Seriously helpful! It's so hard to find good videos bridging the gap between beginner and intermediate-with-some-decent-knowledge but doesn't know where to go. Thanks!
Noah Kellman very nice video and now I got the very foudation idea of that neo-soul chord progressions which made my mind so 🤯🤯🤯 thank you so much for this very informative content. But may I ask a question? What do you mean when you say butter note? 😅
@@anthonysorongon1075 Yo man nobody gave you an informative reply lol. "Don't play the butter notes" is a phrase which Miles Davis said to Hancock and by saying it he basically meant 'avoid the obvious notes' ie have fun with the extensions and play some cool voicings :)
I feel like this same approach can be used for testing any idea of a chord progression in your head; not just soul :) This was a great presentation and you made it super simple to understand. Just think of a melody that isn't super volatile, and then start testing different chords/voicings where the leading note is whatever the current note in your melody is.
Hello! I have been learning your video teaching, superb. Can you use NEO Soul and sound to mix a "Autumn Leaves" for a video, so that I will better understand how to use Neo Soul harmony. Thanks!
I would recommend buying the Chordie app. You have an effective and interesting concepts. A lit up keyboards would help me as a beginner and visual learner to catch on quicker.
Newbie here. For the first tip: I don’t quite understand why the substitutions of the I work (the Eb Major 9). What is the relationship of G and F in the melody that makes it okay to resolve on those substitutions that have the F (like the A Sus or Dm11 for example)? So this is basically breaking away from the V - I right? But why does it still feel resolved even though it isn’t the I?
Hi, does your ‘Jazz Styles: Neo Soul’ cover a theory or a kind of principles of neo soul with piano? Since there’s no free samples or list of contents in your website where I found Jazz Styles: Neo Soul, I leave a comment here.
Super random comment alert: I'm listening to your videos while I'm at work - as I normally do now - and right now I'm just wondering if you've got a video on how to play keys like Steely Dan? I know you do videos like that and this is not one of them. Hence the random comment disclaimer.
I think you need to tell your viewers that neosoul is for electronic instruments only, like Nord Stage and Yamaha. Motif series. It does not work on acoustic pianos as many neosoul chordsxcause too much interference that sounds like noise. This is caused by imperfect tuning, pianostrings for one note not being perfectly the same, and the richer frequency structure if a tone from the sounding board of the harp of the acoustic piano.
It's funny that when you move the progression in parallel it sounds like it's coming out of old sampler, or a patch from Emu's Mo Phatt. I guess that’s how these sounds made it into the style originally.
The exercise sounds great using the standard acoustic 🎹 patch on your Nord. I have a Casio 76 note WK200 workstation. So, I'm thinking it would be interesting to try this exercise with a warm pad synth patch. This tutorial has helped me better understand how and why reharmonization works the way it does Thanks Noah fr Will in VA
Would love to hear you playing just the first trick over the first 3 V - l's over a Standard like Misty. I tried but doesnt really sound promising.help!
Wht a bullshit , without musical context . The use of progressions should depend on the message / story you want to tell. Oh no ! , the color red is less beautifull, try to avoid it .... ;-)
In relation to the the key of Eflat major, couldn't the Dmin be the the 7th chord in lydian by dropping the Aflat? Or are you thinking of it more as a modulation to Dminor ?
Noah ! I'm pretty old, so mod expressions don't come easily. But your style is "sick". Seriously ! Your musical technique is supercool. Your communication is very accessible. Your concepts/ideas make all kinds of sense to me. And seem "do-able" I'm 80. Don't have a lot of money. Not the greatest player. But I'll probably be signing up for some of your paid stuff soon. I'm that impressed. Thanks
Hey Dan, sorry I missed your comment before. Thanks for reaching out! I really appreciate hearing your feedback, and I'm glad to hear you're finding the information accessible and useful. All my best to you!
i have been playing notation hymns for our church and i never thought id ever attempt the chords i love hearing from Neo Soul etc, you are a blessed soul to share your knowledge by breaking down the concepts in a simple way for me to understand, and learning to do triads on my left hand instead octave bass notes. BIG FAN Kiaora from Auckland New Zealand, INSPIRATIONAL
I purchased your Stride piano exercise book and found it very helpful and well organized. Great for developing your left and right hand technique and vocabulary in both hands. I have a request for another video highlighting Oscar peterson technique. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and God bless.
michael Luce Thanks, Michael, very glad to hear that! I actually did do a video on Oscar years ago, but I’m working on a new one. You’ll probably see it sometime in the not-too-distant future.
Dear me! So he announced he was going start simply, having played a G, I thought he was then going to play a G chord, and build up from there. Nope! He goes for Bb13 - and then Eb Maj 9! And I am lost! Sure, I'll persevere with this, because the mellow sounds are lovely, but it's going to be uphill, and really slow!
