6 Ways to Reharm "Amazing Grace" Like a Boss

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  • Опубликовано: 27 янв 2025

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  • @abz124816
    @abz124816 5 лет назад +35

    Finally, someone who is knowledgeable and has concise explanations.

  • @NahreSol
    @NahreSol 5 лет назад +75

    Wow so cool!! I'm loving this keyboard look 😊

  • @TheSnakeEyezz
    @TheSnakeEyezz 4 года назад +1

    This is my favorite video on jazz reharmonization. Each time I feel stuck (which happens a lot), I come back to this video. Thanks Jeff!

  • @mwainwright
    @mwainwright 5 лет назад +6

    I am blown away by the aesthetic and quality of this video. I could honestly watch hours and hours a day of just this format. Beautiful video with an incredible design direction.
    Also loving the pacing of the examples and how nicely you've collected ideas together into a video. Thank you!

  • @erik2830
    @erik2830 5 лет назад +9

    Dont usually comment but, this video opened my eyes.

    • @ebuys9
      @ebuys9 5 лет назад +1

      I absolutely agree Erik. I'm a guitarist and even so, just the theory behind it is so interesting. And as with most music theory, if you think about it hard enough, it all makes sense!

  • @vigilancebrandon
    @vigilancebrandon 6 лет назад +351

    Love the skewed perspective piano. Graphics from directly above are so hard to actually follow. This feels much more natural

    • @AndyNicholson
      @AndyNicholson 6 лет назад +10

      The "glitch" should be on the background though, not the keys, it makes it difficult to watch for those who can't see too well, I'm 3 minutes in and I've had to stop watching and just listen.

    • @vigilancebrandon
      @vigilancebrandon 5 лет назад +1

      Andy Nicholson what do you mean?

    • @lorenaway
      @lorenaway 5 лет назад +1

      I wonder what software that is he is using?

    • @AndyNicholson
      @AndyNicholson 5 лет назад +8

      @@vigilancebrandon The keyboard shakes, but the background doesn't. If the keyboard is the focus of attention it shouldn't move. It messes with my eyes and I had to stop watching.

    • @vigilancebrandon
      @vigilancebrandon 5 лет назад +3

      Andy Nicholson wow I didn’t even notice

  • @snubbyj
    @snubbyj 6 лет назад +20

    Brilliant. I quickly went from just watching to playing along my piano. Thanks for sharing this!

  • @gregoryhillis3420
    @gregoryhillis3420 3 года назад +2

    I have been watching Jeff's videos for a while now, and am always impressed with his great clarity within increasing layers of harmonic complexity. Watching, listening, and following along with this and his other videos you can really internalize and integrate the principles of sophisticated reharmonization that will influence the way you play, arrange, and compose. Thank you Jeff for sharing your knowledge with us. You are a talented teacher.

  • @kevinjeudy5607
    @kevinjeudy5607 5 лет назад +4

    Learning that much in about 10 minutes, that's awesome. Thank you!

  • @Ambignostic
    @Ambignostic 5 лет назад +1

    This keyboard visualization is fantastic. Your videos are always so packed with theory, but I found this one easier to follow than most.

  • @StevenKual
    @StevenKual Год назад +2

    Best teacher in the world

  • @joshuabaker2151
    @joshuabaker2151 5 лет назад +266

    III - VI - II - V - I = ‘The Schneider Order’ to watching Star Wars for the first time

  • @novariche8459
    @novariche8459 5 лет назад +70

    This reharmonization makes it sound more like traditional gospel. It feels like when the pastor does the alter call and start praying for everybody one by one.

  • @MarcelPetit
    @MarcelPetit 4 года назад +1

    Been playing for 14 years and doing gigs sometimes, but there's some new stuff here and it's EXACTLY what I needed thanks :)

  • @ppierson-prah3672
    @ppierson-prah3672 6 лет назад +7

    Thanks Jeff...this video demystifies the piano.

  • @kuzipj
    @kuzipj 6 лет назад +15

    This is really nice. Can’t wait for Part 2.

  • @cowstoaus
    @cowstoaus 6 лет назад +4

    Love this format! More please

  • @Simon-ct8bc
    @Simon-ct8bc 5 лет назад +1

    That format is just perfect! Thank you!!

