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@marike11006 жыл бұрын
Ab7/F one of the prettiest chords ever, Stevie has theory chops, his songs are a perfect melding of jazz, soul, pop.
@vanidemo3 жыл бұрын
Ab7 ------ F Otherwise you are saying that you should play an Ab7 with the bass on F
@JensLarsen6 жыл бұрын
Great Analysis and examples!
@rickrogers72275 жыл бұрын
DM7 D/C7 is also used by Vince Guaraldi in "Christmas time is here"
@ThePianoMan19534 жыл бұрын
Rick Rogers Good Call
@n.oneimportant53 жыл бұрын
Different key (FMaj), but yes!
@ozboomer_au3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely what I heard with the 3rd example, D/C7 :))
@nathanielhutson35803 жыл бұрын
Thats exactly what I heard just down 2 semitones
@philipiacone61206 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Stevie's "That Girl," and "Smile Please" also feature great upper extension triad uses. A Time To Love is a great album.. I'm happy to see you show it some love.
@cliffhughes60106 жыл бұрын
Stevie - what a fabulous musician and composer
@henriquebordini2646 жыл бұрын
Nick, you are the best music teacher I have ever had!
@JazzDuets6 жыл бұрын
not saying much hahah. cheers!
@1212jjkk6 жыл бұрын
I want to give you, Jazz Duets, a big thank you for making me aware of this particular theoretic term. I have been very recently forming a list of songs which feature examples similar to Stevie's 'Make Sure You're Sure' but had no clue what to formally call it. I can finally seek out more tracks akin to this through theory and not by ear alone. Thumbs up on the great work and effort behind this and every other video you put up.
@YourBuddyRob6 жыл бұрын
I swear to God, Nick - Your teachings give me goose bumps!
@nervefunk6 жыл бұрын
That D triad over CMAJ7 man, that sound is the cure!
@JazzDuets6 жыл бұрын
I swear to god Pepe your comments give me goose bumps too!
@kamakirinoko6 жыл бұрын
now now boys
@cosmodrome94784 жыл бұрын
Pure gold! Thank you for these little, priceless lessons.
@jonathanfischer52025 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your clear incisive teaching!! I love Stevie Wonder's music AND your great explanations. BTW, you also do a great "Little Boy asking about Jazz Harmony" voice. I even came up with a name for him: "Little Boy Blues" With gratitude...
@carguy34606 жыл бұрын
The amount of information in this video is overwhelming...so great.
@rachelpanay38535 жыл бұрын
You are taking me back to my Berklee College of Music days when I came to know what I really wanted to KNOW! Thanks! : )
@nicholaschavarria42615 жыл бұрын
I don't know if this has been said yet, but Nick, your a genius! Thank you for enlightening us.
@ThePianoMan19532 жыл бұрын
Wow, 2:33 Gmaj7 to D/C7 Pure heaven! Thank you for pointing that out. I'll use it more.
@the_neutral_container5 жыл бұрын
this opened up a whole new continent to me. Thanks!
@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions6 жыл бұрын
That last example is beautiful!
@downhill2406 жыл бұрын
I've been working on Triads for guitar for some weeks now. It has really helped me understand the fretboard!
@FABRIZIOZPH6 жыл бұрын
I will be honest, I have no musical training so I have no idea what you are talking about.. all I know is that Stevie Wonder has been my favorite singer songwriter since I was a kid and I always wondered what made his music so captivating.. now I understand there is a whole lot of technical reasons for why his chords sound so unique and amazing.. I wonder if this is mainly natural talent or rather he studied in depth the theory of music to come up with these progressions, I suspect the answer is BOTH
@Miyajams4 жыл бұрын
Yes :)
@raaron4315 Жыл бұрын
i dunno i think its easier to write out the extensions instead of 2 triads...but this excersize is very instructive and helpful for me to understand the concept
@composer73256 жыл бұрын
Just brilliant again maestro.Thank you for this upload.
@ibdense6 жыл бұрын
At 2:25... Those changes are basically what you find in the first part of the melody/chords in On A Clear Day. Great post!
