Damn it dude. I'm so happy to have stumbled across your channel. I studied music about a decade ago, and haven't done anything with it...this takes me back and I'm loving the music theory discussion! AWESOME WORK!!!!
Just found out about you this past month and I'm blown away by the content. Thanks so much for being so knowledgeable about these harmonic topics. Keep the chord progressions comin!
props bro. you are totally brilliant. i am a lifetime musician, have been full time for ten years but have learnt so much from this. pleasure to watch someone who is fluent in the language. : ) keep up the great work.
Jeff your videos are amazing! We were at UMass for grad school at the same time but I was in the classical composition department and I don't think we ever crossed paths. I've been looking for this type of harmonic content for a while, cheers man
I've watched/listened to this video a couple of times now, and every time I gain a new tip/trick that I hadn't realised before! Amazing. Keep up the good work Jeff and thank you so much for these informative lessons. You're very inspiring!
Hi Jeff. SICK stuff as always. I didn't even notice the video was 20+ mins! That's the mark of an awesome teacher/performer. Keep up the hard (SICK!) work. Lots of respect!
I feel like I just leveled up +10 after watching this vid lol I've been taking so many notes on your content and it's great how you get things across. The concepts are not always easy but the encouragement helps so much. Thank you!
Been looking for a place to brush up on my theory. It's been years since I delved deep into music. You earned a loyal subscriber. You remind me of my theory TA
There seems to be so many different voicings available for every simple and polytonal chords and I don't understand how you and all the Jazz cats are able to pump out all these beautiful voicings in flawless sequences with so much variation. I can manage the root positions as well as the inversions, but I get lost with all the voicings. Am I missing something or is there a good way to learn/memorize(?) all the voicings? It seems like a whole new dimension that I don't have access to but able to see and hear it happen.
Here is a good exercise for you: pick a random triad, then pick a bass note and go up the chromatic scale. Then analyze how it can function. For example, C major triad over D#/Eb. Eb C E G -> Eb C Fb G (same thing) I see this chord as having R 13 b9 3. You can use it as a Eb7 b9/13th chord, which comes from the half-whole diminished scale. Try to rearrange the notes or invert the structure to get more interesting sounds. Then move on to E, F, F#, G yada, yada, yada. Apply same steps with C maj7 #5 for a four-note voicing and see what happens. Basically, get a group of notes and see how you can use it. For example, A C# F Ab. I just made that up. Can this function as a chord? The exercise that I mentioned is a more systematic way of doing this because it gives you a chord structure you already know. BTW, if you form a chord that doesn't a 3 or 7 or R, you can still use it to imply the 3rd or 7th. You just need to surround it with more obvious chords in a chord progression like a ii-V-I. Or you can use the chord to have an ambiguous sound for some cool effect.
Voicings are quite hard to conceive because you can have many of them for just one single chord. triads are easier, and you can see how a certain voicing can change subtleties in chord color. When you have tensions, in jazz, then chords contain a "scale of chord tones and tensions", wich presents more notes, hence more intervals, to arrange and change the color palette. Its a long way to get there, but this is a very good book on the subject: www.amazon.com/Modern-Jazz-Voicings-Arranging-Ensembles/dp/0634014439/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=XM8T1SPHDTE1F42CS5X8
It just takes practice. Also, make sure you're thinking of the notes as numbers e.g. CMaj7 voicing C G B E is 1 5 7 3. It can also help to first focus on your outer voices (top and bottom notes in a voicing) and then fill in the the inner voices - again, thinking about everything with numbers. Take a voicing you like and transpose as quickly as possible. It will come, I promise!
Hi! You can also focus on colours intervals make. A chord played on the root position will not sound the same as the inversion or alternate voicings (even if it's the same chord). Let's take the first chord of the progression above that Jeff Schneider plays. It's G/B with only 3 notes. If you play it on the root position it would be G-B-D-G(1-3-5-8(or1)). This voicing is composed by a 3rdM (G to B) a 3rdm (B to D) and a 4th (D to G). If you take a look on Jeff's voicing, it's B-G-D-and G again. Which is a 6th m (B to G), a 5th (G to D) and a 4th (D to G). To sum up; two 3rds and a 4th in one side, a 6th a 5th and a 4th on the other. What makes the beauty of the chord, it's the intervals Jeff chose to use. So don't hesitate to work on colours intervals create and try to find them in chords inversions and voicings.
