Make Your Chord Progressions More Interesting

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There are many ways you can reharmonize chord progressions. In this video, I am going over a method that is simple and easy to use. I am using basic functional harmony to show you how you can create amazing jazz chord progressions yourself and really change the color of the songs you play.
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00:00 Intro
00:52 Basic II V I and The Power of Chord Functions
01:23 The Advantage of Functional Harmony
02:14 Chord Progressions Have To Make Sense Too
02:39 Subdominant chords and lots of options
02:45 3 Basic major subdominants
03:10 Is VI a subdominant?
03:41 7 useful minor subdominants
05:00 4 exotic #IV subdominants
06:15 Progressions Using Other Subdominants
07:07 Dominant Chords
08:02 Progressions Using Other Dominants
08:53 Tonic Chords and Suspensions
10:20 Changing functions - From II V I to Neo-soul
12:00 Functional Harmony - A Powerful Tool
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@JensLarsen 3 года назад

How do you work on making better chord progressions and changing it up? Check out more on Functional Harmony and Jazz: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8Lx926gI1QM.html

@jazzerbme 3 года назад

Jens! You are a musical genius! Your explanations are insightful, instructional, and so very helpful. You inspire, entertain, motivate, and educate. Thank you for all you contribute to help us be better musicians! Thank you!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you like the videos and put them to use 🙂 !

@rickjensen2717 3 года назад

One of yourbest lessons Jens - perfectly explained and immediately useable

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you, Rick!

@ravok23 3 года назад

I am just a rock/blues guitarist that has been playing for 35 years. I have learned so much in the past year that I have tuned in to your lessons. Chords and melody is my favorite thing. This is a great lesson! Thank you from Houston,TX USA.

@Jamsville 3 года назад

I don’t know why someone would say that you can’t use the vi chord as a subdominant lol. Considering that the IV is a subdominant, and you can substitute a minor 7 chord from the 3rd of a major chord, you could think of it like F Major 9 I think they also do it in pop music all the time 😂

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Haha! Welcome to the internet! If you are new here then grab a tinfoil hat in the corner 😂

@muhammadhangtuah9746 2 года назад

Jens the sentence analogy is genius

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Thank you :)

@Bobobo-bo-bo-bobobo 3 года назад

You're one of the best guitar teachers on RU-vid. Just giving out your lessons for free in order to help people make better music. I'm primarily a metal guitarist but I love jazz and fusion and your videos have been helping me a lot. Cheers from the US 🍻

@md-ps2hx 2 года назад

Such wonderful tonal colours ... very Ted Greene. I REALLY like the way you explain the way you arrive at these subtle pastel like chords. The sonic 'pictures' you 'note paint' are beautiful.

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Thank you so much 😀

@laureanoahmad7495 3 года назад

Speechless one of your best videos so far In a II-V-I is easier to view the different harmonic options in a jazz progression than isolated chords from theory. More of these videos please. Thanks

@draknagar 3 года назад

Wow!! You have given the map of Treasure Island!! Superb lesson

@ivansuner2120 3 года назад

Thank you so much for this video! I have been struggling with jazz for a while, but this video turned the messy soup of seemingly random chords into repeating patterns of functional harmony with different interpretations of each chord for different sounds and textures. It didn't quite click until I started playing along and hearing and feeling how each chord 'synonym' related to the original chord when substituted in the original two-five progression.

@gastonruiz10 2 года назад

Wow, this is seriously one of the best chord progression lessons I have ever seen. Thank you!

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Glad you like it 🙂

@RC32Smiths01 3 года назад

so many things to learn about progressions, it makes compositioning so more fun! Great work!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you think so!

@RC32Smiths01 3 года назад

@@JensLarsen Thank you so much!

@evandevries1175 3 года назад

You always deliver, Jens! I'm enjoying the humor you're incorporating into your videos too. Polished stuff!

@BomShiva2 3 года назад

Could not be any clearer. Mind boggling possibilities :) Thanks!

@fantonledzepp 3 года назад

I like how you jab at the “Jazz elitists” 😂🤣 Cool lesson, man. 😎

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you 🙂

@nickbeasley3134 3 года назад

Your videos are always fantastic lessons filled with useful content. You have generously taught a LOT of guitarists (me among them) how to improve in every facet of their playing.... Thank you very much.

@noahcarver6072 3 года назад

Thanks!. And also now I have a nice chord melody stuck in my head!

@aberhan 3 года назад

Very nice Jens, I love the smooth sound of these chords moving to resolution. In my ear I can hear a lot of musical ideas unfolding.

