Turn ANY Song Into JAZZ (Reharmonization 101)

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Today, I wanna show you how you take a simple song, like, "You Are My Sunshine", and turn it into jazz. We'll take up 4 levels of reharmonization.
🕒CHAPTERS🕒
00:00 Intro
00:41 The basic chord changes of You Are My Sunshine
01:21 How I play the tune with the basic chord changes
01:52 Level #1 - How to turn the tune into jazz
03:25 Level #2 - Spicing it up a little bit
06:45 Level #3 - How to get rid of redundancy and add twists
11:29 Level #4 - Use this specific tactic to add more harmonic movement and color
16:52 A cool thing you can do for endings
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@johngeverett Жыл бұрын

This is the most understandable treatment of what makes jazz 'jazzy' I have ever seen. None of my guitar teachers (30 years worth) have even come close to what I have learned in this one short video!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@russelljames1582 Жыл бұрын

sounds like you just need focus more on theory.

@princejosephdassah6832 8 ай бұрын

Exactly

@tolfpeck Жыл бұрын

I'm a jazz drummer who is learning jazz piano. I had a total breakthrough watching this. The idea of a 2-5-1 progression made sense, but the idea of using it to land on a chord that *isn't the tonic chord* blew my mind. thanks a ton

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear this!

@BL1ZZ4RD_FR Жыл бұрын

I felt the same😂

@leemsvg Жыл бұрын

Same! Oh my goodness I feel like my brain has expanded twice the size after this video

@Calakapepe Жыл бұрын

hahaha lord help anyone that doesn't fully understand these concepts already! But for me who knows all this, but just needed a refresher (been teaching a lot of beginners until recently) this video is so dense and chalk-full of concepts that are great to introduce to intermediate students!

@SteamMikey Жыл бұрын

This was a real eye-opener for me. A brilliant lesson - thanks.

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful Mike!

@Mappen_ Жыл бұрын

This is the video I've been looking for ever since I started learning how to play jazzier music. I've always wanted to learn how to reharmonise existing songs, but I felt so limited. This is the fastest and first time I've liked, subscribed, AND commented on a channel after listening to half the video. Time to continue this well-crafted video!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you found it helpful Joz!

@saxmanchan Жыл бұрын

Outstanding lesson on chord substitutions. Been on the fence about joining the Inner Circle. After this amazing instruction, I’m in. Thank you Brett!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Welcome, Chan!

@chrisnedbalek2866 Жыл бұрын

Very nice, very very nice! I have been using Chuck Marhonic's book "How to Create Jazz Chord Progressions." It's a great book, but the way you explained & demo'd it in real time is super helpful.

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful!

@awol2602 Жыл бұрын

brilliant exposition. I may be in a minority here but I am most in favour of level 2 - it references jazz feel without losing the simplicity faithful to the original song.

@matnowrockcartoon5741 Жыл бұрын

i'm playing guitar around 25 years, and i don't have specific teacher..i'm just playing rock song, metal song, simple blues song..and i always want to play jazz (or sound just little like jazz..) now i can understand a bit how chord moving from C major7 to C7 etc.. best tutorial sir.. my request sir, can you make again tutorial video for next song.. a simple song may be happy birthday, jingle bell..and any simple song key minor too.. and next level tutorial metallica, nirvana, beatles etc.. level 1 2 3 4.. thank you

@glorypun2915 Жыл бұрын

Very important lesson for me...can you make more lesson about modulation...

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Why not?

@geosekiro324 Жыл бұрын

This has made me think more about complex chord progressions rather than the basic II-V-I, thanks for the explanation!!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@useurhed Жыл бұрын

Excellent, thank you. From my current viewpoint, this is the best lesson you've ever done. It's like a Rosetta Stone of the essence of jazz.

@gerrynelsonmusic Жыл бұрын

This was brilliant. You picked a nice simple example that nearly everyone can relate. I like how you gradually took it to the complex version. I was playing along in piano and it's given me some great concepts to incorporate into other songs I play. I look forward to doing the same on guitar as well. Thanks again!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear Gerry!

@martinsutcliffe2798 Жыл бұрын

That's a seriously useful and impressive lesson!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad to be of help!

@jiranuwatnoonduang7140 Жыл бұрын

I literally love it, please keep creating more content like this ❤

@Sammywhat Жыл бұрын

It kills me that KZfaq algorithms only NOW suggest your video after everything I've been watching for years! (Guthrie Trapp, Tom Bukovac, Jack Ruch, Rick Beato, Chris Parks, etc.). I have a lot of homework to catch up on!! Can't thank you enough!! Liked. Subscribed. Thankful!! 🙏

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you like it

@brynkc3355 Жыл бұрын

Bro I’ve been looking at some of your videos, and now looking at jazz videos for about a year now… this, like other people have been saying, is so crucial to my understand of fairly basic jazz harmony, to make things spicy and interesting. Finally a video which actually shows me how to use 2-5-1s and back door dominants and tritone substitutions which actually add to the complexity of the piece! Love it bro thanks so much 🎉

@TheAffluenza Жыл бұрын

That’s it! That’s the sound everyone is trying to get. Thanks for walking us through your thought process.