Geez man, this is a great tutorial very helpful! Two thumbs up from me. One thing though, we need more ACTUAL soul music tutorials rather than NEO soul music tutorials. Sure, neo soul was created out of soul music but ultimately was derived from Hip-hop. And this is coming from a Hip-hop producer here, Hip-hop samples actual soul music and if we want that iconic Boom Bap Hip-hop sound then we can't be using neo soul techniques. And this isn't even speaking for the actual soul producers, they might be actually upset about this kind of thing. But for real this is a good tutorial none the less. Just something to keep in mind the next time you post y'know?
This is amazing!! Very easy to understand coming from a classical background. Also I need your advice if it's not much of a bother. I studied classical piano for 5 years since I was 10 but havent touched the instrument since after that. I want to play the keys again but this time Jazz, i love jazz so much but my parents forced me to play classical back then. What would one do to be able to transition smoothly while taking into consideration years/decades of having not played the piano. Thanks! Subscribing.
Wow I have a musical love for you bro!! It’s something about chords that touches my Soul to the core!! I just discovered you today, and until now I had no inspiration to create music and been in a slump for months. Gonna chk out your library now. From what I heard I’m sure that slum is about to be over. I’ll be getting back to you very soon my brother.
I recently blew some people's minds this weekend jamming after explaining 5th above 4th below like you mentioned in one of your other videos. It makes the circle of fifths so much easier to understand.
Just purchased the bundle with this included. Man I’ve been following you for awhile and I pray that I can grow as a musician using your product. No expectations, but I know if I learned from these free tutorials, then I will probably learn from those exercises.
@@NoahKellman im so used to being told "just use minor 9th chords!" that it's so refreshing to have real tips. have you heard of the artist "amva." by any chance? their albums synthnsoul are so awesome and i've been trying to recreate that sound, and this was a perfect introduction to that type of music.
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How to sound like Robert Glasper 101.
Three notes in, that's exactly what I was thinking!
Good
Ongod
Yep!
Black radioooooooooo
Seriously helpful! It's so hard to find good videos bridging the gap between beginner and intermediate-with-some-decent-knowledge but doesn't know where to go. Thanks!
Hey Reed- you're welcome! Thanks for stopping by the channel.
Exactly the same !
Trick 4: don’t play the butter notes
LOL exactly man! I guess trick 1 was sort of "don't play the butter chords," but those butter notes are important too
Miles Approved 🤣
Noah Kellman very nice video and now I got the very foudation idea of that neo-soul chord progressions which made my mind so 🤯🤯🤯 thank you so much for this very informative content. But may I ask a question? What do you mean when you say butter note? 😅
Anthony Sorongon watch WIRED’s video on Harmony, it’s explained in the last 5 minutes.
@@anthonysorongon1075 Yo man nobody gave you an informative reply lol. "Don't play the butter notes" is a phrase which Miles Davis said to Hancock and by saying it he basically meant 'avoid the obvious notes' ie have fun with the extensions and play some cool voicings :)
The natural lighting adds to the vibe so much!
Thanks man!!
06:49 prettysimplemusic ( aka Kevin KC Conley ) does the same type of voicings 😎
wow, just discovered your channel today and you are the teacher ive always been looking for! Thanks man!
Hey, thanks Nicholas, glad you found it! Feel free to hit me up with any questions.
Awesome tutorial. Making these kinds of sounds is actually a lot easier than I thought. Thanks.
Frazier Piano Studio absolutely- I think sometimes people make it seem harder than it needs to be.
lmao that smile at 9:20 like “yeah i just did that” 😭😭😭 i felt that
Thank you so much for this! Hands down my favourite channel right now. Cheers! 🥂
Love how you teach would like like to talk to you when. you get a chance
I feel like this same approach can be used for testing any idea of a chord progression in your head; not just soul :) This was a great presentation and you made it super simple to understand.
Just think of a melody that isn't super volatile, and then start testing different chords/voicings where the leading note is whatever the current note in your melody is.
Hello! I have been learning your video teaching, superb. Can you use NEO Soul and sound to mix a "Autumn Leaves" for a video, so that I will better understand how to use Neo Soul harmony. Thanks!
I would recommend buying the Chordie app. You have an effective and interesting concepts. A lit up keyboards would help me as a beginner and visual learner to catch on quicker.
Thanks man! Just discovered your channel and love the content!
Thanks man appreciate hearing that! Hit me up anytime in the comments if you have questions about anything on here.
Yesssss. That minor 11 voicing in actually stumbled upon years ago and I absolutely love it!
Yeah it's a beauty right??
my eyes have been opened ...thanks a milll🤓
whats the boring stuff you praciticing? great video btw thx
Newbie here. For the first tip: I don’t quite understand why the substitutions of the I work (the Eb Major 9).
