
English: 
- Hi, I'm James
and I'm a musical director
from South Africa.
I am obsessed, obsessed with music,
obsessed
with music
and I'm going to teach you
everything you need to know
about music theory.
Whether you're in a choir
or you play in your school band,
or if you need a qualification
to get into university,
whatever it is, I'm here for you.
Why, because I'm a dad.
I love doing this stuff
In this video,
I'm going to tell you four
myths about music theory
that I wish I had known
when I was younger.
Let's get to it.
Myth number one, music theory is only
for good musicians or instrumentalists,
and it's definitely not for
singers or part time musicians.
As musical director of
South African versions
of shows like, "The Voice,"
"X-Factor,"
"Dancing With the Stars,"
"Coke Studio,"
I don't know how many singers
and even superstars I've met,
who are more musical

Zulu: 
- Sanibonani, igama lami ngingu James
futhi ngingu mnqondisi womnculo was ningizimu-Afrika.
Ngiyawuthanda umnculo.
THANDA
umnculo
futhi, ngizoku fundisa konke odinga ukukwazi 
ngombalo womnculo.
Noma ngabe usekwayeni,
udlalela ibendi yomnculo wesikole,
Ulangazelela isiqu sokungena enyuvesi,
noma ngabe yini, ngila ukuzokusiza.
Kungobani ngila? Yingoba ngingu baba.
Ngiyakuthanda ukukwenza lokhu.
Kule vidiyo
ngizokulandisela ngezinganekwane ezine ngomnculo mbalo
engifisa ngabe kudala ngaziswa ngazo ngisemncane.
Asishone khona ke.
Inganekwane yokuqala ukuthi umbalo womnculo owalaba
abawochwepheshe ekudlaleni amathuluzi omnculo
Ukuthi awufanelanga abaculi noma laba abadlala amathuluzi omnculo okwesikhashana.
Njengomnqondisi wenhlobo yomnculo wase ningizimu-Afrika
wamahlelo wokuqhudelana ngokomnculo afana no-The Voice,
X-Factor,
Dancing With the Stars,
Coke Studio,
angazi bangakanani osaziwayo engike ngahlangana nabo
abawuqondayo umnculo

Zulu: 
kunabadlali bama thulusi omnculo engibaziyo.
yize noma kunjalo, abazi lutho ngombalo womnculo.
Ngandlela thizeni babona  ngathi akufanele bawufunde.
Leli lizwe lokuthi umbalo womnculo unabantu bawo
okuyilabo abawochwepheshe ekudlaleni amathuluzi womnculo
kuyistaki senkulumo engenasisekelo
udodi.
Manje onjani umuntu okuthiwa uchwepheshe kwezomnculo?
Ngicabanga ukuthi kumele ngenze enye ividiyo ngalokho.
Into yokuthi umbalo mnculo unabantu bawo
kuyindlela yokuvula izindlebe  zakho nendliziyo yakho
kanye nomphefumulo wakho
kuma thuba ayinqwaba ngaphandle
kuleli lizwe lomnculo,
Inqwaba.
Inganekwane yesibili, ukuthi
umbalo mnculo wumsebenzi noma isijeziso
Sokuthatha udlale ithuluzi lomnculo
Ini?
UDaniel oseyingane uletha endlini i-saxophone.
Ufunda utho lomnculo olumbalwa.
Lokho sekuqala ukumnjabulisa.
Kuthi kungekudala uthisha wakhe ebesefaka umbalo womnculo
Bomb kuye.
Danny, kumele ufunde umbalo womnculo.
(U-James ekhombisa ukudangala)
Umangabe lokho ulwazi lwakho lombalo mnculo
Kuyintokozo ukuthi ulana.

English: 
than almost all the
instrumentalists I know.
And yet, they don't know
anything about music theory.
Somehow they feel like they're
not entitled to learn it.
This notion that music theory
is some sort of elite club
that only good instrumentalists can enter
is such a pile of
nonsense.
And, what is a good musician anyway?
I think I should do a video about that.
Music theory is not for some elite crowd.
It is simply a way to open
up your ears and your heart,
and your soul
to the plethora of possibilities out there
in the music world,
plethora.
Myth number two,
music theory is like a
chore or a punishment
for taking up an instrument,
what?
Little Daniel brings home a saxophone.
He's learning a couple of notes.
He's super excited.
And then, suddenly his
teacher drops the music theory
bomb on him.
Little Danny, you gotta
learn music theory.
(James grunting)
If that is your experience
with music theory,
I am so glad that you are here.

