I remember when I discovered these chords for the first time. Had a professor show me a 1-3-7 DMaj7 shell voicing and I had the idea to drop the root note one string to the E. The 6th chord has been my most used chord ever since.
Golly man, you are something else. My son is a guitarist. I dip my tongue in the music theory Cool-aid hoping to relate more closely with my son. I am an old Hippy. You’ve got my head spinning with your teaching.
1:55 this is The 6 voicing SRV used all the time in his songs, mostly ballads like "Rivera Paradise" and "Lenny" just to name a few, but he used it all the time. This for people who want to listen to some examples in songs, and how they are being used.
@SociopatheAssume I'm not going to say you're Rhonda right? It's just lame to bring up SRV in this context if you or your musical knowledge begins and ends with him, I guess you'll be stuck there, but the reality of it is is how does it work with other courts? That's the basis I can find jazz chords from Bill Evans that Bach used in his day because none of these chords are new. They've been there the whole time
@@Telepkr You really seem to believe that I care even an Iota about what you think ? How cute, but come back to earth buddy, you just a random guy on the internet who really likes the smell of his own farts, like a lot of other people here, it's not like you were the first I've read.
I very much enjoyed this. I'm a pedal steel player and taught myself to play back in the days before the Internet. Also I live in the UK and so there were no other pedal steel players nearby who I could ask for advice. What you explain so clearly is pretty much the basis of how pedal steel guitar tuning/copedent works. In fact it's pretty much impossible to make progress and gain any fluency on the instrument without understanding the substitution link possibilities between 6th and minor 7th. That movability of 6th chord tuning Is the very thing that makes ‘slidey’ guitars such a feature of Hawaiian jazz and country music. In pedal steel playing it doesn't matter whether the neck’s open strings is tuned to a C6 chord or an E9 ;the principle of what you're saying applies equally. It probably took me 5 or 6 years to figure that out shame you weren't around making videos like this in the 1980s!
Amazing teaching! As a songwriter your videos truly help me to expand my vocabulary and tools. Thank you so much for the effort you put into these lessons!
nice video, The Barry Harris method really ties all the major and minor 6 chords together into really cool scale of chords, the diminished minor and major 6th scales.
Wonderful analysis of the beloved 6th and min 6th chord🙂. Just found your channel, saw your Waltz for Debby video- you are killing it, brother- fantabulous!
Like ben eller hit a joint then went to jazz school. Seriously though, great lesson and patter. A lot of useful information without being overbearing at all, thanks for the help
I’m in bed at 4:00 AM and can’t sleep, and this gem of video pops up in my feed. Great material and presentation, man. You have yourself a new subscriber. Cheers!
Man ¡ ... I survived and made it right to the end ..... following you ... all the way ¡¡¡ ... am I now a Jazz believer ? ... YEEEESSS ¡¡¡ ... am I now a Jazz player ? ... not yet ... but certainly I will ... with more lessons from this channel ... my rock background is still in the way (CCR, JH, EC, SRV, G'n'R, AC/DC) ... but I still love Jazz ...😊
Great ideas for practice! Been working on 6th chord inversion by practicing the Barry Harris 6th diminished scales, it's nice that you can just slap the same symmetrical diminished shape between the inversions and you have the whole scale harmonized. Funtastic!
That first stretch chord was no problem for incredible jazz guitarist Johnny Smith.. that chord starts the walk down on his famous "Moonlight in Vermont". Excellent lesson, Bro.
I don't play jazz but that root position 6th shape on the low E always reminds me of the SRV tune 'Lenny'. Looking forward to trying some of this out. Thanks.
This is such a great lesson! One question: would you say, for someone who is actively trying to gig, is there a practical reason to continue thinking in terms of m7b5? Or should one just choose the 'concept/thinking' that seems most logical to them? I find this way, the 'Joe Pass' approach we could call it, to be a lottt simpler and instead of thinking of what mode to use on an ambiguous 'half-diminished' chord, I love the freedom of expression you've demonstrated using just the arpeggio or perhaps the jazz minor pentatonic (C, D, Eb, G, A)
Great lesson, thank you! Pat Martino's book Linear Expressions explores the concept of 'dualism' by substituting every chord with its minor equivalent. It took me some time to fully grasp this idea, but if I had started with your lesson, it would have been much easier to understand.
i like this lesson. you are very knowledgeable. I wish i had a guitar teacher like you. please make videos about all the different modes and things. I am very good at playing the guitar, but I dont know anything about theory so i have a hard time improvising.