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Always!

@denver_485a5 Жыл бұрын

This video is absolutely packed with so many helpful tips to make things jazzy. I've been trying to unlock the secrets of jazz and this video was incredibly amazing.

@musiclabfolsom Жыл бұрын

Wow that was just fantastic! It’s just like watching Bob Ross paint.

@markbaarsbergen36 Жыл бұрын

Love the setup of this video. Been playing piano and jazz standards for a while though moving beyond the 2-5-1 paradigm in very understandable terms is really adding massive value, so 🎉thx for that, and off course will follow the channel

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@citrusfruit4332 Жыл бұрын

Genuinely super good video to introduce these jazz concepts!

@attiliosylvio2799 Жыл бұрын

I learned a lot of cool jazz technique, step by step. Thank you!

@bulkvanderhuge9006 Жыл бұрын

OK, I got it now, I was trying to understand in Level 2 how the ii and V (Gmin7 and C7) related to Cmaj7 as they weren't ii and V, until I realized that the ii and V, are the ii and V for the Fmaj7 Chord coming AFTER them. NOW I get it. Same with the Dmin7 and G7 for the Cmaj7 that comes AFTER those two chords. Now I can wait to try this out on a bunch of simple songs and then move on to level 3

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear!

@wolfgangfahr5419 Жыл бұрын

great step by step development. Very useful.

@josephbackup6234 Жыл бұрын

.... wooooo... I learned a lot here...thanks for posting....🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

So glad to help!

@verlaine4 Жыл бұрын

What a fantastic lesson. Thanks so much.

@rhythmetist Жыл бұрын

This lesson was SO helpful. Thank you!

@rw8785 Ай бұрын

Best damn jazz theory and practical explanation on YT. Been looking for this for decades. You've ended my misery!! And apparently thousands of others! Subscribed.

@Learnjazzstandards Ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks!

@robertomighty4562 Жыл бұрын

Great introductory lesson!

@TiagoMorbusSa Жыл бұрын

It's great that I could follow this lesson even though I only have a simple understanding of chord formation and intervals. Really good stuff! I'm excited to experiment with stuff like this!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful!

@25756881 8 ай бұрын

From a practical point of view, this is the best video about this topic I've seen so far. I've seen videos going deeper into the topic, even weirder jazz practices, but I could hardly applied those tips, explanations.

@johnnystroble348 Жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@xlocknloll Жыл бұрын

Perfect this is what I've been looking for.. thank you for this..

@XasNitram Жыл бұрын

a real show of improvising on the harmony of the melody very instructive - thanx!

@mgregory22 Жыл бұрын

This was so insightful for me! I'm not even a guitarist, but the way you visually lay everything out made it super easy to follow the discussion. Bravo!!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@DarkShadows-qx2rf Жыл бұрын

Awesome !

@carlosbeceiro495 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic lesson. Thanks a lot.

@powercouch7763 Жыл бұрын

This was put together so thoughtfully and so well. Thank you for all the work you put into it

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@turbodownwarddog Жыл бұрын

Great lesson. Charlie Parker did this with Blues and swing tunes like Indiana. But this really helps to break it down and see how he did it. I'm going to have some fun with this.

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that Dean!

@philippeallemand524 Жыл бұрын

Simple leads and insight s thanks

@jackwilloughby239 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the lesson. I learned these ideas years ago from the Mickey Baker Jazz Guitar book & I use them all the time, especially with Elvis Costello tunes which almost beg for Jazz harmony when played on Acoustic. I've pretty much forgotten the actual theory behind it, so I just rely on my ear. Sometimes a 7th sounds too rich and I'll play a 6th or substitute a different triad out of the chord scale. You can get some pretty remarkable reharmonizations that way for Bob Dylan tunes or Joni Mitchel. Appreciate the clear exposition.

@amaruca7456 Жыл бұрын

Hi Brent. This lesson was great. I've seen many other youtubers doing videos on the same topic but found their explanations confusing. This was well paced and easy to follow. Excited to apply these reharms to more tunes. Thanks.

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear this!

@gaylanbishop1641 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Thank you

@princejosephdassah6832 8 ай бұрын

Great stuff

@josephcampbell2043 Жыл бұрын

Great lesson ! Thank you.

@cimerej 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@vladrileynavilys Жыл бұрын

Woooow thank you! So nice to put all that theory in "simple" practice. It really helps to integrate it.

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful!

@pjokivuo 5 ай бұрын

Many thanks, this is fantastic!

@peeshahang Жыл бұрын

best tutorial Ive seen 👍👍👍

@fosterchild4523 Жыл бұрын

Well done!

