Amazing Chords: (ala Oscar Peterson)- Altered Dominants in Diminished Pattern.
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- ADVANCED CONCEPTS: Oscar Peterson chords based on altered dominant 7ths played on a diminished chord pattern. Free score available and Jazz Piano book here: www.kenthewitt....
Hammond B3 organ grinder here. Thank you Mr. Hewitt for another excellent tutorial. No fluff, very clear lecture and examples. Met OP and Ray Brown about 1962. My father, a jazz fan, invited them over to the house for the afternoon when they was playing a local club in Fort Wayne, IN.
I've heard OP use this progression countless times, and for years, didn't know what it was. I accidentally discovered the solution, and now it's second nature to me.
Over any chord tone of a dominant 7th chord, left hand low note is either 3rd, 5th, flat-7, flat-9. For any of those tones, slap a second inversion major triad placed a tritone above the left hand.
You progress in either direction by stepping through a diminished 7th arpeggio in left, while stepping the 2nd inversion triad by minor thirds.
The pattern is easily absorbed, and there are only three sets to learn, covering all twelve keys. The progression lends nicely to arpeggios and variations of half-diminished scales.
Hi G, Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I hope my subscribers will read your comment, and I really appreciate it very much. Swing loose!
I like this way of thinking about it. It’s easier to do it on the spot in any key. And it does become 2nd nature.
The way i learned to play these chords quickly is to look at it this way:
Left hand will play 1 note, and the right hand will play a triad
If the Left hand diminished notes are D , F , G# , B
The right hand will play the Chord 1 half step down. so:
LH: D
RH: Db triad ( Db , F , Ab )
LH: F
RH: E maj triad ( E , G# , B)
LH: G#
RH: G maj triad
but to get the voicing used in this video, use the 3rd inversion triad. So the Db triad becomes Ab , Db , F
Very cool, Jason...thanks so much for sharing! I knew I was going to hear from you!
Almost exactly how I was digesting these new patterns! Although instead of the intervalic relationship cheat code you have here I was thinking of the inverted maj triads in the right hand as grouped together by their diminished family, and then the left hand simply will have the extensions if the right doesn't and also vice versa. Thanks for the comment.
Jason Cathey useful input! Thank you!
I have to go back over the video.. I totally missed this. Thanks for going through all the trouble to codify this and show a nice pattern. I am going to watch the video again.
Thanks Jason for coming at this from a different angle. It's always great to be able to look at these advanced steps from a number of ways... And thank you Kent for your generosity in teaching .
Your playing is superb and You dress like a champion. A pleasure for both ears and eyes. Keep up helping us all unlocking the universal symmetry in music and enjoy your day at the jazz range
If you can enjoy the universe and be wherever you are ...then you're in the right place. Many thanks!
I kept searching in my history for this video, and thus channel. This video helped me a lot. Many thanks for this. !
That's cool, Man...glad you found it...and told me.!
@Kent Hewitt keep it up. These uploads will only get more and more valuable over time.
I noticed you re-uploaded a video, for new subscribers. I did not check, but I hope you did not delete the original upload. (Those views increase over time... influencing your outreach etc..)
Anyways. Very cool that you reply on some comments.
Keep it up with the videos!
And stay awesome.
(Ps. I am in my late 30's , from/in the Caribbean, And educating myself to be pianist.. now mainly focused on Caribbean, Latin, Jazz...
and oh, in my youth I had classical piano lessons..
Just to give you an idea of how diverse your viewers are)
Thanks so much, Manny. I apprecaite it. I always save all the original videos.
Great lesson,,Sir Kent,many Thanks🌷
You are very welcome
You are an amazing teacher Kent ...... beyond my ability but I love watching and listening.
Please go to my playlists because I have over 200 videos for all levels. Do my Beginner Series or Easy Levels first. Thanks!
I would very much like a video in which you just talked about your life as a musician... And your life in itself. You're such a peculiar character!
Thanks Santiago, I'll take "peculiar character" as a great compliment. I appreciate your very special request. In a number of my videos I have had the ADEM tell a lot of stories about my life, but maybe it would be interesting for some people to hear my personal story from my own perspective...because it's kind of convoluted, ironic, and colorful...and definitely "off the fringe". No one has asked me this, so thanks very much! (please remind me).
Loving what you share Kent... ...your lessons always open up another door when something clicks and you see the pattern or you newly understand something.
I'm so happy to share my knowledge...because at my age...what's left?!
...used to describe my band to people as ‘four decent musicians and we also have a drummer’.
...sometimes we had a singer too! Hahaha....
I absolutely love C6 9 chord, it great that it's used as a resolved!
Great chord...yes!!
