The aesthetic of the thumbnail is simply scrumptious.

So humble, “I’m self-trained” “I don’t know all the theory”. Then defines the theory and approach perfectly. Great work.

CHORDS PROGRESSION CMaj9 | B7aug5#9 Emin9| EbM7aug5 |Dm7 |DbM7aug5 |CMaj7 |F/B |B9 |E11 |E maj 69 second one : Cmin9 | Fmin9 | F/G | DbMaj9 | Cmin9 | Fmin9 | F/G | G7b9aug5 I'll let you check the video for the inversions he is using thanks you Matt

Neo Soul Chords, Matt Johnson....'click!’

I'm self trained, and I don't know all the theory and you'll have to forgive me..... and plays in one of the biggest kick ass bands in the world. No forgiveness required 🧡🤘

This guy is in an A class band and is giving all these tutorials away for free, cheers mate keep up the good work!!

as a beginner It took me like 5 hours to learn that neo soul progression as you played it. I played it over in slow motion a hundred times or more but I GOT IT at your speed. I love dirty chords so much

As someone who has taken classical piano lessons as a youth for ~8 years, I can read notation, play Chopin, Bach Inventions, and all that - BUT this is such foreign territory....jazz, soul, improvisation. This is a beautiful and malleable art while classical is so strict. People think because we classical people can play piano, we can do this. NOPE. Matt has said he can't read notation. I would trade my sight reading skills in a minute to be able to improvise. What's more, it also feels like we classically trained folks are handcuffed to NOT be able to do this. Neo Soul and jazz concepts feel like an answer to a question we can't figure out how to ask because we classical folks have played other peoples music all our career. The only embellishment we add are dynamics, rubato, and phrasing. After that it's just other peoples chords and melodies.. Hard to explain why it's so difficult. Being a classical pianist is like knowing how to read a book. Being an improvisor is like being able to AUTHOR a book.

A man who can barely keep his natural talent under control. Such a gentleman - thanks very much for sharing these amazing techniques. A genuine pleasure to watch your videos.

I feel like I entered into a new dimension of musicianship

As a synth player, something that for the longest time was less than obvious is that I can't stress enough how important it is to have a sustain pedal when playing this stuff!

Wow!! Didn't know Matt wrote Seven Days In Sunny June. Probably my favourite Jamiroquai song....and now I see the chords. Amazing. I've always heard soul chords but never knew how to find them. They hide, someone between the black and white keys, waiting to be teased out and set free. Thanks Matt!!

These 'Neo soul' voicings paint such delicate subtle shades. I love the fact you admit you're self-taught, it inspires people that what you're playing IS possible to learn too. These type of voicings are my favourite type of chords. Great stuff! Thank you so much for posting!

French guy learning some piano jazz here! Your playing is inspiring and this video is a must see for any neo soul pianist enthusiastic, great job and please keep doing this kind of videos!

Matt, you are very generous with your time giving these tutorials thank you so much

Matt should propose those neo soul vibe to Jk for future Jamiroquai albums. The amazing part of the way he plays is that it is so inspiring and practical for a singer to writte vocal on it. Jamiroquai did a good move having him.

The perfect Sunday morning with a cup of coffee and new Matt's material to work with!

Very nice overview, thank you. Key quote: "Sometimes these things sound more complex than they are because of the way they've been voiced." Also, that cutscene image is _very_ neosoul.

This man is Yoda !!! Thank you Sir I’m a believer. There’s no limits !! You play for a world renowned band and your self trained ! 🤯 Inspiration

As well as being a fantastic player,Matt's wardrobe is complimenting the acoustic panels

I love these progressions. I hear a lot of Steely Dan in them too 😄 Great stuff, thanks Matt!

looking back later in time you might as well be the brightest point in our dreary pandemic era experience.. learning so much from you

12:40 pure bliss. Watching a super cool dude playing smooth vibes with feel and precision like he has two independent brains. Life is beautiful…

So glad you decided to make videos like these. Always inspiring and informative! Thanks 😊

Only because of the love and enthusiasm we all share for music can something this great be free! Thanks Matt, Will hang out.

The Emaj69 is now my favourite chord.

