If you like these lessons, definitely check out www.zombieguitar.com/ It is a one-of-a-kind site dedicated to helping guitarists to understand the fretboard and create their own music. You will love it!!

I've watched your videos so many times. I have a sedimentary type of intelligence, small, thin layers of facts and knowledge accumulate over the decades of my life, eventually forming actual understanding. Most people just set out to learn something and they learn it. I set out to learn something, and after 7 years, I'm like, oh this was easy, why didn't I understand it sooner ?It's taken me many years to realize it's because I'm stupid now. It took me 15 years to learn the names of the keys on the piano keyboard. Super sharp one here, brother, yes indeed.

By far best explanation I have heard with visual examples. Excellent teacher. They say “repetition is the mother of retention” and this proves that simple teaching instead of doctors music language is far the best.

Hey Brian, just wanted to say - I don't care what you're wearing and the thumbnails couldn't be more informative. I've learned more from you than any other teacher on KZfaq, what you showed me about chord tone soloing set me free from minor pentatonic land where I'd been stuck for years. I owe you a debt of gratitude man, and I know I'm not the only one judging by the Comments you always get. Liked and already subscribed! : )

I've watched hundreds of lessons from many teachers on KZfaq and Jamplay. . . .these for me are up there with the best, conveying info. rather than ego Thank you Brian

Every time I get stuck on keyboard lessons I come back here, learn a bit about guitar as well, thanks so much for this Brian.

Your explanations are from a perspective that I've not already seen on videos before. Powerful knowledge with good examples! bravo, keep up the good work

Brian, thanks very much for your videos on the circle of fifths. With teachers like you they can cut the entire program at music universities down to one month instead of four years! Extremely useful and fun.

You have exceptional teaching ability. You break it down perfectly. Hats off

Hey, man. Am never disappointed by your uploads. I don't know how long you have been teaching but I think any student of yours will be fortunate to receive instruction from you as you deliver the material in a very concise, logical and impactful manner. Hope this helps to motivate you to continue along your chosen path as I am sure it is not an easy one.

You are the best coach on the net. Really amazing work.

perfect best teacher on the web hands down!!!

Brian, this is a fantastically clear explanation which I watched after several others that left me in the dark, you have a gift for explanation. Thanks for this.

Great lesson once again. Thanks for making this video Brian. Your way of explaining it cleared things up for me since the theory books I had read on it were not clear in explaining it at all - much appreciated!!!

You are the best, I watched 3-4 videos of you and it all started to be clean !:)

I've watched a couple of videos on secondary dominants, and this is the one that made it click for me. Thank you very much!

Great job. Very clear and thorough. Thanks for posting.

brother am i the only one who understand everything what you saying your demonstration i get everything what i need to learn in guitar thank you brian i am all the way from nepal lots of love left hand sanjay

Great lesson Brian, thanks!

Excellent explanation. Thanks for dedicating time and effort into this. Cheers.

This clears up a lot. Always thought that the secondary dominant had to resolve to the 2 chord of the key.. hence secondary....

Brian.. thanks for all your theoritical lessons.. they are very well explained and very helpful...it helped me immensely..... you are doing a great job... God bless you for your talent........look forward to your videos always.......🙏👍

Very clear information, with an interesting mix of theory and practical examples. A super helpful video!

I love all these lessons you have. I have been learning new guitar off of KZfaq for years, and this channel is by far the best one I’ve ever come across. It’s advanced stuff but it’s so easy to understand. Thank you

Thanks for making it so easy to understand. Great teacher.

Perfectly explained. Another weapon in my arsenal for writing 🤘

Thank you for this video bro! You seem to explain it a way and pace that my brain digests it well.

Nicely explained. I'm gonna work on this.

Cool, I’ll be on the look out.Thanks great stuff. 😎👍🎸

Awesome video, you explained it so so well. Bravo 👏🏻

Brian, you explain the function of music brilliantly.

Great stuff. Thanks Brian. You once again have helped me on this journey

Yes....your teaching is fantastic.....very clear....perfect....rc

Great video, man! Appreciate it!

you're a great teacher. really enjoyed this lesson. thank you!

Fantastic tutorials thank you Brian.

Ty brian for the efforts on teaching us.. Love from philippines .

Fascinating and very well explained, thanks you.

Well, 5 K subscribers without giving it a second thought says a lot about what you have to offer. Hope you have local students because you are an excellent teachers and that is a precious - if undervalued, like the arts - commodity in our society.

Thanks for all your information. I watch the theory videos and I’ve learned a lot. I don’t play the guitar but I find information that I can apply to the ukulele. I clicked on your circle of fifths video and went from there. You give a lot of information but concisely and to the point. I usually have to watch the video a couple times to grasp it since I’ve no musical background. This has been very helpful to me.

After 4 Years learning, now i can say; You are the most effective Guitarist here. I spend a lot of Time with your leesons to get better and better. It makes a lot of fun i really enjoy all your lessons, Its much Stuff guitar theory ))) but u help me soooo much, to understand what is Music and how does it works Nice greets from Germany ;-)

Thank You So Much Sir!! 🙏🏻. Very helpful lesson

Great info. Well explained. Thanks a lot. Well done.