@Alan-zi2rs Жыл бұрын

Good insight into reharmonization thanks for the lesson good stuff 🎸🎶🎶🎶👌👍

@modulationmusiclibrary Жыл бұрын

Mind blown, this is really helpful in understanding all the different elements of 'jazz' and why certain chords go together. Thank you1

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Glad it was helpful!

@mannoplanet Жыл бұрын

very nice. really helps explain so many jazz standards as well.

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@prodigaljess 7 ай бұрын

This was awesome. You packed so much into one lesson! Thank you!

@Learnjazzstandards 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@michaellottes3890 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Helped to know how to actually apply chords in a methodical way.

@LouisSerieusement Жыл бұрын

I learnt so much. Thank you a thousand time. I watched a lot of reharmonization videos and this one is by far the best. thank you so much !! Cheers from France !

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@johnbain7349 10 ай бұрын

Great stuff! Thank you!

@Learnjazzstandards 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@PhilippMoehrke Жыл бұрын

Great video and good guitar playing. YES!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@entertainer9076 Жыл бұрын

incredible video

@attiliosylvio2799 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@nguyenhoangtung5422 Жыл бұрын

Love it ❤️

@jixal Жыл бұрын

Loved the video, very interesting! I understood it until Midway through level 4 and then it got too much ha. You make those tricky chord shapes look easy.

@romeoperrin7524 Жыл бұрын

Very good video, understandable and with a lot of good information advice!!👍

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful!

@joanneflow Жыл бұрын

This is a seriously good lesson, the pace the order are all in a very good place, thankyou so much, subscribed and saved this video!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@aadityasharmamusic 3 ай бұрын

Honestly !! This is something we needed ! Simply amazing & sooo helpful, Great Work ✨

@Learnjazzstandards 2 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

@MusicClassical4You Жыл бұрын

Дякую, друже!

@noah1087 8 ай бұрын

most well put together reharm vid i've ever watched!

@Learnjazzstandards 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@wolfgangfahr5419 Жыл бұрын

Practicing now. Fun !

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@dwolfe2907 9 ай бұрын

Bro, you are a special teacher. Not everyone can example Jazz the way you do- seriously easy to grasp. Although when I get my pen and sheets ready, my mind goes... uh what again? haha. But all my 251 practice will pay off now, thanks!! new sub!

@Learnjazzstandards 9 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

@duyguharpofficial3194 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, it was very helpfully. Could you do please one more piece like this☀️

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful! I’m sure I will in the future

@felipebecker2547 9 ай бұрын

What amazing away to explain reharmonization!! 👏

@Learnjazzstandards 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@HuyTran-Hwee Жыл бұрын

Damn, I'm looking for this for years! Thanks man

@eduardoalvarado3895 Жыл бұрын

Genial! Thanks

@aidybopification Жыл бұрын

Inspiring and insightful. Thanks

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@quezquez3084 Жыл бұрын

This is gold!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful!

@angrybuzzy Жыл бұрын

Super interesting and great explanations!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that!

@John-gd5jc Жыл бұрын

Thanks! The most informative lesson I’ve seen on KZfaq! Thank you for sharing your knowledge

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@kansasmypie6466 Жыл бұрын

It’s interesting how I’ve used these techniques sometimes while playing the guitar but never knew it. Now I can be intentional about when and how I use it!

@janemcgann8650 Жыл бұрын

Really nicely explained.

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@MarkFromTaiwan 8 ай бұрын

this is super useful for me thank you so much

@Learnjazzstandards 8 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

@thekingofelfland3294 Жыл бұрын

A great step up using a very simple example. Valuable video thanks

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

@nowhereman5956 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video. I am a totally beginner (level 2) and I feel this video is super helpful. I learned some terminologies in jazz but never know how to apply them, the level 3 and 4 parts of the video opened the door for me. ❤

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful

@cbolt4492 Жыл бұрын

Totally awesome 😎

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@danielgarzon9569 Жыл бұрын

Amazing work!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@juniushamonangansimanjunta9989 Жыл бұрын

This is brilliant explanation! Thanks a lot.

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@mcwulf25 Жыл бұрын

This is helpful. I followed you as far as the tritones but those wierder chords are ones I would never think of using.

@georgenjobvu9870 9 ай бұрын

This is a very explicit way to 'impart knowledge' unreservedly. This is commendable!

@Learnjazzstandards 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@weissmann7770 Жыл бұрын

Super helpful and very well presented. Thank you sir

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@nicolasc.1968 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a million! I apply the II-V-I principle practically everywhere now!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@FunkiGLoungeCafe Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@Christian-ql4vw Жыл бұрын

Excellent, you explain what you're doing so well

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks Christian!

@crueniaone Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🤩

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@PluieMelodique Ай бұрын

Felt like finally found a comprehensive entry door into the mysteries of jazz arrangements. It took so long to finally find someone who could demistify it like you did. The different tiers of complexity is an excellent way to improve bit by bit. Jats off and a big thank you!

@Learnjazzstandards Ай бұрын

Thank you!