Videos like this make the music learning journey worthwhile. I feel like I was given a new box of presents that I get to unwrap and explore.Thank you for the work that you do
@suga4all2 жыл бұрын
What an eye opener. I played slash chords for years now, but only with simple roots or roots and fifth in the left hand. Never thought about putting two full chords together (though it seems emberassingly obvious now 😆). Especially the soloing options and the millions of possible harmonic variations make it intriguing. Plus the feasibility to explain harmonies that would be hard to grasp on otherwise! Simple and effective 👌
@davidparkes79778 ай бұрын
This is the only way to master complex chords and remember them im sure alot of musicians think this way.Great video
@nickroeballs7906 Жыл бұрын
I'm not even a piano player, but learning theory and applying some of it's principles are so much easier with instructional videos like this, bass players beware, broken chords sound great over these progressions and will give you the tools to hit the ground running, I'm improvising with great voicings quicker than I ever have before thanks to you! Taking your left hand and right hand and transcribing these polychords for muscle memory to improvise works like a charm.
@MalcaratMartinez2 жыл бұрын
Your lessons are PURE GOLD. Harmony always was very hard to me to get into, but your lessons present it in a very practical way which is easy to understand by illiterate rockers like myself. Kudos to you sir, avid watcher of your material !
@Transterra552 жыл бұрын
I have been playing these chords for decades, (especially the left-hand minor chord with a right-hand major chord)--I never knew they had a name. Fantastic video!
@MangoldProject2 жыл бұрын
Well, welcome to the club then :)
@winterdesert12 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful sequence. Learning this at 3:30am cause I couldn't sleep.
@MangoldProject2 жыл бұрын
The best time to learn!
@Ernie_Centofanti2 жыл бұрын
You left out one of my favorites. Play a dominant 7th chord in the left hand (F7), and a major triad which is a major 6th above that (D triad) in the right hand. So, D/F7. In effect it is an F13th with a flat 9. This polychord also works even better if you just play the root and the 7th in the left hand (F and E flat) with the D triad in the right hand. Excellent video, BTW.
@MangoldProject2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ernie. There are probably too many (good) variations to reasonably cover in any one video, but the idea is to get people to experiment, which I hope this video did!
@turtleCalledCalmie2 жыл бұрын
@@MangoldProject YUP, this video and video about triton sub are like combination of sounds to experiment for whole life
@Cyzure2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, so as you said F13th with a flat 9. In this voicing the 3rd is doubled and the 11th omitted. I like it. Scooping out that doubled 3rd and the 5th in the left hand doesn't matter functionally, brilliant.
@lawrencetaylor4101 Жыл бұрын
I took notes on your ideas, and will work on them on the piano. But I'll watch this again to see how you resolve them. And I think there is a way to work the circle of fourths into this to really make something special.
@ShiptoShore-sh7gf4 ай бұрын
Wow this is fantastic! And no surprise that everyone really locks in on the particularly wonderful combination at the 14 minute mark!
@parkerchace2 жыл бұрын
Groundbreaking for me!! No more guesswork
@raktim369 Жыл бұрын
Learning major, harmonic minor, melodic minor kinda scale helps find these chords and opens up a whole new perspective. Things get very intersting.
@DrMuseclectic2 жыл бұрын
Yet another excellent, professionally delivered, presentation! Superb work showing how the wonderful sounding yet theoretically, and notationally, complex polychords can be conceived and played with great effect. To any new visitors to the Mangold Project channel, I strongly urge you to have a look at the collection of videos in the ‘Piano Lessons for Beginners’ and ‘Inspiring Piano Harmony, Chord and Voicing Tips and Tricks!’ playlists - there are a few ‘secrets’ in there that will greatly help your appreciation of music theory and practice - wish these lessons had been around 20 years ago when I was first getting started with piano and theory! Just to make it clear, these videos are focused on playing and are not theory-heavy but if you know a bit of theory you’ll immediately appreciate what is being presented.
