NOTE: It seems throughout this video when I referred to the E7 I was actually playing an Em7(b5). This was a mistake and I think my muscle memory is to blame! Hopefully you can look past that and imagine I am playing an E7! :)
PianoPig are your training videos on your site longer than these short video on TH-cam. I would like to subscribe on your site. Do you go more in-depth
We only use parentheses to neaten things up! Normally if a chord has these it normally means there is some sort of alteration, such as a flat 5 (b5) or sharp 11 (#11).
After years of asking guys that play gospel, how is it that they transform a boring 3 chord song into a soulful song, none of them could explain it to me. You in less than 10 minutes... you just made my day. You got a subscription! Thank you so much
Another awesome video. I could hear these passing chords in my head but didn't know how to get them out on the keyboard, this video explains how beautifully.
This is a fantastic lesson. Just what I'm really starting to study. If you sing along to these progressions you can see how your melody is built on the main chords and how the passing chords enhance the harmony. Can't wait to start playing more developed harmonies! Super cool!! Thank you!
RE: secondary dominants. I'm a huge fan of them. I also like to use diminished 7ths when the target chord is a minor. For ex, instead of playing an E7 to get to Am, I would raise the E to a E# (Fnatural) to give it a bit more sass. It's also fun to try going from dim 7ths to a major instead of a minor
Man you have taught me a lot in a short time. I love your videos. I love the way you teach. The more I know about chord structure, the more creative I can be when I am coming up with new ideas for a song, etc. Keep doing what you do, because you do it well. I will be a student of yours forever.
You can also use the five of any five chord that is resolving to a one chord for example, if you are heading to C major you can get there by using D7 to G7 to C - D7 is the 5 of G which is the five of C. You could even add in A7 which is the 5 of D7.
Finally reached the level where i can fully understand and play around with these concepts ! Big thanks to you Simon, you've been a big help in my learning journey. Thinking of joining the academy sometime soon !
Thanks! Very helpful. Have started using this in playing ii V I changes found in standards. Amazing how this technique really fills out a tune. Good stuff.
Is there a passing chords II on the way? I enjoyed this clip and shared it with someone who was asking about passing chords and notes. Years ago a friend showed me a few ways of playing a chord to go with every chromatic note on guitar in order which was really helpful for me. I was hoping to find an article or clip on the subject that explains what he shared with me well. Your clip was the only useful clip I could find on the topic. This terrific clip does have many useful tips. Thank you for the work you share. I look forward to hearing what is coming next in this series. Congratulations on the 100,000. Great to see a good educator get some of the support they deserve.
Now I finally understand the passing chords in my lead sheet to "All The Things You Are" (first line here): Fm7, B7 (passing chord), Bflat m7, E7 (passing chord), Eflat 7, A7( passing chord) , Aflat Maj 7. Thank you!
A 1000 liikes to you Sir , you explained it very slowly , and systematically in a simple way, you are a true teacher because you want others to learn , I watched many other videos, most of them are too fast , and many of them can play but cannot explain in a systematic way. Thanks Sir
I've learned more about music in the past few months than my previous life combined, and much of it is on youtube, and Piano Pig is one of my sources. Secondary dominant and chromatic dominant 7 passing chords: MIND BLOWN. Lots of the jazz I've been listening to for decades suddenly became more understandable.
thank you so much for teaching me mate ! you are such a big help to me ! now i can improve my late 1950's 1960's and 1970's rock n roll chord progressions on the piano keyboard ! lol :) i have a nice easy 61 piano keyboard in my recording studio with plastic keys very easy to play :)
Thank you for all the great videos. You have a talent for laying out concepts in a simple and very useful manner. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
In jazz we tend to name most chords 7 chords regardless of their chord extensions. It just makes is simpler and gives the player the choice of which chord extensions to add.
