I remember when I got bored of 12 bar blues's and started experimenting with chords. I was playing a Cmaj7 - C7 - Cm7 - Cø - Co7 and I didn't even know what I just did but I kept doing it. Then my piano teacher taught me jazz chord progression. I found it creepy lol
Great video!! However, I dont understand how one can lear this... 5 types of chords x 4 inversions x 12 keys...240 chords... cannot memorize that... How do you do it? :)
Good video, but I'm a bit sad about the lack of a mM7 chord. I'm fairly certain Bernard Herrmann used it extensively in his stuff. But I suppose that's not strictly jazz. :P
Hi There, yes it is a very important chord, but it it is not as common as these 5 chord. To play a minor major chord, simply play a minor 7th chord and raise the major 7th by a half step. Cheers :-) PianoGroove
I’m trying to learn piano on my own and stumbled across this video. 7th chords are widely used in the deep house genre of electronic music and this tutorial taught me so much more than others when It comes to even the basic terminology used for chords. Thank you for making this make a little more sense to me.
I'm working on this chord progression lately Am7 - Em7 - Fmaj7 - Dm7. Does it sounds good if I voice the chords like this: 1/7/3/5 - 1/5/3/7 - 1/7/3/5 - 1/3/5/7. Thanks
Hi, minor major chord can be constructed by raising the 7th degree of a minor 7th chord. Am 7: A C E G A mM7: A C E G# It is a minor chord, with a major 3rd added on top. m7 chords are derived from the natural minor or major scale, while mM7 chords are derived from the (ascending) melodic minor scale.
It's a variation of a 3-6-2-5-1 progression in the key of C. The chords are: E-7b5 / A7#5#9 / D-11 / G7#5#9 / Cmaj13 - At the end I then run up the keyboard playing A-B-D-E which is the 13th-7th-9th-3rd of the Cmajor13 voicing. All 5 of the chords are two handed voicings and it is played using a Rhodes piano sound. Cheers, PianoGroove
***** Hey Douglas, yeah it certainly takes a lot of patience! Also arpeggiating the 7th chords up and down the inversions is a very good exercise. Knowing your arpeggios is essential for chord tone soloing which is the best way to start with improvisation. PianoGroove :)
Dude, i just started playing the keyboard and i'm passionate about jazz. Your videos are setting a good road for me to learn the rudiments of jazz and i am so thankful. I wish i had money to subscribe to the version PRO of your site, you are so great! Please keep up the videos, thank you so much, again.
I have frequently sat down to practice and been overwhelmed with chord types/keys/theory before I was introduced to your videos. I now feel able to practice with purpose and a bit more confidence within a framework that makes total sense. You have put together such a straight forward set of stages I feel more hopeful of being able to play what I hear in my head and more motivated to practice. Thank you!
Shouldn’t the five chord in the 251 be Fmaj7?? Seeing as the 2 chord is Cm7b5 and the 1 chord is Bflat??? Please explain what you play as your 2 chord???
Thank you very much for this crystal clear explanation!! But I do think you’re a bit optimistic about learning all of this in a matter of weeks or even months. Learning these 5 types of chords and all there inversions in all keys.. well to me that sounds more like years of practice 😅
PianoGroove, Your teaching is most comforting and easily absorbed. This all started by a piece of sheet music called "Infant Eyes", a tune by Wayne Shorter, and the trouble i had figuring the chords and 9,11,13 extensions. (How i needed a quick fix.) Thank You. Burton James, SF., California
I appreciate your help to learn these chords but newbies end up jumping all over the keyboard when the chords are played in root position. What gets me is trying to quickly visualise the required inversions of those chords to have it sound tip top and I can’t grab it quickly enough as I am an old bugger.
Thanks for the clear explanation. Can you explain a minor and major 7 # 5 please? Also, using Sibelius, it identified a chord I played and notated as Bm (maj7#5) - this is with B in the bass clef, and B, D, G and Bb in the treble. Does that make sense? Can you have a minor chord with a major7#5 attached to it? Or is it simpler to notate it as Gm/B?
