This is an OMG moment for me ----- because that's what I was always wondering how and what they do to spice up the playing instead of one-shot chord playing. This is amazing. Those terms you mentioned - bridging and filling the gaps ---- that's a perfect way of putting it. Thanks very much Jonny!!!!!
This is amazing!.. Thank you so much for your generosity. I had lost interest in playing the piano for a few years but you certainly changed that!!! God bless you!
U r simply awesome man. Usually one gets bored of theories but you make it more interesting. Ur are teachings are so simple and very easy understand the complexity of music
I was stuck with default chord progressions for years , then I discovered your channel . Its a life changing experience for me and it inspires me to play again those same melodies before but with a twist of reharmonization and passing chords. Thanks , Jonny. P.S - Is it me that all I can think by the end of this lesson is Hymn to Freedom by Oscar Peterson ?
So just use the 5 note of the next chord in the regular progression as the root of the new passing chord and put it between the first and second chords. Excellent!
By the I am Filipino, New subscriber, thanks a lot Sir Jon, i like this kind of passing chords its very useful for gospel music, specially playing Church Hymnal. Im Seventh day Adventist in religion, id like playing gospel music. I really like this.
This should be especially useful for songwriters and people wanting to learn composition. So when you have a song idea and you keep playing it over and over, looking for that extra 'something' to make it more interesting, this sounds like it might just be the ticket.
TL;DW The passing chord is the 7th Dom chord made from the 3rd of the chord you passing from (C to Am gets you E7 as the dominant chord because in C you have C E G and E is the 3rd note. Am to F gets you C7 as the dominant chord)
Isn't the Ddim chord really just a first inversion of Fmin6? I love your coaching and enthusiasm, Jonny, appreciated by at least one mainly classical pianist who loves to improvise with jazz/blues occasionally. Best wishes from the UK and have a great Xmas!
The living composer who best exemplifies this very traditional approach is Randy Newman. A fine example of this lesson in practice is Real Emotional Girl
Passing chords is a name for chords placed between the original chords of a song. Chord substitution is the action of replacing a chord (wether a passing chord or one of the original chords of the song) with a different chord.
dude i LOVE the content you're putting out, these vids are priceless.... but you gotta take out that weird in-between music when you aren't talking or playing, it's intrusive and distracting. silence would be golden.
Its Em in its 1st inversion. Basically you take the chord and change the bass to one of the chord tones. So Em - E G B. Take the G and put it in the bass. The reason why this works is because G is in the Em triad. I assume maybe you already knew that but I wanted to be safe. Now why it sounds good? I am gonna elaborate on this to just make sure you understand. 1. E minor chord is a diatonic chord in C major and most diatonic chords will always fit in a simple melody. 2. Em/G is used because of the context. In other words, the chord progression surrounding it. By using G in the bass with the E minor chord, It moves more smoothly from the A minor chord. The bass only has to move 2 half steps. If you had used a regular E minor chord the bass would be much further away and the transition would not be smooth 3. So it all lies in the bass movement. A ------>G would be the bass movement you would use when going from an Am -----> Em/G. While A -----> E would be the bass movement you would use when going from Am------>Em/G. The first one is a much more smoother, calmer transition which fits the song well. 4. Am -----> Em is a very common chord movement and is used a lot in Pop music. All I can say at this point without over complicating it is that the Em/G chord just sounds good over the melody. Hope this helped! - Bob
@@352_lx there are a lot of songs that use that movement in their chord progessions by stevie wonder for example. You go from the I major 7 -> I Dom 7 -> IV major (7 if you want) -> IV minor (6 most of the time). So there IS A LOT to add here. You just need to look beyond the triad. Adding extensions is a good way to do so!
