"Shadow Harmony" in Coltrane's "Naima"

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Pianist, educator, and generous philanthropist Jeremy Siskind discusses the idea of "shadow harmony," that pentatonic scales are actually holding together the diverse harmonies of various chords, and demonstrates how it works within Coltrane's "Naima." And, yes, he's wearing a hat.

[@VALINOR24]

Naima is a beautiful piece. I'd appreciate a lesson on McCoy Tyner's "Contemplation."

[@jacobkuhlmann1616]

Your line at 10:08 is quite spiffy! I love it! You've convinced me to play around in the shadow lands!

[@JeremySiskind]

Nice, Jacob!!!

[@marcelloestemiele]

Shadow lands! Thank you once again for exploring modal harmonies and how to improvise on them

[@sylviacantumusicalideas2468]

Shadow lands! Very interesting concept. 😊

[@davidtighe6769]

Great analysis! This piece is such a good lesson in composition. I've always thought of it as an abstracted ii-V-I with the B section being the ii and the A section being a V-I. I view the harmony differently than the lead sheet though, to my mind its a succession of parallel major 7th chords over the 2/5/1 pedal notes. The A section I view as Dbmaj7/Eb, Gbmaj7/Eb, Amaj7/Eb, Gmaj7/Eb to Abmaj7#11. The B section then Bmaj7/Bb, Abmaj7/Bb, Bmaj7/Bb, Abmaj7/Bb, Dmaj7/Bb, Bmaj7/Bb, Abmaj7/Bb to Emaj7/Bb. I think its a great lesson in how to build tension with parallel major 7th chords over a very extended ii-V-I, I'd never thought of the pentatonic scale and its relationship to the melody however so thats a revelation. Loving your channel and thanks for these great videos, best there is on RUclips!

[@janghijselen3651]

Really interesting, once again. Here’s me thinking: it’s all vertical, but when you started playing (also on blues and rhythm changes), that’s when you start to hear Herbie, Kirkland, Wayne Shorter. They play these long melodic lines when the harmony is frantically changing. I’d love to see how you imply this over blues, rhythm changes and standards. Again, so very inspiring.

[@JeremySiskind]

Noted! Thanks for the comment, Jang!

[@MIE_Jazz]

Great video Jeremy! Really interesting stuff!

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks! I’m still thinking about it but hopefully it’s an interesting jumping off point!

[@kenzeller6518]

A glimmer of light has appeared in the "shadow lands". Hope you're selling loads of books, Jeremy. Cheers!

[@wonder6789]

Great video! I personally prefer the sound (and simplicity/coherence) of the Eb / Eb m version to that of the Ab / Ab m. ;-)

[@stelastic]

Great video I learned a lot !

[@humblemai2211]

😂😂 love you always 😅😅

[@SamuelCaiola]

Great teaching as always! I have a request…could you do a video on Chick Corea’s Humpty Dumpty? Thanks

[@larry4589]

Great ideas thanks! I'm not a pianist but I think I think Bmajor7/Eb Amajor7/Eb to Ab major 7 in bars 3 and 4 or something like that ....its a beautiful tune at any rate!

[@larry4589]

or maybe B7/Eb A7/Eb

[@jimnugent6202]

Shadowlands!

[@nilkilnilkil]

Is that what the stroke denotes? A pedal tone?

[@JeremySiskind]

The slash? That shows the bass note.

[@javilalima]

Shadow Lands

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks for watching, brother!

[@alphaomega6062]

Bad hair day?

[@JeremySiskind]

So bad!!!

[@chodaldomination]

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[@JeremySiskind]

(I don’t know what this says, but thanks for watching/commenting)