Great video, and one of the most thought provoking. Love the commentary relating to Oscar Peterson. This one will be on repeat.
It's deep... as was Oscar...yet accessible. Great combination.
Kent, i want to thank you for your work, you are a wonderful teacher and inspire me a lot. Your videos are golden. Great lesson, as always.
Thanks so much...your comment truly helps me a lot!
Love it, thanks man. Your expertise in the world of the diminished is inspiring.
Thank you! Rob, I learned all this yesterday.....just kidding...but I doubt that I'm an expert...check out Barry Harris for that.
good lesson sir, well done!
Great sound. Great lesson. I am an amateur but was able to comprehend your lesson. Thanks
Glad it was helpful! Please subscribe!
Another Great Lesson That Has Motivated Me. I Love These Chords. My Mentor Kent. Thank You.
Thanks again, D'bra for another much appreciated comment!
This is what I've been looking for! Thanks so much. I love the alt. dom with the #9 sound voiced in root position, a very easy pattern for me to grasp, and now I'm excited to begin toying with this sound as well, as these patterns are intuitive too!
Yes, exactly right..good luck with expanding your musical knowledge.
Beautiful! Thanks Kent. Your instruction has been such a gift. I’ll be checking out the altered dominate 7 chord families to further understand your musical philosophy. Thanks again for all you do. May God bless you!
-Ronnie
Many thanks, Mickey. These 2 videos of mine are important to check out:ua-cam.com/video/8A41X1RbKdk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/AF67azWnMvw/v-deo.html
Enjoy your approach very much Kent! Keep on keepin´ on!
I'll keep on. with your help!
Another great video! You are unmatched when it comes to online jazz piano instruction! Could you possibly do a video for a Latin tune such as Caravan or A Night in Tunisia? I always have trouble voicing melodies and soloing over such tunes. Keep up the good work!
Yes CARAVAN , consider this one please
Caravan... good suggestion, it uses the altered dominant scale fluently over extended measures which makes it fun and challenging to play...and then there is the cyclical bridge. Thanks!
another wonderful video Ken. I've been playing a variotuon of that for years but it's great to see that broken down mate!
Thanks for commenting and for telling me!
Great sounding chords .. I love them...also nice to see my old "ego man pal"stopping by... Learning your arrangement of I Should Care in your book - the chord changes are so very beautiful...I would be lost without you Kent!!!
awesome tutorial, watching those tutorials makes me somehow understand what’s happening in those standards and it finally answers to my “ears questions” like: what’s that? ok it’s some kind of diminshed chord but what is it really?
can’t wait to buy your book and watch more tutorials. thank you for all of this
Great comment, and so affirming for me...appreciated!
Excellent lesson my Cool Cat with the cool hat'
Quite a bit to wrap your head space around'
Love it as always'
Fabulous lesson. Thanks so much. I'm going to be learning from this for some time!
I appreciate your compliment on the "lesson."
Excellent! Great chord progression. Thank you for sharing!
I saw in a recent transcription that Monty Alexander played it...he was a big fan of Oscar P.
¡Thanks so much Kent, a hug to you from Morelia México.!
Thanks for writing and hugs...I'll send much gratitude to you.
Hey, I love this stuff! thank you - what you've done is confirm what I have already discovered, and taken it further! I figured out this interesting relationship between dominant 7ths and diminished - by listening - and trying out combinations, first by putting major triads G, Bb, Db, E, over a Bb bass plus Ab in the left hand; then noticing that the roots of the triads make up a dim chord, then, that the triad that sounds best (to me) is the one with the third on top (example D G B). But that's as far as I got, so thank you for enriching this adventure! I've always been a big fan of Oscar P! PS Like the joke too.
Thank you, Joseph, I'm glad to hear that I can shed some more light on the subject...there's always something new to learn!
There certainly is! I came across this chord in a gypsy jazz jam session context this week: A7/Bb. I connected it with your altered dominants - flat 9 on the bottom! Got a thrill from joining Django Rheinhardt to Oscar Petersen!
Thanks for the info
Any time!
That joke...had me rolling! Great 'setup' by ADEM. Excellent lesson--there's hope for us left-handers after all. (Been away from UA-cam awhile taking care of some real life stuff--I'll eventually get caught up on your videos.)
Thanks for checking in and of course, glad you liked the joke.
You are the best, as usual.
And Sina Fallah, is a cool cat, who(m) I'd like to meet, someday.
Kent Hewitt That would be a dream come true!
Rip Fred 🙏
RIP Oscar.
Hello Mr. Hewitt. My name is Cameron, I am very interested in the style of Chick Corea and other pianists of the 1960s. Would you be able to do a video on how to play outside of the changes over jazz standards. Thank You for you time, much appreciated!!!