the ted greene method = loads of fun, his chord code when it the penny finally drops and back and fore to verify what the jumble means, you finally slury bendy hammer/pul off a chord vowel into another word chordy slury slide and realise its not what it is at all and with constant hard practice you start to see a vocabulary as sometimes less is more or more is sometimes not said but hinted is best and then you find jimmy Bruno a grumpy real geezer who just talks fluent music and you realise jim has forgotten more than you'll ever ever know as he buzzy squeaky perfectionist and bone dry humour makes instant improvisations and by examples show how its possible. make the guitar really talk. and his hand crafted guitar it totally dry is an amazing unique priceless instrument and jim looking rough like some gangster cussing gives a master class in every possible way he doesn't hide anything and it's here on YT.
This was a great video. Thanks for the content. I have a question. In the key of G if I wanted to do layer a progression of 2 guitar parts, what chords would overlay if I did the whole thing with 6 chords? 1.) G6.....Em7 2.)Am 6... ? 3.) Bm6....? 4.)C6....? 5.) D6....? 6) Em6....? 7.) F#dim(add 6)....?
@@JakobPek I assumed you were the watercolor artist or someone in your family, due to the easel. Anyways, really good lessons. I can't wait to dig into your channel. Thanks
Thats such a great Video! Really helpful. Can someone maybe Name some artists to get More into that Kind of Style? I guess I am getting into Jazz now 😯
This is tough... off the top of my head... Books by Ted Greene, Harmonic Experience by WA Mathieu, The Fundamentals of Guitar by Miles Okazaki, and study/analyze Bach.
All chords are made from modes of scales. Know how to play all scales across the fretboard, you will then have access to every chord. And a mode to use with every chord for improvising.
Man I can’t stand most guitar lessons, but this one is great!
Hey, I feel the same! ;-)
I remember when I discovered these chords for the first time. Had a professor show me a 1-3-7 DMaj7 shell voicing and I had the idea to drop the root note one string to the E. The 6th chord has been my most used chord ever since.
Nice to see a 7-string that isn't obviously geared towards metal
@@YIIMM I know what you mean !
Check out charlie hunter if you want your mind blown by non metal 7 string
@Ughrphthschwrheign Fo Sheau
Samba and other Brazilian genres has 7 string classical guitars to play basslines!
Charlie Hunter on 8 strings in 1995~ ✨️
I also wanna recommend Troy Grady's video on "Choro"!
Juiiiicy
Golly man, you are something else. My son is a guitarist. I dip my tongue in the music theory Cool-aid hoping to relate more closely with my son. I am an old Hippy. You’ve got my head spinning with your teaching.
I'm sure you know already, but that means the world to your son. He won't ever forget that
This is great. I've told UA-cam not to recommend almost every other guitar channel. Finally i find something that's not obnoxious. Thanks
@@cm6534 cheers. Thank you.
Doing that now, thanks for the idea mate!
This channel is very funderrated
fank fou fery fuch…
Speaking of which where's the tip jar?
@@Telepkr There is a link to tip me in the description below the video. Cheers and thanks for listening!
@@JakobPek thx. I should use my eyes when looking. Lol
@ it’s all good. I appreciate the comment and the sentiment
1:55 this is The 6 voicing SRV used all the time in his songs, mostly ballads like "Rivera Paradise" and "Lenny" just to name a few, but he used it all the time. This for people who want to listen to some examples in songs, and how they are being used.
@SociopatheAssume I'm not going to say you're Rhonda right? It's just lame to bring up SRV in this context if you or your musical knowledge begins and ends with him, I guess you'll be stuck there, but the reality of it is is how does it work with other courts? That's the basis I can find jazz chords from Bill Evans that Bach used in his day because none of these chords are new. They've been there the whole time
@@Telepkr You really seem to believe that I care even an Iota about what you think ? How cute, but come back to earth buddy, you just a random guy on the internet who really likes the smell of his own farts, like a lot of other people here, it's not like you were the first I've read.
@SociopatheAssume so apparently now I control your emotions as well as your thinking. That's cool. So the randomness is not so random anymore. Is it?
@@Telepkryou're playing right into the stereotype
@@Telepkr what is wrong with you?
