Learn Ditone Substitution to Replace the 1 Chord- C Major Chord Substitution-GospelMusicians.com

[SharmaYelverton]

Don't get me wrong, I like what your doing, I like the sound, but I don't understand how you intend this to be applied to other situations. When you say 'ditone substitution', do you simply mean to specify a voicing that consists of a root,3rd in the left hand and quartal upper structure in the right hand? It would still make use of the funky quartal voicing even if you had a root,5th in the left hand... or alternately root,7th. Sorry just trying to understand. Nice sound though!

[SharmaYelverton]

Rather, If I understand correctly, you are calling it a ditone sub because you are making use of the ditone interval in you voicing. A ditone is a major third....most harmony is built on thirds, that's why we call it triadic harmony. The ditone doesn't explain the right hand which is playing a nice three note quartal voicing built on the 6th of the 1 chord. So what your ending up with is more of an alteration to the tonic chord, major sus 6/9 instead of simple major 7.

[SharmaYelverton]

I see what your playing but I don't get the theory behind this. I'm confused by the term substitution. In tritone substitution, you replace the 5 chord for the chord found a tritone away (the flat 9). So from that principal I would assume a ditone substitution would substitue, in this case the 1 chord for another chord a ditone (3rd) away...? However that would change depending on weather you moved up a ditone or down a ditone. Regardless you don't seem to be doing this.....

[anointed33]

Hahaha!!! I understand the feeling.

[Dadee3]

I like the face you put when you play the boring regular Cmajor chord hahaha makes me laugh all the time

[wagnerderek]

hahahah , hilarious !!

[Dadee3]

Is Ditone even a real standard in piano? Tritones obviously are, but Ditones are what you guys made up. Anyhow, they sound cool.

[GospelMusicians]

There is a such thing as a ditone, tritone, and a quadratone. Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Do a search in google for ditone and quadratones and you will see that they are related to jazz. Tri means 3, di means 2, and quadra means 4. It is only a way to describe the intervals between notes.

[Dadee3]

Oooh ok I see, interesting! Thanks for the info!!

[crazyj200]

crazy

[ltlmusic]

Sweet

[mzcraze]

dang