The Harmonic Material covered in this video is not only a gold mine for guitarists and their playing. It can be used by composers for MANY types of instrumental ensembles in MANY styles of Music. It is powerful. You could even create your own style(s). I love the Harmonic colours presented in this video. The possibilities for one's guitar playing / composition and improv are pretty much endless. Cheers Jens.
This will definitely require more than one view. It opened up a whole new area for me. Thanks for the time and trouble you take making these videos. I have found them to be very helpful, not just in guitar playing, but in understanding music.
Jip had the same thought. Soooo much of informations in one video. But this is a very good thing. So you really can learn a lot from one video already!! And no bullshit. Straight on the point!!
This concept gives the player freedom to alter progressions and keep things interesting, therefore, maximizing fun while playing jazz music! This is what jazz is all about. Thank you so much for your videos, you are great!
Im a pianist yet Im always studying new or better ways of teaching theory and jazz improvisation.. Interestingly your videos are way ahead of lots of videos out there, though they are specifically geared towards guitarists. I feel that a lot of instrumentalists could learn from your videos. You really try and be comprehensive and say how it all works together. I want to say to all the beginning musicians out there to watch your videos because there's gold in them.
Fantastic lesson again Jens ! The concept and usage of ( minor) subdominants is presented in such a practical and generic way that is directly usable. Only great teachers can do that. The references to standards you integrate in your lessons are a big surplus. They have made me aware of their existence, and made me study quite a lot of them. Thanks so much ! Best regards
Imagining being able to think and speed-reasoning like you (lightyears away) and playing accordingly I love my guitar even more :-) When I find an interesting sequence on guitar it helps to hop onto my piano and work it out.
Jens.. i have no words... your lessons are the BEST of the BEST on the entire internet, and the graphic content are funny and useful at the same time. Best music teacher ever. Congrats.
Parallel means another Scale / Mode with the same (letter name) Root. For examples (versus C Major): C (Aeolian) minor, C Dorian minor, C Phyrigian minor, C Major, C Lydian Major, C( Mixolydian)7 and Cdim. Hence 'Modal Interchange.' Relative means a chord, arpeggio, scale or mode that derives from a Major (Parent) Scale. The (commonly viewed) relative minor of C Major is A minor. D (Dorian) and E (Phyrigian) minors are related to C Major Parent Scale also as they too are derived from it. Of course - being Music Theory, someone will (or has) come up with other definitions and or points of view. The rest of the material covered in this video is new to me. I've found the best way to watch it is to have my guitar and journal on hand (with a 2B / 3B pencil and eraser) to make notes. Slow speed, pausing and rewinding as necessary is handy too.
Hi Jens, I’ve recently embarked on expanding my playing and entering the realms of jazz, having been entrenched in the Blues for decades. The chord vocabulary you have demonstrated here is priceless…
Some time ago, I came aware that understanding "theory" like intervals and harmony should help avoiding decades of dumb putting-this-finger-on-that-fret-then-put-that-one-etc. This video is some form of a magic concentrate, in less thant 10'. I don't play jazz (except a little gipsy jazz), but I'll certainly watch it tens of times in the future as and when I (hope I) am progressing. THANKS for that. One point to clarify though: where are these "Danish" Mountains? Obviously not in Denmark... 😉
Jens, first…Thank You! I struggle with jazz and and moving forward like a snail. Still working on my initial purchase, half way through after months and months. That being said, I continue listening to your incredible short lessons and love how you explain such complex ideas:)
Maybe this is not where you start? It is difficult to give too specific advice because everybody is different and at different levels, but maybe check out this post: jenslarsen.nl/how-to-learn-jazz-guitar-suggestions-to-begin-studying/
@@JensLarsen yeah maybe. but it’s nice to see that scales and chords. My thoughts to start was to find out the main jazz chords and how to play them in different voicings over the fretboard. So this video or more the article you wrote seems like a good start to find some chords :D
@@yotu9670 Learn a few(!!) basic chords and start learning songs, learn the melody by heart and the chord progression and start soloing. There is more to Jazz than the notes and it is easier to learn to hear the right rhythms, melodies and the right phrasing if you play one note at a time and not a full chord. Don't work on theory in the beginning, it will only confuse you if you don't have music in your ears that it applies to.