Finally some jazz videos on YTube that are well scoped and sequenced rather than just random content. Thanks for numbering the videos and for planning your teaching. (My 2 cents worth, try sitting a bit higher so you can feel the support of your forearm behind the hand working as one unit. This may also stop the bridge of your main knuckles collapsing, esp the fifth little finger which needs more knuckle support).
In the G major scale there is no a#/b flat? can you explain why you use it for the c7 the dominant chord...(was that in a minor scale? because you said it has an unstable sound is it because it is not in the scales?
why is it so hard to find information or interest in playing the other types of 7th chords? like the Minor Major 7th, and augmented 7th chords? I find them interesting and unique, not something you hear everyday
Hi Ricky, it's because the 5 chords covered in this lesson make up the vast majority of jazz harmony. The chords you mentioned do have an interesting sound, but they should be used more sparingly. Basically you need to learn and become familiar with these 5 chords first. In all 12 keys. and then just raise the 7th on the minor 7th chord and you have minor major. Or raise the 5th on a major 7th chord and you have an augmented 7th chord. It's best to get the basics down first though. Thanks, PianoGroove
I don't know much about piano but want to compose music for viola . the chords scared me, i had no clue wtf all this meant but your tutorials and tutorials from other musicians have helped me so much. just a little bit every day has helped me make strides in creating music and i cannot thank you enough.
for sur e i will subscribe was looking for the for long find some of one in my play , have to learn the others and practice. please could you provide a full track with all of this chord ?
What is he playing at 4:23 ? Is it an actual piano music piece/song? Or is he just improvising? Like another commenter said, it’s amazing! And sounds so heavenly and nice!
Doc, what do you call this chord style (excuse my ignorance, I should know this) that goes, with C as the bass note, d-e-g-b, then e-f-a-c, then e-g-b-d, then f-a-c-e and so on, up the scale (I can't explain why the third chord in this scale does not sound right if it just copies the chord shapes of the previous two-it has an augmented sound in it that sounds unpleasant). There must be a name for this . . . um, "tetrad"? "quartet"? scale of four notes ascending in intervals of two notes on the upper end but frequently the bottom two notes are adjacent (at least in the keys of C). It's quite hard to explain without playing it but I know you know what I mean and I'm sure there is a name for this scale of four-note chords . . . is it the "scale of 7ths"? Can a chord progression be called a "scale," or is there another name for it? Thanks in advance! Sorry if I explained it badly.
Thanks again for these brilliant videos, i'm still a complete novice to theory in general so apologies if this is a silly question. I was wondering if these five types of chords could be used for 9th extensions aswell, would the 9th chord varients follow these same patterns with just the inclusion of the 9th degree? For example would a C9 chord be 1st-3rd-5th-7th-b9th or how would this relate to those headwrecking half diminished chords? Cheers again! i'm writing these things down in a little journal, reading it on the buses every day to college trying to understand, hahaha.
+David Purvis Hi David, the video on chord extensions should answer your question - ruclips.net/video/6u4Qmfc54nw/видео.html - but yes, you can add the 9th to major, minor and dominant chords. It gets a little trickier with the half and full diminished chords - but i wouldn't worry about that for now... the video above should answer your question in more depth. Reading notes on buses sounds like a great idea... i was the same when i first started out, reading up on jazz whenever I had the chance! Thanks and all the best with your study, PianoGroove.
Any tips for recognising the inversions quickly, as my problem is trying to get my hands ready quickly if I have to play a chord inversion as part of a progression? Cheers
Question, now that I know my circle of fifths and all these chords can you teach me what are popular chord progressions like c to blank to blank so I can have a better understanding of where a lot of people go and put my own variation to it.
I know these chords don't come up too often but it would be worth covering minor chords with a major 7 and major chords with a sharp 5. there isn't too much music that requires them but they show up enough to warrant teaching.