I have posted a few videos on that subject (in parts only). but if you go to my playlists you will be able to find them, I hope: ua-cam.com/channels/dmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCw.htmlplaylists?disable_polymer=1
Thank You
You're are great, thanks !
Happy to help!
excellent! Thanks. Applying these to guitar as well.
Thanks for telling me!
Good vid as usual. Tks kent
Many thanks!
Amazing lesson...Thank you..
Many thanks!
You said that you learned it with left hand. I tried different ways and I wasn't getting as unique sound as I wanted. Then I tried the left hand
one with notes( D F Ab Db and the right single note F). I decided to hit some random notes, because I am essential in the extensions .F is #9 or b3 up an octave. I played Gb F Db Ab in the fifth octave in quick 16ths.
Then I added the Bb into the mix , this time with a triplet.. Then iI noticed
that any black key was giving a nice sound ..I could see this was something like a Gb Maj pentatonic. This is one cool progression..Thank you so much. Btw starting on a home studio tomorrow..It will be built on shoe string, but in another life I was an electronic tech...I will cobble something together.
Hi Kent, came back to this today but couldn't find the download. Is it still there? Thank you
Write to my email and I';ll send it.
Great lesson
Thanks for the comment!
Nothing is simple but practice life you help me a lot thank you:))!
Some insight we'll never have.....or almost.
the score download is terrific too for students
A lot of work is involved so your appreciation is valued.
Very cool Kent! I wonder if Oscar Peterson got that idea from guitarist Johnny Smith, he was the first to play that on guitar.
I believe that...and thanks for telling me. Oscar pretty much covered it as in classical music.... Wagner.
ha ha ha ha,Kent is really cool !!!!!! Thanks for the lesson !!!!!!
I take it you like ADEM's joke...don't encourage him too much...he'll take over (maybe that's a good thing?)
Great video Thanks Kent Swing loose
Many thanks!
Hi Kent. I’m looking in your downloads and can’t find the pdf of the dominant chords with diminished patterns. Found the drop 2 exercises over 2-5-1. All this stuff is great!!! Did I miss what you were saying in the video?
It's under the heading Cool Chords:
storage.googleapis.com/wzukusers/user-26455100/documents/585d7b047decdV1UX36a/Cool%20Chords%20(Altered%20Dominants).pdf
Lovey chords
Thanks so much!
Kent Hewitt I suppose you heard about the musician who did a gig at Christmas. The manager said “you are very good”. I sure you work a lot.He said you’re so good I’d like to book you for next Christmas. The musician said “yes ,sure“But there’s just one thing. Is it alright if I leave the gear here. !!
Great lesson as always Kent! I wonder what's the intro tune to your video?
That's Music, Music , Music, and my trio playing the Ahmad Jamal version. Thanks!
Man! Ammmm you are just the shit!!😎 u the best. Thank u so much
Thanks for the compliment!?
Kent, did you say you made up a chart for these chord groups as you demonstrate here? If you did let me know if you have the time. - where i can find them ( didn't see on your site ) thanks Jake
You have to know the description. It's under "cool chords". Here: file:///C:/Users/Kent%20Hewitt/Downloads/Cool%20Chords%20(Altered%20Dominants).pdf
The AED-man tells great jokes :o)
The lesson is great as always. Thank you. Joy to you.
Send your jokes to ADEM, he'll put them on YT for sure! Much joy!
Hhhmmm, I only know the somehow lame "do you know who layed the harp into that coffin?"
Awesome!
My main man mystic Eagle Long time no see
you in a long time
Good to see you
The big K missed you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
With every bullet so far
Don't stay away so long
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Great lesson, Kent, but I can't seem to find the download on your website. Is it still there?
It's there but it's marked NA which stands for New Appendix. I working on a new book of exercises and drills which will be quite extensive and have all the exercises connected with my videos. It will sell for $20 or $25, I have to wait to see how many pages are involved.
great lesson but the intro skit was the best part
Ha! Glad you liked it!
B double sharp half diminished major 13 can also be used
Okay!
Great job. Can you give some tunes where Peterson uses these chords. Thank you
This is one of those things in which music memory played a part. I remember hearing these chords played by Oscar and other pianists and then figured it out on my own, without referring to a recording. I know Oscar does a variation voicing on a diminished chord passage on his recording of "People".
Just watching it again. I find it hard to do. The movements are not hard hands separate, but challenging together.
Many thanks
Right back at you, Mark!
could you upload some recordings like this one on Spotify? not a musician myself, and I can't find a track with the same voicing.
great chords!
I have Spotify but I don't really use it. How do you upload?...sorry I'm not tech savvy.
