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  1. this is EXCELENT.
    thank you so much. I am hardly a musician and I got it.
    I am just a passionate lifelong music fan who really wants to make his
    musical dreams come true ( I just write music on my computer) , and you’ve
    helped me a lot.
    Thanks Again. Cheers

  2. I wish someone would’ve explained this as well and with as good of examples
    when I first got exposed to music theory.

  3. any reason why we are going counter clockwise on the cycle of fifths? 

  4. Your youtube channel is such a superb resource of information Julian! I’m
    purely a guitarist, but the way you explain all these concepts are worth
    gold to any musician, regardless of instrument. Thanks a lot, I’ll probably
    go through all your videos when I’ve got the time!

  5. New to Jazz so here goes….In the perfect cycle are we in effect changing
    key each time as opposed to diatonic cycle – which leads me to something
    else; is this something jazz tunes use to shift key? So by cycling through
    chord changes diatonically, at any point you choose you could use the
    diatonic chord as your new key….I’m thinking “All the things you are”

  6. Thank you soooooo much for this wonderful (mathematical) explanation of the
    circle of fifths. By far the best I’ve seen. I’ve put this in my
    favorites and will dissect it many times until I fully understand it… God
    Bless

  7. YOU’RE AMAZING. thank you for these videos

  8. Did the jazz pioneers know this stuff?

  9. Hi Julian, I have a question, is the minor scale a C natural minor? If yes,
    For the diatonic Cycle,……after D dim. Is it not Gmin7 instead of G dom7
    ? Or is it just simply ii dim-V7( Dom 7 by default )-i ?

  10. Yes use the perfect cycle, all the way around, to great effect in the track
    *Awaken*.

  11. This is awesome. Thanks

  12. Super explanation. To save any confusion I see you use the melodic minor to
    form the traids.

  13. MAN! You have a way of explaining very clearly Thanks for the lesson.

  14. That talking crotch explained circle of fifths better than any of my
    professors!

  15. What about the diatonic circle of fifths in a major key?

  16. I am a guitar player. Good video for theory. Thanks man

  17. Your jazz piano lessons are the best I found online! 

  18. In the years of piano lessons I took, I saw the chart with the circle of
    fifths for learning key signatures but nobody ever explained this. What a
    rich sound! Thanks. I’ll have to come back and study this some more.

  19. i really love the melody in the beginning, can u give me the sheets or the
    song name?

  20. I like how you flipped us the bird at 3:35

  21. Wonderful lessons. Thank you.

  22. Can anyone tell me what piece is being played in the transitions like 1:28?

    Thank you!

  23. I really love Take Five in your voice. The original is still the best but
    it’s nice to hear someone else put their character in it.

  24. Hey man this is awesome!!!! It has helped me understand much better of how
    to work the circle of fifths. Thank you so much for taking the time out!!!
    This alone takes weeks in music school and I learned in 30 mins. Thanx
    bro!!!

  25. Very helpful. Thank you very VERY much!!!


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