Hi There, sure thing I will add this to the lesson schedule - I do cover these chords in jazz standard tutorials over at PianoGroove. Check out this Chet Baker lesson for a detailed analysis of his use of the min-maj7 chord and how he plays over it: www.pianogroove.com/chet-baker-minor-251-line/ Major #5 chords are very rare (and very out there sound wise!) You can use them to spice up your lines over major chords but i would recommend using the scale sparingly and handling the #5 with care! All of the above delves into Modal Theory. This lesson just breaks down the 5 main types of 7th chord than make up the vast majority of chords you will come across when playing jazz. You can find in depth tutorials on modal theory, sus chords etc... over at PianoGroove: bit.ly/jazz-piano-lessons Hope this helps. Cheers, PianoGroove
Hi There, yes it sure it, click on the first booklet image at the top of this page: www.pianogroove.com/resources/jazz-piano-chords/ Cheers, PianoGroove
4:23 That part. Ow my God. Love it
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If I could turn the feeling of love into music that would definitely be a big part of it.
Thanks. Nice lesson.
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I remember when I got bored of 12 bar blues's and started experimenting with chords. I was playing a Cmaj7 - C7 - Cm7 - Cø - Co7 and I didn't even know what I just did but I kept doing it. Then my piano teacher taught me jazz chord progression. I found it creepy lol
hii could you tell me what are the chords for when the video starts theres like jazz piano playing
+Pavel Puzo Hi Pavel, It's a 251 in C major. I think it's Dminor11, G7#5#9 and then Cmajor 13 which runs up the keyboard. Cheers, PianoGroove
Please never take this video down. This has Increased my playing tremendously.
A simple maj7 chord around the cycle... Sounds so good.
Great video but my brain feels like it's melting. It's been a long day :)
Out of all the videos I have gone through, this one is by far the most informative and well laid out. Thank you very much!
Thanks Christina, there's lots more lessons over at: www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/ Cheers, PianoGroove
Great video!! However, I dont understand how one can lear this... 5 types of chords x 4 inversions x 12 keys...240 chords... cannot memorize that... How do you do it? :)
This was really helpful for my jazz composition exam. Thanks a million!!!
Best tutorial! Took me a while to find again this video (I forgot to add it to favorites!! Don't make my mistake!). Thanks!!
Good video, but I'm a bit sad about the lack of a mM7 chord. I'm fairly certain Bernard Herrmann used it extensively in his stuff. But I suppose that's not strictly jazz. :P
Hi There, yes it is a very important chord, but it it is not as common as these 5 chord. To play a minor major chord, simply play a minor 7th chord and raise the major 7th by a half step. Cheers :-) PianoGroove
I’m trying to learn piano on my own and stumbled across this video. 7th chords are widely used in the deep house genre of electronic music and this tutorial taught me so much more than others when It comes to even the basic terminology used for chords. Thank you for making this make a little more sense to me.
Excellent!! Finally found a structured way of practicing 7th chords👍👍👍
1:40 DUDE that was SMOOTH AF
do you have theory or teaching of the min-maj7. how/when is it used? thanks
I'm working on this chord progression lately Am7 - Em7 - Fmaj7 - Dm7. Does it sounds good if I voice the chords like this: 1/7/3/5 - 1/5/3/7 - 1/7/3/5 - 1/3/5/7. Thanks
hi there! what about the minMaj7 chord? can you explain it? thanks, great vids, learning a lot!
Hi, minor major chord can be constructed by raising the 7th degree of a minor 7th chord.
Am 7: A C E G
A mM7: A C E G#
It is a minor chord, with a major 3rd added on top.
m7 chords are derived from the natural minor or major scale, while mM7 chords are derived from the (ascending) melodic minor scale.
Nica's Dream
Forgive my stupid question ... Can anyone tell me any chord at minute = 0:00 - 0:08 ?? Love the sound and progression...
Thank you in advance ...