Thanks, Matt! Glad you’ve also described the chords and explained what’s going on with the progression. Very enjoyable and accessible.

augmented chords make great passing chords, LESSON LEARNED! this was quite helpful mate

So good that we just want more. Thank you Matt !

You don't know how long I've been waiting for this, thank you Matt! I'll say it again your key skills are amazing, on point and your flow is so organic.

Such tasteful keyboard playing... you make jazzy, funky noodling so easy on the ear... and those bass lines... phew!!! Thank you indeed Matt!

No words required (forget the words preceding this) 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

learning chord progressions from Matt from Jamiroquai is definitely a good start for 2021, Thank you!

Thanks so much again Matt! Everytime you drop a tutorial my mood jumps up a few notes. This one is so applicable. Just perfect. Like how you add so much augmented chords in the progression. Keep m coming!

The richness of such voicings and chord progressions is just incredibly lush... Thanks for sharing!! 🙏

Once again, very educational for me. Loved it.♥️ Thank you

These videos are a treasure!

refreshing to find someone who's obviously mastered their craft be humble about it. everything becomes simpler when you know the tricks and have the tools. very inspiring video thank you Matt-

unbelievable the amount of inspiration you can get from this video, once again, many many many thanks to Matt for this, and hoping to get the part 2 of this video !!!!

You're one of my favourite keyboard players ever, and here you are, teaching me for free!! THANKS DUDE :D

To advanced for me yet, i have played drums for 25 years..........piano 4 days, but this is vey cool to watch

The most awaited videos on KZfaq! Thank you so much Matt!!!

I bought most of the Tina Marie records back in the '70s. She was in her own league. Thanks for reminding me of her again. I have her on vinyl records back in the day.

Ahh Matt, simply loved this Soul trip and I’m gonna have to play it and pause it over n over to drill those Chord progressions, great vibes thank you 🙏🏻 just awesome 😎🎹

Love this! Really inspireing to hear that you are self taught like myself. These kind of harmonies sounds so complex and I never thought I could work them, but this video really gave me somemore confidence. Thank you so much Matt! :)

A year's worth of really decent content here Matt - thanks so much - making lockdown manageable!!

You genius!!! So glad to see you here!! 👏👏👏👏👏❤❤

Matt, your videos are indispensable. I also don't know music theory and I'm trying to learn to play without formal lessons. I really value the videos you are producing.

Neo Soul: Play jazz with electric piano If all else fails, just vibe with some cool shapes

Thanks for taking the time to do these Matt!! Very much appreciated.

Matt your videos are golden! up at 4am watching this one and absolutely cannot wait for the next one

Essential progressions 5:39 7:40 10:54 11:53

Cheers Matt. “ it’s all major and minor nine’s basically “

Thanks Matt for all the stuff you're posting here. Very inspiring. Lots of content to me for practice. Keep it up!!

Thank you so much for making these videos, i really look forward to them:) ive been learning my neo-soul-esque chord progressions lately so this came out at a perfect time

Can't wait to buy your course on (literally anything).

Great tutorial Matt ! such a talent for catchy bass lines even when teaching "clever voicing" ;)

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! It helps more than you'll ever know! Bless you!

Watching your videos brings a smile to my face. Thanks a lot Matt!

lmao, my mates dad introduced me to jamiroqai the other month, and now i'm blessed enough to learn keys off one of them, i love the internet

Thank you so much for this. It's like some secret code to get me into a world I love to look at from the outside. I've learned so many Jamiroquai songs over the years (starting with the live version of "Sunny"). Imagine how amazing it is to be able to learn from the guy I've been trying to copy for so long. Not all about Covid is bad I guess.

Love ya Matt Johnson - your channel is one of my favorites on youtube! Fantastic work as always. Thanks for being so cool and down to earth.

Nice one Matt, plenty of ideas for inspiration and exploration. Glad to hear you (And JK) are well!

📍Hello from Brazil.🇧🇷 Great job from a great musician. 🎺🥁🎻🎷

Thanks Matt. I needed some smooth chord therapy with all the surrounding chaos.

Holy Moly you're in one of the greatest neo soul/funk/jazz bands and you're self taught? You're a real inspiration!

For funk and soul I always looked to the late great Bernie Worrell… but you Matt, you have the FUNK and the SOUL! Great lessons, I love how you break down every step and progression.

