Are you freakin' kidding me?! Who are you? I've been watching thousands of videos of piano tutorials and I've never found anything that good. Everything was either for beginners or was only about gospel music. THANK YOU very much. You are a great pianist and also everything is explained really great. It seems that I'd have a week with dominants. :D I've been using some of them sometimes but I wasn't aware of the whole theory about them. Thank you once again and greetings from Poland. I'm certainly going to watch all your videos. Bye!
+music95, I've played gospel for decades. Right now, it's basically jazz/neoSoul/RnB played in church. Course, the instrumentalists/singers don't say that. But the reality is the jazz theory transcends genre.
I have been looking for YEARS for a video like this...I just didn't have the correct musical vocabulary to describe what I needed. THIS WAS IT! I feel like I can express the notes/chords that I have in my head and share them with my family. Thank you for posting this.
Dang!! I've never had dominants explained like that, I've used dominants in my playing, but I never had a solid understanding of it up until now. I sat down and took notes, and it was the most productive ten minutes and 49 seconds of my life. Keep it up man.
This is the clearest and most concise general explanation of the use of substitute dominant chords that I've found so far. The presentation is a perfect balance of theoretical explanation and musical examples.
Holy crap. Finding this video is a gem. Ill watch this vid over and over again and ill make sure to understand and master all knowledge youve shared in this vid. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
I am a guitar player and I was searching for "passing chords" and came across your page. This video is phenomenal. I play by ear and your lesson clarified for me passing chords and relative dominant chords. This was an awesome and very rewarding lesson. My wife is a struggling piano player (with a beautiful voice) and I'll show her this too. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This was one of the best structured videos I've yet seen. You do theory, then you show examples, then you apply it to a real musical situation. And you cover so much ground in a short video. Very good. Thanks for this.
This is the most comprehensive explanation on this topic i have ever seen. i studied dominant substitutes aka tritone substitutions but i was never clear of how the other dominants fit in. Thanks !
Thank you for creating this real life training video. You just get it!! You understand that people want more than just the trimmings of music, we want the meat and potatoes of piano music and you have delivered abundantly. This video is a no messing straight to the point and clear example of what musicians need to know. I really hope you do many more videos in the near future. Thank you, much appreciated.
Just wanted to let you know I really appreciate this video (and your others), but I am at the level where this information makes sense and I have watched this particular video a bunch of times practicing what you're doing at each step. It is opening a new level of understanding for me how to create and resolve chord progressions. Very grateful. Thank you!!
Wow! That moved along a quite a lick and I am going to have to watch this video several times and takes notes. Absolutely brilliant explanation. Knowing how to find exactly the chord I want has always been a challenge for me. Great video. Thanks so much.
I watched this video a year ago n was confused but I was sure you were trying to teach me something. A year later and several theory books later I can see this is such a brilliant video and understand it now
This is an excellent video. Especially the way you use well known standard songs as examples to demonstrate various progressions. i can also see that you know music REALLY well.
Thanks for the well organized, informational instructions! A very well explained step by step tutorial on the subject matter. I plan for purchasing your book. This was the best of all that I have seen over the internet concerning dominant substitute explained to the extent that you shared. Thanks again!
Great video - thanks so much for sharing. Really clear explanation, comprehensive, and plenty of examples either from standards or improvised help it all to make sense.
Clear and concise, with real world musical examples, explained in a way even a classical theorist could come to terms with. Bravo, sir! Liked, subscribed, belled, and moving onto your other videos!
Fantastic lesson and examples, Im a guitarist, can translate to guitar and its very very helpful .. thank you ! I will learn more from you from your other tutorials brilliant !
Great video, thank you for sharing this! I think you meant to write E7 at 8:10 to resolve to the Amin. But you definitely have my subscription! I really like your style of teaching
A lot of info in this tutorial. It will take me some time to break it all down, but thanks for this. So much more than most people put into "tutorials".
Dammit man, I always struggle with these things. It's amazing how you make such beautiful melodies with just three or four chords. Someday I'll be able to play like that thanks to your tutorials! :)
Federico,Thank you very much! I like very much your tutorials. I've got my mind clear as clean water because this tutorial. that's way, I have found another additional interesting passing chords I am now playing in my church piano solos, and I would like to share to you and everybody interested to. So for example: F7 to Em7, to Eb7(b5) to Dm7 to Db7(b5) to CM7. And this one not very common, I guess nobody use this one but I do, I LIKE IT!: B half diminish to or B diminish7 to Bb7 to Am7 to AbM7 to Ab7(b5) Dm7 to G7 to F#M7 to CM7; and this one: CM7 to B diminish 7 to B7 to Em7 to Eb6 to Dm7 to B diminish 7 to Db7 to CM7. What do you think my friend?