What scale is that at the intro animation?
It's a variation of a 3-6-2-5-1 progression in the key of C. The chords are: E-7b5 / A7#5#9 / D-11 / G7#5#9 / Cmaj13 - At the end I then run up the keyboard playing A-B-D-E which is the 13th-7th-9th-3rd of the Cmajor13 voicing. All 5 of the chords are two handed voicings and it is played using a Rhodes piano sound. Cheers, PianoGroove
Thank you.
Your videos are simply astounding with the level of detail and exercises included. What piano/keyboard are you playing in your videos?
I'm wood shedding this now. Both hands, all keys. Trying to be patient with myself.
***** Hey Douglas, yeah it certainly takes a lot of patience! Also arpeggiating the 7th chords up and down the inversions is a very good exercise. Knowing your arpeggios is essential for chord tone soloing which is the best way to start with improvisation. PianoGroove :)
Beautiful demonstration thanks
Dude, i just started playing the keyboard and i'm passionate about jazz. Your videos are setting a good road for me to learn the rudiments of jazz and i am so thankful.
I wish i had money to subscribe to the version PRO of your site, you are so great! Please keep up the videos, thank you so much, again.
And....Cm7+?
Tino Carugati and mM, and 7b5, and M7b5, and M7+5. and the sus7 chords. there's a lot of sevenths haha
At 4:22 I hear something not fully consequential to the explanation, but lovely to hear
You said the main 7 dominant wants to resolve on a 5th, but you landed on a F. Is that the fourth? CDEFG?
Thanks so much! Very clearly explained .#pianogroove
very helpful
how long to familiarize yourself with all these permutations? I think about 5 years.
I have frequently sat down to practice and been overwhelmed with chord types/keys/theory before I was introduced to your videos. I now feel able to practice with purpose and a bit more confidence within a framework that makes total sense. You have put together such a straight forward set of stages I feel more hopeful of being able to play what I hear in my head and more motivated to practice. Thank you!
Wow thank you for this, I learned a lot about these 7th chords from your video.
Omg finally i found the tutorial i was looking for, immediately subbed
Great vid! Very clearly explained. 9:43 -10:04 pretty much sums it all up!
What is it when you take an E-7 and flat the seven, what is that called. Example: E G B Db
Thank you very much ! This is The Best lessons i found in RUclips !!!
I’m just making a Lofi beat
How about years? LOL Good film!
Excellent lesson. Thanks so much.
Man, what to say :)
Thank you so much, may the force be with you!
IMPRESSIVE...GOOD WORK
Thank you for clarity on the 7th chords.
1:46 im sorry i got interupted by "F FACE"
Do we have any type of chord as major minor seventh?
Thank you so much for this awesome video ! :)
Great info man I sort of already knew this but it's always good to refresh
Great stuff sir!
Shouldn’t the five chord in the 251 be Fmaj7?? Seeing as the 2 chord is Cm7b5 and the 1 chord is Bflat??? Please explain what you play as your 2 chord???
Thank you very much for this crystal clear explanation!! But I do think you’re a bit optimistic about learning all of this in a matter of weeks or even months. Learning these 5 types of chords and all there inversions in all keys.. well to me that sounds more like years of practice 😅
PianoGroove, Your teaching is most comforting and easily absorbed. This all started by a piece of sheet music called "Infant Eyes", a tune by Wayne Shorter, and the trouble i had figuring the chords and 9,11,13 extensions. (How i needed a quick fix.) Thank You. Burton James, SF., California
I appreciate your help to learn these chords but newbies end up jumping all over the keyboard when the chords are played in root position. What gets me is trying to quickly visualise the required inversions of those chords to have it sound tip top and I can’t grab it quickly enough as I am an old bugger.
Thanks for the clear explanation. Can you explain a minor and major 7 # 5 please? Also, using Sibelius, it identified a chord I played and notated as Bm (maj7#5) - this is with B in the bass clef, and B, D, G and Bb in the treble. Does that make sense? Can you have a minor chord with a major7#5 attached to it? Or is it simpler to notate it as Gm/B?
