5 Levels Of The 1-5-6-4 (Piano Lesson)

There's more than 1 way to play the world's most popular chord progression! Watch this video to transition the 5 levels of 1 - 5 - 6 - 4 starting with the beginner level, until reaching an advanced version of playing this chord progression with David Bennett.

David Bennett is one of youtube’s favourite music theorists. He is also a professional pianist that specializes in meditative, minimalist compositions. David Bennett uses music theory to analyze iconic music from the past century on his YouTube channel, which boasts over 800,000 followers!

⚡️Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:55 Level 1 (Root Chords)
1:49 Level 2 (Voice Leading/Inversions)
3:00 Notes in common
5:22 Level 3 (Inverted Pedal Tone)
7:31 Practice Tool
7:48 Level 4 (Passing Chords)
9:36 Level 5 (Left Hand Harmony)
12:57 All Levels Together!
13:49 Closing Thoughts

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[ShiggMC]

the collab I didn't know I needed

[daveandrew]

Best music teachers on YT: David Bennett - Piano and theory. Ian Stitch - Guitar and soloing. I have no relationship to either one of them, either financial or otherwise. They are both just really, really good teachers.

[lxathu]

Knowing something may be a talent or the result of hard work but knowing how to teach something to grasp the attention of the audience and make it understand is a blessing, and always a pleasure to watch.

[marquisdee]

Wait. David Bennett and Pianote in one place??? We don’t deserve 😭

[Thenlyne]

I love to play around with the 1-4-5 chord progression. This man is basically telling you guys how to improvise and make something beautifully designed out of something simple. This is cool to see the explanations for the things I already do 😮

[mikeysplace]

You are very special. Your style of teaching is so simple, yet very effective. You could easily make this so much more complicated, but you explain it so elequently, that complex concepts actually make sense. One off humble genius😊

[promiseokwuole]

Had just watched a video where tension was mentioned. Was kinda lost, thinking "Here comes another thing I never got to learn, and now, I've got to go figure out what it means and how to apply it😢".
Buh with this video, I've gotten a huge leap...lemme not even talk about how I've been using inversions for convenience not knowing any principle behind it, only for this video to clear things up.
Man, as a self-taught pianist this video is priceless. Just saved me months of trial and error...
Thanks Pianote.

[ArunKumarElamana]

Seriously, this is the compendium of chord composing techniques! Thanks David for making this a free tutorial! Appreciate it!

[praveendaniel]

That's a clean and clear explanation on transiting between chords and making it colorful. Will be great if we have more levels on this with respect to the passing chords and special chords. Great Work Buddy

[dannygibor]

This is a very good explanation of chord progressions and the logic in choosing the right inversion of chords to create a smoother and more harmonic music. The reason it sounds better than just playing the basic chords is due to the vertical and horizontal relationship between the different notes. This is called contrapunct, or counterpoint (point vs point). When you're playing the bass note and add 3 more notes using your right hand, think of it as a choir consisting of 4 singers: bass, tenor, alto and soprano. If you look at it like that, every singer has a unique melody and together they form chords. When you use the right inversions and don't jump from one basic chord to another you actually create a more balanced melody for each singer 😎
If you want to learn more, I suggest you buy the Bach Chorale book which is the holy grail of western harmony and advance from there. 😀

[chrishemming]

As a bass player, root note one at a time, this has really helped me understand my place in the mix. Thank you!

[allenpaley]

Hey, It's David! This man is a brilliant enthusiast and analyst of musical theory. Great talent score!

[nana-ldcr]

Great video! The chord he played at 13:14 is an Fadd9 since he is also playing the 3rd of the chord

[emmyt-media]

This is the best teaching I've ever had when it comes to piano lesson.

Subscribed already ❤️

[sonicgr]

That's the best explanation I've seen on sus and diminished chords. Thank you!

[majman]

I have played a lot of Flash games in me younger days, and Red Ball 2 had a particular track that used this chord progression. Turns out it's called "It's Reggae You Know" and I just love it.

[jeffgoblue]

It felt like “variations on Let It Be” for 14 minutes. Good stuff!

[petefrost]

This is an excellent lesson. I am a beginner and it really opens my eyes to writing progressions. Thanks!

[patriciaann]

What a bonus having David & pianote together excellent lesson, thank you all 😊

[philm.]

Dude. Seriously the best description of intervals on YouTube. You're a great teacher. 👍👍👍👍