Hey Matt. Just a suggestion. If you’re planning on doing more of these types of tutorials it’d be awesome if you could incorporate some sort of virtual/graphical keyboard so we’re certain of the keys you’re hitting. As per my earlier reply though, still loved this and thanks for taking the time to do it!

Wow wow wow! Matt Johnson gives us harmony lessons! What else can we dream about?!

Your videos are pure pleasure. Neo Soul Chords... you make it easy! I can´t thank you enough, Matt!

God, there's so much to unpack and learn in this video, and it's under 15 minutes long! Some beautiful chords which I'm going to take my time to learn. Thank you, Matt!

Man every time Your lesson drops it's like Christmas again.

For the Matt Johnson fans I highly recommend a podcast called the keyboard Chronicles Matt gives an insight into his career How he gave up playing trumpet and switched to playing keys Definitely well worth listening to. He talks about his audition with Jamiroquai I have listened to the interview quite a few times Download the interview off of iTunes podcast

Another amazing video. Thanks again for taking the time and effort to put these together. Cheers

Many thanks for the perfect timing on this video Matt! I fell asleep last night after playing around with Battery and was wondering how to play some of these chords so I could make them into loops. Watching this and 7 hours until the football starts gives me a chance to get started!

Lovely Chords.

If you learn to do the first progression in a few keys you’ve got so many songs. These are probably the biggest hits. What you won’t do for love - Bobby McFerrin Just The Two of Us - Grover Washington Jr.

I love this KZfaq channel so much. Jamiroquai is my go to for jamming on bass AND keys. And here you are one of the best keyboardists in the world in my opinion and spreading your knowledge for everyone FOR FREE.

Thank you Matt for teaching us great sounds to practice and for getting me hooked on Tania Maria

Great lesson! Please consider using one of those animated keyboard overlays that highlight the keys you're playing for us lesser players. It's tough seeing some of your voicings.

Sounds like a jazzified version of Just The Two Of Us

Simply one of the best to EVER do it! Thanks Matt!

An absolute master! It's amazing to watch and learn from you, thank you sir.

this chord progression used a lot in kpop and it sounds amazing 😭

Hi Matt, This video tutorial is great! That's absolutely this kind of tutorial which I have been looking for for long. I need to go through this video slowly to play these great chord progressions on my Yamaha reface CP mini e-piano. I would like to learn how such chords are built and how the chord changes / progressions are made. Do you / does anyone have a good hint for a good music book which teaches me this? It would be easier for me to have the notes in front of me. Many thanks for any hints! Kind regards from Munich Thomas

What an incredible video. As someone trying to learn to play this sort of music this is indispensable!

I listened to your interview on the Keyboard Chronicles podcast and have since been very much enjoying/appreciating your tutorials! Thank you!

Heres the (sort of) simplified chords WITH voicings for the first progression: Progression: C9-BAug5#9-Em11-EbM7aug5-Dmin7-DbM7aug5-Cmaj7-F/B-Emaj7+6 Voicings: C9(CGEGD) BAug5#9(BF#EbGAb) Em11(EEF#GB Ebmin(AEbDbF#B) Dmin(ADACFA) Dbmin(DbGBEA) Cmaj7(CCABDG F/B(BBFAC) Emaj7+6(EEAbDbEbAb)

...I have to go now and listen to "Seven Days in Sunny June". 😊

As usual, very interesting and precious ideas for comping and soloing: THANKS MAESTRO!

Incredible masterclass lesson by a professional ! Thanks a lot to spend your time for us! Merci encore pour toutes ces vidéos incroyables ! Merci pour donner de votre temps pour tous les clavieristes amateurs que nous sommes !

He's self trained :O God damn where did you start.

Awesome tutorial, thank you very much for sharing this with us! Quick question, whats the name of the Teena Marie tune?

this lesson is absolutely fantastic. so much helpful thanks Matt

Love all the synths & vids. I've seen them all several times over. Epic chords & vibes!

Like a magician pulling back the curtain...

Anybody else singing "Just the two of us "at the beginning?

Hey Matt. This is gold! Thanks so much. All the best.

Absolutely awesome...thanks so much Matt - love this AND it's actionable - turn around and start playing & learning immediately.

But can he play triads in C minor with the timing of a deaf flounder? Don’t worry my video is dropping soon 🙌