After Rehearsal Circle of 4ths Lesson - Neo Soul Jazz and Gospel :: Recorded on iPhone 4

After Rehearsal Jam :: Jamal Hartwell on Keys, Lydell Tate on Bass, Nikki Ingram on vocals, Arlene Hartwell on vocals (Wifey), Evan on vocals too, Cameron Tate on drums.

A lot of people ask me all the time how to change modes or to create a new sound. One way to do that is to use the relative minor and use the flatted 7 as your launching board. If you ever heard that Neo-Soul Hip-Hop McDonalds commercial that's what that is. The circle of fifths is not just used to do the standard, but you can actually cycle 5ths and circle 4ths to create a nice Neo-Soul and Jazzy feel. Then you come back home to the 5.

PS: Sorry for saying F# instead of Gb...Bad habit. I call it a circle of minors, because you are essentially in the relative minor or a mixture of a dorian mode by playing with the Db key and the Gb key which is the relative minor. The Gb and the Db share many of the same chords and notes. The flatted 7th in the key of Eb is Db and going to the Gb Major is the 4th of Db. Then going to the B is the fourth of Gb and the E is the flatted 7th of Gb. So between the flatted 7th's and the relative minors, you can get a nice circle going on and make sure you come back home by hitting the Eb over Ab, or the five.

Chords:
1. Ab Major 9
2. C Minor 9
3. Db Major 9
4. Gb Major 9
5. B Major 9
6. E Major 9
7. Ab9/Bb

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[kagoon0709]

but besides the chords, i want to know how i can improve the voicing and just skills to vary the sounds using the same chord. any suggestion? no one teaches me anything close to this

[GospelMusicians]

@kagoon0709 My Neo-Soul DVD will be out very soon to explain this stuff!

[anointed33]

How do you not get lost when improvising? I have a horrible problem with and it haunts me when I attempt to. And it causes me to stay basic.

[GospelMusicians]

@anointed33 Don't overplay your skill level. The more you add to your vocabulary, the more you can do safely. Don't try to do stuff outside of your category until you have perfected it first at home in practice time!

[dafingaz1]

I got a song just like this. Jamal, how much you charge for a special feature on a song?...

[GospelMusicians]

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[Vitico222]

Man I got to go to your church bro. As soon as I get a visa. I'm there !

[markbra]

Dear J,

I think you are going to the paralle minor, you said reletive minor.

[nemuelkess]

muito bom!!! BRAZIL

[MrREVELATION777]

I like the movement ten out of ten and this is my first time learning this so.. thank really helped me alot, im going to start playing this alot i was looking for something new also!!! God Bless you guys :)

[guarantorloans]

@JayJohn011 He means when you want to go back to a key, use the five chord of the new key to create the pull back to the one chord, so in this case, you want to go back to Ab so the chord before will be an Eb7 of some kind.

[skirts27]

Lawd have mercy! Ya'll need to be put in time out!

[janeeyrelove]

Thanks for sharing, really helps a lot!! :)

[PianoWizard]

Every time I watch you Jamal I know that I have a long way to go until I can play almost half as good. Its truly a blessing that you take time to share your gift . Real 1st class stuff. Thanks again.

[tk07takeo]

God Bless you man!!

As a pianist myself, I really tell that the Holy Spirit is working magic in those fingers! You inspired me!! keep up this ministry!

[JayJohn011]

"by hitting the Eb over Ab, or the five. " I am confused...I thought the five was the Bb in the Key of Eb so why hit the Eb over the Ab?