English: 
Welcome, welcome to a world of magic.
Now, I can keep talking about
how amazing music theory is,
but the best way to show you,
is to show you.
Listen to this.
(James grunting)
That sucked, right?
You know the song, "Little Star?"
well check this out.
Cue the music.
High and soft.
Hmmmm
Loud and low.
"Boom,"
he says that an alto voice.
(coughs)
I need more notes, more notes.
Mmm mmm mmm
That's a jazz face, by the way.
(pitch pipe blowing)
♪ Like a diamond, like a ♪
It's a pitch pipe.
I can even sing it.
♪ Like a diamond in the sky ♪
I can sing it in harmony.

Zulu: 
Ngiyakwamukela, ngiyakwamukela emhlabeni womlingo.
Manje senginga lokho ngikhuluma njalo ukuthi uyintokozo engakanani umbalo mnculo.
Kodwa indlela ekuyiyona yokukubonisa,
Ukukubonisa.
Mamela lokhu.
(UJames ekhombisa ukudangala)
Bekungemnandi lokho, angithi?
Uyayazi lengoma, "Little Star?"
Manje bheka lokhu.
Faka umnculo
Phezulu naphansi.
Hmmmm
Awukhalele phezulu naphansi.
"Boom,"
usho lokho ngomphimbo we-alto.
(Ekhohlela)
Ngidinga amanye amanoti, amanye amanoti.
Mmm mmm mmm
Kubizwa ngokuthiwa yi-Jazz Face lokho.
(Efuthela ipayipi lama noti)
♪ Like a diamond, like a ♪
Yipayipi lama noti.
Ngiyakwazi ngisho nokucula
♪ Like a diamond in the sky ♪
Ngiyakwazi ukucula ngophimbo olulodwa oluzwanayo

English: 
♪ Twinkle, twinkle little star. ♪
♪ How I wonder what you are ♪
Cool vibes here.
Now, I'm not even a singer,
but the reason I knew how to do that stuff
was because I understand music theory.
Think of music theory,
like a beautiful view.
You're in a room and you open the curtains
and out there is this
incredible view of mountains
and oceans, whatever, but
everything's covered in fog.
Music theory is like the sun that arrives
to clear all of that fog away.
Metaphor,
he really is a wordsmith.
So, if you think of music
theory like a chore,
or a punishment, you're being
taught by the wrong person.
Myth number three,
music theory should only
be taught at the piano.
Every time I see a music
theory video online,
and I see that little
piano with the lights,

Zulu: 
♪ Twinkle, twinkle little star. ♪
♪ How I wonder what you are ♪
Kumnandi ke lana.
Angiyena ngisho umnculi
kodwa into engenza ukuthi ngikwazi ukukwenza lokhu
ukuthi ngiyawuqonda umbalo womnculo.
Cabanga umbalo womnculo uwufanise nendawo enhle.
Usegumbini, uvula ikhethinisi
ngaphandle Kubonakala ubuhle bezintaba
nolwandle, kodwa konke lokhu kwembeswe yinkungu.
Umbalo womnculo ufana nelanga liphuma
lithi lingaqeda lisuse yonke inkungu,
Isingathekiso,
umsizi wamazwi ngempela.
Ngakho ke uma ucabanga umnculo uwufanise nomsebenzi
noma isijeziso, ufundiswa umuntu okungeyena.
Inganekwane yesithathu,
Umbalo mnculo kumele ufundelwe kupiyano.
Njalo nje uma ngibona ividiyo yombalo womnculo ku-inthanethi,
Ngibone ipiyano encane enokukhanya kuyona,