@MangoldProject2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Doc :)
@alnitaka Жыл бұрын
I note that the Hendrix chord, on a guitar E G# B D Fx, (E7#9), becomes a polychord if you rewrite the Fx as a G. You then get E G# B D G, a G chord on top of an E chord.
@freddyfreeloader49er2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your guidance in 2021 and providing another lightbulb moment. Best wishes for 2022 and I look forward to receiving more excellent tips and instruction.
@myuzu_2 ай бұрын
Now I know how pianists play huge extensions so effortlessly
@janetespada38162 жыл бұрын
I'm just an infant in piano but I hope to keep playing and enjoying every step of the way until I reach this lesson.Thank you so much, Teacher!!! With love and deep respect.🙂💕♥️
@apparentlybrian3 ай бұрын
This is great. I want to explore more of the altered dominants such as Eb/A7 = A7b9#11. This has changed my way of thinking about how to build and deploy more complex chords.
@blaquewalker68182 жыл бұрын
thank you! ive been wanting to learn this for a long time. time to watch the video over and over again
@jayagopi12 жыл бұрын
As usual excellent polychord theory. Sounds very beautiful and jazzy. Thanks mangold. You rock man 👍😊
@JamwithJamal2 жыл бұрын
Gives you a lot of things, clearly, thoroughly and briefly, things you may discover in years...Keep it up, your tutorials are the best here...
@hesambani4943Ай бұрын
That was helpfull for me as a classical composer who wanted to learn from jazz!🎉
@richbergeron722411 ай бұрын
Man this is pure gold thanks for taking on this project. 🙏
@MangoldProject11 ай бұрын
Happy to help other musicians in their journey.
@p.wanshanborlangm.laitmon61232 жыл бұрын
I am so glad that a person like you exist. You help us alot in so many ways. Because of yoru videoes, music is so much fun
@pafnouticlavipiano2 жыл бұрын
Hi Mangold, I really like your videos. Thank you for the hard work, you deserve a lot more recognition. Hope to see more videos in the future.
@viralbuthow0008 ай бұрын
Easy to remember this way. Got to know the formula and inversions.
@mikegordon15042 жыл бұрын
I’ve been looking for this door to beautiful chord sequences for a long time.
@violetatio32242 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking time to explain polychords. Will look up the video again.
@turtleCalledCalmie2 жыл бұрын
Oh I gonna learn that demo so hard
@cyexe2 жыл бұрын
Lol same! I want to learn the demo so I can show off polychords like a boss
@turtleCalledCalmie2 жыл бұрын
Progress update - can play first three chords :) yea im not a quick learner
@turtleCalledCalmie2 жыл бұрын
Progress update, yep whole first line done. I get carried away and start to loop that and improv on guitar over it. Its such a fun stuff to improv over. Its gonna be a PITA to learn all of that in defferent keys tho, thats what im worried about
@nohesitations6092 жыл бұрын
Amazing lesson, a must have for any keyboard/piano player. Thanks a lot for putting this on KZfaq
@FuturesIndonesia2 жыл бұрын
A very-very useful lesson, thank you so much.
@diamondbackcheeonn Жыл бұрын
You are simply awesome on music teaching🎉
@Stevethesearcher2 жыл бұрын
Two things stand out to me after watching this video. The first is that I always thought of slash chords as one chord with an altered bass note. Stacking two chords on top of each other never occurred to me. I speak here as a songwriter and music programmer and not as a keyboard player. The second thing that stood out for me was the potential of using this for sophisticated arpeggios. That is where I saw the application of this in my own compositions if I was able to incorporate this kind of theory into my music.
@MangoldProject2 жыл бұрын
The slash notation usually represents an altered bass note, but it's also used for polychords. However, there is no standard notation for polychords really, and you should be very careful to ask whoever notated your sheet music what they meant.
@Stevethesearcher2 жыл бұрын
@@MangoldProject Thank you for your reply and explanation.
