It's an amazing and fortunate coincidence that Aimee Nolte Music just happens to have a host named Aimee Nolte, also.

Great video and topic Aimee!!

As a gospel-inspired musician, playing by ear is crucial. There’s no sheet music, no theory, you just play what you hear. When I first heard of the tritone, they just told me I had to learn it, and learn it well. No one could explain it; it’s just an important element in gospel music. Now that I know more theory, it makes sense to me why it works. Tritone subs can really change your sound. I’ve noticed more people are catching on to it these days.

My teacher just introduced me to tritones in my last lesson. I’m still trying to wrap my head around it and your video helped. Thanks. For players new to jazz it truly is magic

Madam, you are THE languid breeze of instruction. Thank you for the time you put into your lessons!

You're like magician telling everyone how all the tricks are done! Thanks for making these grea videos!

11:30 “Heck yes it does”. Loved it. Your passion for music and teaching is evident. Thanks for great examples.

I found the explanation of the tritone substitution very clear. But what I enjoyed most was that Aimee so obviously just didn't want to stop talking about it. Very infectious enthusiasm! 🥰

your a-train is making me melt and generally listening to you seems like the smartest time invested on youtube, thank you

DUDE! These videos are helping me break out of a serious plateau in my growth as a pianist. THANK YOU

This is the best explanation of tritone substitutions I’ve ever heard. I never got it before.

I like the way you explain topics, you always make it very clear.

Well after taking my community jazz course for 3 years, playing bass. I am now starting to better understand what you have been teaching. Thanks!

I really love the way you teach. You explain and give examples the way I need being a 3 yr student. Since the pandemic, I had to stop my private lessons, so now I'm left to try to figure out what I need to learn next. It's been a struggle at times making me feel a bit lost. So thank you for this. It really helps.

You are an excellent teacher. I've been trying to understand tritons, now it's all clear. Thanks Aimee

This video is a gem.

A bass player watching here.. Didnt know I has these powers 😉 very nice Video, I loved it.

Aimee I adore adore your videos. I'm feeling so much joy learning about music at this new level of nuance

You do such a nice job of explaining things, and you are so cute to watch while you do it. The close-up on the keys with the hands is a nice touch. Thanks.

Seeing it this way really helped it come to light. Music is "magic"!!

Is Amazing the texture that gives to the harmony.. Thank you so much!!

The best explanation and illustration ever

Love every lesson this lady does!! Thank you.

Your videos are awesome! Thanks Aimee

i love how you explained these concepts, thank you for this, and all your other videos. please don't ever stop!

I’ve always been rather crappy at music theory and discovering more glamourous chord strcutures. So, your video’s are helping a great deal here. Thanks.

When I discovered tritones back in my youth I was fascinated that there were two distinct bass notes that I could use. That ambiguity did make it sort of "magic". In your example with A-Train (and others after), what seems to make it really hip to me is the inherent chromaticism which makes it sound so "moderne" (and cool!) Thanks so much for the subject and the discussion. I sit at my laptop, trying to imagine that I'm sitting at a keyboard. Ah, but to have a piano again! Someday...

You are truly my favorite virtual teacher!!

Wow I don't even play jazz or listen to it unless its something I've heard mainstream, but I still found this video inspiring and so educational and the way you teach it has resulted in me wanting to know more, I couldn't stop watching, you have just won me over to the appreciation for jazz music. I think I understand now why so many love it especially from a musicians stand point, the nuts n bolts of it is very fascinating.

Very cool! I've just started checking out tritones, you're right, it's like a magic trick. Love it!

It's called "playing" for a reason. You sure make it fun. Thank you.

I've heard this explained so many ways, yet the examples here are so efficient at contextualising what it sounds like! awesome

I'm (really) late finding you but nice job! I like when you give "live brainstorming" explanations too. It helps the viewer follow your train of thought and understand the point you are making. I think this video has given me the rest of info I need to actually understand the concept tritone substitution . Of course the other side of understanding music theory is actually putting it into practice so thanks for the knowledge boost!

Love you Amy you are helping me develop my jazz trumpet thank you!!!!!!!!!

I just realized why alt. scale sounds so good on a sub.V and I'm dealing with it for over than two decades now. :) THANKS AIMEE!

Thanks Aimee ! You've open my eyes ! Thanks !!

