How To Play Neo Soul Chord Progressions
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- Опубликовано: 16 янв 2021
- Here I show you some Neo-Soul changes and explain some of the thinking behind them. Plenty of ideas for players writers and producers who are new to this genre!
I also show you how I approach passing chords.
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The aesthetic of the thumbnail is simply scrumptious.
True.. anyone tell me what model is that?
@@jbankangle wurlitzer 206a
30 year’s ago I was asked to get one for free... I said „no“ to this offer, „it sounds too old...“... 😫🤦♂️
@@StudioBonn rule nr. 1 NEVER decline free shit
@@princeharry6736 I know, I know... but: sometimes you win, sometimes you learn...
So humble, “I’m self-trained” “I don’t know all the theory”. Then defines the theory and approach perfectly. Great work.
exactly mate lol everyone is lost in the chord spellings lol. dude the only chord progression he mention was a 251....:''D. while flying through it
I agree!
I like the way you play "ghost notes" with left hand...
CHORDS PROGRESSION
CMaj9 | B7aug5#9 Emin9| EbM7aug5 |Dm7 |DbM7aug5 |CMaj7 |F/B |B9 |E11 |E maj 69
second one : Cmin9 | Fmin9 | F/G | DbMaj9 | Cmin9 | Fmin9 | F/G | G7b9aug5
I'll let you check the video for the inversions he is using
thanks you Matt
Isn't EbM7aug5 really Ebmin7aug5 ?
@@hombacom more like Ebmin7b6 and Dbmin7b6
Koyari Music why b6?
@@hombacom because the chord/scale also has a perfect 5th even if he's not playing that note. He is playing R, b3, b6 (#5 would imply there's no 5th) and b7
@@hombacom Or maybe you could see as a B9/D#. Anyway, is not a EbM.
Neo Soul Chords, Matt Johnson....'click!’
yes
same here :-)
Can I get a “fuck yeah” from the congregation?
Wit the quickness
This guy is in an A class band and is giving all these tutorials away for free, cheers mate keep up the good work!!
whats the name of the band?
@@merlinfae Jamiroquai man and they are phenomenal.
Yeah like whenever I read a bit of a negative comment I just think ''This dude (whilst he might make some money of the odd video) is literally educating folks for basically no other reason than he wants to/can/feels he should. Who knows why, but cheers to Matt.
@@brazenbetty8583 are you kidding me😵
#payingitforward
as a beginner It took me like 5 hours to learn that neo soul progression as you played it. I played it over in slow motion a hundred times or more but I GOT IT at your speed. I love dirty chords so much
you can always trip out and play the video back at .25 speed - it's pretty wild actually...
And what a progression it is 🔥
Well done. I hope I’ll do the same.
this is the way
Well done - I need to try that!
I'm self trained, and I don't know all the theory and you'll have to forgive me..... and plays in one of the biggest kick ass bands in the world.
No forgiveness required 🧡🤘
Maybe after watching too much Jacob Collier he forgot he really does know theory?
He knows what he needs to know. No need for quantum negative harmony inverted lydian subdominants when you live the funk like Matt.
Erroll Garner couldn't even read music. I think he said a beaver doesn't need an engineering degree to build a dam.
Can’t lie, it makes me love the guy more, lol.
First comes the music, then comes the theory.. it was never the other way around.
Man that’s so crazy he’s self trained you wouldn’t think that at all
I feel like I entered into a new dimension of musicianship
As someone who has taken classical piano lessons as a youth for ~8 years, I can read notation, play Chopin, Bach Inventions, and all that - BUT this is such foreign territory....jazz, soul, improvisation. This is a beautiful and malleable art while classical is so strict. People think because we classical people can play piano, we can do this. NOPE. Matt has said he can't read notation. I would trade my sight reading skills in a minute to be able to improvise. What's more, it also feels like we classically trained folks are handcuffed to NOT be able to do this. Neo Soul and jazz concepts feel like an answer to a question we can't figure out how to ask because we classical folks have played other peoples music all our career. The only embellishment we add are dynamics, rubato, and phrasing. After that it's just other peoples chords and melodies.. Hard to explain why it's so difficult. Being a classical pianist is like knowing how to read a book. Being an improvisor is like being able to AUTHOR a book.
Un bon musicien est capable de jouer correctement tous les styles de musiques sans aucuns soucis . Il faut juste savoir placer les notes au bon moment , notamment pour l’improvisation , c’est ce qu’on appelle le feeling
@@station2station544 ils ne sont pas si excellents que ça apparemment , si ils ne savent pas improviser sur du jazz funk
Improvisation tout court, rock ou jazz funk
@@monaaarks7554 LOL, nope. And 38 people concur.
