 Hi everyone, this is Jason Zach from Nathaniel School of Music. I am proud and honored to have on board members from the Blessing Chimanga Ensemble all the way from Zimbabwe and they have been great friends of the school. So in this lesson we are going to have an established keyboard player, music director, multi-instrumentalist, Elisha Zimbeva all the way from Zimbabwe teaching you a lot of very very important chord concepts you need to know. Do remember to stay tuned till the end of the video, you'll learn a lot. Also hit that subscribe button if you haven't already, the bell icon for regular notifications so that you stay tuned whenever we release a new lesson on our YouTube channel. Cheers and enjoy the lesson. Okay, thank you Jason. Hello everyone, my name is Elisha Zimbeva from Zimbabwe. I'm going to show you how we can use extension chords on different songs. So today we are going to use a song called What a Friend We Have in Jesus. So first of all I'm going to play it in a simple way using the chords C major, F major and G major. C major chord goes like this. This is the root position for C major, C, E, G and then F major, F, A, C and then G major, G, G, B and D. Alright, so here we go. Okay, so now we are going to add color and do the extension chords on this song, on this first part of the song. So on C major, we can start with like the first inversion or the second inversion. And then we can substitute this with a G minor and then we go to, so it will be, and then we put F7. Okay, let me just start from the top. And then we back to C with the first inversion. So instead of going to G, we can go to D minor 7th and then we go to G 3 10th. So from D minor 7th to G 3 10th, our left hand is playing G and then to G. And then right hand we have F, A, C and E and then this is D minor 7th and then G 3 10th. So let me just start from the top. And then after that, we go to G minor 7th again and then we go to C 13th over F sharp. And then we go to C sus over F. Okay, so that part. If you want, you can add the minor third on your left, something like this. So right now I just like play the melody with my right hand. Okay, so let me start again from the beginning. And we can add this D minor 7th chord. So let me just slowly. So this is C over E, E minor 7th into our G 3 10th. G minor 7th into our C 13th over F sharp. And then C sus over F, adding a flat 3. So I'll just play the whole thing from beginning up to the end. On the diminished chord, I used the E flat 7 diminished chord. So that's E flat F sharp, A and C. So it's a passing from F to C. It's a passing from F to C slash G. Something like this. And then so it's E flat F sharp, A and C. And then going to C over G. Okay, so already it's sounding gospel with all these chords. Okay, and then when I played the G minor 7th, we have G, B flat, D and F. With the on our right hand and then left hand playing G. And then C, C 13th, we have B flat, D, E and A over F sharp. And then C sus. C sus, we have C, D and G. Playing octave. And then we go back to our E flat diminished. And then this is just like a tenor. Like a fill in. So I have my C here. C on the left as well. And then I'm starting right hand starting on E, left hand starting on G. And then you have our C, holding our C's. Okay, so let me play again from the beginning. And then I can break it down more further. E minor 7th, then into F7. And then C over E. So you can add, after E, you can add this A before D minor 7th. If you want, you can even play D7th to sound more gospel. So G 13th, F, A, B and E on our right hand and left hand just playing G and D. Then G minor 7th, C 13th, C sus and then E flat diminished. Or here I'm just playing the melody using the major chords. But even the versions. You can even play it in like a swing form using this chords. Because it's gospel and jazz. So something like this. This is just how to close some songs. So you have your G diminished with E on your left and then D on your right with G and C. And then you go to C7th, E diminished 7th and then C over G. And then B, this is C sharp 13th to C 13th. So it's just like semitones. From C 7th to C 13th. C sharp 13th, C 13th. So I'll play it one more time. Thank you very much for watching. Please make sure to subscribe to our channel.