Love the "This Masquerade" reference! (RIP Leon Russell.)

this is amazing! really useful, thank you very much Aimee :)

You are so amazing amiee what you've done is fabulous, thank God for you

This is an awesome video. You explain things so well.

Beautifully explained. Thanks

Aimee, thank you so much for this. This was a beautiful breakdown of using tritones to really change the color of voicing. This is fantastic. It seems like the tritone substitution chords are used at transfer points before you go to a resolution.

This is game changing.

"And that's where I'm going to leave it- I'm not going to talk about scales-" Wait, no, talk about scales!

thanks for the breakdown and thank you KZfaq for the random recommend

wow, it sounds so cool! Thank you for this lesson !

Thanks for pointing this out, Aimee. The most "a-haaa" epiphany part for me was when you talked about the bass player: When you play the pipe organ, tritone substitution is pure gold to minimize footwork in the pedals with the benefit of that "vanilla" sound -- very cool and important for fast pedal sections! (Though, it might not matter that much when you use your left hand on the organ manuals or on a piano, were it could easily span an octave. But again: It greatly reduces stress of the feet.) Thanks for softly kicking me back to the organ bench even if it's 11:45pm now -- just need to check that one out! :-D

I’m loving these lessons!

it all sounds great!!

great job aimee keep them coming.

Just found your channel, thanks! I'll be listening in.

Although I have been playing guitar for many years I have never quite inculcated it into playing We hear a lot about it but its practicality is limited (when playing from a lead sheet at a dance or a fest) AND I must say that 9 out of 10 guitar students resist both reading and harmony topics. So the big hurdles are more basic. There are many instances where a band leader must explain (to seasoned musicians of a variety of instruments) the “road map” of a song (segno, D.S. Al segno, D.S. Al fine, 1st and 2nd ending .. even turn arounds) So I still do not use tritone (but nice presentation by the incredible Aimee!!!)

oh thank you so much ! your explanation is very clear and easy i wish you were my teacher

Proving dissonance can be beautiful..:-). Thanks Aimee

Great video I love the slow pace

Great video!

Thank you AN.

Groovy tritone passage written 295 years ago (by JSB - who else?), where E/G# passes to Bb/Ab. Eb minor prelude book 1 of the '48' measures 26 & 27; but don't stop there, play on for more mind-blowing harmonies.

Sweet voice too.....great video as usual

Would love to hear the rest of that "Masquerade." you are awesome!

great lesson, even for guitarists. I think there is yet another name for the tritone: the blue note. btw there's a very interesting video by Adam Neely debunking the myth that the tritone was considered the devil's note.

"Diabous in musica" was the Latin saying. :-) Thanks for the great lesson as always!

That said, maybe YOU should put together a book. Given your approach, call it, Nolte's Essential Guide to Jazz Piano, Always "Aimee," Never Aimless. :)

Brilliant! Thank You!

My favorite interval in music

thank you Julian!

Aimee... there is magic in a tritone, yes. But more magic in your aura!

this absolutely broke my brain, in a good way

Great explanation, thanks! Please make a tutorial of the This Masqurade.

Wanted to add that e.g. in the ubiquitous ii-V7-I you substitute the dominant, then your bass is moving chromatically, which is nice for smooth voice leading. The stronger tension also gives sweeter resolution on tonic. The notion of upper structures changing sense with changed bass was something i have not thought of. Nice lesson.

Wow! You're fast. That was a quick response to my recent suggestion/convo with you the other day; certainly a lot quicker than most IT Support centers LOL. But then I don't think that's a labor of love like Jazz. I think it is hard to resist or just difficult to talk about this subject without mentioning other possibilities. Books have often detailed chapters on their many uses, sometimes without using the term "tritone" (approaching chords from above or beneath, passing tones, etc.) But as usual, you kept it concise and engaging while managing to avoid the bunny trail. So Bravo :)

I enjoyed the vid, Aimee! The verse of Bloodrock's DOA is all tritones!

Just incredible that we have music teachers like Aimee, Beato, Adam Neely Charles Cornell and David Bennet piano avaliable 24/7.

I love how much power I have as a bass player

Thanks Aimee for your great videos! Do you ever use tritone substitutions for non-functioning dominant 7th chords as in the blues?

Great! A kiss from Italy

Apparently when Monk used to play Happy Birthday for friends and family it was anything but conventional. Would love to hear it!

Very helpful - as a bass player especially Thanks again.

