Jazz Guitar Lesson: 2-5-1 in C - Chords

[vickersmaster]

why its called 2 5 1?

[fingerling1231]

@vickersmaster The roots of the chords are the 2nd, 5th and 1st notes of the C scale (can be either major or minor but in this case it's major)

[ds0k0l0wski0]

I've used this and learned something every time on; Trumpet, Guitar, Piano, Ukulele, and Bass. Great video.

[OneChillBlondeDude]

Good Chords, but that daaaamn loud backing track!

[gabrielhuanosto]

yall some fcking haters,...bet hes better than more than half of you trolls

[CoyoteXpress]

Adam Sandler!

[Kennymurraycampbell]

Thanks man!

[SteffanLlwyd]

thanks... really useful stuff

[Adsem]

... it's not the guitar.... it's not the music.... it's.just this guy... he's just so annoying... AAAARGH!!

[Montisumo1]

lol i was laughing so hard when he started playing the background track... you literally cannot hear the guitar part at all... o peter vogl lol...

[isuckcaq]

The volumes are alway fucked up in these vids.

[rtb2701]

if he's adding the A, then the progressions 2516

[gabrielhuanosto]

yes! someone who knows the true meaning to effin basic. this is how i taught myself and bam you can expand from there. other ppl make it so complicated but its not even hard to learn jazz if you kno these chords

[rvbarnesboy]

these guys and jody worrell have totally helped me out~

[toyaLEET]

0:10 progression in the KFC?? LOL

[frenchadrian]

I swear it was Adam Sandler at the beginning! lolz.

[kingskush666]

I love Peter Vogl. I have his scale books. and USE them. You should too.

[DudeWheresMyDeLorean]

I wonder if ihatepetervogl is an available username

[v35b]

great lesson ... thanks

[missystu]

To all you geniuses woried about the right hand - you do not belong here. Put your right thumb in your mouth and leave it there.

[soundbitemusic]

Why arent the chords complete? Like the a7 or the Dm7? Is this for easy playing?

[superagnitio]

@soundbitemusic thight voicing sounds better in a band context or as comp, also they are indeed sometimes easier

[soundbitemusic]

@superagnitio Ok thats were the bassist comes in pretty logical

[sgringo]

For people complaining about the lack of right hand details: This isn't beginner stuff, you should be able to get the right hand on your own. This is a lesson on 2-5-1. It's a fundamental concept that extends well past guitar and should be one of the first things any aspiring jazz musician learns. This lesson presents the concept very well.

[1219sade]

this is great simple to understand i have your books and cds keep up the good lessons

[superchabelo]

that was fun, thanks Sr.

[cardiffband]

it's just a bad lesson...what about the right hand

[foathkent]

@cardiffband shh man its what eva you wawnt it to be, you could puage it you could resseguado it, you could even play strumming it with your willy. its not important. but hes bossanova'n it

[Juantizzle]

You remind me of 'the intern' from garth merenghi

[felek474747333]

thank !!! very good : )

[darealdeal404]

anyone heard of aj rafael & jesse barrera - she was mine? sounds almost exact as this

[BassDude50000]

dude, you just taught me my first jazz progression. thanks!

[Ianguitarsolo]

AAAAHHH ITS THIS GUY

[Akastunzz]

@Ianguitarsolo What about him?

[julybd]

Peter, thanks for posting this, it really helps those of us who still struggling with basic jazz; Keep up the good work. CHEERS

[RENDUI]

@julybd

whats the right hand tehcnique???

[aikidokadokandojo]

The backing track is too loud.

[mss403]

Robin Thicke - Lost Without You!... for the most part anyways. I never understood why the A7 works in substitution of the Am7. Still don't. Does anyone know why?

[Sbguitar195]

Because the C# has stronger harmonic movement to the root of the D minor chord than a C would in the Am7. An A7 really wants to resolve to that Dm chord because it's the 5 chord of D, and making that chord dominant creates a smoother resolution.