@edamdiazvilla40686 жыл бұрын
Thats an eye opener
@Miyajams4 жыл бұрын
Okay, this video just made me so happy, honestly. So glad to have found this amazing channel :)! Thank you :)!
@joninehrita68404 жыл бұрын
Great video, as usual!
@tay5906 жыл бұрын
Best music channel on youtube. Bless ya
@future624 жыл бұрын
If you like chromatic jewelry.... the ascending dyads in the intro of "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" are **chefs kiss**
@d3a19906 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Hoping to see more practical applications of these to apply these to original compositions.
@ericworthy13003 жыл бұрын
That Gmaj7 to the D triad over C7 sounds like "Christmas time is here" to me
@franciscoleiva31875 жыл бұрын
Tottaly love it. We can hear this on Wayne Shorter´s "Infant Eyes" too.
@bigrich6936 жыл бұрын
Yay!!! More Stevie!!!
@charleshoernemann86616 жыл бұрын
Very well explained and executed...love your work Nick!
@dingoswamphead6 жыл бұрын
So interesting, and such a well-made clip. Thanks for demystifying this for us.
@gregfagan383 жыл бұрын
Not used to saying "Flat 7th". I usually hear just "7th" unless it's major. Great stuff! It makes me want to experiment with my piano again. Mostly the augmented 5th and the flat 9 make things stretchy for me, so if you find ways to put those in, you get a soup of nonsense? That's why I enjoy all these videos as they make me want to experiment and try new things especially for solos.
@redlotus11386 жыл бұрын
Another incredible lesson!! :)
@musterionsurly6 жыл бұрын
As usual a very valuable and usable lesson that really opens things up, no wonder I subbed. (No pun intended)
@carlosalbertomoralesramos99956 жыл бұрын
No doubt this is one of the most interesting channels on youtube ! Congrats man. Thank you. And, it would be great if you do some live workshops once a month !
@Stereosichtgeraet6 жыл бұрын
Great lesson as always. I have to say though on the guitar these chords give me a headache. I much prefere everything related to the root. Love your content, its so inspiring!
@gato_luchito98254 жыл бұрын
the D/G#7 E/G#7 it's also used ''in Do i do'' as a D/F#7 C/F#7
@mwesigwaeddy5 жыл бұрын
Nice presentation!
@MJCGuitar5 жыл бұрын
Tremendous work. Valuable knowledge. Thank you👍
@poderes5 жыл бұрын
Man I’m so glad I found this channel. One of my passions is music analysis but my knowledge of theory is really low. Could you please explain that Fm chord in the chorus of Sir Duke (when its in B). Thanks a lot! I love Stevie by the way
@Miyajams4 жыл бұрын
Eze Thomas SAME
@michaelo0616 жыл бұрын
Great analysis. There's one in "Knocks me off my feet" also, 2nd measure of the chorus / C# major triad over E bass, I think.
@PianoLessonwithWarren6 жыл бұрын
Awesome lesson bro 😊👍🏾
@arataka576 жыл бұрын
there are studies of alternating triads too, great clear lesson as usual.
@JazzDuets6 жыл бұрын
yeah , I made 3 videos on that!
@arataka576 жыл бұрын
Jazz Duets , great!
@BuddhaofBlackpool6 жыл бұрын
Excellent description.
@heureuxa16 жыл бұрын
Very useful for me.
@lilianarivera31306 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for sharing!
@chyenfemyzikangela37036 жыл бұрын
This is awesome!
@WarrenHenry6 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thank YOU!!!!!!!🙌
@Gusrikh16 жыл бұрын
Excellent!!
@ahmedusman8116 жыл бұрын
Amazing video
@maniastevienson54846 жыл бұрын
love it!thank you!
@batlin5 жыл бұрын
Lovely stuff! A lot of these example polychords show up as tritone versions (i.e. with the 1 and 5 dropped from the lower chord, leaving just the 3 and flat 7).
@lens89335 жыл бұрын
it's really helpful. thanks !
