Advanced Music Theory - Harmony

Harmonising a melody with chords, inversions and cadences. Learn all about advanced music harmony, building and choosing chords and how to harmonise a melody. Suitable for candidates preparing for ABRSM Grade 6, Grade 7 and Grade 8 music theory. When we look at music, we can think about it in two different ways. We can look at it from left to right - this is the melody and rhythm. Or, we can look at it from top to bottom - this is the harmony. Harmony is two or more notes played together at the same time. As soon as there is more than one pitch sounding at a time, you have harmony. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. This music theory lesson will explain how chords are built, chord inversions, chord progressions and cadences, the different naming systems used to describe chords and most importantly how to choose chords to harmonise a melody. We'll start with a melody and go through the process of chord choices and what to think about when harmonising music.

🕘 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction to harmony
0:50 - Basic triads
3:31 - Choosing chords
18:22 - Inessential notes
22:01 - The first cadence
26:11 - The second phrase
46:52 - Writing good harmony
50:26 - Adding interest

🎓 Advanced Music Theory Course
Move beyond the basic language of music theory and learn more advanced techniques combining multiple aspects of harmony, figured bass, analysis and melody writing to produce successful workings in a variety of styles. This course features clear explanations relating to harmonic language, including chromatic chords, and the rules of harmony are explored in detail. Many worked examples give insights into the process of writing harmony, realising figured bass, melodic composition and analysis. The course is full of helpful tips for students concerning what works well and what to avoid. As well as being suitable for candidates preparing for ABRSM grades 6, 7 and 8 music theory exams with the complete syllabus covered, this course also provides an excellent resource for anyone wishing to develop advanced music literacy skills.

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[MusicMattersGB]

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[SanderCurtis]

That's like one year of music theory in 54 min and I didn't get lost once. Bravo.

[charlesnoon]

Dear sir
Harmony has always been a stone I had to grind....but listening to your classes, everything just clears up, from a foggy day to a clear, crisp, sunny winter noon. My HUGE thanks to the best music teacher I've ever had, may God grant you a long, prosper and fruitious life. Cheers

[lordofthegadflies]

These are some of the best music theory lectures on YouTube. Not only is the presenter highly expert but he's a good teacher.

[sebastiandoss]

Dear sir my name is Sebastian from India and I am just keyboard from past 25years i have passed 8th grade examination from Trinity College London because of your music matter videos and didn't go any music teacher for learning i had only watch all your videos and observe your easy technic and i had the mark 81/100.... Thankyou so much for your support and God bless you

[FitLife]

Wow ..I'm blown away by the simplicity ...Thanks for sharing such an extraordinary lesson ...

[jackvaine]

I just want to thank you for these lessons! I've been playing music for about 10 years, but I've always had a hard time to sit down to learn proper theory. You walk us through the concepts of music in such a way that it's easy to follow and understand, which is rare to see! Thank you again!

[ObsidianMirage]

It's like watching a European Bob Ross paint music. 😮

[jameshenderson]

This is brilliant teaching: clear and immediately practical. If only music theory was always taught like this. There's no need for gimmicks - just get the essential information across and let folk get on with applying it. I think many music teachers avoid theory because they fear their students will find it boring or irrelevant, but actually it's essential - there's no getting away from this stuff if you want to be a fully independent musician. Knowing theory is actually liberating because it gives our students a stronger musical voice. We owe them this!

[ZBoogie-tztm]

Me: "Theres no way I'm gonna watch 50 mins of this."

Me, 45 minutes later: ...

Honestly though, this is a great video. Thanks alot!

[alptekin]

It wasn't in my recommendation. I SEARCHED for this. And im gonna recommend it to other people

[ballistix]

This is the most digestible and informative video on music theory I've ever seen. Thank you Sir!

[exitthelemming]

Superb video which packs a lot of essential harmony knowledge into a very easy to follow lesson. There is enough food for thought in these 53 minutes to last a lifetime unpacking and exploring

[TCification]

Very well put together. Like how it starts to get rather more complicated bit by bit. haven't watched your other tutorials yet but this made a lot sense. Cheers

[yourright]

I only skimmed through certain parts but this was basically my whole semester in music theory 1 but explained way more better. There were other things like part writing rules, bass doubling rules and more complex voice leading rules that weren’t cover (as said before, I only skimmed through it so you may have at one point) but I think that those are more niche topics that don’t need major light shed on them unless the profession calls for it. Will definitely be revisiting this video again and sharing it with my other peers. Thank you!

[aboemusic]

Thanks for sharing.

The lesson was delivered in a consistent, easy-to-follow pace and I found it to be absorbing as well as informative. I learnt quite a few little tricks by watching this.

Thanks again.

[diegodelatorrecalvo]

Thank you for your lessons....wise, not boring at all, well explained and the way you speak with slow pace and with a beautiful accent makes much more easier for an spaniard to learn music theory. Thank you from Madrid.

[tollerest]

I feel like Randy Rhoads playing this on a Les Paul lol. great lesson, thanks I'm not one that can follow rules. but I've studied theory for a few years and now I can see the logic behind the rules, I accept them as I can see the theory they hold. I need to finish my descending eartraining before harmony this will help massively. I'm one of the eartraining slow coaches that has spent 1year just to get all notes any key ascending to 90%. It takes a while for a new root to sink in for me, what gets me is an ascending C-F followed by a B-F that last note still sounds like a 6th but the root sounds like a 7th and the notes over about C5 i find difficult. argh! Same with singing, If I am feeling a song like a Stevie Wonder or Beatles song I can sing pitch perfect If I know the song but I feel almost detached from the pitch of some songs and can't hear the correct incoming intervals and this shows in my singing(It must have something to do with pitch memory and I can't stand songs in the wrong key and the timbre is just as important as the pitch to me). I only picked a guitar up 3years ago and had no sense of pitch at the time so its an improvement but hey. anyway thanks for the lesson your teaching style really makes the lesson interesting and sink in.

[kaitlyngibson]

I am about to sit my 4th grade AMEB exam in Australia and a month a go I thought for sure I would fail.... this video has got me getting 90's in all the practice papers so THANK YOU! I went from a passing music student to a high achieving one, can not express my thanks enough

[kswindia]

Thank you Sir. The video was very Informative! Cheers.