Hey man where on your site can I get this
Write to my email or go here:
old.kenthewitt.com/
Hey Kent, as I've progressed in my playing, I've developed this sort of reflection idea of the Altered scale vs. the Lydian Dominant scale, separated about the tritone. Does that have anything to do with the Altered Dominant Ego Man? Are you the Lydian Dominant Man?
ADEM handles the jokes...I try to stick to the theory. .I like your comment!
Can you make videos on using 'negative harmony'?
I can't...(it's not a concept I can see the significance of)...check out Jacob Collier.
another positive video, with sunlight and meditative vibes, how about that
Love your vibe, Ian, can we hang out, or are you in UK??
In Los Angeles! Always down for a visit and lesson at the Jazz Ranch
Nice lesson. Thanks. But Ego Man - he's a superstar!
ADEM has sent you a message: You have just been initiated in the super "Club".
Where do I get a suit like that? Serious question.
It's just luck. I walked into a vintage store in Wilmington, NC at the right time, saw this suit, tried it on , and it fit perfectly. Thanks for the comment!
Well it's all diatonic to it's parent diminished scale. I stumbled across this in a practice room in my 20s a scale shape/sound thing.
Good observation...the parent diminished chord is a half step above each of the 4 dominant 7ths in a family. As stated, a diminished chord is like a dominant 7th chord with the root up a half step (b9), hence the shared scale.
That was great :) and the joke is really funny :D
I can never figure out what chords to resolve them into! I can play the four chords fine enough but I don't have a clue where to put them.
You can use them as fills on altered dominant 7th chords ...but I thought I showed that. For example, If you are using them on C7b9 you can resolve to an F chord.
Whats so convenient about these diminished shapes is that there are only three of them to learn to get all 12 keys. Where else can you get such a deal for 3 patterns you get 12 keys. Now that's a bargain! Not only that but once you understand why you get a free total music theory revalation no drugs required.
Ha, ha!.....I dig you, man...every once in a while I get a really cool comment like this!
8:17, 11:15
Thanks for the meters.
GreAt Suit ! xD really. Your video channel okkkk ! thumb up
Thanks for the comment and compliment!
thumbs up for the joke
Made me laugh...only a musician would appreciate fully.
I had to think about what the AEM said. Behind the train.. Sometimes It's frustrating between drummer and pianist. Too fast.. all the notes sound the same..too slow..it looses energy... I want to know was the drummer ok? I see you got this video back up.
Because, as a drummer, his timing was slow and behind the beat ...he was fired, and was so upset, he tried to kill himself, but jumped behind the train...it's a joke.
So we are playing at 5:13 a # 9 chord. That's a D altered that the F( a minor 3rd in extensions is a #9) I think I'm getting this. But not yet.
So if we are thinking G alt. G Bb Db E are the notes we build from.
So with a Bb base( Db is #9, E is a #11, and G is the 13.. but we need an Ab in the left hand.. but other instruments can pick up the b7..
I love it Kent but you really lost me on this one. I can't comprehend the theory of it at all. Must be the fajitas I had for dinner. :)
This is advanced stuff...I had to work on it myself, and have not perfected my use of it. I'll try doing more....try playing a C#-G-C-E move up chromatically a minor 3rd while playing an A bass note...should resolve to D major.
Yeah I got that. it took a second or so...lol.
haha altered dominant ego man are so funny love him!!!
You are a champ!
And you are the Camp!
Behind the subway🤔🙂😁😅🤣
Love that joke.
Unfortunately I dont really like your explanations. When you are focussing on changes on dominant 7ths then why arent you simply showing a normal G7 position, you are using a different position, alter the G7 already and then it simply makes it unclear. That is a shame, because I like the sounds, but focus on one thing at a time if you want to explain something.
Thanks for the suggestion. I respect everyone's opinion, especially when they are in the minority.
@@KentHewittpiano88 that last part of your sentence does not sound like respect right? ;-)
That is ok though, if you dont know who you are talking to, you get the most honest feedback from people ;-)
Kind regards from OP
Maybe I used the wrong words. What I'm saying is I value everyone's opinion if even if it's negative. Fortunately for me, most of the comments here are positive...but I'm always trying to improve what I do.
First!
Wow, last time I was THIS early my wife didn't speak to me for two days!
She needs to learn a musician comes first. Ha!
Yeah..ok. he jumped behind the train because he was always behind on the beat. ok now I get the whole joke.. Im a little slow sometimes. The best. I'm going over you video now, again.
You lost me at 0:00
Check out my playlists for Beginner Jazz Series and Improvisation 101. I have a lot of videos for beginners.
ua-cam.com/channels/dmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCw.htmlplaylists
Okay. Thanx.
nice joke
You like the joke, I dig you, man!