@ggus8512 2 года назад

Music theory at its best! Just what I needed! Thank you Jens!

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@awaywithpaul3423 3 года назад

Jazz has always been an impossible dream for me.. love listening to it but never had a clue how it was played. Now I’m watching your videos and finding that ideas I recognise have names (octave displacement, enclosures etc) and it all seems to make more sense. This lesson was amazing and your teaching style is just perfect. Thank you so much for taking me to a completely different level of playing possibilities

@DaveyH 3 года назад

Been watching your videos for a very long time and just wanted to say that the quality of your videos has improved drastically over the years. Your lesson have always been great, obviously your editing, lighting and delivery has improved but I personally love the way you structure these videos now. Keep up the great work mr Larsen

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you! Glad you think so! :)

@Geetarhed 3 года назад

One of a kind teacher, a great insight with practical examples to fast track knowledge improvements, excellent.

@JBGWAlain 3 года назад

Excellent video Jens. One of the most useful I’ve seen on simple substitutions. Thank-you!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@hennyreflection 3 года назад

Just starting this and I love that synonym analogy!

@doktorfox1 3 года назад

This was a breakthrough lesson for me. It was just the right tutorial at just the right time. Thank you!

@aberhan 2 года назад

I was wondering lately, why the connection between A flat, and C major. Never realizing it’s connection to C minor. Then borrowing it for a major setting. Thanks Jens.

@dyadicrationals 3 года назад

I just started to listen to your series. After focusing on just lead solo as a teenager I am mostly interested in harmony combined with melody less than 52 notes per second. Thank you for introducing me to the theory functional harmony with beautiful sounding examples. I know basics but not the more complex substitution ideas. 👍.

@Ntimitree 3 года назад

Believe it or not I have been trying to find this information over a year on the internet. Many thanks!

@normantaylor7829 3 года назад

Hi Jens. I found this video really enlightening especially the approach to using the chord families for re-harmonisation.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you like it 🙂

@tonepoet 3 года назад

Ridiculously handy lesson, Jens. Very nice concepts and very usable.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you like it! :)

@adriatic.vineyards Год назад

This is so cool. I love that, rather than simply demonstrating the chords, you teach people how to use them.

@adriatic.vineyards Год назад

9:54

@JensLarsen Год назад

Glad you like it 🙂

@Natalie_Blazyn 3 года назад

Hey Jens, I really loved this lesson and the funky backing track the you used. Sort of heading into the neo-soul area. The progressions were great. Thank you for sharing! 😊🎶

@luohao5806 Год назад

This is the best chord progression lesson I have ever encountered

@JensLarsen Год назад

Thank you! Glad you found it useful 🙂

@WoodyGamesUK 3 года назад

As a pianist I always return to your videos. I can't help it!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad to hear that you can use them on piano as well! :)

@liontone 3 года назад

I remember, years and years ago, doing “”In My Life” by the Beatles, and figuring out that the IVminor was actually melodic minor,. Same with all those b7 Dominants (Lydian Don) in other songs. Magical times. Haha.

@victor29rc 3 года назад

Your content is so great, Jens. Cheers from Brasil!

@rieske2000 3 года назад

I love this lesson. Chords are my thing.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Great! Thanks Richard

@theapollopythianexperience6992 2 года назад

i really enjoy and become a jazz player because of also you...good stuff

@edwardoorjitham7714 3 года назад

Another excellent video on substitutions! Thank you!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you like it 🙂

@terje6522 3 года назад

Very nice sounding voice-leading in the examples. Thanks!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

You're very welcome, Terje :)

@SvenBlumer 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing the knowledge Jens. Love that old Ibanez semi-hollow!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thanks Sven! :)

@Pino122012 3 года назад

Thank you Jens for sharing your Mastery and insights. Thanks to your videos I am branching out and expanding past what I already utilize and it’s very exciting? :))

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

You're very welcome! I am glad you like the videos! 🙂

@dkwvt13 3 года назад

Great Lesson, fascinating subject and you make it look so easy, LOL... Thank You for the links, this will take some extra time and effort. ;-)

@YatJac 3 года назад

Outstanding! Thank you.

@QuestionMark711 3 года назад

Beautifully explained I must say!!!

@angeljavier9541 3 года назад

Excelente sonido esas voces .. gracias por compartir

@matteusmaximofelisberto4385 3 года назад

Man, your tone is gorgeous... Congrats

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you 🙂

@chrisgalka 3 года назад

Thank you so much for sharing all this information for free!!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful! You're very welcome :)

@stuartarnold4495 3 года назад

This is a good lesson Jen's because I have just been playing with my fingers, no plectrum. Chords are the most important, I don't play solos. So again thanks.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you Stuart!