Good lesson on 7th’s. You should take about how to use dim chords as passing chords. Example- you can approach a minor chord using a dim chord from 1/2 above or below. By the way, great demo video. Thanks. 👍
Any of these dominant chords roots are only a half step from one of the 3 diminished 7 chords. All of these context ways of using dominants comes from the diminished 7 chords and are related. Each diminished 7 has four dominants attached to it. Barry Harris explains this in great detail look him up.
Another good video you can make , you can show how does one decide what the cords of a tune should be based on the melody note. By the way, great demo video. Thanks. 👍
Thank you for this passing dominant chords video. Please check this out!... I just would like to make to notice that all diatonic chords have their own passing chord...the Bm7 (b5) resolve to Em7... by other hand, the diminished chord C°7 resolves to Bm7(b5) and also Bm7(b5) can resolves to CM7 chord because the relationship with the G9 chord. Other chords can be resolved to the Bm7(b5) chord are: the C°7 or B7 or Cm7(b5), the Eb°7 or the D7 or Ebm7(b5), the Gb°7 or the F7 or the F#m7(b5), the A°7 or the Ab7 or the Am7(b5)... So, there are so many chords can be resolved to the 7th Bm7(b5) chord...Greetings from Tijuana!
how are you "borrowing diminished chords"? I loved your explanation of everything in this video tutorial, but that sounded so amazing and I'd love to know the theory and context!!
Great, informative video, thanks, but one of the issues I have with "Jazz" theory is that it mis-labels chords. According to functional harmony, the so-called "Dominant Substitute" (ie, Dflat 7 in C major) really functions as a "Plagal" harmony or the sub-Dominant, or IV chord. Totally different function. Small point, but to a purist, like me, critical.
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Are you freakin' kidding me?! Who are you? I've been watching thousands of videos of piano tutorials and I've never found anything that good. Everything was either for beginners or was only about gospel music. THANK YOU very much. You are a great pianist and also everything is explained really great. It seems that I'd have a week with dominants. :D I've been using some of them sometimes but I wasn't aware of the whole theory about them.
Thank you once again and greetings from Poland. I'm certainly going to watch all your videos. Bye!
+music95, I've played gospel for decades. Right now, it's basically jazz/neoSoul/RnB played in church. Course, the instrumentalists/singers don't say that. But the reality is the jazz theory transcends genre.
Afi Scruggs I'm glad to hear from you. Thank you once again for what you're doing and good luck with your life.
LOL! right! these are some insane tutorials!
I have been looking for YEARS for a video like this...I just didn't have the correct musical vocabulary to describe what I needed. THIS WAS IT! I feel like I can express the notes/chords that I have in my head and share them with my family. Thank you for posting this.
Dang!! I've never had dominants explained like that, I've used dominants in my playing, but I never had a solid understanding of it up until now. I sat down and took notes, and it was the most productive ten minutes and 49 seconds of my life. Keep it up man.
this is well organized, visually appealing, and simply explained
to top it off, it's free
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I think this is one of the best videos on harmony on the entire web, and I have seen many.
This video, and others from the same source, contains some INVALUABLE basic information. Thanks a million !
This is the clearest and most concise general explanation of the use of substitute dominant chords that I've found so far. The presentation is a perfect balance of theoretical explanation and musical examples.
the BEST video on passing chords i have found for free on youtube.
Holy crap. Finding this video is a gem. Ill watch this vid over and over again and ill make sure to understand and master all knowledge youve shared in this vid. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
never, never so clear. You're way to explain is the best.
I am a guitar player and I was searching for "passing chords" and came across your page. This video is phenomenal. I play by ear and your lesson clarified for me passing chords and relative dominant chords. This was an awesome and very rewarding lesson. My wife is a struggling piano player (with a beautiful voice) and I'll show her this too. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This was one of the best structured videos I've yet seen. You do theory, then you show examples, then you apply it to a real musical situation. And you cover so much ground in a short video. Very good. Thanks for this.