Epiphany: It’s the BASS note Tritons change that makes the chords sound ilike a musical bass explosion during the chord progression.

Thanks for sharing the knowledge. Do you have a video with a tritone excercise going through all 12 keys?

That was fun!! I've been messing around with tritone substitutions for a while, and never noticed that 3rds and 7ths thing you pointed out. Very different lesson from Bernstein's study of tritones as used by Debussy. By the way, I went ahead and sub'd after seeing the first video. Your lessons come with homework I can immediately try, except for the skateboarding. :)

I find in blues guitar a popular move is to also use a Tritone sub of the one chord on your way to the 4 chord… although it’s easier to just think of this as a sharp four chord passing to the four chord (not sure anyone thinks of this as a sub for the one)??

As magic as your magical _blue eyes_. You gotta love those tritones.

Aimee, I like to think of the tritone sub as substituting the dominant 7th in the 2-5-1 progression for the dominant 7th which is a tritone away from the original. It's simply an alternate path (chromatic) to the number 1 chord. When my teacher showed it to me, (after I learned all the rootless 2-5-1's) I said "you mean it's as simple as that?"

Interesting video subject . To advanced for me ,that's is your development of the tune gets complicated I should pause this video a lot to follow what you are doing. I come back when I learn more

I live your voice!!!

I just subscribed and yet I don't have a piano and can't play piano! Why do I like all things music so much? Even from instruments that I cannot play? Thanks for a great video!

I hope that I understand 15:42 of this mind opening video. If you want to play a dominant chord that is going to lead you to G Major do you play just the #F and the C Notes of the D Dominant Chord (D#FAC) and do you just play the G and the B Notes of the G Major Chord (GBD). In Tritones do you leave out the fifth and when you resolve do you also leave out the fifth. You played the #F and the C of the D Dominant and then you proceeded to play the G and the B of the G Major Chord. Please inform and thank you much, again. R

Oh, you’re the best! 🥲

you are a genius!

yep, going to have to come back to this one at a later date......

Hi Aimee, love the video! Just wondering what the possibilities are if for example a med/large ensemble were to extemporaneously compose using say, one V7 chord and "All"of the available extensions and substitute chords and scales etc. Would this sound cacophonous or would there still be an indication of the original chord? Or would it sound like Atonal music? Cheers Garry

I have a finger twister for you Ms Nolte. Play this 5 note voicing with the left hand alone centered around middle C: Pay a G half-diminished chord with an added C natural(Bb min9 G bass). The notes from bottom to top GBb CDbF. This rootless voicing (tritone G and Db) functions as an Eb 7 #11 or A alt using the Bb ascending melodic minor being enharmonic to both chord colors. In addition, moving the F to E natural implies classic movement to a C7b9 color or the corresponding tritone Gb. This chord then functions as a dominant chord for the 4 tones related in the full diminished chord ACEbGb. Play this voicing in descending half steps and then learn the inversions and I think this will really expand your ear.

Happy birthday TO you. On that substitution, I'd be curious to hear a higher note on the TO.

Is jazz counterpoint a thing? I m thinking voice leading and walking bass lines would be examples? Since we don't fear dissonance or parallel motion i am not sure if that would matter? Are there any no nos in getting from note A to B or would you say if we can modulate and highlight chord tones its all good? I'd love to be able to hear what you hear in your head. Is it like walking into a store and all the notes are available right away? I have a friend / teacher with perfect pitch and he says each key has a specific color Is that something you perceive as well? For example Moonlight Sonata in his head is always in C# minor to him and anywhere else there would be no moonlight. To me it's always been fascinating. Pardon the essay, :)

excellent

11:17 Chord progressions like that make me happy to live. Heck yeah it does. Chromatic bass note walk-down is a sweet bonus brb replaying it five more times

I've watched all the videos from you. Many good techniques and ideas. But the best of is the one on Summertime. Why ? With this tutoriel we can play ( and sing yes !!!!! ) a tune endend up. When i listen some notes of The Masquerade or Ipanema with your personnal style, i think, more Aimee and further. Why not sometimes a finish tune. " Bonne journée et toute mon admiration pour votre savoir faire " E.

your lessons are great and very easy to handle ...this is the way harmony should be taught - not too much esoteric explanations ...by the way your voice is very sweet like vanilla as u said for the 9th :)

Cool!