@@station2station544 certainement des amateurs ou débutants ? J’étudie déjà et j’ai pas de soucis pour jouer improviser ni me plaindre .Changez de professeur ou de mentalité ou même de style d’écoute . Au lieu de se frustrer … tout ça parce que je suis pas d’accord avec vous .
These 'Neo soul' voicings paint such delicate subtle shades. I love the fact you admit you're self-taught, it inspires people that what you're playing IS possible to learn too.
These type of voicings are my favourite type of chords. Great stuff! Thank you so much for posting!
Wow!! Didn't know Matt wrote Seven Days In Sunny June. Probably my favourite Jamiroquai song....and now I see the chords. Amazing. I've always heard soul chords but never knew how to find them. They hide, someone between the black and white keys, waiting to be teased out and set free. Thanks Matt!!
As a synth player, something that for the longest time was less than obvious is that I can't stress enough how important it is to have a sustain pedal when playing this stuff!
A man who can barely keep his natural talent under control. Such a gentleman - thanks very much for sharing these amazing techniques. A genuine pleasure to watch your videos.
Matt should propose those neo soul vibe to Jk for future Jamiroquai albums.
The amazing part of the way he plays is that it is so inspiring and practical for a singer to writte vocal on it. Jamiroquai did a good move having him.
He implement neo soul in a lot of their work and live
French guy learning some piano jazz here! Your playing is inspiring and this video is a must see for any neo soul pianist enthusiastic, great job and please keep doing this kind of videos!
I love these progressions. I hear a lot of Steely Dan in them too 😄 Great stuff, thanks Matt!
The Emaj69 is now my favourite chord.
The perfect Sunday morning with a cup of coffee and new Matt's material to work with!
Matt, you are very generous with your time giving these tutorials thank you so much
augmented chords make great passing chords, LESSON LEARNED! this was quite helpful mate
As well as being a fantastic player,Matt's wardrobe is complimenting the acoustic panels
To advanced for me yet, i have played drums for 25 years..........piano 4 days, but this is vey cool to watch
Good luck! I'm a noob as well
Try some videos by Karen Ramirez. Very nice starter lessons on playing by ear and chord progressions. 4-5-1 progressions, 2-5-1 progressions, chord circle, it suddenly started to make sense to me.
You're one of my favourite keyboard players ever, and here you are, teaching me for free!! THANKS DUDE :D
That would be amazing.
looking back later in time you might as well be the brightest point in our dreary pandemic era experience.. learning so much from you
Very nice overview, thank you. Key quote: "Sometimes these things sound more complex than they are because of the way they've been voiced." Also, that cutscene image is _very_ neosoul.
learning chord progressions from Matt from Jamiroquai is definitely a good start for 2021, Thank you!
No words required (forget the words preceding this) 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Hey Matt. Just a suggestion. If you’re planning on doing more of these types of tutorials it’d be awesome if you could incorporate some sort of virtual/graphical keyboard so we’re certain of the keys you’re hitting. As per my earlier reply though, still loved this and thanks for taking the time to do it!
Cheers Matt.
“ it’s all major and minor nine’s basically “
right?!? haha that's what I'm figuring out as a newbie in love with Neo soul Chords
So good that we just want more.
Thank you Matt !
So glad you decided to make videos like these. Always inspiring and informative! Thanks 😊
I bought most of the Tina Marie records back in the '70s. She was in her own league. Thanks for reminding me of her again. I have her on vinyl records back in the day.
Only because of the love and enthusiasm we all share for music can something this great be free!
Thanks Matt, Will hang out.
Love this! Really inspireing to hear that you are self taught like myself. These kind of harmonies sounds so complex and I never thought I could work them, but this video really gave me somemore confidence. Thank you so much Matt! :)
Nice one Matt, plenty of ideas for inspiration and exploration. Glad to hear you (And JK) are well!
Ahh Matt, simply loved this Soul trip and I’m gonna have to play it and pause it over n over to drill those Chord progressions, great vibes thank you 🙏🏻 just awesome 😎🎹
These videos are a treasure!
You don't know how long I've been waiting for this, thank you Matt!
I'll say it again your key skills are amazing, on point and your flow is so organic.
Matt your videos are golden! up at 4am watching this one and absolutely cannot wait for the next one
Once again, very educational for me. Loved it.♥️ Thank you
Neo Soul: Play jazz with electric piano
If all else fails, just vibe with some cool shapes
Attacc
A year's worth of really decent content here Matt - thanks so much - making lockdown manageable!!