I very much enjoyed this. I'm a pedal steel player and taught myself to play back in the days before the Internet. Also I live in the UK and so there were no other pedal steel players nearby who I could ask for advice. What you explain so clearly is pretty much the basis of how pedal steel guitar tuning/copedent works. In fact it's pretty much impossible to make progress and gain any fluency on the instrument without understanding the substitution link possibilities between 6th and minor 7th.
That movability of 6th chord tuning Is the very thing that makes ‘slidey’ guitars such a feature of Hawaiian jazz and country music. In pedal steel playing it doesn't matter whether the neck’s open strings is tuned to a C6 chord or an E9 ;the principle of what you're saying applies equally.
It probably took me 5 or 6 years to figure that out shame you weren't around making videos like this in the 1980s!
Thanks for the comment.
This video just - makes sense -
Thanks for the comprehensive video. This will help in my music theory adventure.
@@wasnatehere cheers. Thank you.
This is excellent, I love how you give us the notes to improvise over the chord. So sick, love it
Thanks for the comment!
Wow that was simultaneously advanced and totally accessible.
cheers!
Omg I can't wait to show my punk band this.theyre are gonna love it ❤.
Rock 'n Roll
Amazing teaching! As a songwriter your videos truly help me to expand my vocabulary and tools. Thank you so much for the effort you put into these lessons!
Thanks very much for checking out my channel and for leaving a comment. Glad you found value in this lesson!
This is so sick! I've always loved this sound but never knew what it was. That tone is glorious
Thank you!
the only channel that i focus in studying guitar chord.. wow thank you LORD i saw this video
cheers!
This is the lesson everybody’s been missing
i reckon
commenting twice just to say as the video goes on it gets better! man you are incredibly good at teaching
Thank you Dylan. I appreciate the comment.
Awsome content & it all makes sense & your playing is AMAZING!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the comment Ricky 🎶🎸🎶
Great lesson. Thank you very kindly for that rabbit hole.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you Jakob,
It seems so easy for you when we are watching you but it must have been tremendous work to reach such a level.
Tank’s for sharing
thanks for the comment. I practiced an hour or so, once, some time ago.
nice video, The Barry Harris method really ties all the major and minor 6 chords together into really cool scale of chords, the diminished minor and major 6th scales.
It's all Funderstanding!
🎉🎸🎉
Love that sharp 4 also
all day!
Thank you for this lesson! Ten minutes in and I subbed n saved for later!
Awesome! Thank you!
Wonderful analysis of the beloved 6th and min 6th chord🙂. Just found your channel, saw your Waltz for Debby video- you are killing it, brother- fantabulous!
Cheers. Thank you!
A particular favorite : E6 over an F bass. F-e-g#-c#. Resolve it to an Fmaj7 or Fmin and you will love it.
coo
When you went over the different scales, mixolydian G major, so on and so on , …that’s what John Mayer does! that was sol dope! 🎉Thanks for that.
thanks
beautiful ideas and beautiful sound
Thank you!
That's so Fun King cool.
Funk yea!
Like ben eller hit a joint then went to jazz school. Seriously though, great lesson and patter. A lot of useful information without being overbearing at all, thanks for the help
thanks man. just keepin' it coooool baby... cool...
Great lesson !!!! Thank you !!!!
Thank you!
You won my sub.
Thanks a bunch.
You are awesome and well grounded.
Cheers. Thank you!
That was a marvelous lesson. Fundamental
@@DeGroove thank you!
incredibly helpful!
Happy to hear that!
I’m in bed at 4:00 AM and can’t sleep, and this gem of video pops up in my feed. Great material and presentation, man. You have yourself a new subscriber. Cheers!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for subscribing!
3:20 for me lol
saaaaame
@@ericdno3:21, this is peak late night viewing
Wish I felt like playing guitar past 8 o clock
Great teacher !
Thanks
Man ¡ ... I survived and made it right to the end ..... following you ... all the way ¡¡¡ ... am I now a Jazz believer ? ... YEEEESSS ¡¡¡ ... am I now a Jazz player ? ... not yet ... but certainly I will ... with more lessons from this channel ... my rock background is still in the way (CCR, JH, EC, SRV, G'n'R, AC/DC) ... but I still love Jazz ...😊
Thank you for the comment.
Great ideas for practice! Been working on 6th chord inversion by practicing the Barry Harris 6th diminished scales, it's nice that you can just slap the same symmetrical diminished shape between the inversions and you have the whole scale harmonized. Funtastic!
Funking sweet.
