Lightbulb moment with jazzy chords!

hassleham

I’m sat in bed avoiding going to sleep and watching random youtube videos when this video comes up.. I’m nowhere near a jazz guy and definitely NOT a pianist but this video explains the theory so well I had to share! (And also so that I won’t forget to come back to it later)

Looking forward to testing some of these out  


https://youtu.be/q-Wb0CsXV6U?si=zfY1rKeS6ITbl5ZG

Tannin

Good stuff @hassleham (though the hammy presentation tricks are a bit much for my taste). An awful lot to cover in just one video.

But if your head hasn't exploded yet, I really enjoyed this one tonight, from someone I haven't seen before but will make a point of watching again.

viz

I really REALLY like Joel McCray, but he does go rather fast, it's not for beginners (and he insists on calling minor tonic chords the "six" chord which I hate); here's an example, and you can see just how natural he is.

Whistler

viz said:

... but he does go rather fast ...

It took me a long time to find and start using YouTube's speed adjuster. Listening to someone teaching at 75% speed makes it much easier to follow and have time to think about and let what I am learning to sink in, along with pausing videos so that I can take it in in bite sized pieces.

GuyBoden

To play lots of Jazz Standards at a real tempo, Shell voicings with three notes per chord are easiest. You need to be able to get around the changes at speed. Start at 100bpm then work up to 300bpm for fast Bebop. (Not easy)