I like when he switches cameras. I was getting bored of being over there -- but now I'm over here -- yay!

Wouldn’t it be great if all teachers were as passionate, energetic, knowledgable, enthused & personable as Guy !!! Genuinely brilliant stuff ...

15:15 to 15:25 is the GOAT 10 seconds of this video Awesome presentation and teaching style

Kids have it easy today. My parents paid for a private piano teacher for me back when I was 10. She was wasn't even half the teacher that this guy is. We all are lucky to have someone like Guy to take time out to enrich us.

Guy: It's not rocket science Science teachers: It's not music theory

This is how music should be taught, quick and concise without room for confusion. Wish I'd found you sooner. Thank you so much.

Your simple explanation of scales as essentially just patterns of intervals immediately made it click in my head. So much more engaging than just being told "these are major and these are minor because that's how it is" by my music teacher so many years ago. Thanks for the amazing video Guy.

I’ve been playing music for about 10 years actively, and I’ve never been able to wrap my head around the theory more than a few basics. I even tried attending a school but I felt like I understood even less after that. This! The part about the intervals and the scales, it blew my mind! Thank you! I finally get it! Can’t wait to explore this further!!

Put it at 2x speed, now learn music theory in 8 minutes

You do your mum and dad proud. You have a great talent to educate. Many can teach, few can educate.

Simply amazing! The music theory what teachers could not patiently explain me 40 years ago and I quit music school at 8 thinking it was dreadful. Boring people that have no passion should not be anywhere near schools. People like Guy Michelmore are a gift to us! Thank you!

From one music teacher to another: this is true professionalism. I am truly amazed on just how simply you laid it all down for us. Thank you!!! And greetings from Vasa, Finland.

I’m 64. Years old now. Where was this gentleman 50 years ago? You Sir, are the teacher I needed. And I learned lots today to share to my 3 and 5 year old daughters and hope the can learn this lovely language that is music in their early years. Cheers!

This is wonderful! Just one thing: The major scale is actually the same pattern twice, as is the minor. Knowing this saves you from having to memorize that long pattern. You can just remember that the half step comes between the third and fourth notes in both four-note halves of the major scale and between the second and third notes in both four-note halves of the minor.

At age 40, I started to learn play guitar, to support my 12 years old son. We play few hours a week at home, just that. When we get to the point where we needed to start learning theory, we couldn't find anything on yt what would explain us scales and circle in so easy way. You're amaizing, you gave me more knowledge that I've found for months. Thanks

"And above C major there is...?" Me: "C colonel?"

"Music theory isn't complicated. Musicians are complicated". ---Unknown

Im sorry but can we just have a round of applause for guy!! He is so passionate, happy, fun to be around, and many more things! Imagine if all the teachers were like this!

This is fantastic. I took piano lessons as a child but I never fully grasped everything and now as an adult I understand my learning style means I need more context and to understand the 'whys' behind what I'm being taught. This does that!

Ive played guitar for 20 years and never learned theory. This made it click in my mind related to the frets and now i might pick up piano because it makes sense now. Thank you so much very well spoken

This man just taught us everything about music theory in 16 minutes in 2 languages

Dude, I have been making rap beats for about 35 years now without ever knowing a note, chord, completely music ignorant but just this video is like someone put my ears on for the first time. I always just relied on if something sounded right or not for all this time since every beat I made came from sampled sounds off records. I'm a drummer but thats it. I've learned more in the last 16 minutes of my life than the previous decades. Thank you sir.

Being Gambian and seeing a Kora just sitting in the background brings me so much joy

Your transitions, your energy, the camera angles, your confidence, & knowledge. Made this very easy to digest. Your Studio setup is nice to look at too.

I've just learnt more in 16minutes than I was ever told by any music teacher or guitar tutor when I was younger. Great video.

You've taught me the basics in 15 minutes better than years of music teachers in middle school

I absolutely love how quickly you jump into the lesson, we need more people like you on UKposts. This is perfectly crafted.