What is the relationship of G and F in the melody that makes it
okay to resolve on those substitutions that have the F (like the A Sus or Dm11 for example)?
So this is basically breaking away from the V - I right? But why does it still feel resolved even
though it isn’t the I?
It doesn’t feel resolved. It might feel ok, but not resolved. It’ll only feel fully resolved when you recognise a return to the tonic.
Hi, does your ‘Jazz Styles: Neo Soul’ cover a theory or a kind of principles of neo soul with piano? Since there’s no free samples or list of contents in your website where I found Jazz Styles: Neo Soul, I leave a comment here.
Super random comment alert: I'm listening to your videos while I'm at work - as I normally do now - and right now I'm just wondering if you've got a video on how to play keys like Steely Dan? I know you do videos like that and this is not one of them. Hence the random comment disclaimer.
I think you need to tell your viewers that neosoul is for electronic instruments only, like Nord Stage and Yamaha. Motif series. It does not work on acoustic pianos as many neosoul chordsxcause too much interference that sounds like noise. This is caused by imperfect tuning, pianostrings for one note not being perfectly the same, and the richer frequency structure if a tone from the sounding board of the harp of the acoustic piano.
It's funny that when you move the progression in parallel it sounds like it's coming out of old sampler, or a patch from Emu's Mo Phatt. I guess that’s how these sounds made it into the style originally.
Pretty voicings yes, but need you now to spell out more of right hand single line activity between voicings - and thanks.
The exercise sounds great using the standard acoustic 🎹 patch on your Nord. I have a Casio 76 note WK200 workstation. So, I'm thinking it would be interesting to try this exercise with a warm pad synth patch. This tutorial has helped me better understand how and why reharmonization works the way it does Thanks Noah fr Will in VA
Would love to hear you playing just the first trick over the first 3 V - l's over a Standard like Misty. I tried but doesnt really sound promising.help!
Wht a bullshit , without musical context . The use of progressions should depend on the message / story you want to tell.
Oh no ! , the color red is less beautifull, try to avoid it .... ;-)
This is great! I have learned so much from this video! But could you please stay on a chord for some time so I could capture the voicing?
In relation to the the key of Eflat major, couldn't the Dmin be the the 7th chord in lydian by dropping the Aflat? Or are you thinking of it more as a modulation to Dminor ?
Noah, from this lesson what is the name of the book you mentioned to learn and practice neo soul exercises? Great material!
If Andy Sandburg chose jazz over SNL
Great lesson Noah, for some reason it played automatically through youtube automatic playlist and I thought it was a glasper track at first!
Estás hablando en inglés. has la traducción en español
Noah how did u create a extend chord out of one key plzzz show me 🔑. Lol
Great tips, man. Moving chords around intervals is very easy to grasp
Makes me feel good
Amazing, which VST do you use ?
this is great, slipped this into my playing here and there and it sounds so cool
Thx... I like... 👍👍👍💯🎹🎹🎹 from indonesia
Noah ! I'm pretty old, so mod expressions don't come easily. But your style is "sick".
Seriously ! Your musical technique is supercool. Your communication is very accessible. Your concepts/ideas make all kinds of sense to me. And seem "do-able"
I'm 80. Don't have a lot of money. Not the greatest player. But I'll probably be signing up for some of your paid stuff soon. I'm that impressed.
Thanks
Hey Dan, sorry I missed your comment before. Thanks for reaching out! I really appreciate hearing your feedback, and I'm glad to hear you're finding the information accessible and useful. All my best to you!
Best teacher in the fkg world :)))))
Starting to get my moeller on, now back to my first love: chords!
I NEED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Terrific tips, thanks so much! 💪🙌😁
Thank you! This is really helpful.
7:00
Loved this, packed full of valuable tricks. Can't wait to try these out, especially no. 4. Thank you!
captain taylor vs darcy klein you’re welcome! Enjoy them and let me know if you have any questions
Very good comrade Noah Kellman !
i have been playing notation hymns for our church and i never thought id ever attempt the chords i love hearing from Neo Soul etc, you are a blessed soul to share your knowledge by breaking down the concepts in a simple way for me to understand, and learning to do triads on my left hand instead octave bass notes. BIG FAN Kiaora from Auckland New Zealand, INSPIRATIONAL
Very cool stuff man, can’t wait to start working on this
thanks- lemme know how it goes!
THANK YOU!!!
Great tutorial , thanks Noah
I purchased your Stride piano exercise book and found it very helpful and well organized.
Great for developing your left and right hand technique and vocabulary in both hands.
I have a request for another video highlighting Oscar peterson technique. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and God bless.
michael Luce Thanks, Michael, very glad to hear that! I actually did do a video on Oscar years ago, but I’m working on a new one. You’ll probably see it sometime in the not-too-distant future.
Excellent
Thanks, Martin!
