4 BASIC Chord Progressions Every Musician Should Know 

1. I > VI (or vi) > ii > V7 2. I > V7/4 > IV > iv > I 3. IV > b5 dim7 > I 4. III (or iii) > VI (or vi) > II (or ii) > V7 On the last one, the iii and I chord are functionally interchangeable. I’m just listing these for folks who already know theory. However, by all means watch this vid even if you know these things. It’s great instruction.

This video is the most concise explanation of material absolutely Essential to learn and practice everyday. It is the BEST Jazz video instruction I have ever seen. Maestro Mannes, You are an amazing musician and teacher. Thank you.

Over 26 min of pure concentrated knowledge, wow, appreciated, will be studying hard.

Out of all the open jazz studio and RU-vid videos you’ve made this one is my favorite and most content rich. Thanks for covering this topic!

I'm really enjoying this video so far. You really get to the meat of what there is to learn in your demonstrations. I can't wait to try them out! Thank you!

Such clarity in jazz instruction. Wonderful!!

So much gold info and ideas condensed in 26 minutes! Wow! Kudos!

I'm trying to apply your 'pretty notes' method to guitar and the altered dominant concept opened my eyes to a new world of voice leading :) Keep up the great work

This is hitting so hard right now as I’m working on the blues (guitar). Reinforcing the way of thinking melodically, for me. Thank you so much - appreciate and enjoy all your videos!

As someone new to jazz, this is one of the most helpful and easily digestible lessons I’ve come across. Thank you so much!!!!

One of the best jazz tutorials I have ever seen. Keep it up Open Studio, Adam and Peter!

Its fascinating how different the I vi ii V sounds with the jazz colors added, as opposed to the plain triads as they appear in the backbone progression of soul and melodic rock n roll.

This progression and scale practice has been a very good direction for me I'm glad I found you guys

You are a great teacher , thank you for really teaching the materials that can help musicians sound good .

Great lesson. I actually like the pace of the lesson. IRL lessons come at you fast and furious and it’s good to learn how observe and digest information quickly. Plus you can always rewind and rewatch the video

Fantastic video with a lot of detail on some fundamental points. Thanks so much for presenting this in such a clear way!

Thanks so much! Not just for the information provided but for the obvious respect you have for your students.

Good stuff man... very helpful to me... thanks and keep up the great teachings.

Great lesson, I fibd rhythm changes particularly hard, this definatly helped me to understand it in much deeper level. Thank you so much! great video.

Love the Parker lick on the Bbmaj7/F on the 3rd chord progression!! Super common Charlie Parker lick

You guys are doing wonderfully well. You inspire me alot. I really love the video on how to crush solos. It addresses alot of my challenges. I like to crush solos like Peter M. If you can give tips on how to unlock the fingers and keep it *crushing*, it will be nice. I love guys from Nigeria.

You guys are the best! Such a good primer on Harmony. Really feel like I can build off this. 10/10.

Wow, you just gave us a new mini course! Thank you. Very nice.

I am a bass player and I can't tell you how much I've learned from watching your instructional videos and being able to apply that knowledge to my particular instrument thank you again

I am recommending your lessons to many of my classical musicians students. As you well know, the understanding of the grammar (harmony) and the vocabulary (scales and modes) of jazz is very important in order to learn improvisation. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge.

Great material! I love the information very much.

Adam! You're a gentleman and a scholar. Thanks for amazingly connected video! :)

I hit the like even before it actualky starts. So much great content for free. Amazing. Thanks

👍 Has taken me a several hours just to grasp the basic voicing 1-6-2-5.

Very easy to understand and well explained and well outlined thank you.

Thanks for truly great lessons, I've learned tons of stuff, mainly on the topic of chord substitutions/soloing/diminished scale on dominant chords. However, I'm really curious to hear your take on ideas around soloing concepts for minor or major 7th chords. For instance, how do we stay interesting over 4-8 bars of a minor 7th chord? Anyway, best jazz channel around! Thanks a million for sharing your knowledge!

This channel is a goldmine.

Hi! My name is Tom! I am a brazilian jazz pianist and I like very much your channel! Thanks for the good content!

How many valuable lessons are actually thrilling? Thank-you, Adam.

I'm bigly new to jazz, and this was one which will be on my list when I've gotten more lamb into my chops.

The best videos for learning!!

I’m going to sound like a jazz musician by the time the Coronavirus dies down! Dope content!

This channel is gold !

Couldn't be better! Just kept smiling and watching. Yeah buddy, good stuff 😊

super! thank you!!

Root shell pretty - I'm not coming from a jazz background, but just this one tip helped a lot! I'll be back to this video to digest more later. Thank you!!!

Now that is a sweet tuto right there :) Merci!

This is SO GOOD. Exactly the nutrition most needed, and goes down easy thanks to your organized and clear delivery. Thank you!!!!

Great great man

This is beautiful! Thank you - you are feeding my noodling habit!

Great stuff. You guys are great. And funny. Thanks.

This is fabulous

1:06 really reminds me of Bud Powell's intro to Serenade To A Square with Dexter Gordon.

