Jazz guitar lesson: Chord Melody

[staranjela]

some great inforamtion here thanks

[chillichomper]

Question. What makes a scale "harmonized". Or is this term just being used to indicate that the chosen chord harmonizes with the melody at any given moment? Please advise. thanks

[SherryCanary5959]

Thank you for this lesson. I definitely picked up a few tips!

[jzwrkr]

Very straightforwardly put. Thanks for breaking down to the understandable detail. inspiring teachingwise. not too commonly i find it inspiring when teaching...

[11kerol]

Hi great lesson u solve the mystery behind jazz that is voice leading I believe jazz is complex because it requires a good chord progression to cover voice leading in the Main lead. I like ur style because when I solo play I do the same thing can u plz post more lessons for the same kind to get more insight may be some more songs. Thanks n god bless

[telmothesixgun]

jesus laser gets in my eyes

[Trey00211]

to much talkin

[elijahcarrofficial]

Which Ibanez artcore model is this? It looks stunning!

[kikon88]

Thanks for the teaching and for the book reference...!!!Keep up with the best...!!!

[jlblues4u]

Thanks for posting. I like you straight-forward approach.

[guitarDad100]

Excellent breakdown. This type of lesson is something I have been looking for.

Thank you.

[6cuerdas100]

This is good

[ciaomamano]

Thank you for the lesson! Now I understand the things that didn't make any sense to me before.

[jazzmac03]

how do you practice harmonized scale in itself???

[qwsx098]

hey there. i have ted greene's book. what pages were you referring to in your video if i may ask :)

[Samueljohnainslie]

luvin the guitar¬



[milowagon]

Crystal clear sir! Great lesson, well presented. I am inspired. Many thanks.

[martiallaw565]

i am new to jazz. I play ina jazz band, and the leader says just play straight quarter notes with the chords. Now, this chord melody stuff, is that looking at a chart and arranging a more flavorful way to play it solo? Would you play this song in a jazz band using straight quarter notes?

[marcrothman]

Excellent lesson!!!

Thanks.

[jazzbluesshred]

if you have the melody how do you work out the

right key if it doesnt tell you in the music

[kaylashalaylaaaaa]

i wish i could just figure this out without having to learn theory :(

[ronhurak]

@kaylashalaylaaaaa - gotta work on the theory. Tough in the beginning but easier as you get into it. Really takes you to the next level. Sorry - no shortcuts to being good at something :-(

[foxybrown2]

that is not right that is suppose to be Gmin7



maj7 min7 min7 maj7 dom7 min7 min7b5

[axesbowledaslove]

Thank you very much for this wonderful video! I will look for the Ted Green book. Best wishes.

[Demon19233]

i ned to have a chord melody arrangement for my audition for humber college for guitar jazz. would you reccomend using this melody as an audition piece?

[guitarman2040546]

THANKS VERY GOOD, IN SPANISH PLEASE...

[estring777]

Nice Job!!!!

[ksulls92]

This is one of the best online lessons I've ever watched! Thanks so much :)

[LaraSixtyEight]

Great lesson! Thank you. 

[uglybird650]

Nice simple instructons .I may have only learned a tiny amount but , hey you got to start small steps thanks..

[AXELGRIZ]

why dont u use a chord for F and C? is it because they're not in the Eb harmonic scale?

[MrRoycam]

You should try adding a Eb on the 5th string to the Gm7 voicing then harmonizing the C melody note with a Gb9(-5) to get the bass movement to F then voice the Fm7 with an E natural instead of Eb on the 2nd string to get that minor major seventh sound.

[babajaga63]

one of the best lessons on youtube.....thanks. 

[jimbang]

Great lesson!can we use other exrensions to any of the chords?

[sxmadrid]

That was useful for me. It's fun to doodle with music, and this has made it seem all the more accessable.

[bobndroppy]

Mcloven!!!

[lhurien]

conceptually your lesson is good but the chords you chose don't sound good.

[steveo27545]

great lesson thanks for sharing

[johancurwen7]

Very nice work, man!!