Yeah it's a nice one! If you want an even better one between those 2 chords try playing the same passing chord but move the note Eb up to an F: (Ab Root, C, Eb, F, Bb). This is then a tritone substitution of D7 altered... which sounds even more awesome :)
That's actually a fairly standard voicing for a dominant 7 chord in jazz. The 5th (D) isn't hugely important and I just played the 13th (E) instead. Try swapping the D and E around and see which one you prefer (with a G in the bass).
Great video! Helped me a lot with learning some passing chord techniques. However, just one correction. At 05:02 it is not a *Dm7* inversion but actually you are playing an inversion of *Dm9*. Just thought it was worth pointing out...
Wonderful! Just what we guitar keyboardist need to make us sound cool on keys! Need more of such lessons.Maybe the E7th error is a good way to get us more intrigued into the lesson lol.Thanks bro.Subscribing!
Yeah you're right! If you look at my pinned comment at the top you'll see that I messed up in this video! For some reason I kept playing an Em7b5 instead of an E7 haha
@@Piano_Pig but it sounds pretty smooth when you messed it up..lolol..so i wonder if i could add chord with root E. btw love your work ! Thanks so much
Its nice that you're using single root in the LH.. when I first started, people doing full voicings in the LH always thru me off of understanding what they were saying..
Is there a theoretical reason why the Em7b5 worked so well? A different family of passing chords? Or just the possibility that anything built off the E could work there, to be looked at on a case by base basis?
Great stuff. One question. A little confusion. Beginning at 1:30 you explain that the dominant resolves DOWN a 5th...using G down to C as an example. But when when you play the progressions at 1:44, you actually go UP from G7 to Cmaj7? C is a 4th above G but a 5th below in explanation. Shouldn't you play the Cmaj7 below the G7 per your beginning explanation of dominant resolution? Thanks for all these vids. You're excellent.
Around 2:59, you said you were using an E7 chord which I thought meant E dominant but then you played E diminished and now I feel bamboozled. Am I missing something??
One thing about secondary dominants I like is that if you're going to a minor chord (for example Am), you can voice the secondary dominant with a #5 and a #9 (or b9). I would play it as E G# C D G then E G# C D F. You could then play Am7, sounds really jazzy in my opinion.
NOTE: It seems throughout this video when I referred to the E7 I was actually playing an Em7(b5). This was a mistake and I think my muscle memory is to blame! Hopefully you can look past that and imagine I am playing an E7! :)
PianoPig are your training videos on your site longer than these short video on TH-cam. I would like to subscribe on your site. Do you go more in-depth
They range in length, but the courses are made of videos that lead on from one another so you can develop your skills from each lesson to the next.
What does it mean when you have something in parentheses? The (b5) part, I mean.
We only use parentheses to neaten things up! Normally if a chord has these it normally means there is some sort of alteration, such as a flat 5 (b5) or sharp 11 (#11).
PianoPig thanks your lesson is good
After years of asking guys that play gospel, how is it that they transform a boring 3 chord song into a soulful song, none of them could explain it to me. You in less than 10 minutes... you just made my day. You got a subscription! Thank you so much
That's great to hear! Happy to provide you with the knowledge :)
Just meant they don't wanna share...
@@istoryangkwento i think a lot of gospel players grow up around music and are dont really have a theoretical background
The same year after maybe 4years of asking..this is the best explaination i find
Sad, but reel... @@istoryangkwento
This guy is a genius, I struggled so much with my harmony teacher and this guy in just a few minutes clarified everything, THANK YOU!
I still don't get it explain to me better
@@valentinarmenta4982 what’s your email 📧 I’ll send you some comping exercises
Adopted this to guitar and blew everyone's mind
@Yessir finding the right voicings I guess :)
@Yessir yeah technically you can adapt this knowledge to alot of instruments
lol
@Yessir Yeah the target dominant sub idea. sometimes I will sneak in the dominant 7 chord of the next chord I am going to
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Fr I blew my own mind doing this and its 2 in the morning right now
Another awesome video. I could hear these passing chords in my head but didn't know how to get them out on the keyboard, this video explains how beautifully.
that's how i felt too
This is a fantastic lesson. Just what I'm really starting to study. If you sing along to these progressions you can see how your melody is built on the main chords and how the passing chords enhance the harmony. Can't wait to start playing more developed harmonies! Super cool!! Thank you!
