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In case anyone cares: the progression at 4:12 sounds identical to a progression known in classical music as a German augmented sixth. However, it's written slightly differently (in this case, with an F# instead of a Gb), and is more common in minor keys. In classical music, it always resolves to the dominant chord, as here.

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Also the 5 and b9 of a dominant chord form a tritone. This tritone and the tritone formed by the 3 and 7 together form a diminished 7th chord, which can be used to make 4 different 7b9 chords by simply adding different bass notes. You can the substitute these out for each other for even more interesting variations. For example, if we have the progression Dm7 - G7 - Cmaj7. Adding a flat ninth to the G7 gives us G7b9, with the notes G B D F Ab. If we take out the root note, we are left with B D F Ab, which is a diminished seventh chord. Now we can use this same diminished 7 chord with either Bb, E, Db, or G as a bass note and we will get 4 different 7b9 chords that share 2 separate tritones, meaning that any of these chords can resolve to any chord that any of the individual 7b9 chords can resolve to. In our example of Dm7 - G7 - Cmaj7, we can substitute G7 for either E7b9, Db7b9, or Bb7b9 and the chord will still resolve. Let's use Bb7b9. We can do Dm7 - Bb7b9 - Cmaj7. And then from there you can use the Bb's ii chord: Fm7 - Bb7b9 - Cmaj7. Or you can substitute a chord from another mode, for example: Dm7(b5) - Bb7b9 - Cmaj7. Etc etc. I found this out on my own and I think it's really cool.

Most don’t explain what a “tritone” is. Three “tones” or six “semitones” if you know the European system. I didn’t so I didn’t grasp the concept of “tritone” until much later. We call “semitones” and “tones” “half steps” and “whole steps” in the US but we still use “tritone” and no one had explained that for me clearly in 20 years of music making. For some of us it’s important to know the origins and reasons for names and the things they’re named for, I hope this helps anyone that thinks like me.

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This and the Modal Interchange video are amazing. Have you thought about doing a Theory Series? I like the way you approach these concepts!

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Legit the 'brackets and arrows' was like a Rosetta Stone moment for me... neurocomplexity is annoying and secondary dominants confounded me before this. Thank you! 🎉

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I felt like we were a part of a scene change in an 80s sit-com.

One cool thing I saw in JazzDuets' Channel is that if you have dom.7 chords on a circle of fourths (C7 F7 Bb7 Eb7...) you have an underlying descending chromatic movement. Great work, keep it up.

Composing music is so much more than just getting the right chords. Like I listen to some favorite music that incorporates 2-5-1 but doesn’t sound lame as just playing them as in the examples.

Literally been trying to figure this out for years. The key is the similar notes between the dom7 and the substitute dom7 and the fact the similar notes want to resolve to the 1 chord. Just a different flavour. THANK YOU.

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keeping consistent rhythm between the examples while you explain is really creative and cool. makes it much more pleasant to follow

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I like it much that your videos come straight to the point without any long intro talking. It helps me to be focused on the topic. Top! You've got a new subscriber. Thank you!

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The Mighty Tritone! Try playing a 3-chord Blues that uses 3 Dominant 7 chords; the 3 tritones in those chords will be located right next to each other ALL OVER THE FRETBOARD. (That’s because one of those 3 tritones will be the inversion of the other two tritones; so the I-IV-V chords’ tritones will be located right next to each other.) They can be used as an easyway to find the most “inside” notes in that Blues song. They will form 2 or 3 diagonal lines right across the fretboard. Investigate and experiment with this!

That was probably the best, actually definitely the best demonstration of cadence I’ve ever seen in a tutorial. Thank you

3:23 the cardigans - carnival the more you study music theory, the more you appreciate the music you already liked, but never knew exactly why it sounded so great

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Wow this is probably the best explanation I've ever seen of the rationale behind tritone substitution! Well done!!

Brilliant, insightful vid…you lit a lightbulb in my head…subs with real purpose and intention, not just as alternative chord Sub…scribed!

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WOW I love these videos! You explain the concepts so concisely! They were especially comprehensive for me because I was already familiar with the topics, but I wanna see more of these videos!!

Gonna have to watch this like 50 times. Jazz always flies over my head

Honestly, most concise and well explained dominant/tritone substitution video ever. And I've watched like a ton and have always been left a bit puzzled. Thank you!

Best explanation of why it’s called a tritone substitution I’ve seen yet. Great job.

This was edited so well! Love the way you kept the beat going

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Dotted lines are used to indicate movement from a dominant chord to any type of chord, not just Major ones.

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Very nice! Substitution and chromatic changes offer so much freedom! It's very usefull to analyse these things. For me it's helpfull to understand things I already do but without realizing the theory behind. The combination of theory and practice is opening next doors. Pure joy and of course a lot of work to do.

Thank you for explaining this really clearly. Lovely visuals and humour.

This the chords progression what tyler the creator used ive wondered! Thank you!

Great explantation of the tritone sub.

Wow! I can hear clearly now my brain has gone. Turning the II-V into a semitone descent just explained my life. Genius.

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Great video, finally someone explaining stuff like this both accurately and easy to understand. Being a music teacher, this is actually a video I can point students towards. Nice looking video as well, good editing!

Great explanation. I've seen several videos on substitute dominants, this was the clearest

It's funny that these tritone substitutions are already used by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. For example Ab7 G7 Cm is present in C minor Piano Sonata Hob XVI:20. After the reexposition it is used this way as I spelled. It is used as augmented 6 Chord if I'm not mistaken. But it's really about tritone substitutions. Since I'm a "classical" music student and study traditional German functional harmony (using Dieter La Motte label system instead of using scale degrees functions and labels which I find easier), this tritone substitutions are very clever ways to find dominant functions and resolve them into the tonic.

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Dem, I do enjoy this video. Not that I don't know this concept completely, but this was very educational! Thanks a lot!

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This is an incredible video. I would also mention that the notes of a tritone sub dominant chord will give you the notes of the fully altered version of the normal dom7 chord that you substituted it for. For example, in C, the tritone sub for the G7 chord as you showed is Db7, but if you play a full Db13 chord (derived from Db Lydian dominant), you get Db, F, Ab, Cb (B) ,Eb, G, Bb, which are the same notes as the G altered scale (G, Ab, A#, B, C#, D#, F). So, in short, if you play the tritone substitute of a chord but keep the original bass note, you get a fully altered version of that dominant chord!

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Thank you! So cool way to explain dominant substitution!

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You just taught me how to think about substituting chords, and it was right in front of me with all the Subdominant, Dominant and Superdominant groups. Thanks! There's a LOT of noise on youtube but once in a while you get straightforward nuggets of gold like this one. Way better than Beato, no offense to his knowledge, taste or dedication, this is more understandable and works for me.

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Awesome video! Super helpful and accessible for more advanced theory. One piece of feedback: it took me going back and figuring out what the color codes meant, which helped me follow the last chord progression!

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Another great clear lesson. I have actually never thought of using the Abminor7 for a tritone sub for the Dm7. Neat.

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Brilliant illustration And I love the way you draw inferences from your analysis. Thanks for sharing

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When using a tritone substitution it works because it implies a V7(#11) or V7(b9b5) chord. It's more noticeable by adding a V bass pedal, such as Emin7 -> Amin7b5 -> Dmin7 -> *G7#11* -> Cmaj7. Notice the G bass pedal over the standard Db7 or C#7 (depending on how you notated it). Sorry if I came across as arrogant. I just wanted to contribute. Hope I added something.

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