The transition from the backdoor dominant Bb7 to the tonic via a Bdim7 ist nice, you can play Eb harmonic major over both chords, making the backdoor dominant a real dominant!
Parallel minor is, for example, C major -> C minor i.e. what Jens is talking about here. Relative minor is the scale from the 6th degree or the Aeolian mode. Consequently it contains the same chords as the major key from which it's derived. For instance the relative minor of C major is A (natural) minor
I have actually decided that I don't have to remember and that I just make sure to be clear what I mean in the context I am talking about 😁 Seems easier
@@JensLarsen 😁I was trying not to be the 'smart-arse correcting Teacher' by referring to you in the 3rd person, but I wanted to give a brief explanation to anyone who isn't you who had the question: "what is the difference between relative and parallel minor?"
Hi I am a big admire of your work I have been following you since quite a long time and its been helping me improving my musical skills but I would really love to see you do a video about 12 bar jazz blues
Another action-packed powerful lesson, Jens - it’ll take me months at least to start making sense of all this (even though I am using some of these substitutions when I know that’s what the tune is begging for). Ps - your sense of humor is getting better all the time. And more subtle. To wit, “Danish Mountains”? I’ve been to Denmark (and loved it) but there is nothing like a mountain in the whole place.
@@JensLarseni have to take notes watching your videos … 😬 and still most of the music theory goes straight over my head.. i get the jokes tho.. 😬your sense of humour is awesome 😀
Love the channel! And I love how you mention the Danish mountains. The Danish writer Ib Michael writes about Danish Tyrol which is of course the great city of Vejle ;) I am going to play some minor subdominants now ... of course looking out for Swedish sheep.
I think we can think about the last chord in 2 ways, one like a kind of tritone sub that in relation to the V gives us the suspended 4 instead of the 3, or we can think of it like a borrowed bII Maj7 chord from C phrygian
I love your video's Jens, always packed with info, great tips and to the point practical and useful stuff... that said I do tend to feel the need to lower the playback speed of the video to be able to capture everything you are telling us 🙂. But that says more about my current level of playing I guess. Nonetheless, thank you so much! Been wanting to buy one of your lesson courses, I better get to it. Great stuff. Take care
Fantastic! Big fan of Collin Robinson... and my mind is blown. I'd been bothered for a while by what I found when looking into the diminished scale and family of dominants. Gdim scale contains all notes except C, Eb, Gb and A. These are all relative minors - or majors in parallel minors. I had no idea what to do with that until today. I had been so focused on the fact that they share dominants that i couldn't really catch this minor subdominant idea. You just gave me a lot of work to do! Thanks Jens!
@@JensLarsen agree--combining the minor sub doms with the 6th dim stuff gets very cool too...like exploring a forest with many trails vs just the same one or two everybody takes...
Jens, all of your lessons are excellent, many thanks. This lesson in particular is a fantastic revelation. Lots of creative beauty to unpack from this one! In fact you really blew my mind with this incredible lesson. I just have one question: How did you get my picture 2:32 when you blew my mind? Thanks again.
I just discovered by accident that the relative minor of your bVI major 7 chord is the subdominant of your minor I chord. Don't know how knowledge of that will be useful to me just yet but it seems nice to know
@@JensLarsen Thank you for that response! I wonder if it would work then ... what's your opinion on this ... I - bVI Major 7 - V7 then try to change keys: I - bVI Major 7 - ii of 4 minor chord - V of ii of 4 minor chord - and iv chord - then V7 and I G - Eb Major 7 - A7 - G - Eb Major 7 - Dm7b5 - G7 - C minor 7/Eb Major 7 - A7 - G
2:39 ja dat is een goede! Ik heb hier zo'n tool, ''de halve tonen cirkel'' een visueel middel, maar daarop staat paralel mineur, maar sommigen noemen dat dan relatief mineur. Ik zou zelf zeggen dat wat op de halve tonen cirkel staat, relatief mineur is. Als de majeur op C staat, staat de mineur op A, dus de mineur staat in relatie met C, dat is de logisch. en paralel mineur van C majeur zou dan C mineur zijn.
spent most of the day on this vid jens--really great. slowed you down to 75% using my Vidami Blue box which really helped me absorb the ideas--some i was familiar with--been deep diving into the BH 6th dim concept too and when u do that it's hard not to start weaving those 6th/dim chords into these movements everywhere u can jam them in even just to see what works and where the voices lead--literally! very cool 🙏
Jens, random question. is a ii-V-I Jazz progression considered to be in the Dorian mode? If not why not? I would say "yes" because you're starting on the ii minor chord. I would say "no" because you're resolving on the I. How do you see it?
