Channel: Bill Hilton

Category: Music

Description: D sharp minor 7 flat five over E doesn't sound like a particular promising chord for explaining some real fundamentals of music theory, but in fact it has a very big story to tell. In this tutorial I explain why I've chosen it to explain some harmonic principles, where I found it (which might surprise you) and some of the essential lessons it can teach us about the way harmony — and indeed music as a whole — works. My favourite performance of the Brahms Intermezzo in A major (Op 118/2), referenced in the tutorial, is Paul Lewis's at youtube.com/watch?v=gnwbUU9cHF0 — you can hear the arpeggio run-in and the chord itself from 3:20 in that video. The whole thing is worth a listen, as he plays it a million times better than I ever could! BILL’S BOOKS How To Really Play The Piano: billspianopages.com/how-to-really An Introduction to Cocktail Piano: billspianopages.com/cocktail Seven Studies in Pop Piano: billspianopages.com/seven-studies …OR BUY ALL THREE AS A BUNDLE FOR JUST £18.95 (30 PERCENT SAVING!): billspianopages.com/bundle BILL’S PIANO PACKS billspianopages.com/pianopacks BILL’S SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: fb.me/billhiltonpiano​ Twitter: twitter.com/billhilton​ Instagram: instagram.com/billhilton TikTok: tiktok.com/@billhiltonpiano 00:00 So what IS this chord? 02:53 Chord resolution: the conventional story 04:52 How harmonic instability is created 09:36 How Brahms does it 13:21 A crucial lesson about how music works #piano #chords