boston College like I did, the first two notes of the school fight song are a perfect 4th apart: "FOR BOS-ton..." At least for me, it was crucial to get those intervals down melodically before attempting to recognize them harmonically. Try it and see how it suits you.

I learned things here that no one else covered in what I've found in books and online. That part about the beating between notes - it's so obvious .. now :) This is a masterclass in interval training packed into one slot. You really need to play this in sections, while you sit in front of a keyboard, take some notes and then go practice listening, then come back. I've watched a lot of videos on interval training and this is by far the best I've found. 12:30 - How intervals resolve - this explains so much!

These are really the excellent basic lessons of music composing.. thank you! this reminds me my father and how he taught us when we were little..

9:59 as soon as you hit that Fm diad I heard Clair de Lune. Turns out it's the right notes in the right key (although the assumed root would be a C#). I don't play piano, so it's the mind's ear in reverse!

“You’d be surprised how many people find this difficult”

This is so cool . It explains what I have been doing when I am singing and playing the past 30 years. I finally decided I wanted to learn the technical aspects of WHAT I’m doing when I’m singing and playing . Truly enjoying this . Downloaded the Beato Book . Enjoying it !

This video and this teaching style is absolutely phenomenal. This is the first video I’ve seen by Rick Beato and I am immediately enthralled and must see more. 10/10 extremely CLEAR and moves at a PACE that I UNDERSTAND, yet still CHALLENGED BY. This is such a valuable combination of learning characteristics for me. (Especially because most online or KZfaq tutorials of things are extreeeeemely dumbed down, beyond something challenging or enjoyable.) Truth be told, though, this is also much introductory information for me on some more intermediate music theory than I have learned through my playing and various research. So the content is also an extremely passionate subject for me and it’s all new. But I hope to see more content just like this as I move forward.

This helped me understand a lot. I grew up when having a good ear was almost a curse. I would go next door and play for hours cuz we didn't have a piano. The poor neighbors were so kind. I got to know what sound each note made and self taught harmonies. I love harmony. But I developed bad habits too. Later on we got a piano. My music teacher would play my new piece and I would play it back by ear and didn't adequately learn to read music until I became an adult. She thought I was reading but I was faking. So my ear handicapped me in that way. Music always made sense to me and I hear things going on and can separate instrument lines, bass, etc in my head. Just play it for me and I'm good. I think it goes to what side of your brain you are using. Readers use one side, hearers use the other side. That might be an oversimplification but it could be true. I'm not an expert though. Thanks for a great channel.

Waaaaaay over my head!

Wonderful informative video. I’ve played piano for 30 years starting at 6 years old on my own with no lessons, but have always wanted to know the good details of theory for piano, this video is just fantastic. Everything makes sense so quickly unlike other videos I’ve seen. Great work!

Thank you so much for this video Rick, you’re truly well educated on your craft.

Your channel is gold

Using Star Trek and Star Wars to memorise intervals is actually a great idea. Particularly Star Wars, because John Williams' melodies really beat you 'round the head with the rudiments of intervals. Especially given that A perfect 5th is the first two notes from the main theme, a perfect 4th is the first two notes from the Force theme. A major 6th is the first two notes from Leia's theme etc. And those intervals are particularly strongly emphasized, to the extent that I'm convinced williams intended the whole score as an ear training suite. As an adult trying to develop an ear listening out for intervals in the star wars score is a great idea because those sounds are burned indelibly in the still plastic child part of your brain. Thats assuming you were a Star Wars fan as a kid. If not then god help you.

Rick - thank you. My son just sang his first pitches at 16 months old. I've been watching many of your videos for a while now. Having my first kid, and as a life-long musician, I thought pitch training was worth a shot. My mind was blown last week when he sang (and said) 'Eeeee.' This week, G. 1/6th the way there! I was bought-in to the science of pitch development, but to see it realized is so amazing. You must have been so proud when this happened to you. Anyway, thank you for your knowledge.

I used to have problems identifying 4ths and 6ths. This cleared it up with the categorization of the different intervals. Thanks, Rick!!