@NaturezaemClose6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, man!
@ozboomer_au3 жыл бұрын
Oooo, fantastic :) ... Always get a LOT from your videos :) One question: Instead of using the 'altered degree' notation on a chord (using, say 9#11), is it a 'standard' to use the "A/Eb" ( not a bass note - I can't draw horizontal lines here :D ) - the 'A triad over Eb triad' - in manuscript/chord charts? I see it almost like the 'Figured Bass' that was used during the Baroque period...
@ErikVeldkampMusic6 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, thanks!
@jasonbean59816 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, thanks for sharing.:)
@h0tsex0r6 жыл бұрын
such great vids, thank you!
@johnsalazar83206 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't have thought salad would have been a good luxury topping on a pizza hahaha. Really informative video though, thanks!
@MechackWorship-zc6xv Жыл бұрын
Un bon musicien
@gertzpalma6 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@juwonnnnn6 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@vanidemo3 жыл бұрын
As i understood, the upper structures are a triad over a tritone, not over other chord, that would be polychords
@Lugodu876 жыл бұрын
Hi Nick, incredible video as always. Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Stevie used the exact same E/G#7 to D/G#7 in Smile Please at the end of each verse.
@musicshorts_5 жыл бұрын
Great video! Have you posted a video about when to avoid playing the fifth yet? I look forward to seeing it!
@MrFedemoral4 жыл бұрын
Gold
@johancnilson5 жыл бұрын
There is a sound nobody talks about. Bmi/Cmi. (B D F#/C Eb G). (7 9 #11/1 b3 5). Some call it Lydian Diminished. I call it Melodic Minor #4.Commonly heard in Allan Holdsworth compositions. Cheers.
@uroko29936 жыл бұрын
The changes of Kapustin Concert Etude No.4 make me extremely curious about what has the composer done exactly. As I could hear some structures based on forths, rootless chords, and a lot of outside playing. I really enjoy the vague and misty feeling of it and try to imitate, but could not ring the bell. I would really appreciate it if you could make a simple analysis. But it's alright if you ignore it since I understand there is no point to ask things for free. Thanks for your videos as always!
@andreasfriedli74196 жыл бұрын
Thats the way to work with mainly Dominant seventh Chords.
@christyherron_5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. Do you have more upper-triad lessons? Thanks
@diamondnova75986 жыл бұрын
Thank you I love poly chords I think it's what they're called I also think they're called something else
@gspaulsson6 жыл бұрын
I'm trained in classical harmony and counterpoint, and I have trouble relating to this vocabulary. It's all vertical, no voice leading. You have chords like sus4 - but a suspension is a note held over from the previous chord, and isn't really part of the harmony. Chopin uses a lot of 13th chords, but he usually leaves out the 11th and the 13th can be heard as an appogiatura over the 9th. A dim7 chord is most often heard as a 9th chord with the root omitted, so DFG#B is can be heard as an E, G, Bb or C# maj9th, making it a great pivot chord for modulation. In other words, in classical analysis chords aren't taken in isolation, but the meaning of a note depends on its horizontal context. I appreciate that all this has to do with resolving dissonance, while jazz loves unresolved dissonance, but still, there must be some horizontal analysis to get smooth voice leading.
@JazzDuets6 жыл бұрын
I feel sorry for you as in all those words I feel the profoundness of Stevie's music that lifts the human condition was lost on you. I heard the following words and I feel they are apt and can lead to a better place: "you can never look at the absence of something and feel good. you cannot look at lack and be in alignment you cannot criticise and be in alignment with who you are'
@gspaulsson6 жыл бұрын
I can hear and enjoy the music, but the theory baffles me.
@ibdense6 жыл бұрын
I think you might be suffering from what I refer to as the Chicken/Egg question in music. " 'Hell, there are no notes to a banjo. You just play it.' ... by an old-time banjo picker, interviewed around 1850, and asked if he could read music." Probably no one playing the banjo ever considered that someday a musical scholar would analyze the pickin' and determine it had a classical form. I remember someone saying that there were mothers before there were doctors. Say here...