Great video, as always - thanks!!! However, can you please explain why the VIIb7 in the backdoor 2-5-1 should have a (#11 - i.e. Lydian)? As if the VIIb7 chord is derived from the parallel minor then shouldn't the 11th of be from the parallel minor scale too?
It is not about tritone substitution. Fm7(9), Bb7(13), Dm7 and Fmaj7 all work. It is quite common to have a lot of chords that fit a melody. You can easily find 10 more chords that can have a G in the melody. Does that help explain it?
Hi everyone! Essentially I’m new to jazz and playing in combos and I’m wondering if there are any rules regarding these chord substitutions while playing in a combo? Is it “acceptable” to use modal interchange while comping? Thanks!
It is if it fits with what the rest of the people are doing, but in general I would be a bit careful and use it more as something for either your own solos or for arranging.
Of the many things I am struggling to understand in the video, one stands out -What are Swedish sheep doing the the Dashish mountains ??... Jens, no, don't answer that. Focus on playing guitar and making great videos!! Thank you again.
I liked the part where Jens said "chords" 🤪🫠....but seriously this is WAY too advanced for me...I'll watch this again after I've practiced for another 50 years. Thanks for this thorough explanation Jens!
I'm only starting to digest this information and is often the case, my mind starts to ask questions. The first question that comes: In the key of C, does the Cmi harmony have to derive from Eb (Eb's Aeolian mode) or could it sometimes be derived from Bb ( Bb's Dorian mode) or Ab (Ab's Phrygian mode) ? Thanks for posting this, BTW
Hello Jens. I have been following your channel for a couple of months. Very interesting material. Look, I have decided to play the guitar but I don't have access to a teacher. So, I understand your channel is prepared for intermediate players, but I would like to ask you if you know online resources or a method for beginners. I have some musical foundations. What do you think? Thank you for your help.
I don't get minor harmony well enough I think. I don't get how dm - E7 is a thing and then Am - Fm - D7 I like the sound. but it's like a 251 without a resolving chord?
Hello, maybe a stupid question but you said we can use chords of the minor scale that are also in the major scale but when you highlight chords that are minor subdominant Fm, Ab, Bb are not in C major. What am I missing?
It is difficult to give too specific advice because everybody is different and at different levels, but maybe check out this post: jenslarsen.nl/how-to-learn-jazz-guitar-suggestions-to-begin-studying/
Maybe one time you could do a video on how to mike up Congas with a badly placed SM57 which is connected to a huge big studio compressor that goes up to 11 ? 🤣 Looking forward to the Jazz Chord video.
feeling like fantastic material coming! i wish i found it earlier when studying jazz. May i have one question, concerning reharm, i couldnt find answer anywhere else ? I found in jazz blues very often IV7 is followed with #ivdim7 chords, i cannot find reasonable way how to explain this nice replacement which leads so nicely back to Imaj7. any article online or whatever is highly appreciated. cheers and big sub / like
@@luctardieu8071 Great to hear that you like the videos. I don't really teach one-on-one. I simply don't have time. The best I can offer is my course where you do get feedback if you post videos of you playing the different assignments. You can request an invitation to check it out here: bit.ly/JazzGtRm
Hi, I can't read righthanded chords, do you can write those chords in lefty shape please? Sorry the automatic keyboard of phone is anarquist🤣👍,as a lefty guitarist we have dislexia to read in righthanded mode, is not good for the brain.
Bla bla bla ...... Mr Larsen, if you fill people up with all this information in a short video you won't help them at all. Showing how knowledgeable you are isn't good teaching when it is too much to take in 😱
@@JensLarsen In fact, it's my first time here. I understand you are a beginner, but please 🙏, I really recommend you to take classes with a truly guitarist. Have you heard music from Lee Ritenour? George Benson? I don't think so. They are master not amateur like you.
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Why in the first example with Dhalfdim is there predent the F#dim/C. It sounds good but its not from Cmin scale. Can you answer me?
@@kzwize Can you give me a time stamp in the video?
