MAKING SENSE of chord progression and how to IMPROVISE OVER THEM
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Guitarists love to improvise but often have trouble knowing what scale/mode they need to use in a given context. “Should I use the major pentatonic scale? The minor pentatonic? Where do I use modes? Is the first chord the key?” Etc.
Before I really understood theory, I remember being always confused by chord progressions… So I would simply use my ear to slowly find a scale that seemed to work. And to be fair, this skill - the ability to find a key by ear - is also a life-saver and is very important. But my approach to improvising and composing really changed and improved when I started understanding the rules of harmony.
And this all starts with the concept of harmonization of scales. While harmonization alone won’t give you all the answers, it is the foundation of chord progressions and understanding/practicing harmonizing scales and modes, will already shine light on many aspects of harmony.
In this video, I will give you all the FOUNDATIONAL TOOLS to UNDERSTAND CHORD PROGRESSIONS:
We will explore topics such as:
- The 3 different harmonic contexts and how to recognize them
- The harmonization of the major scale in “big triads” and trimmed-down triads
- How to analyze a chord progression and find the key
- The concept of framework scale
- The harmonization of the natural minor scale
- Etc.
We will also go through the process of analyzing a real chord progression together.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
05:01 The notion of Harmonic Context (what you play “over”)
07:52 Are there rules to know what to play?
09:38 The 3 main Harmonic Contexts
11:40 The notion of chord progression
12:26 How genre affects your playing but not your framework
15:21 How to recognize the Harmonic Context you are in
19:25 The notion of center or Tonic Chord
20:20 The harmonization of a scale
24:41 THEORY: Harmonization of the C MAJOR scale in triads
31:22 ON THE FRETBOARD: Harmonization of the C MAJOR scale in A shape triads
32:35 ANNOUNCEMENT: Will Metz Guitar Academy
35:32 Harmonization of C major in trimmed-down triads
37:00 What it means to be “in a key”
38:02 HARMONIZATION OF ANY MAJOR SCALE - NASHVILLE SYSTEM
41:10 EXERCISE: Chord progression analysis
43:00 Theory Practice
44:57 Fretboard Practice
49:27 Practice in one area of the fretboard
50:07 Harmonization of the A MINOR scale
55:02 HARMONIZATION OF ANY MINOR SCALE - NASHVILLE SYSTEM
57:27 Knowing if the tune is major or minor
1:01:55 REAL TUNE ANALYSIS
1:09:38 RECAP
1:14:59 Outro and Will Metz Guitar Academy
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Absolutely a really great lesson! Many thanks, Will, you are an excellent guitarist who can teach crystal clearly.
So glad I found this channel. Content is well thought and no fluff. Keep it up! … and please don’t shorten your videos to accommodate those with short attention spans. Thank you!!
Thank you!
Thank you for the great long invested lesson! i love your attitude 😊
I have seen countless videos and this is wonderfully and clearly explained. Great video
Great video Will. Thanks.
Excellent example and a well thought out description of a practice routine. Thank your very much .... Keep up the great work.
P.S. I did buy both of your books.
I really like your work Will! Thanks!
Thanks man!
Brilliant work Guillaume. I watched the full video and learned quite a bit. Thank You.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you. I truly appreciate your long form videos and your logical, useful explanations of music theory.
Thank you for supporting me and having the patience to listen :)
i am learning piano, but i like your music theory, works for any instrument. great lesson and thx for sharing👍👏🙏
The section from 3:30-4:45 or so was enough to get my respect, my like and my subscription. I appreciate longform, non-baity, lesson style content. Thank you x1000
Brilliant!! 😊 thank you...
Your videos are excellent. No fluff, and enough depth for the intermediate guitarist to really dig deeper into music.
Also, so much of music theory is misunderstood because people don't even try to explain the context of music, so pieces of theory just seem random. You take the time to give the detail, and also explain how that detail relates to everything else.
Thank you
Thanks!!!
gracias!
Very, very good information.
You are a superb teacher.
I delved deeply into learning modes, theory etc….but you unlocked the more simple secrets…that I neglected to learn (no good teacher…coupled with my ambition)
Thanks. I will pursue your instructions.
This means a LOT to me. Thank you
Long video, lots of content, well worth it in the end. I like your improvisation section. If you could display what chord you were improvising over would be really helpful. Another thing that would be really helpful would be a list of songs for beginner level to practice arpeggios without being too overwhelmed. Thanks for the great lesson 🙏🏼❤️
I’m in. Looking forward to your ideas.
Thank you!
VERY NICE CONTENT ! I really like the way you took your time to explain all this.
I play bass and always thought that theory is the key to musical freedom.
I already know all these basics but I must confess that transfering theory into action can sometime not be so easy but when it happens, it can turn into a real nice epiphany moment.
I considered subscribeing right away and will definetly follow you.
One question though (not related to music) : are you French ?
BIGUP FROM PARIS.
Oui je suis de Paris!!
I see metz upload, I binge metz. 🙏
Haha! Thanks my friend
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Well met, will metz
I’m systematically downloading all your docs and, like others have said, I feel like I’m stealing… New go-to channel.
You’re not stealing. And if you’re serious, join the waitlist of the academy!
Amazing lesson, wonderful teaching. Thank you Will.
Thank you for this ! Note to self : 45:00
1st viewer, your courses are very useful thanks
Thank you for supporting me!
I have a question about the example of the chord progression in Fmaj. How do i distinguish between Fmaj and Bfmaj or Gm?
Thank you for the great content!
/Emil
I guess I’m having trouble understanding the question. What do you mean how to distinguish them?
Excellent instruction. I would advise you to get to around 47 much sooner. Work in an example quickly of what you are talking about. Thanks for the lesson!