@gspaulsson6 жыл бұрын
Obviously, practice comes before theory. Theory doesn't tell you how to write music or play it, it just tells you what seems to have worked best for musicians in the past. You can start from ground zero, but you see further if you stand on the shoulders of giants. For that matter, your old-time banjo picker must have heard a lot of banjo picking before he picked up a banjo.
@lens89335 жыл бұрын
THANKS!!!!!!
@BeyondtheRecord6 жыл бұрын
goddammit, I wish my guitar had 10 strings
@liccmy25173 жыл бұрын
And 10 fingers on one hand
@fritz38026 жыл бұрын
Is there any theoretical or systematic way to know what upper structure triads will sound good with the bottom 7 chords ?
@StantsLOL4 жыл бұрын
at 5:38 there's a Db2/Eb in "Can't Imagine Love Without You" I feel like you missed an opportunity to talk about something really cool happening with that chord, just because it may overcomplicate the average viewer, but us more advanced viewers want that explained too! I've never seen a slash chord with a 2 in the first chord.
@ZMcKowen4 жыл бұрын
That Db2 chord is essentially the same as an Dbadd9, it’s just describing a specific voicing where the Eb is clustered down between the Db and F instead of above.
@brianwarner3086 жыл бұрын
if i had to guess, and i may be wrong, but I think Stevie would sit down and just start playing triads in both hands and moving them around until he had something…..it looks complex on paper with the crazy extended chords but I doubt he Wondered about that stuff….
@zarazkribblez6 жыл бұрын
youre missing the point i think
@pieterzegers77886 жыл бұрын
No, not at all actually. He thought about those extensions first (which are actually very easy) and then tried to voice them in a nice way, thus using this upper structure voicing. Very common stuff in jazz.
@gruber59375 жыл бұрын
If its magic might be my favourite song from 'songs'! So is that essentially a B Mixo b2 scale leading to the E major where you'd expect an E minor?
@rollomaughfling3805 жыл бұрын
Do NOT put that salad on that pizza!
@Krizendalsenpai6 жыл бұрын
What happen if I put D by my guitar on the sound of CMaj7 of other instruments in the band while playing without prior inform?
@abbasalikhan5 жыл бұрын
Whats the science behind this? Any rule to which triad come over what ?
@professorclark136 жыл бұрын
For the last example (If it's Magic), my sheet music called the chord "B13b9" instead of "Ab/B7", which appears to be equivalent. What are the pros & cons in thinking of the chord in either way?
@n.oneimportant53 жыл бұрын
The B13b9 is technically the correct chord voicing. To me, it sounds fuller with low note A voiced with the G# 1st inversion triad above it. But if I follow the initial voicing with a roll up to the high octaves, it's a bit less mess (especially with my ham-fisted technique) to roll the G#Maj triad. I hope that makes sense. 🤔
@esequielbass2 жыл бұрын
there is some rule to contruct upper structures?
@donttrip499566 жыл бұрын
How do you differentiate between upper structure triad and a hybrid chord/ normal over chords?
@diamondnova75986 жыл бұрын
The A/Eb going to Ab was like a tritone?
@vegetator5 жыл бұрын
1:35
@claudiakramer45162 жыл бұрын
3:19 Jazz ppl know this as a Ab7#5#9
@JazzDuets2 жыл бұрын
You are incorrect. This is Ab13b9.
@masterchain33356 жыл бұрын
Fuck this makes me want pizza.
@MsPiggysHusband6 жыл бұрын
Aren't these just polychords, not upper structure triads? Upper structure triads contain triads above *tritones*, not regular chords, as far as I know.
@JazzDuets6 жыл бұрын
the examples are above tritones.😀
@MsPiggysHusband6 жыл бұрын
OHHHH you just added the other chord tones haha
@TinyMaths4 жыл бұрын
But, wait, we have the same father?
@mindtrapped99346 жыл бұрын
The Charlie Parker quote is great but iirc, Miles and Charlie were the only 2 to regularly study theory according to Miles autobiography