Hey man! Im learning jazz for about a year. When i was stydyng about 9b or lydian dominant i found this video and was kind of confusing to me! Now, a year later i found out again by mistake and i just wanted to say Thank You so much! Please keep doing with such a quality! Cheers from Chile, and good Jazz!
I watched till fourteen and a half minutes 😁 I understand basically all of the theory but just I love listening to your ideas and your reasoning behind them. Love your style too and have been trying to learn from your ideas in my own compositions. Thanks so much man :))
11:34 "What's next? I don't remember" Oh, my god, I didn't see that coming and I can't stop laughing. You are one of the few guys on youtube that explain every single chord. I've watched a lot of people "That's C" and they are playing C6/9 or "That's G" and they are playing Gm9(11)
Just found your channel and love your videos. As a producer trying to enhance my music theory understanding and escape the diatonic state of mind your videos are great. Thanks for sharing your knowledge... keep up the great content!
Jeff, your videos make me grateful that the internet exists. Can you share what interface or app you're using, that's displaying the staves and notations on the screen? Is it generally available? Thanks for sharing so much foundational stuff.
I'm primarily a guitar player, but being familiar with the piano, these tutorials have been incredibly useful... does anybody know of the Jeff Schneider guitar counterpart? That would complete my life.
Amazing vid as usual Jeff, thanks. I'm trying to transpose to other keys though. How would you transpose melodies: thinking of it as intervals jumping or as in okay over this Bbm chord, I'm jumping to the 5 and b7, or even as just relative to the key your in (IE goin to the 5 of home key, then b7). Hope this makes sense. Just curious about your thought process there.
Hello Jeff, Ure videos are always informative (why i subscribed). I understand the theory and the chord progressions but my issue is how do I figure out the fingering? The fingering is what separates the men from the boys. I can't tell when you are using one hand or two hands with the different chords and when it's obvious you must be using two hands again I can't figure out the fingering that gives the speed and flexibility to move seamlessly thru the piece. Any help would be appreciated.
I guess I'm a diehard! Great content, love the way you explain stuff, and appreciate that you cover stuff that's more than just elementary! Keep up the great work!
Jeff. Congratulations. Here I am, with my piano ... Canary Islands...learning!! Amazing tutorial. Step by step. Great job. Miss some tips for those of us who can´t play a 9th interval on white keys with one hand. For example....chord on 15:52....FM9(13). How would u to play that if u were me....obviously leaving some notes behind. But which one(s). TY
great video thanks a lot! can you tell me what is the application you use to see the score of what you play in midi! Does it work with a Mac computer? thanks!
Great video jeff. The first four notes of the melody are reminiscent of the mets theme song....eastside, west side....I'll bet your buddy steve is happy about that!
Jeff, this is truly great. Thank you! I am quite experienced with the theory behind your voicings, but I really like your tasteful (!) aproach and the fact that you seem to have fun explaining. Does anyone knows the software he uses to visualize the chords, the keyboard and the piano score?
I havr a question. How do you select the alterated notes? I mean, What are the notes out of key what I could use? For ex. You used F#, Bb, Ab and else as roots as 3rd or alterated note. Thanks for answer. And Sorry for my english
Hi! (I say "Hi", because Jeff wrote at 14:27 I should say Hi in the Comments)... and ja ... of course I liked this Video. Thanks a lot for your great work Jeff.
Damn it dude. I'm so happy to have stumbled across your channel. I studied music about a decade ago, and haven't done anything with it...this takes me back and I'm loving the music theory discussion! AWESOME WORK!!!!
Thanks so much!
Just found out about you this past month and I'm blown away by the content. Thanks so much for being so knowledgeable about these harmonic topics. Keep the chord progressions comin!
Thanks so much!
props bro. you are totally brilliant. i am a lifetime musician, have been full time for ten years but have learnt so much from this. pleasure to watch someone who is fluent in the language. : ) keep up the great work.