That first stretch chord was no problem for incredible jazz guitarist Johnny Smith.. that chord starts the walk down on his famous "Moonlight in Vermont". Excellent lesson, Bro.
cheers
Great! Thank you!
I appreciate it! 🎶🙂🎶
you gave me a massive "click moment" with this one, just opened me a new rabbit hole. thanks homie
Happy to hear that!
Very few guitar youtubers repping Pauline Oliveros and Fred Frith (happy 75th!), great lesson
@@benrashall7195 thank you!
@@benrashall7195 represent!
5:14 I felt that. 10/10.
cheers!
Great lesson, nice Tim Lerch book! 🤘
@@andrewjordanmuzic thanks! Tim is fantastic!
Good stuff man! Subscribed
Appreciate it! Thanks for the sub!
Excellent. Gained a lot. Thank you!
@@dpratte you’re welcome!
That guitar sounds really great, a complement for the instrument and the player
Cheers!
Amazing lesson, instant sub!
@@iorch82 thank you!
I just discovered your work ! Very good content thank you ! I love the m7b5 chords and now I can use it everywhere ;)
Thank you!
Thanks for GOLD .
Just paying my penance, m'lord. Your graces are appreciated.
This juxtaponic harmosition fills me with joy
@@MarshallPust ditto
harmoneutics
Amazing 😂@@JakobPek
The Majorminimisation is triflicating , splendiforous :-)
God bless you bro.
Jah bless
I don't play jazz but that root position 6th shape on the low E always reminds me of the SRV tune 'Lenny'.
Looking forward to trying some of this out.
Thanks.
Cheers!
Great stuff Jakob. One of my favorite uses of m6 chords is on iv in a major key leading back to the I, ie: I I7 IV iv6 I
Sam! Good to hear from you.
And yes! m6 as a iv6 is one of THE sounds.
very nice! when are the modern chord progressions videos coming back?
@@a2bMovements soon! soon! I swears it
I like your cool Tele style 7 string!
Thank you!
Awesome content. Subscribed!
@@BHJ7115 cheers. Thank you!
This is such a great lesson! One question: would you say, for someone who is actively trying to gig, is there a practical reason to continue thinking in terms of m7b5? Or should one just choose the 'concept/thinking' that seems most logical to them? I find this way, the 'Joe Pass' approach we could call it, to be a lottt simpler and instead of thinking of what mode to use on an ambiguous 'half-diminished' chord, I love the freedom of expression you've demonstrated using just the arpeggio or perhaps the jazz minor pentatonic (C, D, Eb, G, A)
none of this is practical! I'm joking, but really, I think the ability to see "multiple harmonies in one" is the game changer.
Great lesson, thank you! Pat Martino's book Linear Expressions explores the concept of 'dualism' by substituting every chord with its minor equivalent. It took me some time to fully grasp this idea, but if I had started with your lesson, it would have been much easier to understand.
@@ozkancanbay4963 cheers. Thanks for stopping by!
Good stuff ❤
@@reganweire5547 thank you
You are an encyclological musicopedia. Now I’m harmonating about rumonics, as the Good Tend inlorded.
To the whiteboard !
✌ 👽 🎸
Pardon the typo, obviously it’s ‘harminating’.
Just practicing our harmoneutics.
This is great.
Thank you!
thank you so much
@@tomchen7000 you’re welcome!
I’ve always thought a good 6 chord after a tune full of 7ths is like popping a tums after Italian food
TUMS...TUMS TUMS TUMS...TUMMSSS!!!
Great books! Vic Juris (I believe) has a Bill Evans for guitar MI press I believe.
Great video!
Thank you! :-)
great vid
Thank you
i like this lesson. you are very knowledgeable. I wish i had a guitar teacher like you. please make videos about all the different modes and things. I am very good at playing the guitar, but I dont know anything about theory so i have a hard time improvising.
Thanks for the comment and checking out my channel! More to come!
This was the best intro I’ve ever seen lol
@@jesseespinoza6937 thanks!
could you do a guitar lesson on developing vocabulary to play over a static Dom 7 vamp please?
@@HendersonGuitar yes…Yes I Can!
This video is funderappreciated
That G Major scale sounds really good over the G6 chord.
indeed
sixth is my favourite interval
coo~
Wow ur knowledge and explanation in context, is unbelievable! Did u go to Berkeley ?
Thanks for the comment. Didn't go to Berkeley, no, but I did study a Mel Bay book once.