@@JensLarsen 3:31
@@kzwize That is #IVdim suspension. Maybe check out this article jenslarsen.nl/the-diminished-chords-why-they-are-great/
@@JensLarsen Thank you very much! Have a wonderful day!
When you think of physics you think Einstein. For jazz theory you think Jens.
It's not every day I get compared to Einstein 😁 Thank you!
If you replace all the "you"'s with "I"s, you're absolutely correct 😄
Well said Alan!
I'm in over my head here, but eventually one must jump in the deep end to become better.
The Harmonic Material covered in this video is not only a gold mine for guitarists and their playing. It can be used by composers for MANY types of instrumental ensembles in MANY styles of Music. It is powerful. You could even create your own style(s). I love the Harmonic colours presented in this video. The possibilities for one's guitar playing / composition and improv are pretty much endless. Cheers Jens.
Thanks Kevin :)
I agree!
That's why I like Jens. He plays guitar but is teaching music. Too much guitar instruction is guitar specific.
@@5000rgb The best teachers teach you Music and how to apply it to guitar. Most people play guitar but don't know a thing about Music.
There's sooooooo much going on in this MAJESTIC ten minutes lesson. Tnx so much jens 🙏
Glad it is useful! If you want more of an overview then maybe the article on my website is useful?
This will definitely require more than one view. It opened up a whole new area for me. Thanks for the time and trouble you take making these videos. I have found them to be very helpful, not just in guitar playing, but in understanding music.
Jip had the same thought. Soooo much of informations in one video.
But this is a very good thing. So you really can learn a lot from one video already!! And no bullshit. Straight on the point!!
This concept gives the player freedom to alter progressions and keep things interesting, therefore, maximizing fun while playing jazz music! This is what jazz is all about. Thank you so much for your videos, you are great!
Glad you like it :) It is indeed about finding ways to make the music fun to play1
Im a pianist yet Im always studying new or better ways of teaching theory and jazz improvisation.. Interestingly your videos are way ahead of lots of videos out there, though they are specifically geared towards guitarists. I feel that a lot of instrumentalists could learn from your videos. You really try and be comprehensive and say how it all works together. I want to say to all the beginning musicians out there to watch your videos because there's gold in them.
O my... definitely need to watch this one a few more times. Great lesson, thx!
Thanks!
This video completely answered my question as to why F melodic minor works over C∆
Fantastic lesson again Jens ! The concept and usage of ( minor) subdominants is presented in such a practical and generic way that is directly usable. Only great teachers can do that. The references to standards you integrate in your lessons are a big surplus. They have made me aware of their existence, and made me study quite a lot of them. Thanks so much ! Best regards
Glad you like it 🙂
Imagining being able to think and speed-reasoning like you (lightyears away) and playing accordingly I love my guitar even more :-)
When I find an interesting sequence on guitar it helps to hop onto my piano and work it out.
You can do it!
Insane video! Understood 20% of it amd already came with compositions inspirations
Glad it helped!
Jens.. i have no words... your lessons are the BEST of the BEST on the entire internet, and the graphic content are funny and useful at the same time. Best music teacher ever. Congrats.
This is so important and well explained!
Thank You Jens!!!
Ihope you are well!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
That was way above my head. I'll come back to it in a year or so.
Wow, what a fantastic video! So much useful information presented and explained in great detail, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Parallel means another Scale / Mode with the same (letter name) Root. For examples (versus C Major): C (Aeolian) minor, C Dorian minor, C Phyrigian minor, C Major, C Lydian Major, C( Mixolydian)7 and Cdim. Hence 'Modal Interchange.'
Relative means a chord, arpeggio, scale or mode that derives from a Major (Parent) Scale. The (commonly viewed) relative minor of C Major is A minor. D (Dorian) and E (Phyrigian) minors are related to C Major Parent Scale also as they too are derived from it. Of course - being Music Theory, someone will (or has) come up with other definitions and or points of view.
The rest of the material covered in this video is new to me. I've found the best way to watch it is to have my guitar and journal on hand (with a 2B / 3B pencil and eraser) to make notes. Slow speed, pausing and rewinding as necessary is handy too.
Thanks for this. There's a lot of info here, but for playing and analyzing standards.