Jeff your videos are amazing! We were at UMass for grad school at the same time but I was in the classical composition department and I don't think we ever crossed paths. I've been looking for this type of harmonic content for a while, cheers man
I've watched/listened to this video a couple of times now, and every time I gain a new tip/trick that I hadn't realised before! Amazing. Keep up the good work Jeff and thank you so much for these informative lessons. You're very inspiring!
You're a natural born teacher bro. Genius. Bless you man.
Just showing some love. You sound great man.luv your touch!
Those chords are lush and your voicings really open up the harmony.
I feel like i’m slowly breaking into a new universe everytime i rewatch your videos
I don't even play piano / keys but absolutely love the study.
Chord progressions and melodies I could listen to for hours
Best theory teacher on the net! I'm impressed by the amount of knowledge you have. Thanks for sharing, and keep up the good work.
Hi Jeff. SICK stuff as always. I didn't even notice the video was 20+ mins! That's the mark of an awesome teacher/performer. Keep up the hard (SICK!) work. Lots of respect!
hahahah thank you!
I feel like I just leveled up +10 after watching this vid lol I've been taking so many notes on your content and it's great how you get things across. The concepts are not always easy but the encouragement helps so much. Thank you!
seeing the notes help a lot. good format. youre on the comeup fammmmmm
It's strange. At 14:27 I had an uncontrollable urge to give this video a thumbs up.
Been looking for a place to brush up on my theory. It's been years since I delved deep into music. You earned a loyal subscriber. You remind me of my theory TA
There seems to be so many different voicings available for every simple and polytonal chords and I don't understand how you and all the Jazz cats are able to pump out all these beautiful voicings in flawless sequences with so much variation. I can manage the root positions as well as the inversions, but I get lost with all the voicings. Am I missing something or is there a good way to learn/memorize(?) all the voicings? It seems like a whole new dimension that I don't have access to but able to see and hear it happen.
Here is a good exercise for you: pick a random triad, then pick a bass note and go up the chromatic scale. Then analyze how it can function.
For example, C major triad over D#/Eb.
Eb C E G -> Eb C Fb G (same thing)
I see this chord as having R 13 b9 3. You can use it as a Eb7 b9/13th chord, which comes from the half-whole diminished scale. Try to rearrange the notes or invert the structure to get more interesting sounds. Then move on to E, F, F#, G yada, yada, yada.
Apply same steps with C maj7 #5 for a four-note voicing and see what happens.
Basically, get a group of notes and see how you can use it. For example, A C# F Ab. I just made that up. Can this function as a chord? The exercise that I mentioned is a more systematic way of doing this because it gives you a chord structure you already know.
BTW, if you form a chord that doesn't a 3 or 7 or R, you can still use it to imply the 3rd or 7th. You just need to surround it with more obvious chords in a chord progression like a ii-V-I. Or you can use the chord to have an ambiguous sound for some cool effect.
Voicings are quite hard to conceive because you can have many of them for just one single chord. triads are easier, and you can see how a certain voicing can change subtleties in chord color. When you have tensions, in jazz, then chords contain a "scale of chord tones and tensions", wich presents more notes, hence more intervals, to arrange and change the color palette. Its a long way to get there, but this is a very good book on the subject: www.amazon.com/Modern-Jazz-Voicings-Arranging-Ensembles/dp/0634014439/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=XM8T1SPHDTE1F42CS5X8
It just takes practice. Also, make sure you're thinking of the notes as numbers e.g. CMaj7 voicing C G B E is 1 5 7 3. It can also help to first focus on your outer voices (top and bottom notes in a voicing) and then fill in the the inner voices - again, thinking about everything with numbers. Take a voicing you like and transpose as quickly as possible. It will come, I promise!