  • @servinggodthroughmusic5996
    @servinggodthroughmusic5996 5 лет назад +2

    I suspect Jeff can play these beautiful harmonies on the fly, and you have to marvel at this level of improvisational skill. It’s fascinating to see how church pianists develop these gorgeous harmonies around the hymns that the listeners have heard and sung countless times over in church.

  • @jackychoi4462
    @jackychoi4462 5 лет назад

    in this day and age youtube has a paralysing number of music info + resources, but few make it so clear to learn as you - my thanks + respect to you from Australia!

  • @-imkon-8557
    @-imkon-8557 6 лет назад +1

    Indeed reharmed like a BOSS! I really enjoyed this lesson, especially your logical number system. Thanks Jeff.

  • @chadmonteithii8667
    @chadmonteithii8667 5 лет назад +1

    Been trying to find theory stuff for a long time cause I’ve learned so much that’s on RUclips. This video is exactly what I’m looking for to advance my skills. Thanks man!

  • @MagnusBaumgartl
    @MagnusBaumgartl 6 лет назад +6

    Great video! I often find myself figuring out fancy chords and progressions but I usually don‘t know where they‘re coming from / the theory behind it. Videos like this one really help to get a better understanding of cadences and micro-transpositions. Keep it up!

  • @hardwarelover8786
    @hardwarelover8786 5 лет назад

    Full version of the last one amazing Jeff

  • @palbrekke9455
    @palbrekke9455 6 лет назад +11

    Really appreciate these videos, Jeff. Please keep them coming! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with everyone.

  • @michaelsawczak5339
    @michaelsawczak5339 6 лет назад +1

    LOVE this new format, Jeff. Killin' in!

  • @No-pm4ss
    @No-pm4ss 5 лет назад

    2:05 I just gasped in that example, thanks for these easy to follow educational videos. Subscribed!

  • @geoffwales8646
    @geoffwales8646 5 лет назад +2

    There's something about gospel tunes, done with jazz harmonies - so sublime.

  • @nickbauerberlin
    @nickbauerberlin 5 лет назад

    Dear Jeff, please don't forget the second part.. Is's such a cool and modern version of Amazing Grace. I love it!!!

  • @amusiciannamedmarzi
    @amusiciannamedmarzi 6 лет назад +28

    Love this, pls do the part 2 ♥️

  • @gaafts
    @gaafts 5 лет назад +1

    It's amazing how gracefully these concepts are explained, but although I understand the reason behind using these chords and cadences, I don't always get why or how you choose the quality of the chords (that's to say, why you would use an 11, or flat 5, etc. other than to simply accomodate a melody note). But that's a footnote at the base of this incredible jazz crash course you constantly expand with each video. I'd just like to say thank you, for the knowledge you've gifted me and many others.

  • @drcool56
    @drcool56 6 лет назад +2

    Please carry on with amazing grace We love it

  • @Bimluva72
    @Bimluva72 5 лет назад

    Thanks so much for your continued breakdown of music and demystifying these wonderful movements/progressions that we enjoy so much.

  • @mcdance1311
    @mcdance1311 5 лет назад

    Very Grateful for your lessons

  • @JayAttys
    @JayAttys 6 лет назад +90

    BRUH! You gotta keep going with the last one

    • @SquidBlue
      @SquidBlue 5 лет назад +2

      It's the same concept of a II - V - I progression, except applied to the key of D minor, implying what's called a "modulation" to D minor in the progression.

    • @GrumpyStormtrooper
      @GrumpyStormtrooper 5 лет назад +4

      Squid Blue i don't know what that means but i'll try to hit random keys and see what works best to fill the gap

    • @abdulalshibly3930
      @abdulalshibly3930 5 лет назад

      @@SquidBlue Kinda disagree with you because the chord C/E is a C major chord in first inversion or a C major chord with bass of E which is not the second degree of D minor if this was the 251 in D minor it will look more like this
      Eminor7b5 A7alt Dm11
      In this case the progression he used is the 751 which is kinda similar to the backdoor progression which is 471 so I believe it's a mixture of both?
      Not really sure but this is not the 251 in D minor

    • @SquidBlue
      @SquidBlue 5 лет назад

      @@abdulalshibly3930 Yeah I'd say the C/E is sort of substitution for a ii but definitely still implies it because of the E A D in the bass, and C triad has the shared note G with an E minor triad (the minor third)

