TRITONE SUBSTITUTION EXPLAINED... once and for all

[disnukka79]

It's probably more helpful to call the F# chord a Gb chord so that you don't have to call the Bb from the C7 chord an A# in the F# / Gb chord

[jazztutorial]

@disnukka79 if you call it Gb7 then yes you can call the 3rd a 'Bb', but then you need to call the E an 'F flat', so I find F#7 is simpler

[WinchilLau]

This is so useful!!! Thank you so much!

[reptaryay]

any other way to practice where i i will be using seventh chords or is it only in jazz? i can sit there and memorize all the tri-tones if i have to, but it would be better to play something and i F*cking HATE jazz which is the reason im here to never use the 7ths but seems like i have a predicament. i was gonna use the tri-tones to change keys, can u use the dom7 to change the key?

[jazztutorial]

@reptaryay the 7ths make the progression/effect stronger, because there's an extra note. If you don't want to use 7ths. it will work playing the ii chord and the I chord without 7ths, but you'll still need to play the dominant 7 with all 4 notes of the 7th chord.

[jazztutorial]

@reptaryay Also, you can find tritone substitution in classical music as well as jazz. In classical music there's something called an 'augmented 6th chord', which is basically a dominant 7 chord built off the minor 6 scale degree. This resolves down a half step to V dominant 7, which then resolves to I

[reptaryay]

@jazztutorial thank you :D

[keef227]

This was an excellent explanation of how to use tritones with the 2-5-1, do you have other drills that work on placement of the tritones other than in 2-5-1 patterns?

[jazztutorial]

@keef227 Tritone substitution works best on 2-5-1's. But you can take the principle of substituting one chord for another and use that in all your playing. How about finding your own chord substitutions to create your own sound. Everytime you see a dominant 7 chord symbol, you could substitute it for a dominant 7 chord a different interval away, like a major 3rd up or something strange. Whatever you like. Just remember to change the melody notes to fit with the new chord

[hardlinermusic]

amazing video thanks

[fleecejohnson]

This was extremely helpful, thanks very much. I occasionally substitute tri-tones on the 5th, but never on the 2nd -- frankly never occurred to me, so thanks!

There were moments I lost you, but overall very good stuff. People like yourself are the reason I still visit YouTube. Thanks and keep it up!

[fleecejohnson]

Question: why is it important to do the mental gymnastics of "tritone away from the fifth" when it appears that "a half-step above the tonic" would suffice? I'm sure there's probably a reason, I just don't see it. I've played these chords for a while, but I've never thought of them in such complicated terms.

[MrPraise1411]

Thank you.! finally! someone who actually expalin and demos":D

[albeluck]

Awesome tutorial Jim! Thanks a lot.

[RedEyeglasses]

I could hardly finish the video because I was so eager to try it out. Good job.

[JayJohn011]

Thanks for the video.Just one question--- for the last piece where you showed how how to use two tritones in the 2-5-1 in C....why did you use D and Bb in the chord if it was suppose to be the Dominant 7th chord for Db. Wouldn't the chord look something like F, Ab, and B?

[jazztutorial]

@JayJohn011 Excellent question, I realize that is misleading. That is just one of my default voicings for a Db dominant 7 chord - I've added the which 9 is D (or E double flat) and the 13 which is Bb. Notice I still had the important chordal tones - Db F B (or Cb) in the left hand, nearer the bass. Then I just added the D and Bb for color. So I played a Db dominant 7 chord with a b9 and a 13. Does that make sense?

[jazztutorial]

@JayJohn011 Excellent question, I realize that is misleading. That is just one of my default voicings for a Db dominant 7 chord - I've added the 9, which is D (or E double flat), and I've added the 13, which is Bb. Notice I still had the important chordal tones - Db F B (or Cb) in the left hand, nearer the bass. The only chordal tone I missed was the 5th but that isn't too important. Then I just added the D and Bb for color. So I played a Db dominant 7 chord with a b9 and a 13. Make sense?

[JayJohn011]

@jazztutorial Yea I get it. I understand how I can change up the favor and sound now. Thanks for the speedy response!

[soho2014]

neat

[edcollante]

Ace tutorial, mate. Keep up the good work! Kudos!

[vonnequernelvallon]

hello :) what is the difference between a G7 to a G dominant 7? is it just the same? response/s are highly appreciated :)

[jazztutorial]

@vonnequernelvallon

They are the same, 'G7' means 'G dominant 7' (G B D F).

'G-7' means 'G minor 7' (G Bb D F)

'G maj 7' means 'G major 7' (G B D F#)

[vonnequernelvallon]

@jazztutorial oh i see :) thanks! it helped a lot!

[BlikeNave]

At first glance I thought you were holding the keyboard and standing up. Anyways good lesson.

[joshvelazquez]

HA! Best Explanation Ever!! Thanks very much!!

I saw some other tutorials before but I would get even more confused!!

Thanks!

[vowarrior1]

another good idea is to use the tritone but instead of just using the dom7 chord you can do a dom7b5 chord

[jesseaggrey]

I understand Julian; 10x. I understood it after i asked the question n analyzed it on my keyboard. But thank you it's a nice video tutorial. God bless ya. Keep it up.

[jesseaggrey]

it's nice luv it; but if i may ask why is it that when u were moving from the G in de C- 2-5-1 progression to the C, the tritone used was Db and not B-F. Thank you.

[jazztutorial]

@jesseaggrey

Thanks Jess for the question: The entire dominant 7 chord is transposed up/down a tritone, so all four notes of the chord are moved a tritone away:

G becomes Db, B becomes F, D becomes Ab, F becomes B (technically a Cb)

So in tritone substitution the word 'tritone' refers to how far away the substitute chord is. It is not referring to the other tritone I mention at the start, that is found in a dominant 7 chord (major 3rd to flat 7). Does this make sense? Let me know

[rickylevar]

Thanks a lot! This has to be one of the clearest explanations of tritone substitution I've found

[eprotz]

Thanks man for sharing! really cool info! I´m gonna watch all your videos!

[daqono]

Gracias Julian!

[jken1011]

Thanks! =) Keep posting!!