The first 47 minutes are the most important of this whole lesson. Most of what guitarists need to focus on does not involve playing !
Cheers. The Bee Gees songs- if just jamming with people who know the songs are generally tricky to work out the key. Most pop music I can figure it out.
Is their music more complex?
Plus one! :)
I've been self taught for going on 4 years,, its all online,and its been a journey to say the least. Alot of what your saying is greek to me lol but im gona subscribe , cant afford a teacher , so i am doing what i can to try and at least understand this instrument.
Been playing for four years, prior to that many years ago, don't understand theory, connect everything to master the keyboard, get better, and conceptualize the major and minor keys , etcetera...Thanks Will
Wanting to understand the guitar e: g CAGED system, modes, etc.
I watch your complete videos
You’re one of a kind then! :) thank you
Hi Will Metz, First i would love appreciate you! thank you for your dedication making great videos. I am guitar beginner... i found it difficult learning bar chords finger position on every string... i tried searching videos they are very short and unclear, do you have any video suggestion? God bless you, Biyah From Ethiopia!
For specific technique elements, nothing beats and in person teacher, if you are an early beginner :)
Wonderful video here Guillaume, I've just gotten through learning all the notes of the fretboard & now i will look to identify the notes to modes/scales for progressions in the way you've described here. Might be a while, but many thanks regardless 🫡
So....Say I get the harmonization from the major scale and understand how the chords change in a modal context.....same chords in a different order, is starting with a minor or major pentatonic and adding the modal tones over the appropriate chord the best way to approach improvisation or is there a better way/ side note, I havent finished the video yet
It’s my personal favorite way of improving over modes, yes. I use the pentatonic as my main framework and add the color notes of the mode.
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"modes are scales" - brilliant!
Well, not exactly. Modes are tonal centers (which affect the sound of the scale) when using a scale. For example, the C maj scale has seven modes. Think of modes as "moods" of the C maj scale, because when you use modes you are just changing the way the C maj scale will sound (mostly by picking where you stop, and how the chord progression is laid out). In reality, there are only a few modes that anyone ever uses.
yeah I get the technical explanation, but I am a bit OCD and when former teachers said Dorian is the 2nd mode of lets say G I was lost LOL!... all I could hear in my head was G and couldn't figure out how the Dorian mode of G had anything to do with G! Had my teachers say something like 'when you have progression like say Santana Oye Como Va or a chord progression that is minor to maj use this "scale" mixed in and in addition to minor pentatonic etc..@@LoraxChannel
Modes are exactly scales. The fact that they are nested in another scale does not make them something different. If they were NOT scales, then the natural minor would not be a scale (since it is the 6th mode of the major scale). Yet... as far as I know, the natural minor scale is a scale just as much as it is a mode.
Agreed - having teachers give me modes without context was no favor to me - the teaching should have been more like 'if you encounter x type of chord sequence then apply x scale and oh by the way x scale is technically called a mode' .....LOL Love your channel Will!@@willmetz_music
@@RedMercuryBluesBand This was me, exactly. I didn't get it for almost a decade, and I knew basic theory pretty well, as well as knowing blues, major, minor, and M/m pentatonic scales relative to a chord (in other words, I was an intermediate player).
The thing that got me to hear a mode was playing a single chord backing track (like just an A chord over and over, or a C chord over and over), and then playing all the modes over just that single chord. I did that playing the notes 1 to 8 and back 8 to 1 for each mode, and also played the 1 3 5 in each mode (when I write 1 3 5, I mean in reference to the mode, so in reference to the starting major scale, it would be 2 4 6, or 3 5 7, or whatever)
I think if you do that, you will hear the difference. For me, a little light turned on, and I was like, "oh, there is a point to this whole mode thing." There is a different character to each mode.
I know this isn't the end of the story. Song writers talk about modes and they seem to get used differently in chord progressions and advanced theory, but to me, just understanding the sound of a mode in a lead over a chord, got me on the path.
I only really use 2 or 3 modes, because I'm not that great, and I mostly lead over pop, rock, or my current favorite, Spanish music. I started with Mixolydian first, because a lot of the players I like use it.
I hope my experience helps, but just be warned, I'm no master. I'm just a guy that is sharing how the light turned on regarding modes in my journey. All the best !
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damn I have been stuying piano / music theroy for almost 2 years now.
and I was interested to see what someone would say in an hour with this clickbait title haha.
and you didn't really go over anything of the title. like you kind of skimmed over the idea
like that MInor 4 parallel in the beatles tune would be over dorian / or G minoor arpeggio or w/e
that Major fights more with the natural 4 so you would use Lydian mode , over a major chord, but that's part of me knowing that, not you saying it.
I guess I was just looking for what your title suggested, but I apperciate th content on invewrsion triads, because those are a bitch on the guitar and i have been trying to figure out how to look at that with drop / rootless voicings/ shells.
My compaint/compliments all in one. take it or leave it. :) but I did sub because of the Caged Idea- which i hate and think is a crutch, but I will look at it your way . and you teach information with a way that's great.
You can’t explain everything in 1h. These are the basics. PS: the parallel minor 4 is rarely Dorian.
yeah i get that I am just saying, but when I said dorian, I meant what you may play over. thanks though either way. @@willmetz_music
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I like music theory, but only a minute or two in, and this already sounds awfully complicated.
Just tell me the chords. I didn't need to know how & why they came up with 'em.
Ok, so it's in the key of C. What more do you need to know, if all you're gonna do is "noodle" around.
That's not really improvising.
Not for me. Far too long-winded without getting to the point.
I'm out, and unsubscribed.