@aiconic102 жыл бұрын
You can also refer to it as 5 over 1. I prefer to approach playing in this manner. It's just easier for me. I learned piano as a kid by ear. Took lessons later in life. Already knew the theory. It's like being unlocked. Nothing is out of my reach now. I was a good player before. I've experienced exponential growth in the last year because I knew the theory and now I understand how to apply it as a keyboard player. A totally different experience than being trained as a woodwind player or guitar player. My former main instruments. Thinking like a piano player is very different. The theory is far more important.
@MaxTooney Жыл бұрын
Lots of great concepts in this video. Thanks for posting this! Noticed a few comments with viewers confusing this with slash notation. I find it easier to read polychords when they are notated with a parallel line rather than a slash. (I find it less confusing because the upper chord is played with the right hand and the bottom chord is played in the left -- similar to treble clef and base clef.)
@megamoochilli32972 жыл бұрын
I always thought a notated slash chord meant you simply play first chord / bass note. So for Cmin7/F you'd play F G Bb C Eb But I usually play a melody in the right and it seems a big stretch if you have to do two triads with the left hand.
@PieterSchlosser2 жыл бұрын
Came here to say this. A slash chord indicates a chord with a specific note in the bass. If you want to notate a polychord, you would notate it as you do fractions in Math. Meaning a chord OVER another chord with a straight line in between.
@Keeferz4Keeperz2 жыл бұрын
@@PieterSchlosser thank you i was going to reply same thing...he has poly chords notated incorrectly above in video
@Keeferz4Keeperz2 жыл бұрын
you are correct...he's explaining it slightly wrong above
@soundsgoodtome Жыл бұрын
Exactly. For simplicity when typing, in addition to the traditional use of a horizontal line to indicate a polychord, it has become acceptable to use the vertical divider character to indicate a polychord (e.g., A|C). But as commenters above have stated, the slash character ALWAYS indicates a chord played over over a *bass note*, NOT a polychord. I wish this presenter would correct and re-upload this video, which otherwise contains helpful information.
@carolina66832 жыл бұрын
So useful and professional. Thank you very much!
@MangoldProject2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@seanonel2 жыл бұрын
This is gold. Thank you 🙏
@Project-Suncatcher2 жыл бұрын
Hi. I am so much learning from your video. I never met teaching those theory that easily understand. Thank you
@davidhernandez-uw1gj10 ай бұрын
Great Jazz tutorial ❤ Thank you
@richardroskell34522 жыл бұрын
Love your lessons. Thank you!
@MangoldProject2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Hope you learn interesting things.
@ezechiassimon49022 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this lesson!
@jameswahlberg44662 жыл бұрын
Thanks, this is really helpful... and a lovely example teaching progression.
I like taking this idea and applying it to melodies and accompaniments. So write a chord progression in C and write a melody in G. Kinda fun.
@AlbertoRamirezNerdMusic1012 жыл бұрын
Hey mangold project or Assaf hey man I just wanted to say that I’ve been playing the piano for 15 years & to be honest I never had no one Taught me how to play the keyboard or piano u want to know who my father in the sky god taught me how to play the piano & he actually taught me the easiest way & it’s a secret that I’ve learned a long time ago so I can’t tell u what secret it is but I can only tell how I actually started learning how to get better at chord & hopefully another perspective which helped me out when I first started playing the piano when I was little so yeah but anyways assaf thanks for the video keep it up!👍
@anj107302 жыл бұрын
If God taught u an it’s such a secret why say anything if ur not gone share
@jayedevan5672 жыл бұрын
@@anj10730 exactly...a whole Lotta commenting for nothing 🤷🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️😐
@AlbertoRamirezNerdMusic1012 жыл бұрын
@@anj10730 because I can’t give u guys the main secret on how I started I mean sure I don’t really know too much about how to play the keyboard as an expert but all I’m saying is that I started playing the piano because I love it & it’s a passion for me & basically when I first started a long time ago I was never interested in playing the piano but now I’m interested already cuz I’m already getting there at the next level to start my own career so I don’t know about u but me personally I started playing the piano or keyboard when I was 5 years old so that’s make sense because I personally enjoy learning on my own but thanks for asking.