Watched like 4 of your lessons, and wanted to say thanks for the videos!! You're touching on concepts i haven't seen on other channels.

Hey Bryan thanks so much for your lessons! You shine light on so many areas I seen hidden. You’ve used tools like the circle of fifths in your lessons to open up which seem to be a mysterious complex system.It now is so plain and simple that I feel as if I’ve been walking for 20 years while there were planes at my disposal right next door.

Really good uploads, shed alot if light for me thanks.

One of the best people that I’ve ever heard explain theory

Thank you for the good lesson!

In the key of C you can use the diatonic chords C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am and Bm-5. Add secondary dominants and you can also use C7, D7, E7, F7, A7 and B7 when playing in the key of C. Add tritone substitution and you can also use F#7, G#7, Bb7, C#7 and D#7 when playing in the key of C. So your next lesson could be explaining tritone substitution :-)

Thank you so much for spending your time teaching . I get more out of your explanations of theory than most teachers on here. At least you make it interesting 😁. Keep on keeping on brother 😁

Great demonstrarions, I am glad that I have spent time to listen in detials. Thank you.

amazing teacher!

I thank you for these free lessons. I've been good at what I knew at my small church, but you get around musicians that know their stuff, you'd better know yours. Ignorance is no excuse in these days and time.

Your amazing, Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge Sir..

Thank you.

Thanks for the very useful lesson!

Just wanted to say thank you! Love your videos. They've really helped me to dig into basic music theory.

Thanks Brian. You are an excellent teacher! I wish I’d learnt all this theory years ago.

I'm learning theory for piano atm but this was still majorly helpful, thanks.

Ur a great teacher bro🤘🏾

Nice work brother

thank you SOO MUCH

Love it! Absolutely (and correctly - my 2 cents) described a very useful concept.

fantastic lesson

Another brilliant lesson explains theory so well.

this small tricks like the one at 5:35 are what i like about your videos! :) i did not think about this easy help at the moment and only would have seen it only a lot of time later by myself. (hopefully haha)

AWESOME LESSONS BRIAN:D

Hey man great lesson! I've been struggling a lot with writing good chord progressions. This really opened a new world for me. Would love more chord progression lessons if you can. My rhythm guitar game is weak.

can't thank you enough for these videos my dude.🙏🙏

good video and very useful material when one wants to experiment with different sounding chord progressions. thanks.

Great lesson man, that helped a lot

Fantastic.

loving this stuff man :)

V nice and clear

I've gotten more A HA! moments from Brian Kelly than all other guitar channels combined.

Wow, just opened another door. Would like more on this subject. Cool 😎👍🎸

Thank You: Very useful info!

excellent lesson

I will remain indebted to you forever. I wish I could meet you once.

Excellent easy to understand tutorial. Better than any other explanation I've heard on piano. Does this rule hold true in minor keys and other modes?

Great Brian -You have a talent for explanation for sure- I enjoyed this video

GOOD LEASSON

i just watch a redhaired women explain in 2 vids what secondary dominants are on the IV and V chords in detail for people who know fuck all music theory, like how to spell chords and scales (she did an excellent job of it). i wondered how it works with minor chords and suspected it works the same and your vid showed me it does. thanks for making it nice and clear.

I can see my minimal knowledge of music is just that - minimal, and you made me feel musical inept. Thank you, tho. I'm going to study this some more.

Wondering, where can I find a more in depth version of this on the website? I am a member.

Yeah. Thx

Firstly, thank you so much for those lessons. They really are great! Though, if you want, tune your guitar exactly before the video, some string/s is out of tune too often... Thanks again!

sir can you explain how to tranpose to a higher key?

Your lesson gave me an AH HA moment!! Mind blown. Also, has anyone said that you sound a little like Chris Griffin from Family Guy? lol

Can you do video on modes, explain how C# major and Dorian minor 3 would be F so now you have changed the C# major Thanks Great videos keep it up

5 of the 6 is a 7....cool lesson man... subbed. :)

Good way to fry my brain right before I head off to bed...Way good stuff...make me think and I think I maybe catching on...One more time through and maybe I will have it assimilated. Love the theory....and like the way to teach it....

In the Pixies “Where is my mind” the 2ndary dominant G# comes just after the C#m chord instead of before it. Instead the G# resolves to A. Sounds amazing of course but what are your thoughts on that use of it? Is the G# still considered a 2ndary dominant even when it’s not resolving to its “root” in this case the vi chord of C#m. ?

Great videos! How do you explain when the iii chord is used as a Secondary Dom but moves to the IV chord instead of the V? We hear that a lot. why does that work? Thanks

Great lessons Brian. Just out of curiosity, why wouldn't Em7 be the V/vi since Em is the 5th of vi (Am in C)?.

C is the fifth of F and you are the boss of me. I used always think / meant the bass note. So C/F meant play C with and F in the bass.

You very cool dude

20 minutes well spent by all!

So a secondary dominant does not just have to be the 5th of the 4th chord in a given key, it can be a fifth chord of any chord in that key, is that correct?

But what's purpose of a secondary dominant? How does it relate musically to primary dominant? I remain lost in this whole explanation! Examples of where this is applied would certainly help. Songs that use this?