[MiCompre]

I agree you don't sing to good, but then neither do I!

Good Luck brother

[MiCompre]

I would have preferred eb maj for the first chord of the Harmonised scale, but ok, I can live with the Major 7th! Well explained . Good stuff.

MC

[damonseedmaui]

good stuff

[itachivengeance]

Thanks for sharing ....U are awesome mate ...

[Mudrax]

Great lesson! I spent hours researching online about chord melodies, but this video really made me understand how to construct my own arrangement and incorporate melodies in my guitar playing! Thank you so much! XD

[superagnitio]

Ok, so I guess I gotta learn much more shapes then, it's actually addictive and fun :)

[Robowx]

Hey great lesson! There's only a small handful of good guitar teachers here and you are one of them! Thanks!!!!!!

[RaVeRNaTiOn]

Hold on let me go listen to "Smoke gets in your eyes"...okay I'm back.

[FfejTball]

Just a little advice on some of the stuff this guy says:

Unless you have a pretty solid understanding of music theory, that is, how the interworkings of chords, scales, modes, dominants, diminished, major, minor, etc. function to make "good music", you should worry more about how it sounds than about the details. Explore your options with a chord library and pay attention to how things work together, and how sometimes they don't. Crawl before you walk, walk before you run.

Great lesson though!

[BeatBay]

best lesson ever! 11 people miss the right thumb

[sudsboy]

People sharing this kind of stuff is what makes the internet great. Thanks for your contributions.

[MatheusMendonca1]

Sorry my bad english, did you say "Hendrix chord" for C7#9 in '4:8? Its cause I've already hear this name of chord in jazz, I guess that it's from hendrix style.

[superagnitio]

@MatheusMendonca1 Yes, it's called like thatbecuase it's used in Purple Haze

[Ready2SurfGuitar]

where do you live, I need jazz guitar lessons.

[telebanger2]

I like the way you explained it.

[goreri]

Very nice video, but maybe it would be wise to make sure that you can sing your melody in tune, because being able to sing what you are going to play improves your hearing and eventually your playing.

[kweerb8]

@goreri you're wrong. you dont have to be able to sing well out loud to be able to hear a melody in your head well. otherwise every great guitar player would be a phenomenal singer ...

[lewisoscar]

Secondary dominant?

[lewisoscar]

Minor seems appropriate too me, but what's being harmonized here, and also I read that u may turn that g into a dominant chord? Even more bamboozeld

[lewisoscar]

I'm a little confused about the 3 chord, you tabed it up major7.. Then wen u used it was minor??

[Barrymc100]

excellent video keep posting you have a great talent to explain

[Barrymc100]

well explained I like this clip a lot

[Hermdo]

is a harminized scale just triads built off a major scale? Like c major, then d minor, then e etc?

[thejazzman8]

great lesson i've been wanting to learn chord melody for a while now.

[frijolero01]

this was an excellent lesson my friend. I decided to make my own arrangement for "When you Wish Upon a Star" after watching this. I started it in the key of Cmaj. So, I used the C harmonized scale of course. But I have a question, eventually, one of the melody notes I ran into was a C#. Obviously the C scale has no imperfections so I was wondering if I had no choice but to deviate from the scale for that one note. thanks man!

[illdoitagain]

you have a few options: you can play the Bmin7b5 chord as a dominat sharp 9 (B7#9) and that will give you the C# you need without leaving the scale. You can also play the flat5 sub of the G7 chord (C#7) and this will give what you need without leaving the scale (in theory) or you can play outside the scale and hit that c# in a passing chord that is a half step away from a scale tone. good luck..send me a note if you need further explanation..good luck

[frijolero01]

@illdoitagain

ah of course! forgot about those #9 chords n stuff. Too busy focusing on the notes of the scale and I didn't remember that you can alter them. Thanks a lot man! Really helped!

[jaamil30]

@frijolero01 can i have your tabs on this melody of yours pleaseeeeee?"

[DanWA73]

call me crazy...but earlier, you had a Emaj7...later it shows a Emaj6...is this intentional?