Federico, what great lessons you have posted. Thank you so much. You bridge the gaps between the book work and making the music talk.
This is the most comprehensive explanation on this topic i have ever seen. i studied dominant substitutes aka tritone substitutions but i was never clear of how the other dominants fit in. Thanks !
I just ran out of words.
This marks my first step to the musical world. Thank you for this invaluable lesson🙏
Advanced and professional teaching
Thanks very much from Saudi Arabia
This is on a different level to most tutorials l've come across! Genius!
I appreciate that you put song examples here and there, top notch lesson. Thanks a lot!
Thank you for creating this real life training video. You just get it!! You understand that people want more than just the trimmings of music, we want the meat and potatoes of piano music and you have delivered abundantly. This video is a no messing straight to the point and clear example of what musicians need to know. I really hope you do many more videos in the near future. Thank you, much appreciated.
You have a very elegant, old world accent and a native level vocabulary.
Absolutely brilliant and most comprehensive tutorial on the topic!! Million THANKS!!!!
I'm not even a pianist/keyboard player (I play guitar) and the whole lesson was as clear as day to me. Thank you very much.
Wow! Pretty neat presentation. I love the way you play the blues. It sounds so calm and soul catching. Well-done
Dear Mr. Frederico, congratulations! Your classes are so clear and organized! Thank you very much!
Great video! You really summarized all the uses of dominants in 1 video. Loved the examples
Respect from Russia! No one really could explain it for me in my language! It's the Light in a dark unseen!)))
Just wanted to let you know I really appreciate this video (and your others), but I am at the level where this information makes sense and I have watched this particular video a bunch of times practicing what you're doing at each step. It is opening a new level of understanding for me how to create and resolve chord progressions. Very grateful. Thank you!!
Wow! That moved along a quite a lick and I am going to have to watch this video several times and takes notes. Absolutely brilliant explanation. Knowing how to find exactly the chord I want has always been a challenge for me. Great video. Thanks so much.
Concise, Clear, Deep. Brilliant.
Excellent presentation! Thorough yet concise. Well organized with good examples.
I watched this video a year ago n was confused but I was sure you were trying to teach me something. A year later and several theory books later I can see this is such a brilliant video and understand it now
This is an excellent video. Especially the way you use well known standard songs as examples to demonstrate various progressions. i can also see that you know music REALLY well.
Thanks for the well organized, informational instructions! A very well explained step by step tutorial on the subject matter. I plan for purchasing your book. This was the best of all that I have seen over the internet concerning dominant substitute explained to the extent that you shared. Thanks again!
Great info for a bass player who plays a little piano. Keep putting out these videos!
Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for when I searched for passing chords.
I learn a lot from your channel!!!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Great video - thanks so much for sharing. Really clear explanation, comprehensive, and plenty of examples either from standards or improvised help it all to make sense.
+Julian Lambert Thanks Julian!
Just outstanding! Thank you so much for this educational video. Please keep them coming.
Great explanation of the dominant 7 chords. You make it all sound so easy. Your videos are very insightful. Thanks for sharing.
+David Faria Thank you for watching David! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
This is the coolest scale i have learned so far!
Completely eye opening sir.
My guitar will sing tonight!
Clear and concise, with real world musical examples, explained in a way even a classical theorist could come to terms with. Bravo, sir! Liked, subscribed, belled, and moving onto your other videos!
Excellent. Thanks. Looking forward for more!
This has blown my ENTIRE mind....
Wonderful as always. I am so glad I found these amazing video. You are a wonderful teacher of these difficult concepts. Thank you so much.
Fantastic lesson and examples, Im a guitarist, can translate to guitar and its very very helpful .. thank you ! I will learn more from you from your other tutorials brilliant !
Thank you for the lesson. Very good, very concise.
This video is pure gold! Thank you so much.
This video is GOLD!! 🤩
GREAT video, thank you so much. Gives me joy.
You are an excellent teacher!
min 8:11 Es un E7.
Gran video!, he aprendido mucho; estoy muy agradecido, saludos desde Chile!!!!!!!
Great Stuff. It REALLY opens up the ability to spice up my playing WITHOUT having to overthink things. Thank You sir! :-)
Wow! this is great and amazing. God bless you so much.
Thank you so much for this video! Cleared up a lot of confusion for me on this.
Awesome!!! the best tutorial ever!!! thank you very much.