@douglasbroccone3144 Жыл бұрын
Sounds beautiful
@deivad622 Жыл бұрын
A very good explanations! They sound good on the piano but thinking about the colours of an ensemble or a windband, polychords work very well using one chord for a section and the other for another: trumpets mute-on and clarinets under the brake.. nice mix!
@oldmannewman2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic explanation! Thank you!
@MangoldProject2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@oldmannewman2 жыл бұрын
Your videos always are!
@joshuacoustics2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. You have a new subscriber now. Can't wait to dig in to your channel while Im in front of my piano.
@alamolalamol94262 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. The theory really helps especially around matching the chords🙌🏾.
@Firetracks2 жыл бұрын
Awesome tutorial!🚀🚀🔥
@Maris_Hvidt Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for sharing.
@DETERMINOLOGY2 жыл бұрын
Dont know if you rushed though the chords but example 1:38 That could be a FMajor7/ Dm7 or F/Dm9..Depends how you look at it as a poly chord Always good to give the full example of the chord. With ear training i would be able to pick up on it but for new comers and those that look at chords like this they would wonder you have more notes then just F/Dm7 so that would be throw off to some. Other then that solid stuff
@DJ-ny2jq2 жыл бұрын
Thanks this perspective helped me
@thjs2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great lesson. Straight to the point.
@cyexe2 жыл бұрын
I love the advantages of polychords
@debralynnpaxton52384 ай бұрын
Beautiful ❤
@naz74132 жыл бұрын
An incredible video, thank you so much! Helped me a lot in making better sense of things!
@JohnnyOskam3 ай бұрын
As a guitarist, I think it’s more valuable to learn the actual chord names. Pianists may benefit from this split way of thinking more because you can actually play completely separate chords with each hand.
@MangoldProject3 ай бұрын
That makes some sense. Polychords are more of a pianist's thing (or a composer's thing, really). Regardless, they're still an interesting way to think about complex voicings and to generate alternative voicings (e.g. by inverting one of the chords).
@JohnnyOskam2 ай бұрын
@@MangoldProject Yes, it seems like a valuable tool for pianists and composers. I think for guitarists it's different though.
@ig2413 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Thanks!
@denpaula7 ай бұрын
Just amazing
@anandgodane8022 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much sir ❤️🙏
@-cloudsaboveuscrying-68052 жыл бұрын
Omg I've always wanted to know this! Thank you so much for explaining it!!
@maurolopez9457 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video!!!
@beans8022 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@jeffreybarr62232 жыл бұрын
This lesson is awesome 💯
@ewallt Жыл бұрын
Two I like are a Maj triad a fifth above a Maj 6 chord., e.g. G/C6, which gives a C Maj chord with 6,7 and 9, with no notes repeating. It sounds good in pretty much any inversion. The second is similar, G/Cm6, which gives nice voicings for melodic minor chords. Thanks for this video. I particularly found interesting how frequently you use inversions.
@sveast19992 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this ! You teach things very understandable and clear! Great l!
@gabrielauriu2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this lesson.
@aymanazzam23152 жыл бұрын
Love your explanation. Keep on please ❤️
@jeroenfigee2 жыл бұрын
15:14 -> 'there are many others' Well.... if you ever feel like doing a follow-up video....:-) Cos this was a blast. Learned a ton ! Thanx for these lessons. . Thumbs up + subscribed.
@Aleredes2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jonsmyth83532 жыл бұрын
It's been 3 months since this last video. Does anyone know why. Is he on vacation? Hope you are well as we miss your beautiful interesting lessons.