Zulu: 
enokukhanya.
Ngifa kancane.
Ngifa kancane ngaphakathi.
Ucezu lomphefumulo wami luyaphuma.
Angisho ukuthi ukusebenzisa isiboniso sepiyano
Akuyona indlela yokufundisa umbalo mnculo
Engikushoyo ukuthi akuyona indlela engivumelana nayo.
Amanoti omnculo ethiwe amagama
Ngendlela abekwe ngayo kupiyano.
Ngiyakuthola lokho
futhi kuhle ukukwazi lokho,
kodwa umangabe ukuqonda kwakho kombalo womnculo
kuzo bekwa ekutheni
kumele ube nepiyano,
noma ividiyo yakho yaku YouTube inepiyano Lena encane enama layithi.
Ngenxa yalokho mhlawumbe isikhathi ozosithatha sizobe siphindwe kayi-10
noma akukho ozokuzuza.
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Ukuqala kwami ukufunda ipiyano ngangineminyaka emine.
Ngifunde umbalo womnculo ngisebenzisa ipiyano impilo Yami yonke,
Kodwa futhi kungithathe impilo Yami yonke 
ukuqonda ukuthi umbalo mnculo uwumhlaba
lana khona umnculo wepiyano, umnculo wamabolompiti noma umnculo wesiginci,
Yilana owakhelwe khona.
Yilowo mhlaba engiwulangazelelayo.

English: 
with the lights, with the lights,
I die a little.
I die a little inside.
A little piece of my soul leaves me.
I'm not saying that using piano visuals
isn't a way to teach music theory.
I'm just saying that it's not the way.
Look, music notes are named
for the way that they
are placed on the piano.
I get that.
And, it's good to know that,
but if your understanding of music theory
is going to be dictated
by whether you have access to a piano,
or your YouTube video has that
little piano with the lights,
then you're probably going
to take 10 times as long,
or you're gonna fall off the wagon.
I went to my first piano lesson
when I was four years old.
I've learned music theory at
the piano of my entire life,
but it's taken my entire life
to understand that music theory is a world
upon which piano music, or
brass music, or guitar music,
or woodwind music, whatever, is built.
It's that world that
I am so obsessed with.

Zulu: 
Futhi yiwona mhlaba engifuna ukukufundisa ngawo.
Ngifuna ukukufundisa nge-major scale.
Ngingakukhombisa Yona kupiyano.
Kodwa ukukufundisa yona ngamehlo kanjalo noma ngomshini
akunginiki mizwa
Wokuthi iyini i-major scale.
(UJames ecula)
Kodwa umangabe singxila emizweni
Ukufunda kumane kube lula.
Into engizo yisho manje ibalulekile.
Uma ufunda umbalo womnculo ngepiyano
kuhle lokho, qhubeka.
Kodwa qonda ukuthi umhlaba womnculo
ungxilile kunalokho
Futhi umbalo mnculo akuwona nje
ukulandelana  kwama noti amnyama namhlophe.
Kuzi fundo zami awudingi neze ukuba seceleni kwepiyano,
udinga nje izindlebe nendliziyo evulekile
Inganekwane yesine, ngidinga imanuscript paper
ne-workbook yombalo mnculo ukufunda umbalo womnculo.

English: 
And, that world that I
want to teach you about.
If I want to teach you
about the major scale.
Sure, I can show it to you on the piano.
But, making you learn it visually
or mechanically like that,
doesn't give me the feeling,
or the emotion of what a
major scale is all about.
(James singing)
But, if we internalize what it feels like,
then learning the mechanics
is so much easier.
What I'm gonna say now is important.
If you are currently learning
music theory at the piano,
that is great, don't stop.
Just understand that the world of music
is much deeper than that.
And, music theory is not just about
a series of black and white notes.
In my lessons you don't
need to be around a piano.
You just need an open
ear and an open heart.
Myth number four, I need manuscript paper
and music theory workbooks
to learn music theory.