[mss403]

Ah. I got it. Another question though. Is that what you call secondary dominance? Making the key D in order to play the A7 and to have that C# in there for harmony?

[tserhey]

Yes, pretty much. A secondary dominant is an "off key" dominant chord that resolves to a major or a minor (or dominant) chord that is a perfect fourth higher. In this case, the A7 is the "V of II", or the relative fifth degree of the D minor chord. In the key of C major, possible secondary dominants would be C7 (to F), D7 (to G), E7 (to Am), A7 (to Dm), and B7 (to Em). Diminished and half-diminished chords don't have secondary dominants.

[5tartawar]

this guy needs to elaborate more he said the a is subbed in sometimes wouldn't that make the progression 2-5-1-6 he couldve atleast attempted to explain why it's thrown in

[lydiabru]

You can't see very well the chords, shall this be a guitar lesson?

[enursha13drs]

i swear in the begginin he said my name is penis vocals

[LunarStride]

they're called "hearing aids"

[iladw]

Man you killin me :D

Bloke's name is - Peter Vogl ;)

[elvinagrillo]

LOL

[TiedInChains]

Haha it would be a great name for him. Burt doesn't even sound like that

[benton202]

love dat sound, really got a nice jazzy mellow

[totalegon]

Thanx dude! Im tired of learning punk rock! This was really funny!

[eldecko]

what guitar is that?

[arepaehuevo]

thanx man help a lot!!

[sclogse1]

Playing for thirty years and still these chords hurt my left hand. Great audio on these.

[stormbringer67]

Thanks both WeziElliott and Mcblah!

[stormbringer67]

I have a question:

The chords played here are: Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 A7.

I found out that I can play solo over this chordprogression in A minor pentatonic.So I know that that sounds ok.But the question is: what is the theoretical rule that tells me that I can solo over these chords in A minor pentatonic?

[mcblah]

that's the rule of blues, boy. Consider yourself blessed

[stormbringer67]

Ummm...that's not an answer to the question...

[WeziElliott]

to answer your question... the chords Dm7 Gmaj& and Cmaj7 are in the Key of C, A minor is the relative Minor that means it has the same notes in C major scale as in the A minor scale if you play the A minor pento and the C major pento it should have the same notes... hope i helped

[mcblah]

first off, my mistake, i thought this progression was in A at first, which would've made the A min pentatonic basically the blues scale in the key.

But since this is a progression in C, you're not actually playing A minor pen. you're playing C major pen. they're the same notes, A is just the Aeolian mode of C.

Most jazz players would frown a bit if you over use your pentatonics, though

[Zensaburou]

Like Elliott said, the most likely minor scale you'd play over would be the relative minor of the key you're in. Since the relative minor is the sixth of the key you're in, in C you'd play in A minor.

You can actually move around the minor pentatonic to any of the minors in C, however; you don't need to constrict yourself to A. D minor or E minor, for instance, would also work fine since those are both minor in they key of C.

[LANEY80]

Well thank you Peter.

[huangjueping108]

very good```thank you`````

[timomgwtf]

easy and accessible. good over view.

[highintel]

so basically you adding A7 instead of Am7 to create a stronger harmony back to Dm7 right? Is that from the backcycling method or is there some other reason to embellish the A chord?

[jangojazz]

Basically you have more choices for improvising when you have A7 instead of am7. I recommend a book "jazz theory" by mark levine its all in there

[highintel]

awesome! Thanks JJ!

[lagernathy]

No, it's common in jazz for the A minor 7 (the vi chord) to be substituted by a dominant 7 chord (A7).

[teledestiny]

its supposed to be A minor 7!!!!

[aceejay]

thx alot for this methods :D

really helps me out

[biggibby54]

very useful thanks

[santino666]

thanks man i needed to brush up on my jazz

[kisventak]

10x Peter a very useful lesson

[wannabewannabe]

thanks man.