Great video, thank you for sharing this! I think you meant to write E7 at 8:10 to resolve to the Amin. But you definitely have my subscription! I really like your style of teaching
You are amaxxing sir! This is Gold
very simpli learning how to play passing chord. Good tutorial
Fantastic explanation.. Good work to make videos like this. Thanks!
Man... this is freaking amazing...
one of the best video i watch on this youtube !!>
My head just went "poof"! Concise, relevant and most importantly... no 4 minute talking intro! Love it!
A lot of info in this tutorial. It will take me some time to break it all down, but thanks for this. So much more than most people put into "tutorials".
Very helpful and intuitive! Thank you!
I love the C blues with ending like Db7-C7.
Great and easy way to understand. Thank you
You killed it !
Extremely helpful! Congratulations!
Tons of info in a very short time great video
You know so much!! These videos are very helpful!!!!
Thanks very much Federico. Very helpful.
Dammit man, I always struggle with these things. It's amazing how you make such beautiful melodies with just three or four chords. Someday I'll be able to play like that thanks to your tutorials! :)
Beautifully put , Great video
Federico,Thank you very much! I like very much your tutorials. I've got my mind clear as clean water because this tutorial. that's way, I have found another additional interesting passing chords I am now playing in my church piano solos, and I would like to share to you and everybody interested to. So for example: F7 to Em7, to Eb7(b5) to Dm7 to Db7(b5) to CM7. And this one not very common, I guess nobody use this one but I do, I LIKE IT!: B half diminish to or B diminish7 to Bb7 to Am7 to AbM7 to Ab7(b5) Dm7 to G7 to F#M7 to CM7; and this one: CM7 to B diminish 7 to B7 to Em7 to Eb6 to Dm7 to B diminish 7 to Db7 to CM7. What do you think my friend?
Great stuff. Thanks so much for sharing!
Brilliant. Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful
Brilliantly explained. Amazing lesson. Muchisimas gracias. Tu eres increible. Humble thanks.
Innanzitutto grazie.Complimenti per la chiarezza.
u killing softly awesome video,thank u sir... best instructor so far for me...
This is super useful. Thank you very much.
Good lesson on 7th’s. You should take about how to use dim chords as passing chords. Example- you can approach a minor chord using a dim chord from 1/2 above or below. By the way, great demo video. Thanks. 👍
Any of these dominant chords roots are only a half step from one of the 3 diminished 7 chords. All of these context ways of using dominants comes from the diminished 7 chords and are related. Each diminished 7 has four dominants attached to it. Barry Harris explains this in great detail look him up.
This is an awesome video! Thank you soo much
So very helpful. Thank you!
This is truly amazing.
You are awesome!! Thank you!!
Great explanation, thanks very much
Great video Sir!
Dude!! You're my hero!! Thanks a lot L
Another good video you can make , you can show how does one decide what the cords of a tune should be based on the melody note. By the way, great demo video. Thanks. 👍
Thank you for this passing dominant chords video. Please check this out!... I just would like to make to notice that all diatonic chords have their own passing chord...the
Bm7 (b5) resolve to Em7... by other hand, the diminished chord C°7 resolves to Bm7(b5) and also Bm7(b5) can resolves to CM7 chord because the relationship with the G9 chord. Other chords can be resolved to the Bm7(b5) chord are: the C°7 or B7 or Cm7(b5), the Eb°7 or the D7 or Ebm7(b5), the Gb°7 or the F7 or the F#m7(b5), the A°7 or the Ab7 or the Am7(b5)... So, there are so many chords can be resolved to the 7th Bm7(b5) chord...Greetings from Tijuana!
Man I wish I could just save comments on here. Gonna have to screenshot this one.
Great video,great content!!
Good lesson,thank you!!
Amazing tutorial!!
wow...nice tutorial
Wow man such a usefull lesson. Thank you so much!!!
how are you "borrowing diminished chords"? I loved your explanation of everything in this video tutorial, but that sounded so amazing and I'd love to know the theory and context!!
Great, informative video, thanks, but one of the issues I have with "Jazz" theory is that it mis-labels chords. According to functional harmony, the so-called "Dominant Substitute" (ie, Dflat 7 in C major) really functions as a "Plagal" harmony or the sub-Dominant, or IV chord. Totally different function. Small point, but to a purist, like me, critical.
T H E best video on passing chords