Hi! You can also focus on colours intervals make. A chord played on the root position will not sound the same as the inversion or alternate voicings (even if it's the same chord). Let's take the first chord of the progression above that Jeff Schneider plays. It's G/B with only 3 notes. If you play it on the root position it would be G-B-D-G(1-3-5-8(or1)). This voicing is composed by a 3rdM (G to B) a 3rdm (B to D) and a 4th (D to G). If you take a look on Jeff's voicing, it's B-G-D-and G again. Which is a 6th m (B to G), a 5th (G to D) and a 4th (D to G). To sum up; two 3rds and a 4th in one side, a 6th a 5th and a 4th on the other. What makes the beauty of the chord, it's the intervals Jeff chose to use. So don't hesitate to work on colours intervals create and try to find them in chords inversions and voicings.
That's a great exercise I will definitely start attempting!
You're like the best teacher ever
Mr R&N! You've excelled yourself on this one. Great work.
Thank you so much for doing this. From the bottom of my heart I am so grateful.
They should make gummy Jeff Schneiders cause you're a real life saver
ua-cam.com/video/gatAWA4qeiM/v-deo.html
time is running out
Jeff you have a lot of heart and a great mind for breaking it down brotha. Thanks
Thanks for the kind words!
So much SOUL dude. Respect
Great video, I’ve watched a video form you every night since I subscribed. I’ve learned a lot, I hope to be able to play like you one day!
I enjoy longer videos! I follow instructions so well I'm here to say hi because the video told me so. HA! dedication!.
Hey man! Im learning jazz for about a year. When i was stydyng about 9b or lydian dominant i found this video and was kind of confusing to me! Now, a year later i found out again by mistake and i just wanted to say
Thank You so much! Please keep doing with such a quality! Cheers from Chile, and good Jazz!
Each of your videos outshines the last. Amazing work!
as a guitar player stealing chords ,,the voicings i have found and the explanations are great,,jeff is a master
So good, helpful, cool. I've been wanting to learn more about how this genre works. Your vids are just what I was looking for. Thank you.
This is so helpful. Thank you. Weeks worth of practice material here to extrapolate from.
Thank you from the Heart, love all your lessons
Love the channel. It'd be really fun to hear you loop the progression and solo over the top
This is dope. This is really dope. Noticing a lot of things that I didn't before. Thanks man!!!
That descending C to Dm run was nice!
Nice job. As a solo guitar guy, this was really helpful.
Whatching him in slow-mo is just hilarious, hes cool, thanks for everything, this lesson just blew my mind.
Great video. I learnt a lot from this. 💛
I watched till fourteen and a half minutes 😁 I understand basically all of the theory but just I love listening to your ideas and your reasoning behind them. Love your style too and have been trying to learn from your ideas in my own compositions. Thanks so much man :))
Thanks so much!
11:34 "What's next? I don't remember" Oh, my god, I didn't see that coming and I can't stop laughing.
You are one of the few guys on youtube that explain every single chord. I've watched a lot of people "That's C" and they are playing C6/9 or "That's G" and they are playing Gm9(11)
Just found your channel and love your videos. As a producer trying to enhance my music theory understanding and escape the diatonic state of mind your videos are great. Thanks for sharing your knowledge... keep up the great content!
You come up with the most amazing progressions.
Jeff, your videos make me grateful that the internet exists.
Can you share what interface or app you're using, that's displaying the staves and notations on the screen? Is it generally available?
Thanks for sharing so much foundational stuff.
Awesome! Thank you so much for this chord progression. Please more of this.
Keep up the great work jeff, love watching every video, so helpful
Priceless Jeff! Thanks.
Thanks Jeff, this helps me in a really difficult time
just thought of a great way to use your excellent video.... to try transcribing the chords before listening to your explanations!
bro love your videos, your a great teacher! keep it up, all the way from New Zealand!!!
Awesome. I'm a total theory/harmony nerd; it's fun to watch smart cats like you apply it so well.
This is outstanding. Best music theory teacher on the internet. :)
I'm sure that after repeated viewings, it'll click with me. Keep up the excellent work!
I took your suggestion and slowed it down. I quite enjoyed seemingly drunk Jeff Schneider teaching me R&B soul piano chord theory.
Especially all the "I forget"s...It really added to the illusion!