The most awaited videos on RUclips! Thank you so much Matt!!!
Great tutorial Matt ! such a talent for catchy bass lines even when teaching "clever voicing" ;)
Thank you so much for this. It's like some secret code to get me into a world I love to look at from the outside. I've learned so many Jamiroquai songs over the years (starting with the live version of "Sunny"). Imagine how amazing it is to be able to learn from the guy I've been trying to copy for so long. Not all about Covid is bad I guess.
Thanks so much again Matt! Everytime you drop a tutorial my mood jumps up a few notes. This one is so applicable. Just perfect. Like how you add so much augmented chords in the progression. Keep m coming!
This man is Yoda !!! Thank you Sir I’m a believer. There’s no limits !! You play for a world renowned band and your self trained ! 🤯 Inspiration
Can't wait to buy your course on (literally anything).
Matt, your videos are indispensable. I also don't know music theory and I'm trying to learn to play without formal lessons. I really value the videos you are producing.
unbelievable the amount of inspiration you can get from this video, once again, many many many thanks to Matt for this, and hoping to get the part 2 of this video !!!!
Love ya Matt Johnson - your channel is one of my favorites on youtube! Fantastic work as always. Thanks for being so cool and down to earth.
lmao, my mates dad introduced me to jamiroqai the other month, and now i'm blessed enough to learn keys off one of them, i love the internet
One of the few positives of covid lockdown that these guys aren't out on the road and can share the knowledge :)
Thanks Matt. I needed some smooth chord therapy with all the surrounding chaos.
Thanks, Matt! Glad you’ve also described the chords and explained what’s going on with the progression. Very enjoyable and accessible.
Thanks Matt for all the stuff you're posting here. Very inspiring. Lots of content to me for practice. Keep it up!!
📍Hello from Brazil.🇧🇷
Great job from a great musician.
🎺🥁🎻🎷
Wow wow wow! Matt Johnson gives us harmony lessons! What else can we dream about?!
Thanks for taking the time to do these Matt!! Very much appreciated.
Such tasteful keyboard playing... you make jazzy, funky noodling so easy on the ear... and those bass lines... phew!!! Thank you indeed Matt!
Man every time Your lesson drops it's like Christmas again.
Great lesson!
Please consider using one of those animated keyboard overlays that highlight the keys you're playing for us lesser players. It's tough seeing some of your voicings.
I mean half of the fun is sitting at the piano figuring it out.
hello bean
@@SpaceDisco1 i'm glad that it's the point of the video and other people do that too as idk theory lol, cheers mate
Thank you so much for making these videos, i really look forward to them:)
ive been learning my neo-soul-esque chord progressions lately so this came out at a perfect time
I listened to your interview on the Keyboard Chronicles podcast and have since been very much enjoying/appreciating your tutorials! Thank you!
Sounds like a jazzified version of Just The Two Of Us
Lovely Chords.
You genius!!! So glad to see you here!! 👏👏👏👏👏❤❤
Watching your videos brings a smile to my face. Thanks a lot Matt!
If you learn to do the first progression in a few keys you’ve got so many songs. These are probably the biggest hits.
What you won’t do for love - Bobby McFerrin
Just The Two of Us - Grover Washington Jr.
Good spot.
You mean Bobby Caldwell?
@@zsomalino -but I’d love to hear McFerrins take on it....😂
For the Matt Johnson fans I highly recommend a podcast called the keyboard Chronicles
Matt gives an insight into his career
How he gave up playing trumpet and switched to playing keys
Definitely well worth listening to.
He talks about his audition with Jamiroquai
I have listened to the interview quite a few times
Download the interview off of iTunes podcast
The richness of such voicings and chord progressions is just incredibly lush... Thanks for sharing!! 🙏
What an incredible video. As someone trying to learn to play this sort of music this is indispensable!
Essential progressions 5:39 7:40 10:54 11:53
this chord progression used a lot in kpop and it sounds amazing 😭
What a beautiful Sunday with this "neo" chords )) from all……… thanks a lot Matt !
Many thanks for the perfect timing on this video Matt! I fell asleep last night after playing around with Battery and was wondering how to play some of these chords so I could make them into loops. Watching this and 7 hours until the football starts gives me a chance to get started!
Hi Matt,
This video tutorial is great!
That's absolutely this kind of tutorial which I have been looking for for long.
I need to go through this video slowly to play these great chord progressions on my Yamaha reface CP mini e-piano.