Glad you like it 🙂
Hi Jens, I’ve recently embarked on expanding my playing and entering the realms of jazz, having been entrenched in the Blues for decades. The chord vocabulary you have demonstrated here is priceless…
Some time ago, I came aware that understanding "theory" like intervals and harmony should help avoiding decades of dumb putting-this-finger-on-that-fret-then-put-that-one-etc. This video is some form of a magic concentrate, in less thant 10'. I don't play jazz (except a little gipsy jazz), but I'll certainly watch it tens of times in the future as and when I (hope I) am progressing. THANKS for that. One point to clarify though: where are these "Danish" Mountains? Obviously not in Denmark... 😉
Great that it is useful! The Danish mountains where artistic freedom on my part 🙂
Thank you so much Jens. I needed that bad.
You are very welcome 🙂
Wow, you really outdid yourself this time Jens - So much in one video, and such a big epiphany for me.
Great too see that Himmelsbjerget has grown so much!
😂👍
Jens, first…Thank You! I struggle with jazz and and moving forward like a snail. Still working on my initial purchase, half way through after months and months. That being said, I continue listening to your incredible short lessons and love how you explain such complex ideas:)
Really glad you find the videos and the course useful, Rob!
What the hack...there are sooooo many chords :D Crazy. For me as a I am new to jazz a lot to learn from
Maybe this is not where you start? It is difficult to give too specific advice because everybody is different and at different levels, but maybe check out this post: jenslarsen.nl/how-to-learn-jazz-guitar-suggestions-to-begin-studying/
@@JensLarsen
yeah maybe. but it’s nice to see that scales and chords.
My thoughts to start was to find out the main jazz chords and how to play them in different voicings over the fretboard.
So this video or more the article you wrote seems like a good start to find some chords :D
@@yotu9670 Learn a few(!!) basic chords and start learning songs, learn the melody by heart and the chord progression and start soloing.
There is more to Jazz than the notes and it is easier to learn to hear the right rhythms, melodies and the right phrasing if you play one note at a time and not a full chord.
Don't work on theory in the beginning, it will only confuse you if you don't have music in your ears that it applies to.
The transition from the backdoor dominant Bb7 to the tonic via a Bdim7 ist nice, you can play Eb harmonic major over both chords, making the backdoor dominant a real dominant!
That may not be the most appropriate scale choice in the context of C major 😁
@@JensLarsen Not? As a dominant scale? Viewed from G it is harmonic altered. I like it :)
Parallel minor is, for example, C major -> C minor i.e. what Jens is talking about here.
Relative minor is the scale from the 6th degree or the Aeolian mode. Consequently it contains the same chords as the major key from which it's derived. For instance the relative minor of C major is A (natural) minor
I have actually decided that I don't have to remember and that I just make sure to be clear what I mean in the context I am talking about 😁 Seems easier
@@JensLarsen 😁I was trying not to be the 'smart-arse correcting Teacher' by referring to you in the 3rd person, but I wanted to give a brief explanation to anyone who isn't you who had the question: "what is the difference between relative and parallel minor?"
The best to ever do gtr youtube. Big respect Jens thanks for teaching me so much!
My pleasure!, Nash!
Hi I am a big admire of your work I have been following you since quite a long time and its been helping me improving my musical skills but I would really love to see you do a video about 12 bar jazz blues
Thank you! Maybe one of these videos is helpfuil: th-cam.com/video/pEG3GF1mmrs/w-d-xo.html
Geez, every new vid is so informative and understandable. Thanks for putting this video out!
Glad it was helpful!
Another action-packed powerful lesson, Jens - it’ll take me months at least to start making sense of all this (even though I am using some of these substitutions when I know that’s what the tune is begging for).
Ps - your sense of humor is getting better all the time. And more subtle. To wit, “Danish Mountains”? I’ve been to Denmark (and loved it) but there is nothing like a mountain in the whole place.
Thank you! I really appreciate that 🙂
@@JensLarseni have to take notes watching your videos … 😬 and still most of the music theory goes straight over my head.. i get the jokes tho.. 😬your sense of humour is awesome 😀
Really great piece, lot of content. Thinking this way, really helps to hear the changes& my ability to leave the chart behind.
Thank you,
Mark
Thanks Jens!
you’re a global treasure jens
Glad you like the videos 🙂
So helpful - thank you !
You're very welcome!