    • @abdulalshibly3930
      @abdulalshibly3930 5 лет назад +2

      @@SquidBlue You're actually totally right that bass is what really holding the 251 didn't notice it.
      I was learning theory and there's this new idea: you can resolve the dominant chord on a relative major/minor from the tonic.
      i.e. G7| Cmaj7 is a regular 5 1
      G7| Am7 is not a regular 5 1 that's the idea the Amin7 is the relative minor of Cmaj7 so if you think about it you can actually use the same ideas in modes like resolve the dominant of C on Dmin or Emin.
      Where I'm getting with that idea is maybe he used a similar concept to make the substitution from Emin7b5 to C/E
      Or maybe he just played the bass E to keep the 251 together and played another triad in the right hand and this is actually somehow very effective so I think he just did that there isn't always theory to explain everything but it's good to know it's out there to help ya.
      Thanks man for mentioning the bass part never noticed it

  • @marselmusic
    @marselmusic 5 лет назад

    these reharms are very practical, thanks. I always used to think they were these crazy stuff (which are also cool) but I like how you explain them to make sense... I don't know many other people who ould explain concepts to us like that... thanks Jeff

  • @shaunbooval9223
    @shaunbooval9223 6 лет назад +27

    This video is brilliant. So easy to follow. Please can you do a video like this for the 7-3-6 chord progression. I have heard gospel pianists use it but would really appreciate you explaining it with the kind of detail you did in this video. Thank you for the awesome videos Jeff.

    • @MarsziParszi
      @MarsziParszi 5 лет назад

      Would love to watch that too :).

    • @Afiplaysmusic
      @Afiplaysmusic 5 лет назад +5

      Isnt that basically a ii-V-I to the 6th degree of a major scale? Like E to A to D in the key of F? (Talking abt root movement not chord quality)

    • @shaunbooval9223
      @shaunbooval9223 5 лет назад +3

      @@Afiplaysmusic Hmmm. Did not think of it like that. Thanks.😊 Hopefully Jeff will shed more light on this and how we can think of these progressions and using them in context (and fingers crossed with some phat voicings.😄)

    • @gauthierostervall4849
      @gauthierostervall4849 5 лет назад

      @@Afiplaysmusic That's what he does as 8:24, is that what you mean?

    • @PIANOSTYLE100
      @PIANOSTYLE100 5 лет назад

      I see the.7.3 6 2 5 1 as essentially circle of fifths. In C .Possibly.. Bmin7b5.(G9) Emin A7 Dmin G7 C. I'm going.by.memory.here.

  • @jamesmackay4529
    @jamesmackay4529 6 лет назад +3

    great content delivered expertly

  • @LeadGuitarWorkshop
    @LeadGuitarWorkshop 5 лет назад

    I like the terms transitions and arrivals, I always use tension and resolution with my students but I may have to co-opt that term. Great video, thank you

  • @SantaAgain77
    @SantaAgain77 2 года назад

    Its so, so beautiful !

  • @josephmoore4547
    @josephmoore4547 5 лет назад +1

    Yes, I would like to see a follow up video. Thanks!

  • @timtully8015
    @timtully8015 Год назад

    My head's spinning, but this is chock full o' great tips & techniques. Thank you!

  • @davidhernandez-uw1gj
    @davidhernandez-uw1gj 8 месяцев назад

    Great piano Jazz lesson. Thank you so much ❤😅

  • @Wachnin13
    @Wachnin13 5 лет назад +1

    Excellent! More reharms on Amazing Grace please.

  • @PhilipDNorris
    @PhilipDNorris 6 лет назад +1

    Thank you Jeff! Eagerly waiting for a continuation!

  • @soonice4387
    @soonice4387 5 лет назад

    very simplified and easy to understand..superb teaching skills, keep it up Sir!!!!

  • @jonescrusher1
    @jonescrusher1 4 года назад

    Great stuff, well paced, well presented

  • @jazzpianosheet
    @jazzpianosheet 5 лет назад

    Nice Reharm !

  • @sancho316
    @sancho316 6 лет назад

    I think this is This is the best way to learn.

  • @chetheflin7447
    @chetheflin7447 5 лет назад

    Love this visual way of teaching, thanks.

  • @PatrickReynoldsMath
    @PatrickReynoldsMath 6 лет назад

    I learned a lot from this. I've known about V-I cadences and tritone subs for a long time, and can see/analyze them in songs that I learn, but a vid like this (like lots of your vids) helps me see how to actually use them creatively. Thanks.