I would like to learn how such chords are built and how the chord changes / progressions are made.
Do you / does anyone have a good hint for a good music book which teaches me this?
It would be easier for me to have the notes in front of me.
Many thanks for any hints!
Kind regards from Munich
Thomas
Awesome tutorial, thank you very much for sharing this with us! Quick question, whats the name of the Teena Marie tune?
Tania Maria - Made In New York
Love all the synths & vids. I've seen them all several times over. Epic chords & vibes!
refreshing to find someone who's obviously mastered their craft be humble about it. everything becomes simpler when you know the tricks and have the tools. very inspiring video thank you Matt-
He's self trained :O God damn where did you start.
Heres the (sort of) simplified chords WITH voicings for the first progression:
Progression:
C9-BAug5#9-Em11-EbM7aug5-Dmin7-DbM7aug5-Cmaj7-F/B-Emaj7+6
Voicings:
C9(CGEGD)
BAug5#9(BF#EbGAb)
Em11(EEF#GB
Ebmin(AEbDbF#B)
Dmin(ADACFA)
Dbmin(DbGBEA)
Cmaj7(CCABDG
F/B(BBFAC)
Emaj7+6(EEAbDbEbAb)
Another amazing video. Thanks again for taking the time and effort to put these together. Cheers
Your videos are pure pleasure. Neo Soul Chords... you make it easy! I can´t thank you enough, Matt!
...I have to go now and listen to "Seven Days in Sunny June". 😊
Like a magician pulling back the curtain...
Mate, I’m going back to the beginning and watching all your videos. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Thank you Matt for teaching us great sounds to practice and for getting me hooked on Tania Maria
Anybody else singing "Just the two of us "at the beginning?
But can he play triads in C minor with the timing of a deaf flounder? Don’t worry my video is dropping soon 🙌
Crappy new year! Love you're approach! It's so nice to hear someone play and not overthink the chords. All feels. Great video!
Hey Matt. This is gold! Thanks so much. All the best.
How did you self-teach? What was the road? I'm kinda stuck in my progress
I guess practicing more by ear and thinking something as a fun exercise and not a challenge helps if you're teaching yourself.
@@sondrestrmme4006 what do you mean by practicing by ear? just playing around trial and error style?
One of the best things you can do is to listen to lots of other people's music - stuff you would like to play.
You need to make a midi chord pack my friend
oh my god I was about to comment the same this, you have to!!!!!! all the producers will love you
As usual, very interesting and precious ideas for comping and soloing: THANKS MAESTRO!
God, there's so much to unpack and learn in this video, and it's under 15 minutes long! Some beautiful chords which I'm going to take my time to learn. Thank you, Matt!
Thanks Matt. Does anyone have a practice regime where you can practice 7s and 9s and the different voicings? The goal being able to play in any key on the fly! I can play them, but I'm slow and it takes a lot of brain work.
If you have instagram or something I can send you a whole rundown. It took me three weeks of practice but I have it forever now
Same thing to anyone interested
@fbmaj7
Hi Ashraf. I use a reference track, in my case Josie by Steely Dan to practice chord clusters. It has quick chord changes and I learn them slow then muscle memory kicks in and I then take it up to tempo. As regards 7s & 9s, I tend to leave out the root note in the right hand for more clarity. --------------- Stay Home - Protect the Beat - Make Grooves.
@@Marijuana-Johnson Hello. I’d be so happy to practice your rundown. I don’t have IG but here’s my mail: ph.bizzini@gmail.com. Thanks !
@@philippeb1507 absolutely! It’s late late where I am at but I will send you it whenever I wake up. It’s a bit long and covers a lot but it’s so liberating. Imagine not having to think about what you have to play whenever you see a chord like Ab13#11
@@Marijuana-Johnson When you see a number above 8 ie from 9 upwards just subtract 7 from it to give you the relevent position ie 13 - 7 = 6 then count down back from 13. So you just need to add a 6th up from the root position.
What is the very last tune that Matt is playing on the outro? Love it.
^^^^ someone lmk
Tania Maria - Made In New York
@@jackwoods8021
Tania Maria - Made In New York
9:28 chorus of seven days in sunny June. Watching this video in June and actually having a sunny June after an awfully cold Spring. One of my favourite Jamiroquai tunes. 👍 Matt
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! It helps more than you'll ever know! Bless you!
Just in case anyone is wondering, those M7aug5 chords in the first progression are actually min7b6 chords (Root, b3, b6, b7).
And what he calls E11 is E7sus4
Amazing content Matt! Thank you
Please keep doing these videos!