@yekri23982 жыл бұрын
Very useful. As a bass player, I'm less accustomed with polychords. With your exemple, I see a relation with tonal theory. You take triads and cadenza and V I or I IV give C over G for exemple. Or the relative chords, C with Am etc.. I've never thought so clearly like that, thanks. Sorry for my English, I'm french 😉
@sambitdeshmukhya86582 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this lesson
@latoyarui267910 ай бұрын
Amazing ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ teacher
@AprilRoxStudios2 жыл бұрын
Hi, please teach “Big Sky” by Cooliger. Thanks so much for all of your video tutorials and thanks in advance for considering this sincere request. Greatly appreciated 🎶💞🎶
@hakeemfayomi77762 жыл бұрын
Nice lesson
@bobross6180 Жыл бұрын
Be careful of mislabeled. G/C usually indicates G major triad with the NOTE C in the bass! I would indicate a polychord as G major triad/C major triad! Or indicate in a sidebar that the symbol / will separate two chords!
@restorationconcrete2 жыл бұрын
The flat 9 #11 is a commonly used jazz chord. An easy way for me to remember it is to simply flat a fifth above and play a major chord. F# / C or A / Eilat
@violetatio32242 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to explain polychords,
@nelsonleeroy2 жыл бұрын
If I was the Mandalorian I would have probably said "this is the way". LOL Awesome man !
@zouhirlemhaouar43842 жыл бұрын
So great 👍 and so constructive thank you so much
@jasonmeyermusic56392 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much !
@mer1red Жыл бұрын
First. As another user also pointed out. The correct notation of polychords is one chord symbol above the other separated by a horizontal line. Slash chords are used to indicate the inversion (bass note). Second. The very reason for the existence and usage of polychords is not convenience but something completely different. Personally I find it very confusing to think about an extended or altered chord as two chords. This destroys completely my harmonic thinking, which I need for soloing and playing in general. More importantly: the very essence and reason for these constructs is missing. I leave the details of this aside here.
@alanshinny4565 Жыл бұрын
g is the mixolodian mode of c, not lydian ref: last seconds of video, last example on scales over polychord. No biggee, super lesson!
@seanonel Жыл бұрын
I thought that the forward slash indicated a chord over a * bass* note thus the term slash chords. Polychords - from what I understand - are written as the top chord name with a line underneath and the lower chord name under that...
@musicalintentions2 жыл бұрын
very cool! I really enjoyed this video.
@MangoldProject2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, MI!
@frankspears45972 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@bogdan.sfetcu2 жыл бұрын
Very nice video. I've learned a lot but I have a question. At minute 17:00 you said that G is the Lydian mode of C and it is in fact Mixolydian. Maybe you can think the C as the Lydian mode of G but not the other way. Anyways, thank you again for the insight and keep doing this wonderful videos!
@MangoldProject2 жыл бұрын
To be precise, I say the G major scale contains the same notes as the C lydian mode.
@marcelomadlucmar2 жыл бұрын
Brazil thanks
@marekrajewski78482 жыл бұрын
👌🏆😉Very helpful, thanks
@ArthurGlover2 жыл бұрын
I always thought that slash chords meant that you played an alternate base note in the left hand for example C/E. C chord in the right hand and E in the left hand.
@candormind31592 жыл бұрын
Amazing 🤯🤯🤯
@timsmith1902 жыл бұрын
I play guitar but watch your channel because you clearly explain complex topics. In your example @ 7:00 you suggest it is easier to think of Eb/A7 as two seperate chords when you invert it rather than trying to find the inversions of A7b9#11. I wonder if this is also true with the guitar given the layout of the fretboard. Any thoughts?
@FeinLineMusic2 жыл бұрын
We miss Mangold!!!!!!
@timothygrimes4552 жыл бұрын
Hi, Thoughts on why they sound so different when played back to front? E.G.: C/G instead of G/C? - i guess the bass note 'dominates' so now no dominant with C/G? Some general words of wisdom around why some notes 'dominate' in a chord? A doozy, i'm sure.
@alexpianoplayer15 Жыл бұрын
So, this polychord is nothing else but Cmajor9 chord with G as a melodic tone