I probably learned more in 16 minutes of watching this than the last 16 years of trying to figure out these musical relationships you so eloquently presented. Thank you. Subscribed!

MY BRAIN BEING INTRODUCED TO THEORY AT AGE 6:...Wot? MY BRAIN BEING INTRODUCED AGAIN TO THEORY AT AGE 60:...Wot?

You know those teachers that know textbooks by heart and cause you to fall in love with a subject? This guy is one of them

Exactly what I needed... to the point, no extra stuff and in-between. No showing off, not teaching 3 notes to make a chord but confusing the heck out of me with adding 7 more keys to the mix saying "you can also do this" like most videos I've watched. Thank you for your STRAIGHT FORWARD VIDE sir!

This is what it looks like when you are being taught by someone who is highly competent and trained, not only in the field in which they are teaching, but in the art of media and presentation. Thank you Guy. Your ability to impart knowledge unto others has helped me greatly. 👍

Where has this channel been hiding!?? So comical and straight to the point with perfect easy explanation with no stutters "umm"s and "humm"s! Great video sir

Taught myself Bass and Guitar (and a few other intruments) aurally over the years .... Guy, you've made more sense in 16 mins than in sooooo many hours of listening and reading, that my musical heart thanks you. You have a gift... You are a gift

To anyone reading, i went to this great man and his team website and bought music theory course of them..... best thing ever, totally worth it and also you need it no cap

This man is a legend. My scottish higher music exam is tomorrow and throughout the whole year i was never able to understand how scales worked because my teacher never taught us the TTSTTTS method! Same goes for the circle of fifths. That is going to help me greatly tomorrow. Thank you.

2 minutes in: "oh okay doesn't seem that hard" 14 minutes in: "wonder how much I can get for my keyboard on eBay"

This is actually the first time my brain is understanding music theory. I have a learning disability and music theory has always been so hard for my brain to grasp and really wrap itself around, but watching this explains it in a really user friendly way. Thank you so much for making this video

I came to the comments - and was NOT disappointed!! Glad I came across this channel

The editing and multiple camera angles adds an interesting depth to the video. Premium product. Well done.

Oh my word!!! I knew Chords and scales, but never knew how they all worked together. Everything make sense now!!! My head is exploding in amazement omgieeee AHHHHH why didn’t I learn about this sooner!!! Thank you!!!

Brilliant! I've taught beginners music theory for several years. You cover as much as I do, but you do it five times as well in 1/5th the time. Thank you - wonderful video!

my gosh. this man explained to me a full course on other (English isn't native language for me) language better and faster than an entire special school that I was attended for 7 years

Timestamps! 0:26 Basics principles and piano layout 2:14 Note names 4:25 Major & Minor scale 8:37 Intervals 10:23 Chords 12:25 The circle of fifths

Loved the multiple camera angles and enthusiasm! This and Andrew Huang's music theory vid are godsends

I'm a drummer, so as my bandmates would jokingly tell you, not a musician. This video was really helpful for me to understand some of the basics. Thank you.

I've, unknowingly, been looking for this video for 10 years. Finally, we had an intelligent dude sit down and explain it. I thank you very much! I've been a percussionist since the day I was born because nobody has explained the patterns and reason for names. This is very refreshing, and I am greatful for the well-done video.

Brilliant! The sign of a great teacher is that they can impart their vast store of complex knowledge in an engaging and easy-to-understand way. Full marks, Guy!

69 years old! Played piano all my life! Always felt handicapped because I just "didn't get" theory. Thank you for teaching in a way I understand AND doesn't waste time.

Hi Guy I used to do work for your Mum and Dad in Reigate. They were always good to me and let me use the holiday home on the Isle of Wight . It is good to know you are thriving. I wish you well

You know what? I subscribe. I don't learn new theory here... but when I teach music to a grown up person, your videos might be the perfect point of reference. Thank you.