Love the channel! And I love how you mention the Danish mountains. The Danish writer Ib Michael writes about Danish Tyrol which is of course the great city of Vejle ;) I am going to play some minor subdominants now ... of course looking out for Swedish sheep.
Thank you! 😁 I would indeed watch out for migrating Scandinavian ruminants, they can be dangerous!
I think we can think about the last chord in 2 ways, one like a kind of tritone sub that in relation to the V gives us the suspended 4 instead of the 3, or we can think of it like a borrowed bII Maj7 chord from C phrygian
You can describe it in those ways, I think my description is focused on how it sounds in the context though.
This is the musical equivalent of advanced string theory. I’m all about it!
Thanks so much for this lesson, Jens
Glad you like it 🙂
This is gold!
Glad you like it!
This is fantastic stuff - although it'll probably take me at least a week to get my head around it 😊!!
You can do it!
boggles my mind
Amazing lesson! thank you, Jens
Glad you liked it!
thanks a lot teacher♥
You are welcome!
Hi jens, Im a big fan, great video as always ! greetings from chile
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks!
Hi Rob! Thank you so much for the support! I really appreciate that you help the channel to keep going :)
Thx Jens, I'll have to work on that
Glad it was helpful 🙂
I love your video's Jens, always packed with info, great tips and to the point practical and useful stuff... that said I do tend to feel the need to lower the playback speed of the video to be able to capture everything you are telling us 🙂. But that says more about my current level of playing I guess. Nonetheless, thank you so much! Been wanting to buy one of your lesson courses, I better get to it. Great stuff. Take care
No worries! You could also use the article on my website as a reference
@@JensLarsen indeed, very helpful! Thanks
"Ceci n'est pas un Blues" - that's hilarious! Definitely meme-worthy. Did you make that up yourself, Jens? -Tom
Thanks, Tom!
I live in the Danish mountains. I'm sick and tired of running into jazz guitarists, when I'm out hiking.
Yes, it does get a bit crowded 😁
Fantastic! Big fan of Collin Robinson... and my mind is blown. I'd been bothered for a while by what I found when looking into the diminished scale and family of dominants. Gdim scale contains all notes except C, Eb, Gb and A. These are all relative minors - or majors in parallel minors. I had no idea what to do with that until today. I had been so focused on the fact that they share dominants that i couldn't really catch this minor subdominant idea. You just gave me a lot of work to do! Thanks Jens!
Ah yes! Colin Robinson absolutely rules! Really love that show. Glad you found it useful!
@@JensLarsen agree--combining the minor sub doms with the 6th dim stuff gets very cool too...like exploring a forest with many trails vs just the same one or two everybody takes...
6:44 Very Good Video!! and that is a really common and nice progression/Lick!! i heard a few songs with that sound!
brilliantly outstanding information Jens! Thank You very much
Glad it was helpful 🙂
Really great video! Thank-You!
Glad you liked it!
Danish mountains! 😆 Nice one, Jens.
Thanks! 😃
Jens, all of your lessons are excellent, many thanks. This lesson in particular is a fantastic revelation. Lots of creative beauty to unpack from this one! In fact you really blew my mind with this incredible lesson. I just have one question: How did you get my picture 2:32 when you blew my mind? Thanks again.
You're very welcome! 😂🤯 I guess you didn't realize that you had gone viral :)
I just discovered by accident that the relative minor of your bVI major 7 chord is the subdominant of your minor I chord. Don't know how knowledge of that will be useful to me just yet but it seems nice to know
From a tonal point of view it might be more useful to see the bVI as the chord on the 3rd of the IVm
@@JensLarsen Thank you for that response! I wonder if it would work then ... what's your opinion on this ...
I - bVI Major 7 - V7 then try to change keys:
I - bVI Major 7 - ii of 4 minor chord - V of ii of 4 minor chord - and iv chord - then V7 and I
G - Eb Major 7 - A7 - G - Eb Major 7 - Dm7b5 - G7 - C minor 7/Eb Major 7 - A7 - G
@@lorenzosyquia4769 Do you maybe mean D7 instead of A7
@@JensLarsen Shoot. Made a mistake. Thanks for pointing it out. But an F7 will also work right?