Oh oh oh ive been looking for this passing chord explanation for years. God bless you sir
Awesome! Glad you found it useful :)
Useful? This lesson changed my playing 4ever haha tnx a lot and keep up the good work
Thanks man! Glad you found the video useful :)
This man is one of the golden channels in the paino community
I appreciate that man!
Gold! what a way to explain this passing chord thing...
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it 😀
First 3 minutes in and I'm already knowing 10× more than what I knew 5 min ago😰
I feel like that on his videos too. I've learned so much from so few videos.
Eating each one like an everlasting gobstopper.
God has given you a gift. Thank you for sharing it. May God bless you more sir.
One of the clearest fundamental explanations to get a beginner started with thinking on the fly.
RE: secondary dominants. I'm a huge fan of them. I also like to use diminished 7ths when the target chord is a minor. For ex, instead of playing an E7 to get to Am, I would raise the E to a E# (Fnatural) to give it a bit more sass. It's also fun to try going from dim 7ths to a major instead of a minor
THOSE tritonal chords with the 9th are beautiful
Man you have taught me a lot in a short time. I love your videos. I love the way you teach. The more I know about chord structure, the more creative I can be when I am coming up with new ideas for a song, etc. Keep doing what you do, because you do it well. I will be a student of yours forever.
Thanks Roger! That means a lot, just happy to be able to add value to your playing 😀
You can also use the five of any five chord that is resolving to a one chord for example, if you are heading to C major you can get there by using D7 to G7 to C - D7 is the 5 of G which is the five of C. You could even add in A7 which is the 5 of D7.
Finally reached the level where i can fully understand and play around with these concepts ! Big thanks to you Simon, you've been a big help in my learning journey. Thinking of joining the academy sometime soon !
Great to hear! Would be great to see you inside the Academy :)
Thanks! Very helpful. Have started using this in playing ii V I changes found in standards. Amazing how this technique really fills out a tune. Good stuff.
Glad you found it useful man! Yeah it's a good trick to know :)
Is there a passing chords II on the way? I enjoyed this clip and shared it with someone who was asking about passing chords and notes. Years ago a friend showed me a few ways of playing a chord to go with every chromatic note on guitar in order which was really helpful for me. I was hoping to find an article or clip on the subject that explains what he shared with me well. Your clip was the only useful clip I could find on the topic. This terrific clip does have many useful tips. Thank you for the work you share. I look forward to hearing what is coming next in this series. Congratulations on the 100,000. Great to see a good educator get some of the support they deserve.
very beautiful summary of both most common passing chord. Appreciate it buddy
I've watched many videos on TH-cam and this guy is one of the very best. Great teacher and breaks things down nicely. Subscribed.
Now I finally understand the passing chords in my lead sheet to "All The Things You Are" (first line here): Fm7, B7 (passing chord), Bflat m7, E7 (passing chord), Eflat 7, A7( passing chord) , Aflat Maj 7. Thank you!
Thank you so much.
I have a question: E7 as I know includes: E G# B D, but in 2:58 as I see, it's E G Bb D.
Hopefully for your respond, thanks.
Same question for me too!!!!!
Every sentence and explanation fit on my head VERY GOOD TUTORIAL
A 1000 liikes to you Sir , you explained it very slowly , and systematically in a simple way, you are a true teacher because you want others to learn , I watched many other videos, most of them are too fast , and many of them can play but cannot explain in a systematic way.
Thanks Sir
The best passing chord tutorial I have seen on TH-cam:) Thanx!