Guy: "That one is called A. Take a wild guess on what that one is called?" Germany and Scandinavia: "H!"

And also, nobody has ever shiwn me the circle of fifths in an ACTUAL CIRCLE! Brilliant, my friend

I've been attempting to make sense of music theory for 10 years and at 29 years old I've learned more in the last 16 minutes than the previous decade. You are a brilliant teacher, this was so simple yet effective.

This is the definitive beginner guide to music theory, as a 45 year old guy who has just started music production I wish I knew this 20+ years ago. AMAZING video, thank you!!!!!!!

Wow! When i was at school, this made no sense to me at all! Now, as a 50+ in lockdown, you have opened my eyes. Keyboard and guitar down from the loft. Annoyed neighbours incoming...

This really is the introduction I got when I started in theory classes a long time ago. It takes some time and practice to get all of this really stuck in the memory of course, but this really is the foundational part of it in terms of the general structure of things as they are now. It's helpful to recognize that this is really just lesson 1 of what would normally be a 30 minute weekly class, but for rudiments of music you also have to get into things like clefs, time signatures, staves, and rhythms. That's pretty much all Theory 1 is. It does get a LOT more complicated than this, of course. BUT...without it getting too daunting... Music theory is simply the vocabulary that explains what's happening in music and enables you to discuss your ideas with other musicians using a common language. If you can name your strings and tune them, you're "using music theory." You might not know how to resolve a Neapolitan 6th in common practice, or compose a 12-tone matrix for marimba ensemble and euphonium, but it's still theory. Even just knowing the chords to a song is "using music theory." It would be so much simpler if people would stop treating music theory as some huge, daunting subject all on its own that you need six degrees and an abacus to figure out, and start thinking of it as being PART of music. It's just the language musicians use, and knowing more of it just gives you a bigger vocabulary. You can hold a conversation or write an email without ever knowing the rules of grammar or the principles of poetics, but if you want to become an accomplished poet or a novelist, having a deeper knowledge of literary form, story arcs, and meter will provide more powerful tools. That's all theory is.

WOW, Guy! This is really well put together. I remember studying music theory many years ago, and I often struggled with some things seeming arbitrary at the time, and it took me a long time to figure out some of the things that you have explained so thoroughly. I really enjoyed this video and if I could give it two thumbs up I would. Thanks for sharing your gift.

Parents made me take up the piano when I was about 5, played for years and then gave it up as still didn’t really understand what has just been clearly explained in 15 mins. Just shows what a good teacher can actually do - wish I could go back in time and start again having watched this video first!! Thank you!!!

this really shows the value of a good teacher - I just learned more about music in 15 minutes than I did in the 15 years before that

The guy is fantastic, I have heard "scale" a thousand times and not once was it explained in concrete terms I could understand and this guy explains it in 40 seconds and I get it.

You, sir, won all my internets.

you should make a video with all music theory in 2 hours like literally all including reading scores, getting rhythm mnemonics, the italian terms and symbols for dynamcis tempo etc. would be the most amazing souce of knowledge for all beginners who get into music if you do it!

This is the first time I actually understood the point of the circle of fifths. And the major/minor triad. AND the perfect fourth/fifth.

I’ve never had someone explain this sooo well. I’ve watched hundreds of videos and they always lose me after triads and stuff but I think I almost got it now!! Thank you.

This is the kinda guy I wish I had as a music teacher.

Man, you are one of the best teachers i've seen, even if its on UKposts you make this so comprehensive that im actually learning.

Guy, can I just say that this is by far the most straightforward, well explained, well presented video I have seen on this topic! Thank you

Hey I'm from Germany. And here I understood in 15 min more than in 5 years of german music lessons in school. 😂

I am self taught guitarist. You covered in 16 mins what took me a yer to learn on my own. Very good video.

I'm 50 years old and been afraid of music all my life. I understood this, it feels so good.