@@lorenzosyquia4769 maybe focus more on learning by how it sounds and learn some songs instead of trying formulas
2:39 ja dat is een goede! Ik heb hier zo'n tool, ''de halve tonen cirkel'' een visueel middel, maar daarop staat paralel mineur, maar sommigen noemen dat dan relatief mineur. Ik zou zelf zeggen dat wat op de halve tonen cirkel staat, relatief mineur is. Als de majeur op C staat, staat de mineur op A, dus de mineur staat in relatie met C, dat is de logisch. en paralel mineur van C majeur zou dan C mineur zijn.
Thanks Jens. Another great lesson
Glad you like it 🙂
Espectacular profesor
Thank you 🙂
spent most of the day on this vid jens--really great. slowed you down to 75% using my Vidami Blue box which really helped me absorb the ideas--some i was familiar with--been deep diving into the BH 6th dim concept too and when u do that it's hard not to start weaving those 6th/dim chords into these movements everywhere u can jam them in even just to see what works and where the voices lead--literally! very cool 🙏
That's great! Go for it 🙂
This is game-changing! Also: there are mountains in Denmark?
Thank you! And well.... 😁
Very interesting. Thank you ! 👍🎶
Glad you enjoyed it
Jens, random question. is a ii-V-I Jazz progression considered to be in the Dorian mode? If not why not? I would say "yes" because you're starting on the ii minor chord. I would say "no" because you're resolving on the I. How do you see it?
A II V I is in a key, you hear the I chord as the key center. It has nothing to do with modes 🙂
Great stuff !!!
Thanks!
🤣 Danish mountains. When I was 10 I ran up Himmelbjerget.
Great video, as always - thanks!!!
However, can you please explain why the VIIb7 in the backdoor 2-5-1 should have a (#11 - i.e. Lydian)? As if the VIIb7 chord is derived from the parallel minor then shouldn't the 11th of be from the parallel minor scale too?
I explain that in this video 🙂 th-cam.com/video/mLknv2XF-Yw/w-d-xo.html
great video! love it :D
Glad you enjoyed!
Can anyone explain WHY Abmaj7 and Dm7b5 both work with Night & Day? Can tritone subs be different qualities?
It is not about tritone substitution. Fm7(9), Bb7(13), Dm7 and Fmaj7 all work. It is quite common to have a lot of chords that fit a melody. You can easily find 10 more chords that can have a G in the melody.
Does that help explain it?
Hi everyone! Essentially I’m new to jazz and playing in combos and I’m wondering if there are any rules regarding these chord substitutions while playing in a combo? Is it “acceptable” to use modal interchange while comping? Thanks!
It is if it fits with what the rest of the people are doing, but in general I would be a bit careful and use it more as something for either your own solos or for arranging.
So this is why creep sounds so awesome???
It's a part of it
Jens is the premier chord chemist.
Thank you 😁
Of the many things I am struggling to understand in the video, one stands out -What are Swedish sheep doing the the Dashish mountains
??... Jens, no, don't answer that. Focus on playing guitar and making great videos!! Thank you again.
😁
Jens, one question: in the 1st exercise, you play Dbmaj7 aka Fmin add6 (4th grade Cmin)?
I liked the part where Jens said "chords" 🤪🫠....but seriously this is WAY too advanced for me...I'll watch this again after I've practiced for another 50 years.
Thanks for this thorough explanation Jens!
You can do it!
I'm only starting to digest this information and is often the case, my mind starts to ask questions. The first question that comes: In the key of C, does the Cmi harmony have to derive from Eb (Eb's Aeolian mode) or could it sometimes be derived from Bb ( Bb's Dorian mode) or Ab (Ab's Phrygian mode) ? Thanks for posting this, BTW
Modes are generally not that relevant for understanding tonal music 🙂
Great video
Glad you like it 🙂
Hello Jens. I have been following your channel for a couple of months. Very interesting material. Look, I have decided to play the guitar but I don't have access to a teacher. So, I understand your channel is prepared for intermediate players, but I would like to ask you if you know online resources or a method for beginners. I have some musical foundations. What do you think? Thank you for your help.
Hi Luis, Maybe try Justin Guitar? That seems to be really solid for beginners
I don't get minor harmony well enough I think. I don't get how dm - E7 is a thing and then Am - Fm - D7 I like the sound. but it's like a 251 without a resolving chord?
I will wait patiently this time.
Haha! Sorry about that 😁
Was it worth the wait last time?
