UNDERSTAND CHORDS AND CHORD SYMBOLS (plus how to improvise with them) #8

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UNDERSTAND CHORDS AND CHORD SYMBOLS (plus how to improvise with them) #8

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Күн бұрын

Learn how to create diatonic triads and 7th chords, what their symbols are and how to improvise with them to create lines and melodies that outline harmonic movement. Learn why chord symbols do not have all the information you may need when improvising and learn how you can use the chords function to help with note choices. Step by step exercises you can apply to any chord or chord sequence to become comfortable outlining chords as you improvise.
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@OnlineSaxAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

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@CKBrew Жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT video!! Been looking around all the internet for this info, and you just managed to summarise it all in 16min!!

@OnlineSaxAcademy Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Check out www.onlinesaxacademy.com/ for more.

@christerhenningstedt6939 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you did explain it better than my teacher was able to, great!

@OnlineSaxAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Christer!

@johnmc3862 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@JB-li7dm Ай бұрын

Thank you brilliantly explained 😊

@OnlineSaxAcademy Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@andybutton1515 2 жыл бұрын

I’m an absolutely burning guitarist and I personally know all of this.

@andybutton1515 2 жыл бұрын

Where did you get your fake wood wall?

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Haha! Hey Andy! How’s it going?

@darrylmiranda5141 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks it’s getting simpler to play the saxophone after lisning to your teaching.

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Great!

@patrickgriffiths2628 2 жыл бұрын

great lesson thanks Paul

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Patrick

@joseayala-zg5fm Жыл бұрын

😊hay Paul just want to say thank for your academy class the Blues Workout!!! I love A C D E G F B I will tell all friends . my playing skills are much now then 2 months ago THANKS!!!

@OnlineSaxAcademy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jose!

@noelbeltran2651 Жыл бұрын

Wow🎉 Bravo with this information and how you broke it down. Brother you have a great gift for teaching. You cracked a cheat code for me. Thank Youuuuu!!!!! I appreciate You!

@OnlineSaxAcademy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Noel!

@allanhmelnitski978 Жыл бұрын

Thank You! Excellent explanation! Looking at the piano keys it becomes even easier to visualize. All the steps between notes etc....

@OnlineSaxAcademy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Allan!

@molliejackson4836 2 жыл бұрын

This is excellent. I understand chords and shapes for the first time. Thank you.

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mollie!

@rolandogomez4039 2 жыл бұрын

Espectacular. Pondría poner sub títulos en español??

@doduyle8476 2 жыл бұрын

I understand the concept in 16min, many thanks :D

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Great!

@ossorrera 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@OnlineSaxAcademy 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your support!

@danielfittipaldi3705 Жыл бұрын

I find this stuff actually very complicated and confusing, thank you for the great video

@OnlineSaxAcademy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniel!

@ShubaMurthy 3 жыл бұрын

I can't believe I get to learn from you for free

@OnlineSaxAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Ha! The magic of the internet!

@gustavhaarschneider5596 2 жыл бұрын

your videos are pure gold

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gustav! Your comments are pure gold!

@ryanbonnefin186 2 жыл бұрын

brilliant thank you

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ryan!

@MegaAnthonyd 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to take a lesson with you

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to it!

@Tj_edin Жыл бұрын

Oh my God 🤯. Fantastic.

@OnlineSaxAcademy Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@carloslopez-hz6id 2 жыл бұрын

Excelente muy bueno!.. gracias Paul

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Carlos!

@dennisd2531 2 жыл бұрын

Very well explained. It may take me a couple more times listening but it is going in...Thank you..

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Great! Thanks Dennis!

@tjahajonowidjaja2192 2 жыл бұрын

Terima Kasih. Hebat ! Many Thanks. Greetings from Indonesia.

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tjahajono Widlala!

@cyrilbadts-wt1nj 9 ай бұрын

Brilliant! Thank you very, very much 👍

@OnlineSaxAcademy 9 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

@ETsaxevangelist Жыл бұрын

You’re a great teacher 👍👍

@OnlineSaxAcademy Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@MrJorgeking 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you from Mozambique , well explained 👏👍🏻😀 , you are the best ever found in KZfaq

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jorge King!

@manuelsosa5692 Жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias Pablo, entendí bien, aunque con el traductor automático de KZfaq.! Thanks a Lot Paul, I understood very well with the KZfaq automático translator.. I’m following

@OnlineSaxAcademy Жыл бұрын

Great!

@frankyeo8931 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully played.

@Kabisdakchannel 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this important topic Bro. only this video that i learn how to improvise chordtone

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

@oskarderych5878 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding;)

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Oskar!

@talaeti 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this explanation very clear now .....

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@raseshgandhi6702 Жыл бұрын

Very lovely information

@alto1955 Жыл бұрын

Great Tutorial sound and clear.

@OnlineSaxAcademy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Carlos!

@kream56 2 жыл бұрын

You are fantastic!!!! Thank you for your explanation!

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Karim!

@jaysonbrown5233 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this lesson

@OnlineSaxAcademy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jayson!

@tenor951 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, well explained

@deregowilliams8646 2 жыл бұрын

Great

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@edthesaxplayer8450 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you this is the first time I have actually understood why things are structured and named are as they are.IE Dominent , half diminished, maj and minor chords.Of course being a sax player having to transpose makes it all a little tricky to get into ones head.