Finally some jazz videos on YTube that are well scoped and sequenced rather than just random content. Thanks for numbering the videos and for planning your teaching. (My 2 cents worth, try sitting a bit higher so you can feel the support of your forearm behind the hand working as one unit. This may also stop the bridge of your main knuckles collapsing, esp the fifth little finger which needs more knuckle support).
very informative, thank yu
Excellent tuition. Thanks for preparing and executing such a well-constructed tutorial. It is really helpful.
What about the augmented chords like in Roland Kirk's Black Diamond?
Would you consider a C Major7 b5 a good jazz chord that would fit in a progression with these chords?
In the G major scale there is no a#/b flat? can you explain why you use it for the c7 the dominant chord...(was that in a minor scale? because you said it has an unstable sound is it because it is not in the scales?
This is amazing thank you
Wonderful thank you
Hmm now maybe understanding how keys relate to these chords? Or how they relate may with chord substitutions? But your on to something.
why is it so hard to find information or interest in playing the other types of 7th chords? like the Minor Major 7th, and augmented 7th chords? I find them interesting and unique, not something you hear everyday
Hi Ricky, it's because the 5 chords covered in this lesson make up the vast majority of jazz harmony. The chords you mentioned do have an interesting sound, but they should be used more sparingly.
Basically you need to learn and become familiar with these 5 chords first. In all 12 keys. and then just raise the 7th on the minor 7th chord and you have minor major. Or raise the 5th on a major 7th chord and you have an augmented 7th chord.
It's best to get the basics down first though. Thanks, PianoGroove
PianoGroove I'm pretty adept at music theory. I was just curious as to why those chords are never mentioned in popular media.
A free, superb course is here, explains everything very well. Thejazzpianosite.com. Has all seventh chords!
wow the piano is such a deep instrument. jesus.but look forward to practicing all these chords.
Thanks so much for being realistic and honest about how much time it takes to really get a firm grip on these chords. I'm working on it.
You are such a great guy. I would like to meet you someday and learn! Thanks for the amazing tutorial and playing.
I don't know much about piano but want to compose music for viola . the chords scared me, i had no clue wtf all this meant but your tutorials and tutorials from other musicians have helped me so much. just a little bit every day has helped me make strides in creating music and i cannot thank you enough.
I dont know about you guys but I've been repeating the intro over and over ♪♫♪
Thought I was the only one
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Very systematic explanation. Thank you.
for sur e i will subscribe was looking for the for long find some of one in my play , have to learn the others and practice. please could you provide a full track with all of this chord ?
Hallo sir, might you have a tutorial on how to hold chords with the left hand plus different arppegio patterns?
How do u know which are inversions? Are they chords going to the next chords based on the next key?
do some chords clash with each other in these sequences or they DON'T clash ??
What is he playing at 4:23 ?
Is it an actual piano music piece/song? Or is he just improvising?
Like another commenter said, it’s amazing! And sounds so heavenly and nice!
Bee Wasp it will just be improv
Oh ok, thanks. Do you know what chords were played? I try and see but it goes bit too fast. I suppose I could play it in slow speed.
Bee Wasp pause at each chord and write it down
Muchas gracias!!
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One of the few dudes on RUclips who explains his tut well and thorough
Thank you very much 🤗
This is the best video ever 🤗😎
Thanks piano groove that was a very enlightening lesson much appreciated .
Doc, what do you call this chord style (excuse my ignorance, I should know this) that goes, with C as the bass note, d-e-g-b, then e-f-a-c, then e-g-b-d, then f-a-c-e and so on, up the scale (I can't explain why the third chord in this scale does not sound right if it just copies the chord shapes of the previous two-it has an augmented sound in it that sounds unpleasant). There must be a name for this . . . um, "tetrad"? "quartet"? scale of four notes ascending in intervals of two notes on the upper end but frequently the bottom two notes are adjacent (at least in the keys of C).