I feel like I just sat through two weeks of music class!

omg where have you been all my life!!!

Great, the best instructions I heard. Hope I can be trained to hear the difference of intervals very effectively! Thank you Rick.

Hello and thank you, Mr. Beato. I would like to say why I am thanking you. I am a firm believer that teaching is the most valuable of all human pursuits, whatever the subject. And here you are teaching for free on this public forum. Thank you, sir. That you can take information that may be dry, technical and tedious for some and turn it into something accessible and even entertaining is itself talent.

Hi Rick... i was studing at home and i found your channel just by coincidence ... you are amazing... will follow you from now on!!!

Right about now i am regretting my life descisions Currently I am 15 yrs old and going into grade 11 I did music up to the 9th grade and I didn't continue in grade 10 Why didn't I keep telling myself now ??????? It's only after doing an entire grade of grade 10 I started to really get into music and now I'm here trying to learn as much as I can to build on my small basics but it's not easy at all and I'm sure we all know this. I could have had a teacher to ask for help and it would be a must do to practice and not slack off sigh But nevertheless I can't change time and I have to move forward and it's still not too late to do classes in music for me and anyone We just all have to be dedicated and I hope we all do our best and never give up on music even tho it just gets harder ✨

This is good stuff. I tried teaching my son at a very early age perfect pitch. He went on to become a great musician, especially on piano. He pursued classical piano for a short while but never followed through. He later decided he couldn’t make money in music and has been lost ever since. Your son has a gift. Use the words of Jon Cain’s father and make sure he doesn’t stop believing!!!

Absolutely stellar, Rick! Just can’t imagine the posibilities if all this had been available years ago! The wealth of knowledge that you are are sharing is amazing!

In our first year of Music Pedagogy we learned all this stuff, but hey, it took us a whole semester, so please don't get frustrated if you didn't get it right away, your ears needs time to asimilate all this information. A good practice teachers told us was to find music that you're familiar with and memorize the intervals of the very beginning of a known melody, this must be done with asending and descending intervals, if you can get examples of harmonic intervals (dyads) even better. Example: asending perfect 4th: first two notes of the Godfather theme.

this is insane, i learnt piano for 7 years and never understood this

It is very kind of you to share this.

I started learning guitar around 12-13. I'm 18 now. I love music so much. I had lessons on guitar for a while, then I started learning bass guitar and keyboard (piano) by myself (with resources from the internet). I still really enjoy the simple basics videos. They help me realize how much I have progressed and I enjoy seeing how people teach things differently.

If you guys are having a hard time keeping up, just set the playback speed to 0.75. It helped me out so much, and it's not so slow to where it's noticeable.

Rick knows his stuff, but to me, I've been avalanched by information. I sure wish he could put the camera on the notes he is playing. I only have at best a month of practising.

Excellent! Love how you broke down inversion intervals.

What a treasure! I love this series on Ear training!

Dylan is excellent !!!!I would love to take ear training lessons from him.HAHA

Is this Rick's rosetta stone? Really having a ball watching Rick's 'early man' you tube videos🤣

Oh my God! Simply put... you ROCK, Rick. Love your lessons!

I feel like I need to watch this video every time I think I know anything about music. Amazing! Thanks for the book, Rick. Looking forward to getting my printed version tomorrow...let my Rick Beato Fantastic Music Journey commence!!!

Rick is so good, he can tune bagpipes just by listening to the hyper sonic shriek of a bat. 😂

Alexa, How can Rick Beato's kids be so cute and badass at the same time?

Thank you Rick!!!! Your one of the best!!!

Rick, as a self-taught musician I've been looking for this kind of teaching. Thank you

Is there a second part? Can't find it.

I play piano by ear but I find it really hard on the head .... !

Rick, thank you for providing this great resource for music students.

It has certainly motivated me, I can't understand everything he says in one take but if i spend days I'm sure I can train my ear to do this stuff.This doesn't mean the video isn't clear it's just my lack of knowledge. Thank you Rick