This is the most concise way of explaining Jazz theory I've ever heard. I'm a (Lazy) Pianist and enjoy playing jazz, but oft find myself at a lack of understanding; I also play ukulele but don't really know how to go about improving. This video was really helpful, Thanks!
Great lesson! My favorite jazz standard is not that well known. When Joanna Loved Me, best done by Tony Bennett. Urge a listen, classic intro, beautiful tune, lyrics that will slay the right listener.
Such a beautiful tune and with classic harmony just like we're talking about! Starts out with a ii V I in F and then a minor ii V back to that ii chord to loop it around again! in that B section you get the wonderful four to minor four/backdoor dominant trick (with a ii V I to get you to the initial IV chord). But really, could Tony Bennett sing anything and not have it be amazing?!
Such a helpful video, and one to save for watching again later - thank you, Christopher! One of my favourites is September Song written by Kurt Weill 😊
A gorgeous tune! With some fun harmony that's just a bit off kilter. It starts on the IV chord and then walks on down and does a ii V I in the A section; nice and basic except that IV is a dominant, borrowing from blues harmony (a whole other can of worms!) The bridge is just a big old iv (remember that substituted for a V chord) eventually going to I at the end. Nice and simple sound of tension and release in a less than conventional way.
Written by the great Burt Bacharach! Starts on the IV chord and has some very unique harmony to it but still quite a bit of this functional stuff in there: most of explained by what the bass movement is doing. Bacharach just loves avoiding an obvious V chord. That A section floats so beautifully from chord to chord until finally landing on the I.
One of my favorite tunes as well! It's a masterclass in deception through harmony. Right off the bat it starts off on the vi chord (the relative minor of the I making you think it's in a minor key but it's not!) then does a nice little walkdown to the to the IV chord then ii (oh here it is setting up a nice ii V I!) and what does Richard Rogers do? Then puts a minor ii V back to the Cm. NO resolution for you. The B section finally goes to major giving that beautiful sweet sound with an upward bass line mirroring the descending bassline in the first few bars then right on back to that pesky harmonic trick putting us back in the seemingly minor key for the C section. The last few bars we get that chromatic walkdown (tritone subs!) with a ii V FINALLY allowing us to land on the Eb major chord. A constant fight for where is home!
Love that Tune and it has nearly all of these tricks in there! It started out with a beautiful movement of I to III (that should be a minor iii but the composer puts it in motion right away by making it dominant). Then to a IV (substituting for ii) V but resolving to vi (remember that's the minor sound of I!) the nfinally coming around ii V - so basic and beautiful. The bridge is the same as the basic harmony Honeysuckle rose :) the second most copied after rhythm changes
LOVE that tune. That Coltrane version is really something else. It has all those classic harmonies arranged in such a unique was as well. The entire A section is such a great play on the ii V I in F with some common substitutions. then that great final 8 finally giving you that IV to iv/backdoor dominant sound. to I VI II V So simply harmonically but the melody says it all
The melody was so dominant, really didn't hear the subtle shadowy steps of the harmony in this great detail..the first 2-5-1 yes, but completely missed the last 1-6-2-5. Want to hear it again and pay close attention to the harmony. Thank you...and yes, such great sound, it was Van Gelder edition as far as I remember..
One of my absolute favorite tunes to talk about harmony with! All the Things You Are is an example of something that is so simple yet so complex at the same time. The first thing to understand is that it cycles through five keys throughout the course of the tune and once you have those harmonic landing points the chords become a lot easier to understand The A section starts in Ab (that's the usual key, could be anything of course!) which is the key of the song itself but that is the last time we'll see it until the final section. It starts off with vi ii V I (just our common progression but starting on the vi!) then it goes to the IV and has the most beautiful modulation. that Dbmaj7 is a pivot chord that brings us to the new key, which it is the IV of Ab it is also the tritone sub (but a maj 7 variety) for the V in our new target - C major The B section does the same progression but up a fifth from where we started Eb -> G The C section gives a nice ii V I in the G (where we ended the B section) then directly to a ii V I in E (our final key in the tune)! The last chord of this section is the VI chord in E BUT it also serves as the V chord of the ii (those secondary dominants I talk about in the video) in the original key of Ab where it will stay for the rest of the tune. It does ii V I iv in Ab then to IV - iv (our minor 4/backdoor dominant sound) but resolving to a iii instead of I (remember they are harmonically similar) before giving us the final ii V I in Ab finally coming to rest. Interestingly in the original version of the tune Kern wrote not a V - I for the last 2 chords but a iv - I which got changed in later versions. This tune could have a whole book written about its harmonic genius.
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This is the most concise way of explaining Jazz theory I've ever heard. I'm a (Lazy) Pianist and enjoy playing jazz, but oft find myself at a lack of understanding; I also play ukulele but don't really know how to go about improving.
This video was really helpful, Thanks!
Hi Christopher. I really enjoy how you build connections and patterns to make great sound happen! I will watch this lesson again!😊
Thanks! So glad that you enjoyed it :)
Whaaaaat!? This is pure genius! Thank you! 🙂❤️
So glad it helped :)
Great lesson! My favorite jazz standard is not that well known. When Joanna Loved Me, best done by Tony Bennett. Urge a listen, classic intro, beautiful tune, lyrics that will slay the right listener.