Dear me! So he announced he was going start simply, having played a G, I thought he was then going to play a G chord, and build up from there. Nope! He goes for Bb13 - and then Eb Maj 9! And I am lost! Sure, I'll persevere with this, because the mellow sounds are lovely, but it's going to be uphill, and really slow!
you make it seem E.Z.! haha, good job ~
Thanks!
Just awesome. Already got a new start of a song out of this WHILE watching, thank you.
Where have you been all my life!
Im gona have to write them down !
Fantastic from México im beginer but a wil try the sound are fantastic
Thanks, Eduardo!
THANKS ....THE BEST TEACHER
Lovely. Just lovely. Thank you!
You're welcome!
Firt video of yours Ive ever seen! U gained a new sub! Thanks man! Greetings from Guatemala!
Thanks, Julio! Hope all is well in Guatemala!
Awesome video instruction NOAH. Thank you so much. May I ask what PIANO sound you are using ? is it Spectrasonics or NORD ? Thank you !
God this tutorial is great. Im glad i found your channel. You make it easier to understand how to reharmonize jazz and i love it. Thank you so much.
Wally_escobedo 2004 my pleasure! Glad you’re enjoying it.
Deus abençoe 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Geez man, this is a great tutorial very helpful! Two thumbs up from me. One thing though, we need more ACTUAL soul music tutorials rather than NEO soul music tutorials. Sure, neo soul was created out of soul music but ultimately was derived from Hip-hop. And this is coming from a Hip-hop producer here, Hip-hop samples actual soul music and if we want that iconic Boom Bap Hip-hop sound then we can't be using neo soul techniques. And this isn't even speaking for the actual soul producers, they might be actually upset about this kind of thing. But for real this is a good tutorial none the less. Just something to keep in mind the next time you post y'know?
This is amazing!! Very easy to understand coming from a classical background. Also I need your advice if it's not much of a bother. I studied classical piano for 5 years since I was 10 but havent touched the instrument since after that. I want to play the keys again but this time Jazz, i love jazz so much but my parents forced me to play classical back then. What would one do to be able to transition smoothly while taking into consideration years/decades of having not played the piano. Thanks! Subscribing.
Awesome approaches, love it Thanks and greetings from Germany!
Greetings from NY! Thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions I can help with.
My friend sent me here.
Good Stuff Noah....
Coloca esas letras en otro lado
this dude is no joke
Love your videos❤
Amin maj 7 9 flat6
I love this video!
Beginning was so lovely
Your major 7 chord progressions are so dope
Piano Master hey, thanks ! 🙏
Finalmente un pò di buona musica, grazie🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹
prego!
Bflat/C or Dm/C
Fabulous tutorial.....well explained for magical sounds......Thanks.
Great stuff as usual. Thanks. And I love the “er who am I ? what am I doing here ?” moment at 1.47
Good stuff
Avoid the 51, avoid the circle of fifths, what makes these progressions fresh and interesting is the fact that they're not obvious.
Thanks for helping the poor by buying this man's material.
Thumbs up for the algorithm.
Tip number two his minor third progression sounds like Dave Sanborn Run For Cover.
Wow I have a musical love for you bro!! It’s something about chords that touches my Soul to the core!! I just discovered you today, and until now I had no inspiration to create music and been in a slump for months. Gonna chk out your library now. From what I heard I’m sure that slum is about to be over. I’ll be getting back to you very soon my brother.
Dinamita pura camarada...
I recently blew some people's minds this weekend jamming after explaining 5th above 4th below like you mentioned in one of your other videos. It makes the circle of fifths so much easier to understand.
thank *YOU*
Absolutely amazing. Thank u so much man! Love your videos
I really love this could. Could a clip of yourself doing a neo soul reharm of standard or pop tune?
Josh Hampton yeah for sure- adding that to my list
Lovely.
merci killerman..
Awesome
Just purchased the bundle with this included. Man I’ve been following you for awhile and I pray that I can grow as a musician using your product.
No expectations, but I know if I learned from these free tutorials, then I will probably learn from those exercises.
Am still very new to neo soul but I have been following you for long. I now know am in a safe place to learn and master it
Thanks! We definitely need more neo-soul videos like this😄
For sure, Devaro! I'll have some on the way in the not-too-distant future.
my guy this is such an amazing tutorial holy crap. i know im super late but this is so awesome and im definitely checking out the rest of your channel
@@isqqcc ah man thank you glad you found it!
@@NoahKellman im so used to being told "just use minor 9th chords!" that it's so refreshing to have real tips. have you heard of the artist "amva." by any chance? their albums synthnsoul are so awesome and i've been trying to recreate that sound, and this was a perfect introduction to that type of music.
@@isqqcc I haven’t, but thanks for the tip! Will definitely check it out
Nice
Gracias