Beginning Jazz Piano: Jazz Chords and Extended Chords

[bruinvb1]

So many extensions...brain can't handle it all...

[IAGOLLOYD]

Your explaining of the piano is probably the best i've seen on you-tube, but you only seem to teach beginner song,s (shame) !

[farah73]

i have a question: in Cm scale the sixth note of the scale is Ab and not a natural A. but why is it that in a Cm 6th chord we keep the A natural. can anyone answer?

[Fdirie]

@farah73

Or put it another way. You construct a 6th chrod by adding another note to a Triad, one whole step above the 5th. For exampe, C Major triad = C, E, G..and C Major 6th = C,E,G,A. Thus, if you lower the E in the C Major 6th Chord, you have C minor 6th Chord = C, Eb,G,A

[Fdirie]

@farah73

Remember that there are three minor scales in common use-Melodic, harmonic and natural minor scales.

The melodic minor scale signature is WS HS WS WS WS WS HS.

The Harmonic minor scale signature is WS HS WS WS HS Mi3 HS

The Natural minor scale signature is WS HS WS WS HS WS WS

Therefore if a minor key signature is in use, you need to sharpen the 6th and/or 7th to obtain a melodic or harmonic minor. Ab->A and Bb ->B.

[farah73]

@Fdirie

Hey thanks a lot. that makes sense, (melodic minor). I never thought of it that way. However, in structuring all other chords we usually go by the natural minor!

I like both of your theories though :) thanks again

[lizcmify]

Struck gold

[SheerwingIndustries]

Thank you soooooo much for uploading this video! You simplified it and showed us how to play it :] I will study this religiously and continue on to your next videos <3

[odale15]

i didnt know jeff bridges played piano :O!!!!!

[0e0]

@odale15 you haven't see The Fabulous Baker Boys?

[nigellimjr]

I feel like I have just attained nirvana with this video man O_O

[chesterarebest]

Good stuff John. Being self taught with a limited repertoire this is a God send. Some of these chords i have 'made up'. Nice to know that I am going in the right direction. Thanks for this indeed! Oscar Peterson here I come!

[fuck4freei]

Thank you, can't wait to get my keyboard and gig in some jazz

[Turtoto]

I think for a minor 6 chord you base it off of dorian minor, based on the minor scale derived from the second position (supertonic, re) of the major scale. so C minor with a key signature of Bb major (C is ii in Bb), producing a C minor scale which has an A natural even though the other C minor scales (natural, melodic, and harmonic) all have an Ab rather than an A natural.

[MrVizionary2012]

thanks alot though

[MrVizionary2012]

so it should be the sixth note of the major scale that comes into the minor 6th?

[MrVizionary2012]

question: at 4:39 when you said A for C minor 6 shouldn't it be A flat ? cuz A isnt in the C minor scale.

[plasmavideos]

Thanks you.

[stevenliang96]

@plasmavideos thanks you lol

[DickardGross]

instead of flat I like to call it .5

[MsDoujinshi]

Thank you

[ajb526965]

good stuff

[saron489]

the bit of jazz at the begininng there is from the tyros 1!

[MultiInsaniac]

You are an awesome teacher, thanks!

[Streetfunx]

true teacher! thank u sir!

[theSuperMeatMan]

Awsome tutorial, you make everything sound so simple! Keep them comming, defintly subscribing :)

[licandres01]

OMG!!!!! i just saw this three videos and checked the free lesson on your page and im already improvising!! haha this is quite fun, thank you!!! i wish i could get the complete course but i dont have a paypal account :(

[numberz01234]

Thank You.

[geminiredcard]

Thanks so much for the lessons, the tutorial is excellent

[aynrandy1]

GREAT lesson.

Good piano Tutorials are hard to find but this is one of the best.

[ChrisAvilesPiano1]

you forgot diminished chords

[Errowtube]

@ChrisAvilesPiano1 08:50

[TheKainec]

THIIS IS WHAT I"M LOOKING FOR!!! your number 1 !! Thanks!!

[ankhaton]

Thank you so much 5******* n Me reaction as

first !

Perhaps me_notedyslexian will learn it now .

Perhaps you can in one of your lessons

explain what 'me' are doing in songs

I name "Circle"

That musy be something fundamental in music

but I don't know the back ground

or the WHY ?

I will place one here under your song if you approve that