Brilliant.Please do more analysis this is excellent.Thank you
You're awesome man. These voice leadings will help me on my gig tomorrow:)
Thanks for using my app in this vid!!!
pure WICKEDNESS! love it
SWEET Progression! Nicely done
I'm primarily a guitar player, but being familiar with the piano, these tutorials have been incredibly useful... does anybody know of the Jeff Schneider guitar counterpart? That would complete my life.
excellent lesson my friend, well done, keep doing videos like this
Amazing vid as usual Jeff, thanks. I'm trying to transpose to other keys though. How would you transpose melodies: thinking of it as intervals jumping or as in okay over this Bbm chord, I'm jumping to the 5 and b7, or even as just relative to the key your in (IE goin to the 5 of home key, then b7). Hope this makes sense. Just curious about your thought process there.
Hi Jeff. Your Teaching is Very informative and Uplifting!! Thanks .
Love the visuals bro.
Hello Jeff,
Ure videos are always informative (why i subscribed). I understand the theory and the chord progressions but my issue is how do I figure out the fingering? The fingering is what separates the men from the boys. I can't tell when you are using one hand or two hands with the different chords and when it's obvious you must be using two hands again I can't figure out the fingering that gives the speed and flexibility to move seamlessly thru the piece. Any help would be appreciated.
I guess I'm a diehard! Great content, love the way you explain stuff, and appreciate that you cover stuff that's more than just elementary! Keep up the great work!
Beautiful chords. thanks.
bro your videos help me so much thanks
Loving the new software
Thanks for making these videos man, awesome stuff.
Second time watching it all the way through. Thank you!!!
Thanks for another great explanation video - best to you
That was awesome. Thanks a lot. Greetings from Venezuela
Hey Jeff! I love your content!!
as always, nice progression! thx for sharing...
Liked before watching. I know it'll be amazing!
Thanks so much!
Wonderful lessons! Thank you so much! I loved the Bach example :)
Awesome lesson man. Thanks
Jeff. Congratulations. Here I am, with my piano ... Canary Islands...learning!! Amazing tutorial. Step by step. Great job. Miss some tips for those of us who can´t play a 9th interval on white keys with one hand. For example....chord on 15:52....FM9(13). How would u to play that if u were me....obviously leaving some notes behind. But which one(s). TY
Killin it Jeff! 👍🏿
great video thanks a lot! can you tell me what is the application you use to see the score of what you play in midi! Does it work with a Mac computer? thanks!
Great video jeff. The first four notes of the melody are reminiscent of the mets theme song....eastside, west side....I'll bet your buddy steve is happy about that!
LOVE THIS VIDEO! THANK YOU!
Jeff, my guitarist friends want some help learning this accurately so I wrote out the voicings on guitar. Can I share that with you? Thanks, James
Jeff, this is truly great. Thank you! I am quite experienced with the theory behind your voicings, but I really like your tasteful (!) aproach and the fact that you seem to have fun explaining.
Does anyone knows the software he uses to visualize the chords, the keyboard and the piano score?
AWESOME lesson!! Thank u
Thank you so much man! One question, what kind of music/ people to listen to should I check out to make this kind of playing more intuitive?
Dude, you are amazing, thanks for all the lessons :D
Diehard here in the comments from 14 and half mins in if u know what I'm talking bout, Jeff you da man keep doing what u doing
Jeff this is pretty cool. Could you suggest any piano players that use this style? How do you take your inspiration?
I love you Jeff Schneider
Awesome examples! Thank you!)
What program do you use for that chord diagram? Would be super helpful while playing piano
Love, appreciate and respect what you do :) Love from Japan
Thank you so much Jeff, learning a lot here. Some voicings are quite the challenge with average sized hands...
yeww Jeff is the man :D thanks for all your great lessons!
So much RnB , so much Soul . This guy....
Hi!!! Great work, thx for sharing
I havr a question. How do you select the alterated notes? I mean, What are the notes out of key what I could use? For ex. You used F#, Bb, Ab and else as roots as 3rd or alterated note. Thanks for answer. And Sorry for my english
vc é o melhor mano
best video yet! keep it up!!!
I really love your video man，thank you
Hi! (I say "Hi", because Jeff wrote at 14:27 I should say Hi in the Comments)... and ja ... of course I liked this Video. Thanks a lot for your great work Jeff.