I've learned more about music in the past few months than my previous life combined, and much of it is on youtube, and Piano Pig is one of my sources. Secondary dominant and chromatic dominant 7 passing chords: MIND BLOWN. Lots of the jazz I've been listening to for decades suddenly became more understandable.
Thank you so much. This understanding makes my songwriting much more interesting!
Yet again another super mega fantastic video Mr pig!
This guy is a gem!
this guy is really a music teacher thanks man..
Simple but excellent trick! It will absolutely go a long... long way. Thanks for these insights, PP ;)
My pleasure! Glad you found it useful :)
I find this tutorial gold. Thank you is an understatement. And for sharing this genius chord technique, Godbless you.
Best piano lesson I have taken in a long time. Thank you!
thank you so much for teaching me mate ! you are such a big help to me ! now i can improve my late 1950's 1960's and 1970's rock n roll chord progressions on the piano keyboard ! lol :) i have a nice easy 61 piano keyboard in my recording studio with plastic keys very easy to play :)
This video really broke it down. I was really confused with the others. But this is really nice. Thank you
Thank you for all the great videos. You have a talent for laying out concepts in a simple and very useful manner. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
No problem! Good to hear you've been enjoying the vids 😀
Very good and simple explanation of passing chords. Easy to learn
Glad you enjoyed the video :)
that 2-5-1 example reminded me of Sunday Vibes by Medasin
Very good teaching. Lord bless you for being forthright and wanting to help people with your gift of teaching.
Best teacher ever!! 🙏🙏👍👍
Man old but good. A evergreen 🌲 lesson.
Is the passing cords explained #2 available? Your #1 was the clearest explanation I’ve seen - thank you!
Thanks a million for the explanation. Great work
Thank you for the lessons, learning from Botswana
God bless you and your Teaching Ministry, you are good at what you do. 👍
Thanks! Much appreciated 🙏
I notice around 4:40 you list the 2-5-1 chords as 7th chords but you're actually playing 9th chords. Any reason?
In jazz we tend to name most chords 7 chords regardless of their chord extensions. It just makes is simpler and gives the player the choice of which chord extensions to add.
@@Piano_Pig Thanks. Your vids are outstanding. Well done.
Really good lesson in passing chords. Thanks 👍
Thanks for all the hard work and excellent teaching with the videos. I look forward to part 2
Explained and demonstrated so simply. Thank you!
Beautiful chord progressions
Thanks a lot! fantastic tutorial!
I don't comment any how but this well explained keep it up. Here is my subscription...
Clear and concise. Wonderful. Looking forward to the follow up. Thanks a lot.
I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson Ammi! :)
Learning piano for church , thank you for this video!!
My pleasure!
Simple and beautiful explanation! Love this
Nice piano lesson. I like the voice leading from the Dmin9 to the G13.
Yeah it's a nice one! If you want an even better one between those 2 chords try playing the same passing chord but move the note Eb up to an F: (Ab Root, C, Eb, F, Bb). This is then a tritone substitution of D7 altered... which sounds even more awesome :)
At 5:47 your G7 chord has an E in it and no D. I'm not sure what's happening here. Can you just drop the 5th and add in a 13th?
That's actually a fairly standard voicing for a dominant 7 chord in jazz. The 5th (D) isn't hugely important and I just played the 13th (E) instead. Try swapping the D and E around and see which one you prefer (with a G in the bass).
Beautiful concept so well explained,,, Thank you!
My pleasure! I'm glad you found it useful :)
Amazing! Just the right lesson I was searching for. Thank you!
I love the way you explain this, I will practice, hope I can do it! Thanks!
Great concise explanation. Thank you for this!
sounds Pro !!! bring more of this concept !!! i really appreciate this one ; its gonna make my playing to another level
Good stuff! I've been meaning to make a follow-up video to this one for a while... keep an eye out :)
UNMISSABLE-I LIKED IT SO MUCH. THANK FOR YOUR GENEROSITY.