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ed! I also have a video about transposing between sax and concert pitch instruments you may find useful: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p8BygLZ4ttmmmYU.html

@MadBurner1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@MadBurner1 Жыл бұрын

Been playing guitar for 10 years and recently started playing the sax. I knew my way around music theory, basic stuff, major, minor, pentatonic, circle of fifths and some exotic scales. But I was never able to fully understand the harmony behind jazz. Now I had my eurika moment… just add in the minor 7th and the secrets of jazz are unlocked. Thank you!

@OnlineSaxAcademy Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@CARALVA 3 жыл бұрын

Excelent

@OnlineSaxAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Carlos!

@ossorrera 4 ай бұрын

I've been following you, many thanks, I wanna join your online class, I just dont know where I could start, I'm beginner , can play now on music sheet , ballads songs only.

@OnlineSaxAcademy 4 ай бұрын

I would recommend starting with my Sax101 Course, you can access this, and all other courses when you become a premium member here: www.newonlinesaxacademy.com/memberships

@ossorrera 4 ай бұрын

done, I joined and I take a leave of abscence at work, lol, so I have all the time to learn this, thanks that I found you. More power to you.

@nico2000ad 3 жыл бұрын

great stuff alway wondering what those roman numbers meant,ahha beginner sax player .......

@OnlineSaxAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it can all look a bit strange at first! Glad this helped!

@joseayala-zg5fm Жыл бұрын

IM JOSE JUST GOT NEW COMPUTER STILL WORKING ON IT . ALSO BECAUSE I STRUGGLE THIS SAX i TRADED MY RS BERKELEY SAX FOR NEW YAMAMHA YTS 26 TENOR ARRIVING TUESDAY

@OnlineSaxAcademy Жыл бұрын

Great!

@joseayala-zg5fm Жыл бұрын

@@OnlineSaxAcademy Hi Paul is it possible to put together pdf beginners for the Sonny Rollins [ Island Lady] AN thanks to you an your Sax Academy I have learn a lot on how to read an play with more confidence . Pease Thank You .HAPPY HOLADAYS

@joseayala-zg5fm Жыл бұрын

I still also study the Ru bank book Elementary an the intermediate book again it was your Sax Academy that help me reed better .

@mitsuo233 11 ай бұрын

Great lesson Paul. One question: All the melodies you played are still based on the C major scale, right? So, all this improvisations fit in any song in "C maj"? thanks again.

@OnlineSaxAcademy 11 ай бұрын

That’s right, these are all based on chords built from the C major scale

@yanowski5645 2 жыл бұрын

hi im a beginner and find reading music off a sheet really hard and and slow but can play tenor by reading letter notes better ...is this normal ?iv always wanted to play tom hark by the piranhas but cannot get it on note letters

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it takes lots of time and practice to learn how to read music, try to do 10 min of reading practice each day. Start easy and gradually increase the difficulty, really focus on the rhythms.

@someshkeyboard4550 2 жыл бұрын

Sir plese tell me how to impervise acording to miner scale

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Check out www.onlinesaxacademy.com for lots of extra resources including how to improvise on minor chords

@cathalbuckley5657 Жыл бұрын

This lesson would be more useful if you were able to highlight the notes you are playing in each example

@OnlineSaxAcademy Жыл бұрын

You’re right, this was one of my first videos when I was new to KZfaq!

@Robyn19fnq 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul, that's a lot to absorb. So ... If I memorise those chords and find sheet music with chord symbols, it's possible to just wing it ... ? Also, do the chords need to be transposed according to the music, depending which instrument it's written for?

@OnlineSaxAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Robyn, I would say that getting to know what chords you have within each major scale is a great foundation. Most pop and rock tunes will stay far more in one tonality (chords all built from one scale) so once you know the key of that song, you do indeed have to option to wing it with that scale. However as a songs harmony increases in complexity (especially jazz) it is likely to be using chords from different keys and also different scale types (chords built from melodic and harmonic minor scales are quite common). There’s a great book by Mark Levine called The Jazz Theory Book which will really help with all this stuff.

@OnlineSaxAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

You shouldn’t need to transpose the chords if the sheet music your playing is already transposed, it’s fairly standard practice to have both the melody and the chords in the same key.

@Quipp90 3 жыл бұрын

Question. At around 5:50 you start playing the first notes. but you play 4 notes but only write 3. so you explain to play C E G but you play C E G ?. this is also for the other bars. This got me a bit puzzled. Could you please explain what this 4th note is your playing? Keep up the good work! really like your video's

@OnlineSaxAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Quipp90, I am playing CEGE, in other words going back to the middle note of the chord. This is because I am playing 4/4 time so it’s nice to fill in using 4 notes to help create a steady pulse. You don’t have to go back to the middle note of the chord, you can go to any note of the chord, as long as it’s one of the chord tones it will sound nice. Hope this helps!

@someshkeyboard4550 2 жыл бұрын

Plese explain for miner scale also sir

@cathalbuckley5657 7 ай бұрын

At 7:37 you say to skip between chord tones. Please clarify thx !

@frankyeo8931 2 жыл бұрын

Don't know any of it. I hope I will in 10 years

@OnlineSaxAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

You will! A little each day…