@@JensLarsen Licks with no scales wa great. Thanks
Hello, maybe a stupid question but you said we can use chords of the minor scale that are also in the major scale but when you highlight chords that are minor subdominant Fm, Ab, Bb are not in C major. What am I missing?
That they are in C minor?
Now I get it. I don't say that they are also in the major scale, I say that if you are in the major KEY. A key and a scale is not the same.
I got to get myself some flash cards of chords and study hard for a week so my brain will remember the names not just the noises.
Isn't better to learn them in songs? That always makes more sense for me at least 🙂
@@JensLarsen I'll improvise/ make songs with them yeah, but my theory is severely lacking. I just go off instincts and subconscious influences.
@@jakeweed8671 I mean learn other people's songs, not write your own.
@@JensLarsen I understood you man just jumped the gun to what I'm doing. Thanks for the free lessons and interaction I will keep learning from you 😃.
@@jakeweed8671 Ok. Wasn't sure... 😁
Keep the substitute chords up, not many can explain it like you can.
Thank you very much 🙂
Who knew that little cabin was so chock full of parallel subdominant minor goodness???
Haha! Thanks :)
so much theory, so many things explained but not really getting much of it!
I do not understand anything. What's the most basic and best way to start learning?
It is difficult to give too specific advice because everybody is different and at different levels, but maybe check out this post: jenslarsen.nl/how-to-learn-jazz-guitar-suggestions-to-begin-studying/
@@JensLarsen Thank you Jens I appreciate this
Maybe one time you could do a video on how to mike up Congas with a badly placed SM57 which is connected to a huge big studio compressor that goes up to 11 ? 🤣 Looking forward to the Jazz Chord video.
😂😂
feeling like fantastic material coming! i wish i found it earlier when studying jazz.
May i have one question, concerning reharm, i couldnt find answer anywhere else ? I found in jazz blues very often IV7 is followed with #ivdim7 chords, i cannot find reasonable way how to explain this nice replacement which leads so nicely back to Imaj7. any article online or whatever is highly appreciated.
cheers and big sub / like
Thanks Piotr! Try this video, or maybe the article that is linked in ithe video description of it: th-cam.com/video/wjZzJViRiPQ/w-d-xo.html&
Thank you Lars, that’s great material over dim chord !
Thank you Lars, that’s great material over dim chord !
Thank you Lars, that’s great material over dim chord !
Thank you Lars, that’s great material over dim chord !
Isolated Danish Mountains?
Yes, it gets pretty lonely
Merci !
Thank you very much Luc! I am really grateful that you want to support the channel!
@@JensLarsen no PB, great video thanks. Btw, do you give lessons online?
@@luctardieu8071 Great to hear that you like the videos. I don't really teach one-on-one. I simply don't have time.
The best I can offer is my course where you do get feedback if you post videos of you playing the different assignments.
You can request an invitation to check it out here: bit.ly/JazzGtRm
Hi, I can't read righthanded chords, do you can write those chords in lefty shape please? Sorry the automatic keyboard of phone is anarquist🤣👍,as a lefty guitarist we have dislexia to read in righthanded mode, is not good for the brain.
Sorry, I don't understand?
I cant even play the boring ones
In a parallel minor world, harmony is relative
😂👍
Fm - D7 then Am.
Bruh
Bla bla bla ...... Mr Larsen, if you fill people up with all this information in a short video you won't help them at all.
Showing how knowledgeable you are isn't good teaching when it is too much to take in 😱
Maybe this video is just a little over your level? I don't think I am getting this type of reaction from other comments
How do you know it was a swedish sheep?
I was there
@@JensLarsen I wondered the same thing! I figured the sheep had a swedish accent.
@@Dang... Yes, more singing in their sounds than Danish sheep who tend to be more monotonous
@@JensLarsen 😆
Stop speaking so much and play the guitar please.
Actually, I think that is working very well for me. Maybe you should just look for other channels 🙂
@@JensLarsen In fact, it's my first time here.
I understand you are a beginner, but please 🙏, I really recommend you to take classes with a truly guitarist.
Have you heard music from Lee Ritenour? George Benson? I don't think so.
They are master not amateur like you.
@@zancudomisterioso7117 No way you just called him a beginner
@@zancudomisterioso7117 just go find some channels that are more on to your taste, there's a lot of stuff on TH-cam.