[TKO779]

`thanks a lot

[visiting31]

I bow down to thee!

[AndyGhoz4]

Nicely done .Keep that great spirit Merci beaucoup . AndyGho

[bobbyatopk]

great vid, thanks alot!

[jackstephensonoliver]

aweseome lesson

[tele2000]

Great video, great explanation. Finally, someone that explains things in depth, but simple and easy to understand. 

Excellent!

[wobblingbaby2]

??? C7#9 has a E note so it cannot be harmonised from the Eb scale

[illdoitagain]

you are correct to a point, the E note in this case creates an altered chord, this alteration creates tension which can then be resolved be returning to the parent scaled on the next chord. Thanks for your comment

[PanosIliou]

@illdoitagain dear friend, allow me to disagree with you. It's not that E creates an altered chord, instead, also @wobblingbaby2, C7#9 is a secondary dominant for the IIm7 chord of the Eb major scale, thus the Fmin7 chord which is followed.

[PanosIliou]

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[EquinoxParadox91]

wow this is excellent

[RonVermillion]

Thank you so very much. I've been wondering how to do this for years. I notice that the harmonized chords fall into that old step, step, half step, step, step, step, half step pattern.

Thanks again

Ron

[nuke97]

Super helpful thank you !!! and the fact that you brought up Ted Green just gave me so much respect for you.

[JesusChrist5000]

Very nice explanation. Thank you. Sounds  good too.

[mantrop]

Excellent, the clearest explanation of chord harmony I have seen. Thanks

[mcalfredon]

haha you look like mclovin. great vid though! (y) :)

[BJrok]

Thanx a bunch, and I really do mean it!! Just what I needed. I actually feel a bit guilty too.

Keep up the good work bro.

[larrydallas187]

you should do a series of these videos....its hard to good information on chord melody

cheers

[taorob3]

Great job, laid out well

[Ryle382]

Awesome job.Great teacher you're awesome.

[TheTravelingThumb]

Thanks for turning on the light bulb above my head (even if it's just a 15w bulb). You are the first teacher who ever explained the 'how' to construct a chord melody with clarity. I understand you.

I also dig that the 'science' of music is the mathematics, but the 'art' is what we choose to play. You are a fine guitarist...and an even better teacher!

[jaybambu]

great lesson.  just the right amount of everything. thanks.

[mudywaters1]

You could be a good teacher but you talk too much! Less talk and more demonstration.

[ZZZDeep]

Great lesson!!

[kingnt66]

I understand the part where the chosen chord must contain the melody use, but how am I suppose know which bass note should I chose? By the way, awesome lesson!!! Please keep post some more

[illdoitagain]

The base note is up to you, just keep it in Key, use a harmonized scale select chords only in that scale and you cant go wrong! try to keep your chords close together to promote voice leading. good luck

[kingnt66]

thanks for your tips!! It really helpful!!! I feel like I'm a step closer to my dream =)

[larrydallas187]

-the bass note can be any note in the key ie. Eb

-the root note is used to create the triad (minor, major, diminished, etc.)

-you can put any extention on the triads that you want ie. 7th, 11th 13th etc.

Is this correct?

should the melody note usually be part of the chord construction?

[kelly1002]

how much do i have to pay for private tutoring?? PLEASE TRAIN ME!!!! I WANT TO LEARN MORE GUITAR THEORY SO MANY THINGS I WANNA KNOW

[illdoitagain]

about $20-25 per half hour, I would stick to the 30 min lessons, the full hour can be a bit much

[scotpet11]

Wait, correct me if im wrong.

So for ex; "My Funny Valentine"

the 1st chord is Cm7. But in chord melody you dont have to play Cm7, you can play other chord with C in it? since C is the 1st note of the melody.

Is that correct?

[illdoitagain]

this is absolutely correct, the chord you use is not dependent on the melody note, though your chosen chord must contain the melody note

[gtrrobster]

This a a very helpful, and immediately practical lesson. Very much sounds like authentic jazz chord melody style. Thanks for posting it.

ardamarder-your comment confused me.

i read it before viewing the vid, and expected to see a random set of chords that did not make sense or work but that is not at all the case . At least to my ears. It is true when there are many chords that can be used for a given melody.

