How to simplify chord progressions
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2018
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In this lesson I will demonstrate how to simplify the chord progressions over two of the most common chord progressions: II-V-I and I-VI-II-V, as in Django Reinhardt's composition Swing 42.
Some songs have so many chords that change so fast that it's very hard to improvise over them. You find yourself just running after the chords and after the form of the songs. Maybe you can follow the form and you can play the "right" notes over each chord, but then you lack creativity in your improvisation because you are concentrating so hard on playing the "right" notes that you forget about being musical…
In such situations, it's very helpful to simplify the chord progression. It allows you to improvise over less chords, making the changes slower, and gives you more space to focus on your musicality.
Enjoy!
Yaakov
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ein sehr symphatischer lehrer, der mit einfachen erklärungen und beispielen die komplexität der improvisationenn erklärt
Thanks! Simple is beautiful!
This man is an awesome teacher and such a cool guy! Thanks for all the great lessons ❤️
My pleasure my friend, thanks for the comment
I read this before, but I never heard it explained so clearly, and demonstrated so well. Kudos.
Thanks, Jerry! It's an important concept.
amazing! ive never heard anyone explain how to simplify chord progressions before, and now it is much clearer, thank you
I like how you cut through complex music theory to super practical application. Nice work!
Hey, thanks, Julian! That's my goal!
Best theory Teacher on the net, and I really think that
Excellent lesson, Yaakov. You are a great guitar teacher and you truly prove the old saying "A great teacher can teach you something in 5 or 10 minutes, that would take you years to learn on your own".
Thanks, Joe. Keep learning! And you can make progress practicing any one thing for five minutes a day!
Yaakov - your contributions to helping us learn is so much appreciated. Thank you !
Thank you for the wonderful lesson and the way you approach it.
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very good lesson as always mister Yakoov, thank you for your time sharing all these ( secrets) on guitar.Its very usefull
Glad you think so!
You are such an awesome teacher! Thank you for your lessons
You're very welcome! I have awesome students, too!
Great teaching and playing
Thank you kindly!
Thank you Yaakov, this takes away much confusion and helps me play more relaxed and musical statements. You have opened the door and now there is light.
Great! Thanks for the comment . There are more lessons in this course now. Did you see them?
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Wonderful instruction. Thank you very much.
Thanks Yaakov, you are a genius!
Gracias Yaakov!! Master
Glad to hear it, Diego. Use this idea in your improvising and let me know how it goes.
Amazing instruction. This has made sense of chord progressions. Brilliant.
Great! Now implement this idea over other songs that you play. Cheers!
oh my.. what an ending!! amazing Yaakov, thank you for all that you're sharing!
Thanks. My pleasure
The keys to improvisation,clearly explained, then demonstrated musically over the progression.
Very clear explanation thank you meastro ❤
My pleasure!
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Fantastic lesson!
Glad you liked it!, Bill
amazing!
Great thank you
Great lesson - thank you!
Thank you for the comment!
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Great lesson to add to your toolbox :)
wonderfull!
I'm learning
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very helpful
Thanks
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Even easier would be to analyse the keycenter ..every chord is just a stack of the ( in this cause c scale) See it on the keyboard: you can choose any of the white key to develop melodic motifs ..the black keys are outside / passing tones ..you don't have to use the d darian scale , when the harmony chord is a dminor..in fact it Sounds better to use another range of the c majorscale ..the quality of tension and release is what make the music breathe. In gypsy jazz there are classic approaches like playing deminished on a dominant seventh chord..and then again there is stuff like the barry harris approach of deminished chords, which one should check out to get the whole picture..f.ex. giant steps is changing keycenter 3 times ..and every mode is just a Part of the keycenter scale and is interchangable ..if you know what I mean....jimmy bruno thinks the same way and has some books out..Anyways, thank you for posting, best wishes, Olli
So many ways to learn music. So many amazing musicians who think differently. Django and Coltrane are so different but they both inspires me. So many methods to learn music. Each method show you only one angle of this huge world. Follow the methods that inspires you.
Cheers!
Thank you so much for this video! I want to purchase one of your online course regarding this topic!!! Please tell me which lesson I should take. I was always wanting to improvise over chord changes.
Try the Magic of Triads!
Awesome! Simple and straight to the point. Hey Yaakov, could you please explain the sixth of minor 6th chords. If I am right, minor tonics often have a major sixth in them. But should I use the minor or the major sixth when I improvise. It's confusing because the Dorian mode also features a major sixth, just like a Am6 chord, for example. Thank you.
Hi Michelle. For me music it's a free world and rules are only helpful for teaching. So you can use the 6 or the b6 - listen to them and decide when and where you prefer each one of them.
If you want to follow the theory - so over a m6 chord, you will lay the natural 6. And you rarely play the b6 not as a passing tone.
But this is theory not necessary what I usually do. Hope that helps :)
And one more question! Is it okay to use enclosure on dominant chords?
Yes. Remember to play what sounds good to you!
nice Yaakov, simplify the progression towards more improv.
What is this guitar you're using? It sounds great?.
I play on this guitar-
very good
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Yaakov...Thinking, in the 'degree numbers', rather than the 'Notes of the Key, seems easier to play the progressions, of, 'Any Key... the 5 - 1, works regardless whether in, C', F#, or Eb. Thanks... dg
E half diminished is a second to A because it contains G min, right? :D
It's more easy to look at it that way:
A7 is the 5th degree
G= 4th degree
F(or F#)=3rd degree
E=2nd degree
Hope that's clear
Need to study this...repetitively!
Go for it, John!
Joe Pass talks about simplifying progressions by forgetting about the ii chord as well. You explain it much better than him though!
Thanks Eric. Love Joe Pass!