Such a beautiful tune and with classic harmony just like we're talking about! Starts out with a ii V I in F and then a minor ii V back to that ii chord to loop it around again! in that B section you get the wonderful four to minor four/backdoor dominant trick (with a ii V I to get you to the initial IV chord). But really, could Tony Bennett sing anything and not have it be amazing?!
anything with Mr. Bennett is bound to be above average.
There is a Paul Desmond version of 'When Joanna Love me', great take as well.
@@koustavmondal3288 wow! And with Jim Hall, yummy.
@@koustavmondal3288 Hadn't heard that one before, wonderful recording!
Such a helpful video, and one to save for watching again later - thank you, Christopher! One of my favourites is September Song written by Kurt Weill 😊
A gorgeous tune! With some fun harmony that's just a bit off kilter. It starts on the IV chord and then walks on down and does a ii V I in the A section; nice and basic except that IV is a dominant, borrowing from blues harmony (a whole other can of worms!)
The bridge is just a big old iv (remember that substituted for a V chord) eventually going to I at the end. Nice and simple sound of tension and release in a less than conventional way.
As always, great info
Great lesson! The tune that comes to my mind is The Carpenters ballad “Close To You”
Written by the great Burt Bacharach! Starts on the IV chord and has some very unique harmony to it but still quite a bit of this functional stuff in there: most of explained by what the bass movement is doing. Bacharach just loves avoiding an obvious V chord. That A section floats so beautifully from chord to chord until finally landing on the I.
Maybe a little cliche but my favorite is My Funny Valentine ❤ Great yet simple explanation, Christopher!
One of my favorite tunes as well! It's a masterclass in deception through harmony. Right off the bat it starts off on the vi chord (the relative minor of the I making you think it's in a minor key but it's not!) then does a nice little walkdown to the to the IV chord then ii (oh here it is setting up a nice ii V I!) and what does Richard Rogers do? Then puts a minor ii V back to the Cm. NO resolution for you.
The B section finally goes to major giving that beautiful sweet sound with an upward bass line mirroring the descending bassline in the first few bars then right on back to that pesky harmonic trick putting us back in the seemingly minor key for the C section. The last few bars we get that chromatic walkdown (tritone subs!) with a ii V FINALLY allowing us to land on the Eb major chord.
A constant fight for where is home!
My favorite is " On The Sunny Side Of The Street" and I think its goes from C as well :)
Love that Tune and it has nearly all of these tricks in there! It started out with a beautiful movement of I to III (that should be a minor iii but the composer puts it in motion right away by making it dominant). Then to a IV (substituting for ii) V but resolving to vi (remember that's the minor sound of I!) the nfinally coming around ii V - so basic and beautiful.
The bridge is the same as the basic harmony Honeysuckle rose :) the second most copied after rhythm changes
My favourite jazz standard would be 'Violets for your fur' best done by both Sinatra and Coltrane.
LOVE that tune. That Coltrane version is really something else. It has all those classic harmonies arranged in such a unique was as well. The entire A section is such a great play on the ii V I in F with some common substitutions. then that great final 8 finally giving you that IV to iv/backdoor dominant sound. to I VI II V So simply harmonically but the melody says it all
The melody was so dominant, really didn't hear the subtle shadowy steps of the harmony in this great detail..the first 2-5-1 yes, but completely missed the last 1-6-2-5. Want to hear it again and pay close attention to the harmony. Thank you...and yes, such great sound, it was Van Gelder edition as far as I remember..
Thank you!
Thanks Christopher. Opening up a lot of doors for me. Would this count as jazz "Jerome Kern's All The Things You Are"?
One of my absolute favorite tunes to talk about harmony with!
All the Things You Are is an example of something that is so simple yet so complex at the same time. The first thing to understand is that it cycles through five keys throughout the course of the tune and once you have those harmonic landing points the chords become a lot easier to understand
The A section starts in Ab (that's the usual key, could be anything of course!) which is the key of the song itself but that is the last time we'll see it until the final section. It starts off with vi ii V I (just our common progression but starting on the vi!) then it goes to the IV and has the most beautiful modulation. that Dbmaj7 is a pivot chord that brings us to the new key, which it is the IV of Ab it is also the tritone sub (but a maj 7 variety) for the V in our new target - C major
The B section does the same progression but up a fifth from where we started Eb -> G
The C section gives a nice ii V I in the G (where we ended the B section) then directly to a ii V I in E (our final key in the tune)! The last chord of this section is the VI chord in E BUT it also serves as the V chord of the ii (those secondary dominants I talk about in the video) in the original key of Ab where it will stay for the rest of the tune. It does ii V I iv in Ab then to IV - iv (our minor 4/backdoor dominant sound) but resolving to a iii instead of I (remember they are harmonically similar) before giving us the final ii V I in Ab finally coming to rest.
Interestingly in the original version of the tune Kern wrote not a V - I for the last 2 chords but a iv - I which got changed in later versions.
This tune could have a whole book written about its harmonic genius.
@@Banjoleletinman My all time favourite to sing.