That was great. There is so much in this world to learn. The more I learn, the more I realize how much I do not know.

Many guitar teachers start talking about circle of fifths without ever explaining what that is. I really appreciate your taking it from the base approach and being very thorough.

I was a music major in college and all I can say is i wish I had you as my theory teacher.

U explain everything so well. Watching this as a refresher from taking a break from music and ur way of relating this is so much easier to understand

It's quite rare that I subscribe to a channel after watching only one video but here we are. That was educational AND entertaining, all at once. Love it. Thank you so much for teaching us, Guy. Much appreciated.

One of the best videos I've seen in my life. My head was exploding.

Amazingly straightforward!! Cheers

20 years as a muscician and this is the best crash course I have ever seen, kudos.

dude I don't know how anybody could put a thumbs down on this. it's fantastic, and your attitude is just what people need to get the confidence to move forward. I played a little piano as a kid but never could do much with it, and I'm starting guitar now, but your concise video here is tremendous as a refresher, and I learned a lot.

This was perfect. Never learned so much so simply in such short amount of time. Thank you. Subscribed

I never quite grasped a perfect 4th and 5th definition. His quick explanation did it. Light bulb moment. So simple.

50 years ago a former schoolmate by the name of Nash, on the staircase of the Edinburgh University Library, told me about TTSTTTS. It was a revelation. 50 years later this excellent video tutorial has helped me build on that as I aim to develop beyond my Joe Strummer style. 😂 Many thanks Guy!

I've been playing guitar seriously for almost two years, I started on Feb. 14, 2020. I watched this video when it was brand new. I've come back and watched this video many times because I knew it was really this simple. I finally learned all the notes on the fretboard and after watching this video tonight. It appears to be sinking in. It made sense. My next step is to get a keyboard. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. And for those of you just beginning, re-watch these videos that confuse you at first. Not right away, but stack your knowledge and then come back and find gold in the spots you thought was just dirt.

I've known all this for about 30 years now and still REALLY enjoyed watching this video! Brilliant teaching :)

Thanks a lot for this video. I've been paying for years for a tutor but no one has ever explained it like this. You're the GOAT!!!

I just started learning piano at 40 years old and this is so well done. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in such an approachable way.

Title of video should be “The First 16 Minutes of Music Theory in 16 Minutes”

You've taught me more in 16 mins than 14 years of formal education. Love your enthusiasm and passionate delivery. Great!!

As someone who is trying to come back to music and piano, having stopped when I was 15 (30 years ago), this was a great refresher

I am just beginning to learn music theory, and this was the perfect video with which to start my journey. You provided clear definitions of important terms that I have heard over my many years but never really understood. Kudos and thanks!

I can't stress how useful the circle of fifths can be. I have it tattooed on my forearm & reference it literally every day. Learn it, memorize it, tattoo it on yourself, just make sure you understand & appreciate how much information it contains, whatever you do!

having taught myself music years ago, so many things you realize and figure out finally make sense now. Great video.

Sir: you parted the clouds in 16 minutes. Simply excellent.

Oookkkkk. Found the video everyone. It’s this one. Not sure why others weren’t helping, but the visuals, the funny camera angle changes and the fact that he can actually hear me from the screen to answer my questions was super helpful. 10/10 best video yet on a quick crash course.

I'm picking piano back up for the first time in over 10 years. May I just say how wonderful this little video is for a quick reboot. Thank you so much!

SOKATH, HIS EYES OPEN ! ! ! After 70 years, it finally has hit me how these elements of music theory actually work. Your 16 minute crash course has done what I had thought impossible. Thank you so much !

I have been able to read music for decades and still found this very informative and useful. Thank you!

I had to pause every 2 minutes just to digest what he's saying. Thank you so much for this!

I took piano lessons for about 4 years as a young adult and this was helpful for me. I realize I am a big picture learner. I need the frame first then I can deal with the parts better. Thanks for this