Jazz Chords for Beginners (Every Jazz Chord You Need To Know)

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You may have noticed that a lot of jazz musicians use a lot of colorful chords.
So what exactly are those jazz chords that they are playing, and which ones do you need to know to play jazz standards?
In this beginner's guide, you'll learn all of the jazz chords you need to know so you can start comping and improvising over jazz standards with confidence.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:26 Category #1: Major Chords
00:29 Maj chord #1
00:42 Maj chord #2
03:30 Major chord #3
04:01 Major chord #4
04:30 Major chord #5
05:22 Category #2: Minor Chords
05:26 Minor chord #1
06:18 Minor chord #2
06:36 Minor chord #3
07:00 Minor chord #4
07:22 Minor chord #5
07:57 Minor chord #6
09:05 Category #3: Dominant Chords
09:13 Dominant chord #1
10:21 Dominant chord #2
10:34 Dominant chord #3
10:59 Dominant chord #4
11:10 Dominant chord #5
11:19 Dominant chord #6 (Thelonious Monk's favorite chord)
11:26 Dominant chord #7
11:38 Dominant chord #8
12:26 Dominant chord #9
13:07 Category #4: Half Diminished Chords
14:12 Category #5: Diminished Chords
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@nickschuller9861 Жыл бұрын

These are the lessons we need! Most channels only focus on scales and soloing. What is missing is building progressions, chords, understanding diatonic chordal movement and adding tension. Thanks for the fantastic content.

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Nick! Thanks for watching.

@lawrencetaylor4101 Жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup. I'm still a beginner piano player, but I've worked on my music theory and this was well presented and made sense. I'm not going to pretend to play these until I earn my chops, but when my technique catches up, having this knowledge will make the journey that much easier.

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful Lawrence!

@thomas_vk Жыл бұрын

Super clear !

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad to be of help!

@100happythoughts Жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have listened to this lesson over and over again. Great lesson covering the essentials.

@thierryroullier8401 Жыл бұрын

Setting the standards (pun intended) for music theory, youtube videos. Packed with content, great editing, chapters, superior supporting graphics and meaningful examples. Curious to know why on the major chord the 11 sounds funny.

@alessandran.2546 Жыл бұрын

the 11th is considered an avoid note. That's because it's only a semitone away from the 3rd which creates a clash harmonically speaking. Ex the 11th of Cmaj would be an F, which is a semitone away from the third (E). You can still use it as a passing tone, which means that it's just quickly played and won't interfere with the chord too much.

@BB-cf9gx Жыл бұрын

Superbly structured and organized presentation. I'm a novice playing mostly pop songs and seach out alternative voicings usually by trial and error. Surprisingly often using an altered chord where a major will do is so satisfying.

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad it's helpful!

@liselachance7321 Жыл бұрын

Very clear! Thank you so much!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@lifelemonswhenlifegivesule9209 Жыл бұрын

Great video, very informative!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@miguelnaranjo538 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your wisdom 🙏🏻

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks

@LarryLenau Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Brent. Very comprehensive and clear 🙂

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad to hear that.

@BruceWilsonVideo Жыл бұрын

Terrific video as usual, Brent!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Bruce!

@swashbuckler73 Жыл бұрын

Great acoustic tone on guitar!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's a custom-made Victor Baker

@64Golfy Жыл бұрын

Great video thanks Brent. What is a double flat B?

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Hi, Dilip. It's A natural

@64Golfy Жыл бұрын

@@Learnjazzstandards is there a reason we don’t just say A natural? 😳

@eric_james_music Жыл бұрын

why does no one talk about the dom11 chord with the major 3rd? you can build it 7x785. The clashing of intervals sounds pretty nice to me. nice breakdown though this deff would help an intermediate player a lot

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Hey Eric, I think you are referring to the dom7sus4 which is discussed in this video?

@eric_james_music Жыл бұрын

@@Learnjazzstandards I’m talking about the dom11 that seems to be forbidden. 1 3 5 7 9 11. Keeping the major 3rd as well as the sus4/11. On guitar you would have the 1 3 b7 11. 7x785x being B11

@ethanbrown6352 Жыл бұрын

In a triad, would the chord be fully diminished or half diminished? Because there wouldn't be a flat 7 or double flat 7, just the root, flat 3rd, and flat 5th, so I don't know what to call it

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Hey Ethan, fully diminished! The qualities of triads are: major, minor, augmented, diminished

@miguelnaranjo538 Жыл бұрын

Can you share the details for the guitar you used during this video?

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Hi! This is a custom-made Victor Baker. You can find more information about this guitar in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r9Nii8Vyu6qddZc.html. Thank you!

@alfredbellanti3755 Жыл бұрын

I discovered that most notes in the chord extensions occur in the song melody when playing piano and are useful only when comping. Can you comment on this?