English: 
You know, manuscript paper, right?
It's that music with the lines in it?
Well, I can't do music theory
if I don't have that right,
wrong
If you want to follow along
with any of my videos,
you actually don't need anything.
But, if you wanna practice,
all you need is a pencil
and a piece of paper.
A ruler will really come in handy as well.
But, if you don't have a ruler,
just draw not straight lines.
I don't care.
This isn't about presenting works of art.
It's about learning the mechanics
of something that makes you happy.
Whether you want to be
a performer, a composer,
an arranger, a producer,
a teacher, whatever,
just find the easiest
way to internalize it.
Here's where it matters, not here.
So, those are four
myths about music theory
that I wish I had known
when I was younger.
Music theory is not for
good instrumentalists only.
It shouldn't feel like
a chore or a punishment
for taking up an instrument.
It certainly does not need
to be taught at the piano,
and you don't need special music paper
or workbooks to learn music theory.
So, if this has resonated with you

Zulu: 
Uyayazi i-manuscript paper angithi?
Yiloya mnculo unemingqa kuwona?
Angikwazi ukwenza umbalo womnculo
Uma ngingenakho lokho, angithi?
Amanga lawo.
uma ufuna ukulandelana amavidiyo ami
awudingi lutho.
Kodwa uma ufuna ukulokhu uzifundisa
Konke okudingayo umsizi kanye nepheshana.
Ilula lingakusebenzela nalo
kodwa noma ungenalo ilula
bala nje amalayini noma engaqondile,
angina ndaba.
Akuwona umsebenzi wokubukisa lona 
kumayelana nokufunda into
ekujabulisayo.
Noma ngabe ufuna ukuba umlingisi, umqambi womnculo,
Umhleli womnculo, ukuba yiplojusa noma uthishela
Thola nje the indlela elula ukufaka lokhu ngaphakathi kuwena.
Kulana ebaluleke khona, akusiyikho lana.
Ngakho ke kunezingane ezine mayelana nombalo womnculo
engifisa ngabe kudala ngazazi ngisemncane.
Umbalo mnculo akuwona wabantu abadlala amathuluzi omnculo kahle kuphela.
Akumelanga ukuzwise ngathi umsebenzi noma isejeziso
Sokuthatha ithuluzi lomnculo.
Akudingekanga neze ukuthi ukuthi ufundele kupiyano
Futhi awudingi nohlobo oluthile lama pheshana omnculo
noma incwadi yokusebenzela ukuze ufunde umbalo womnculo.
Ngakho ke umangabe lokhu kuyakubandakanya

English: 
and you are ready to start
your music theory journey
to wherever it is you wanna go,
just head over to my video
section and get cracking.
You'll see playlists continually
being added and updated
as we grow together.
I'm serious about this.
I want to work with you personally.
Yes. You.
So, if you have any questions
or anything you'd like to say to me,
hit me up in the comments section below
and I will answer you personally.
One last thing.
If you are here for a quick fix
or a fast way to learn music theory,
you will probably be disappointed.
The journey to being a complete musician
or having a well rounded
understanding of music
is not a short one.
That's why video's like,
"Everything You Need to Know
in 15 Minutes about Music,"
will always leave you disappointed,
but that's a beautiful thing.
So, strap in, and come and join me
for a ride that you will love.
Let's soak in every single concept
as we move forward together.
And of course, a tasty little like,
or a subscribe never hurt anybody.

Zulu: 
Futhi sewukulungele ukuthi ungaqala uhambo lwakho lombalo mnculo
ukuya lana ofuna ukuya khona.
Qonda kuma vidiyo Ami 
Uzobona ama-playlist ami afakwa njalo ahlukile,
njengoba sikhula sonke.
Ngigqinisile ngalokhu.
Ngifuna ukusebenza nawe maqondane
Yebo, Wena.
Ngakho ke, uma unemibuzo
Okanye noma yini ozothanda ukuyisho kumina
ngibalele kuma  comment section
Ngizoku phendula mina mathupha
Okunye okokungcina.
Umangabe ulana ukuzothola ongakwenza ngokushesha
noma angithi indlela esheshayo yokufunda umbalo mnculo,
Mhlawumbe uzophuma Lana udangele.
Indlela yokuba umnculi opelele
noma ukuba nolwazi oluphelele ngomnculo,
Akuyona emfishane.
Yingakho amavidiyo afana nalawa athi,
"Yonke into odinga ukuyazi ngemuva kwemizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu,"
Zizohlala zikushiya udangele,
Kondwa yinto enhle leyo.
Fasa Ibande umuqeda uhambe nami
Kuhambo ozolithanda
Asifakeni emnqondweni yonke into
Sisaya phambili
Uma unga-liker 
noma i-subscribe angeke ilimaze muntu.