  • @AP-rs5wz
    @AP-rs5wz 5 лет назад +6

    GbMaj7 has more of plagal vibe (IV minor-ish). Same for the C7sus4 (basically Bb/C). It is a more appropriate sound for the melody.
    Of course, you know that and are trying to make things simple, but I felt it was a good nuance to make.

  • @malcolmzackery3099
    @malcolmzackery3099 2 года назад

    Great stuff to know! Very well explained Jeff! Thanks so much!

  • @DJazium
    @DJazium Год назад

    Great tutorial, thanks!

  • @stevenjonathan8181
    @stevenjonathan8181 5 лет назад +19

    Melted right away when you played the sixth version 8:09

    • @GrumpyStormtrooper
      @GrumpyStormtrooper 5 лет назад

      Steven Jonathan my heart was filled with so much joy when i first heard that, it's such an amazing transition there at the end, it's so good. these chords do something to me.

  • @DojoOfCool
    @DojoOfCool 6 лет назад +2

    Great lesson! I could barely get thru the first time I watched I kept stopped and trying things out. Thanks!

  • @owendallsotomayor1741
    @owendallsotomayor1741 5 лет назад

    Really enjoyed this, Jeff!

  • @ianu_
    @ianu_ 5 лет назад

    Please do a full video on the last one!!

  • @mikegrossmanmusic
    @mikegrossmanmusic 5 лет назад

    Very clear. Easy to follow. Well done. Thanks!

  • @marcopellegatti
    @marcopellegatti 6 лет назад

    Tks and yes, pls part 2!

  • @jamesgoese7388
    @jamesgoese7388 5 лет назад

    Stumbled across this video and seeing the title instantly made me think "tritone sub would be cool" - thanks for doing me that solid.

  • @joshwoest6714
    @joshwoest6714 5 лет назад +1

    I'm studying music at the moment and this video gave me more ideas for reharm than my tutors have in the last year. Fantastic video Jeff.

  • @Jwhitehd
    @Jwhitehd 5 лет назад

    You Tha Boss Doc..........Nice Visual And Reharm Sound.........

  • @BigTime4Life365
    @BigTime4Life365 5 лет назад

    This video is amazing! This is how you’re supposed to teach!

  • @PsilentKnight19
    @PsilentKnight19 5 лет назад

    Love this reharm! I have one reharm I did several years back on this song-same key of F Major!

  • @stereocool2155
    @stereocool2155 5 лет назад

    This dude is a boss.

  • @timbradley135
    @timbradley135 5 лет назад +1

    More, more, more of this, please. I really enjoy hearing (but don’t yet know how to do) reharmonizations of country songs a la Lenny Breau, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson et al. (I’m a guitarist.)

  • @jonahm7545
    @jonahm7545 4 года назад

    I love this guy

  • @davidyehudah7140
    @davidyehudah7140 3 года назад

    Jeff could you do a video of the whole song. This was so good?

  • @wesleyyao9543
    @wesleyyao9543 5 лет назад

    Second vid please! Learned so much just from this one vid, thanks for everything!!

  • @gijshenk2
    @gijshenk2 6 лет назад

    this is super awesome man, i began watching all your videos. First i didn't get anything what was happening, but slowly and surely it's all sipping in ma brain haha. Love it man! Thank you so much for doing these!

  • @mikestak
    @mikestak 5 лет назад +1

    man im watching this with some swearing because how mind blowing this theory thank you so much jeff!

  • @kcsebastian
    @kcsebastian 6 лет назад +1

    This was gold!

  • @Albertovalladolidgasane
    @Albertovalladolidgasane 4 года назад

    Thanks so much for those videos😊😊

  • @davidjonesplays
    @davidjonesplays 5 лет назад

    Jeff, This is so powerful - thank you so much

  • @batlin
    @batlin 5 лет назад

    Lovely voicing of that last Bbmaj9 with that right hand cluster.