It's quite hard to explain without playing it but I know you know what I mean and I'm sure there is a name for this scale of four-note chords . . . is it the "scale of 7ths"? Can a chord progression be called a "scale," or is there another name for it?
Thanks in advance! Sorry if I explained it badly.
You could either call it a e phrygian modal scale or an F lydian modal scale. Your basically running up the piano using em7 and fmaj7
Incredibly helpful ! Thanks :)
Can't thank you enough! I finally understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome video! Great explanation
Excellent lesson - very clear and logical :-)
does the b flat in the c7 chord count as an accidental
Thanks again for these brilliant videos, i'm still a complete novice to theory in general so apologies if this is a silly question.
I was wondering if these five types of chords could be used for 9th extensions aswell, would the 9th chord varients follow these same patterns with just the inclusion of the 9th degree?
For example would a C9 chord be 1st-3rd-5th-7th-b9th or how would this relate to those headwrecking half diminished chords?
Cheers again! i'm writing these things down in a little journal, reading it on the buses every day to college trying to understand, hahaha.
+David Purvis Hi David, the video on chord extensions should answer your question - ruclips.net/video/6u4Qmfc54nw/видео.html - but yes, you can add the 9th to major, minor and dominant chords. It gets a little trickier with the half and full diminished chords - but i wouldn't worry about that for now... the video above should answer your question in more depth. Reading notes on buses sounds like a great idea... i was the same when i first started out, reading up on jazz whenever I had the chance! Thanks and all the best with your study, PianoGroove.
Great lesson. Thank you so much
Any tips for recognising the inversions quickly, as my problem is trying to get my hands ready quickly if I have to play a chord inversion as part of a progression? Cheers
Hi Robert, just lots of practice... it takes a while and slowly but surely you will get there. Thanks! PianoGroove
This is so easy to understand thank you!!
Question, now that I know my circle of fifths and all these chords can you teach me what are popular chord progressions like c to blank to blank so I can have a better understanding of where a lot of people go and put my own variation to it.
Tee H can't go wrong with the 2-5-1 progression
I know these chords don't come up too often but it would be worth covering minor chords with a major 7 and major chords with a sharp 5. there isn't too much music that requires them but they show up enough to warrant teaching.
Hi There, sure thing I will add this to the lesson schedule - I do cover these chords in jazz standard tutorials over at PianoGroove. Check out this Chet Baker lesson for a detailed analysis of his use of the min-maj7 chord and how he plays over it: www.pianogroove.com/chet-baker-minor-251-line/
Major #5 chords are very rare (and very out there sound wise!) You can use them to spice up your lines over major chords but i would recommend using the scale sparingly and handling the #5 with care!
All of the above delves into Modal Theory. This lesson just breaks down the 5 main types of 7th chord than make up the vast majority of chords you will come across when playing jazz. You can find in depth tutorials on modal theory, sus chords etc... over at PianoGroove: bit.ly/jazz-piano-lessons Hope this helps. Cheers, PianoGroove
Super!
You're the best !!! I learned so much from you.
good video
The intro jingle...
Is that Casio Privia's E.Piano patch?
Hi There, It's one of the default Rhodes sounds from the Roland RD 700 NX - great instrument and I always recommend them. Cheers, PianoGroove
Thanks!
thanks for the video. What scale do you play with a minor 7th b5?
Modified Blues, Locrian, Minor Locrian, Superlocrian, Dorian flat 5, Locrian natural 6
Hey I can't find worksheet on your website, are they still there?
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Hi There, yes it sure it, click on the first booklet image at the top of this page: www.pianogroove.com/resources/jazz-piano-chords/ Cheers, PianoGroove
Hey, these tutorials are great! Thanks very much, you're a pleasure to listen to
+Albert Flavour No problem Albert, I hope they help take your playing forward. PianoGroove