The art of reharmonization, One of many ways.

what did you object to?

rob

[maxomilian]

you have the voice of an agel :'(.

[ardamardar]

The chords you choose are very random. Just because they include a note of the melody and they are within the harmony of the scale doesn't mean you're supposed to use them. Besides you can use another chord for the same note. Why this one? Don't you think there has to be some kind of an order. Otherwise does it mean you can just randomly use any chord in Eb and has that melody note?

[algoriddm]

technically you can use any chord that contains the melody note, which chord you decide to use is down to personal taste

[spooner1957]

that was amazing! thank you so much!

[RolZ986]

Thank you for this lesson.

[dealer205]

great lesson, gonna get my guitar!

[JackDaPicker]

Do you have a name?

[freakjuice1]

great can ya elaborate on cycling 4ths and 5ths

[grozengyz]

Great!

Thanks for posting it.

[seokwonp]

Thank you very much for the wonderful lesson. Now I know what I have been wondering about. And I have something to start with to build up my chord melody knowledge and put it into practice thanks to you.

[Waldenmattfinish]

Thanks for posting this lesson. You explain things very clearly. Thats rare when seeking knowledge in the music field. Well done.

[nomiser]

Thanks for this lesson, I'm just getting into making my own chord melodies. This vid is great. Where did you study Jazz?

[densdoor]

Yes!

[tmlesko]

Thank You! This lesson has ben so very helpful!!! I am s t r u g g l i n g at learning guitar (for a LONG time) and, at my "pre-school" level need to run over and over a lesson many times. I was hoping that you could finish this song in another lesson??? I know I 'should' be able to do that myself but I am really not good at this and your help would be fantastic!

Thanks again!

[MicMack7]

Thanks enjoyed the lesson. Put some things together for me in a way that I think I can use.

Thanks again.

[c9sus4]

thanks so much for the lessons. More please.

[Tenoken]

Thanks for the lesson. Chord melody is one aspect of playing I could never understand, but I think your lesson here will get my started on the right path!

[dronai]

Thanks, great lesson !! I was trying to figure out how you could add chords to a melody that you liked. Tied of blues and rock, (but kinda old to start learning jazz). I am interested in learning a song called "Oceano" by Djavan , a Braslian composer. There is a good version of a guy called troubleclef on you tube that he arranged. I have a songbook from Djavan but it only has the chords in it.

[reg2otube]

Yeah, thanks I've really learned a lot in this one video. You made it simple in a way that makes me want to go and try it right now. I'm a long time beginner that's been looking and looking for progress. I ran across this video and some of your others and would just like to say thanks. I'll be taking notes and referring back to them often.

[illdoitagain]

glad you got something out of it. Keep playing and it will all come together. I'm a longtime student also

[gh67sa]

Thank You, finally someone has demystified chord melody in a simple lesson. You are a good teacher. Like all things if you don't get the foundation right, things don't stand up. Thanks Again.

[Moltograesslich]

could you post some chord-melody like progressions?

[1654inE]

i have some knowledge of chord theory and know my modes but i can''t read. is that going to limit me in my pursuit of jazz?

[illdoitagain]

yes, but reading music is not difficult. Start by working with a lead sheet and working out the notes on the staff that make the melody. before you know it you will wonder what the big deal is about reading staff. try a simple tune like "misty" or Autumn leaves" and look up a reference on the net to help you. It really is easy. good luck

[jmorrell22]

Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to make the video. I just ordered the Ted Greene book - great tip ! I would be really interested in seeing how you would go about playing this song for one voice and guitar. Not a chord solo, just a chord arrangement for playing and singing the song live. Any chances ? I´m learning a lot from you.

[illdoitagain]

Just checked out your playing. I'm surprised I have anything to teach you, you play skillfully and beautifully. perhaps you could post a video on the topic your requesting, no doubt we could all learn from you. cheers