I transcribed Peter Martin's solo , and as impressive as it is at his speed, slowed down it's not as complicated as it sounds. Its just the bebop vocabulary that Peter and Adam (and so many others) teach in their videos-- scales, arpeggios, enclosures, approaches, and sequences. This takes nothing away from Martin's stunning performance!

Excellent from France great thank

Thanks!

Great video, thank you. How do you think of the Am broken chord over the D7 or the Ebm9 over the Ab? Is it just hearing/knowing the extensions or is there a pattern or a tip for this?

Thanks a lot

Great stuff

Awesome!

İt,s great thank u so much...

I love this video

Thanx, Adam.

thanks a lot

Man I really wish you guys would use an app like Chordie so it displays onscreen the notes you're playing. For someone new to jazz, I'd love to follow along but it's difficult to see all the notes you're playing.

I don’t play piano but here I am, watching a cook in the kitchen

This is exactly the type of content I've been looking for! I will say though there is no way I can play G F and B in one hand like you did at 8:30. Your hands are absurd.

Pretty slick🎶

Thank you so much for thinking of this you are amazing. And incidentally I think you do a lot better from my perspective with you alone in the studio. Because you do less talkin and teach more thoroughly. . Thus, it's more like a competition between two musicians and it just doesn't quite get it for me.. So I will stick with you and you alone.lol 4 u are 1 of my favorite 😺

More of this, please! How about the I7-V7?

Fantastic video… had to make some adjustments since I don’t have King Kong size hands (root and third in the next octave with one hand?!?!?), but absolutely amazing information!!!

First..great break down. A practice I use is to read both F clef and G clef in order. Ignoring the Bb6. All kinds of clues in that ..the Bb7 has a b7 and a semitone or half tone down is G. Bb6 (Bb D G) has no b7 in it. That would make it a Bb13..A little muddy. better in the upper extensions. Just my thoughts.

8:32 this guy hits a major 10 with his left hand like it's nothing!!

Hi Adam, you know how the I if it's dominant, becomes the V of the IV, like C7 is the V of FMaj7, so os the I I7 IV sort of looking for that sound where you go from say CMaj7 as being your tonal center, to going C7 such that you make F your tonal center after?

I've yet to find a good tutorial on how to make any chord progression sound like Bruce Hornsby is on the piano, I've seen some sheet music tutorials but nothing decent that goes over a bunch of basic chord progressions then moving up in complexity

This along with your and P Martin's vid on altered scales is doin me well. Sorry but I get Peter's half whole then whole tone description more easily than the harmonic minor above the root of the 5th

Buenisimo

Can’t wait to hear the next generation of musicians who are coming up on this

For some reason I like to alter the B section of rhythm changes. I have been playing IV7, bVII7, bIII7, bVI7 TO V7. I THINK IT SOUNDS REALLY HIP

Muito bom

Is the pdf still available?

great

Woooooo!

Kool

Hey, great video. Can you make some video about voicings for people with small hands ? :D

WHOO i have abig smile on my face thanks Peter othe lesson was ok .small joke cheers.

This is great. Mr. Martin please slow down. .....This tutorials are target to advance students and profesional piano players. Please take advantage of your tremendous technical skills and teach the art of phrasing. Again I have a giant respect for your musicianship. Respectfully. JG.

The PDF Guide is never sent to my email even though I go to the link in the Comments and provide my email address. I’ve checked everywhere including my Spam folder. Is the download broken ?

just noticed the Bb6 is a Bb6add 9. Is that correct? Bb7 with an Ab and a G would be a dominant 13. Bb13. I could Google it, but you may have a fresh angle on it. No hurry.

Great! But I can’t find the pdf

Dan, Rachel, or Alexis, when you bump into Adam and Peter, please let them know that they did an outstanding job. Adam did an excellent job of covering the changes and Peter was smokin’ as usual. Thanks

Could you get Bob DeBoo to present this same topic from a bassist point of view? Cheers and Well Done!

what kind of voicings are from 2:39? It is G7(#5#9)? ...Cm69..? And about dominant seven?? Eb Ab Db Gb over F?? Where is "shell"? There is not major third? I see any Fm7(#5b9) Is it realy or mistake?

Hi Adam The chord progression in the first 8 bars of “out of nowhere” as written in real books sounds wrong to me. How do you play it? That first 8 is an unusual progression. Is it derivative of a more common progression?

Supreme content. Superior i am blown away and dripping with gratitude. Is there a patreon or something similar for support?

May I request sir,,,May your typing spoken words be flash on the middle of the screen ,,so that ,we may see your finger movements ! Thanks sir !

Whats the difference between a flat 13 and sharp 5?

Why doesn't the A in bar 2 (F7b9) have a b9 or Ab?

There is a PDF?! Couldn't you say so in the beginning?!!

😋 HORACE SILVER , Intro chrords on Like Someone in love. ( Art Blakey & jazz messagers) 1954

I'm a bit confused at 6:00. Isn't that B natural a #11? , from F perspective? Why does he call it a b9 ? Thanks in advance

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Adam is good. I like piano for explaining things.

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Here, simply play these chords: Lists more chords than I can keep track of after two seconds.