  • @rasyidsayyari8846
    @rasyidsayyari8846 5 лет назад +1

    great lesson Jeff. Thank you so much for the lesson

  • @DumblyDorr
    @DumblyDorr 5 лет назад

    The b9 Maj7#11 (as a tritone substituted V) to I(add9) is such a beautiful, iconic cadence - I think it works so well because the Maj7#11 of b9 is basically just a sus4 of I with the tension of a b9 in the bass, thus evokes that lofty, classical sus4-Maj flavor, but the suspension of the 4 is given even more momentum resolution with the lower b9.
    I think the first time I fell in love with that cadence must have been as a little boy with John Miles' "Music", and it'll never not be "that 'Music' cadence' for me :)

  • @coolingaid1
    @coolingaid1 4 года назад

    AWESOME!! Thank you!! beautiful!

  • @migs1336
    @migs1336 5 лет назад +180

    "I'm gonna play an F7"
    *Proceeds into playing F9*

    • @migs1336
      @migs1336 5 лет назад +9

      (btw I know that the 9 chord has a 7 in it)

    • @wassimrahmani3561
      @wassimrahmani3561 5 лет назад +5

      The 9th is just an extension, it would've sounded weak without it

    • @codetech5598
      @codetech5598 5 лет назад +16

      That's the way jazz musicians do it.

    • @PIANOSTYLE100
      @PIANOSTYLE100 5 лет назад

      Yeah... Yeah. I caught that. Oh. Well.

    • @asukalangleysoryu6695
      @asukalangleysoryu6695 4 года назад

      Sound like you don't play jazz too often

  • @samcooke343
    @samcooke343 6 лет назад +56

    Amazing video. One piece of feedback though if I may - I'd take the flicker off of the keyboard in future episodes! Thanks Jeff.

  • @kwamepi1
    @kwamepi1 5 лет назад

    Woow what a good material

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE100 5 лет назад

    Jeff ..was talking to a piano tuner..we were exchanging licks..he hit a chord.. My ears perked up.. Actually I think it was precious lord take my hand..but it works on Amazing grace. It was the voicing of the F9#5. You almost played it. Try voicing the F9#5. ..with a B in the left hand.. Right hand will start withA below middle C. Also included Db Eb G..so thinking in terms of the. F scale ..F G A Bb C D E F (G)..this chord can interpreted in several ways. A is Maj 3 Db is the b13 or #5 the Eb is b7 and the G Is the ninth. Now this.chord is now one of my favorite altered chords. The G on the top has a strong pull down to F. The Db will pull to D The Eb will pull to D also..the A is mag3 of F. So this F9#5 is amazing. Also can server as modulation tool.

  • @Blackhawknightstrikr
    @Blackhawknightstrikr 5 лет назад

    Thanks for this Jeff! Keep up the great work.

  • @tomfletchervideos
    @tomfletchervideos 5 лет назад

    Another great video Jeff, I always enjoy watching them

  • @SoulStBlues
    @SoulStBlues 6 лет назад +1

    Thank you so much for this. Would absolutely want to see more with this reharm and others reharms as well!

  • @MexTubu
    @MexTubu 5 лет назад

    Better than 1000 lessons :) Super thanks!

  • @gabrielgouveia7148
    @gabrielgouveia7148 5 лет назад +1

    Can you do the whole song with the last concept? It would be awesome. Great video!

  • @majestichardscapes5066
    @majestichardscapes5066 5 лет назад

    This is absolutely amazing. Great way to breakdown the theory!!

  • @LOUCRATIVENAMBZ
    @LOUCRATIVENAMBZ 6 лет назад

    This is beautiful!

  • @timothyfleur7596
    @timothyfleur7596 5 лет назад

    Lovely vid, thanks Jeff!

  • @vincepinkoane5124
    @vincepinkoane5124 5 лет назад

    This was so well explained bro. Thank you.

  • @nativesonno.1113
    @nativesonno.1113 5 лет назад

    please, bring it home!

  • @floydmillar2875
    @floydmillar2875 5 лет назад

    Excellent stuff

  • @danielmconnolly7
    @danielmconnolly7 5 лет назад

    Excellent chord changes 🎹 👍

  • @josemolina959
    @josemolina959 5 лет назад

    Great tips! Thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎹

  • @uyuyuy_bajura
    @uyuyuy_bajura 5 лет назад

    Anybody asked for the follow up? This was great!!

  • @Zosangzuala_Pachuau
    @Zosangzuala_Pachuau 5 лет назад +1

    Superb......

  • @RudieDan
    @RudieDan 5 лет назад

    Wow! Love this.

  • @HHJoshHH
    @HHJoshHH 5 лет назад

    Love all your vids Jeff! 👍🏼❤️