REALLY Well explained ! Even though I'm French I understood. Before this video, It's was hard but now it's soo easy ! Thanks Bro !
+1 sub.
That's great to hear!
Great video! Helped me a lot with learning some passing chord techniques.
However, just one correction. At 05:02 it is not a *Dm7* inversion but actually you are playing an inversion of *Dm9*.
Just thought it was worth pointing out...
Clear concise explanations...many thanks.
Wonderful! Just what we guitar keyboardist need to make us sound cool on keys! Need more of such lessons.Maybe the E7th error is a good way to get us more intrigued into the lesson lol.Thanks bro.Subscribing!
What is the method of E7 dominant chord..I thought it was the G# and B at 2:50
Yeah you're right! If you look at my pinned comment at the top you'll see that I messed up in this video! For some reason I kept playing an Em7b5 instead of an E7 haha
@@Piano_Pig but it sounds pretty smooth when you messed it up..lolol..so i wonder if i could add chord with root E. btw love your work ! Thanks so much
Its nice that you're using single root in the LH.. when I first started, people doing full voicings in the LH always thru me off of understanding what they were saying..
Wow
You are a genius
Thanks for explaining so nicely
Is there a theoretical reason why the Em7b5 worked so well? A different family of passing chords? Or just the possibility that anything built off the E could work there, to be looked at on a case by base basis?
This is exactly what I'm looking for. ♥️ Thank you
My chord progressions just got a whole lot spicier
Pissed myself when I saw your username 😂
are you going to make a new video on this? this is a really great one! or is it on your course?
Amazing video, really easy to understand, thank you
Happiness on the passing chords! Wahooooooooooo😃❤️
Excellent video ! This really helped my understanding.
Good to hear 😀
en el minuto 3:03 no es un E7 lo que pones sino un Em7b5 quinto grado también pero menor ¿no?
it took me too long to find this amazing video! on with the practice :)
Thanks so much for making this so clear!!
You're welcome!
This is great! Please note tho that the E7 chord is actually a E half diminished 7th chord, not a dominant chord
Thank you for this tutorial. It is very useful as I learn quite a lot from this!
Awesome! :)
Nicely explained , makes creative sense thanks.
Simon is brilliant.
i think chord you played e7 is not e7. e7 flat five i think for e7 g shoul be flat and be should be natural bit confused please explain me thanks
Great stuff. One question. A little confusion. Beginning at 1:30 you explain that the dominant resolves DOWN a 5th...using G down to C as an example. But when when you play the progressions at 1:44, you actually go UP from G7 to Cmaj7? C is a 4th above G but a 5th below in explanation. Shouldn't you play the Cmaj7 below the G7 per your beginning explanation of dominant resolution? Thanks for all these vids. You're excellent.
Around 2:59, you said you were using an E7 chord which I thought meant E dominant but then you played E diminished and now I feel bamboozled. Am I missing something??
at 2:30 when you talk about passing chords, why must you add a seventh to the passing chord in between C and Amchords?
sounds good probably? idk
good explanation as always
thank you so much sir.i have significantly improved.many thanks to you sir.God bless you
Good to hear man, keep up the good work :)
Wow, thanks for this. This is going to help me a lot. Greatly appreciated.
No worries dude!
At 5:02 is that actually a Dm7 though? Looks like an add2 ?
Love you. Where is the explaination 2???
One thing about secondary dominants I like is that if you're going to a minor chord (for example Am), you can voice the secondary dominant with a #5 and a #9 (or b9). I would play it as E G# C D G then E G# C D F. You could then play Am7, sounds really jazzy in my opinion.
Your videos are pretty useful, keep doing this:)
Thank you again!! Subscribed! 😇
01:38 can someone please explain what a “5th below” is? He gave an example of a G7 chord- shouldn’t the the 5th below be a B? How did he get a C?
You count 5 notes below. G - F - E - D - C
Passing Chord #2: Play the dominant 7 chord a semitone above the target chord