G6 -> I would start with open D, open G, open B, open E and leverage the obvious comparison with Em7. Great video!
but I would not!
❤ nice video u r greate
Thank you so much 😀
the ted greene method = loads of fun, his chord code when it the penny finally drops
and back and fore to verify what the jumble means, you finally slury bendy hammer/pul off
a chord vowel into another word chordy slury slide and realise its not what it is at all
and with constant hard practice you start to see a vocabulary as sometimes less is more
or more is sometimes not said but hinted is best and then you find jimmy Bruno a grumpy
real geezer who just talks fluent music and you realise jim has forgotten more than you'll
ever ever know as he buzzy squeaky perfectionist and bone dry humour makes instant
improvisations and by examples show how its possible. make the guitar really talk.
and his hand crafted guitar it totally dry is an amazing unique priceless instrument
and jim looking rough like some gangster cussing gives a master class in every possible
way he doesn't hide anything and it's here on YT.
indeed
Lydian dominant over the G6 background was so beautiful- is it a common scale in jazz? It felt so
A great sound it be! Yes, Lydian will be used in jazz contexts.
This was a great video. Thanks for the content. I have a question. In the key of G if I wanted to do layer a progression of 2 guitar parts, what chords would overlay if I did the whole thing with 6 chords?
1.) G6.....Em7
2.)Am 6... ?
3.) Bm6....?
4.)C6....?
5.) D6....?
6) Em6....?
7.) F#dim(add 6)....?
I'm afraid this is your homework my friend. I'll do the first one... Am6 ~ F#ø ... notice the answer is... a 6th away.
Funderstanding, great way to start out 2025, THX!
funkin' awesome!
Nice Lesson. Thx
Who is yhe watercolor artist? Looks great.
Thanks. I'll look into it!
@@JakobPek
I assumed you were the watercolor artist or someone in your family, due to the easel. Anyways, really good lessons. I can't wait to dig into your channel.
Thanks
@ thank you!
I need to study a month every day 2 hours to understand all you say. Anyway thank you 🙏
one day at a time!
cool content
10:00 love these concepts so much and i use them to great effect.
cheers!
Great lesson. What kind of guitar is that?
Thank you. It is a mystery guitar buily by Fat Dawg of Subway Guitars in Berkeley, CA
Great instruction ! What guitar is this that you’re playing ?
@@mykevenable8180 made by Fat Dawg of Berkeley CA. It’s essentially a Frankenstein telecaster
@@mykevenable8180 built by fat dog of Berkeley California, from his shop subway guitars. It is essentially a Frankenstein telecaster.
@@JakobPek Thanks man, the F-tele has a nice tone.
@@mykevenable8180 Thanks man
How long have you studied guitar for? This video is very helpful and I'm trying to improve faster than I am now
since I was a wee little one
You can use that 6th chord note to make the minor root e.g. A minor from C major
Thats such a great Video! Really helpful. Can someone maybe Name some artists to get More into that Kind of Style? I guess I am getting into Jazz now 😯
@@mantax2431 thanks for the comment. Check out Lenny Breau, Ted Greene, Joe Pass and the like.
Who makes that Tele you are playing?
And are those active mini humbuckers?
Fat Dawg of Berkeley, CA. This is an Alembic
NOW IM FEELIN SO FLY LIKE A Em7
ditto!
Any idea good theory books you could recommend that are detailed like your explanations?
This is tough... off the top of my head... Books by Ted Greene, Harmonic Experience by WA Mathieu, The Fundamentals of Guitar by Miles Okazaki, and study/analyze Bach.
❤@@JakobPek
Is this what they were singing about in that "Like a G6" song?
@@larsu-gx579 yes!!! 🛩️
Doesn't the Minor 6th have that 'detective story/movie' sound?
I am actually undercover.
Facetinating explorience
Chanks!
What am I missing. You’re playing the C (3rd fret of the A string) and calling it the root of the G6.? @1:32
@@mvmmotovlogmusic2815 look closer, my friend… Look closer…
G6 is the best G! even astrounauts cant handle it sometimes!
It's the spot!
Subbed
@@satchrules101 domo
F yeah
All chords are made from modes of scales.
Know how to play all scales across the fretboard, you will then have access to every chord.
And a mode to use with every chord for improvising.
really?
Gmajor 7...Boss😊
indeed
Augminished & demented chords, said Chet 😢
"de-mon-ish" chords