@kymcarter589 3 года назад

Amazing video! Thanks!😁

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you like it 🙂

@anandgodane8022 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much sir ❤️🙏

@ianmoore5502 3 года назад

learn jazz...make music. It's a style, and it's a tool, but it's not the end all be all foryou. That's something I cherish about your music. No supremacy or elitism..just education and inspiration.

@proximact695 3 года назад

Suuuper!! Nice lesson😀

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you! 😃

@ericeakes7733 3 года назад

I subscribed bc i can learn and laugh. Well played on both counts.🍻

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you very much Eric!

@tico3858 3 года назад

Beautiful lesson!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you think so!

@arturwilk1465 2 года назад

This is so cool !!!

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Glad you like it!

@mwicks1968 3 года назад

Great video once again Jens - I think the "Functional" way of looking at things is sadly overlooked - makes sense to me, though, as I was taught to think this way in the choral music (cadences) I learnt (many years ago!).

@aslazaimi5824 3 года назад

Great job man

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you! :)

@extramile734 3 года назад

great lesson Jens

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you! :)

@heiro9611 Год назад

You could just call the #IV subdominants Lydian subdominants since you’re raising the fourth degree (technically making it Lydian) and then resolving to tonic or dominant

@JensLarsen Год назад

No, modal names don't really make sense in functional harmony since they are static and functional harmony is about movement

@brad724p 3 года назад

Great one, Jens!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you, Brad 🙂

@jacobgehrig9768 3 года назад

This is awesome, I can't wait to try some of this out. Do you have any recommendations for jazz pickups on a hollow body? I got an Ibanez AF75 and I had to replace all the pots on it, so I figured I'd replace the pickups while I'm in there. It's certainly not a great guitar so it's probably not worth putting super expensive pickups in it, but if you have any options that won't break the bank that'd be really helpful

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thanks Jacob! You could look for (2nd hand?) SD Seth Lovers. They are not super expensive if I remember correctly. That is what I have in the neck on my Ibanez.

@antsonc 3 года назад

Great! More!

@Atlanticmoonsnail 3 года назад

Thanks Jens (@ 5:52), I use the #4 half diminished and diminished because they sound good to me. I just didn't know the context of their use.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Yes, I think most of us do it like that, at least I was well aware that I liked the sound really a lot years before I had the theory to understand it :)

@johnorr4866 2 года назад

Wonderful video.

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Thank you 🙂

@iacopoantonelli1979 3 года назад

Thank you. Very high quality content.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you think so!

@iacopoantonelli1979 3 года назад

@@JensLarsen I'd have a question: at 11:13 you say the "Dbmaj7(#11)" is another minor subdominant, but I thought it was the triton substitution (and Ab would be a minor subdom)? As Db is not present in C minor scale. Thank you.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

@@iacopoantonelli1979 Dbmaj7 is the Neapolitan subdominant. It is an Fm triad with an added b6. It is not the tritone of G7 because it does not have a B

@iacopoantonelli1979 3 года назад

@@JensLarsen thank you for the answer. I confused it with Db7, which is indeed the triton of G7.

@CarlosCassartelliPreysler 3 года назад

I LOVE THE GUITAR BRO... ITS AMAZING TUTORIAL.. I LIKE YOUR STYLE... Y PLAY ALSO TRUMPET AND KEYBOARDS AND LITTLE BASS GUITAR

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you! Go for it :)

@audreygiamlayhoon Год назад

Thank you❤

@gb4524 3 года назад

No complaints here😉.. thnx

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

No problem 👍

@TimBeauBennett 3 года назад

I'm never this early! I do need to work on my coming though, so let's see if I can turn it into something useful :D

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Go for it! :)

@giominor88 3 года назад

@JensLarsen I would love to see some videos on re-harmonizing modern chord progressions (especially in minor keys) not strictly following 2-5-1. For example McCoy Tyner's Contemplation. Such type of a chord progression can be found in jazz, pop, metal, etc. It could be quite interesting.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Maybe, there is a chance it gets a bit too specific for it to make a good lesson though.

@startreker8591 Год назад

I just sang my fave French song (originally btw) that I usually do with the standard progression 😢…still exploring y reinterpreting it TY❤ Jens( I usually sing but guitar is fun y keyboards by ear anyways 😢)

@rabibratadey6819 3 года назад

Great job Sir

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you like it! :)

@rabibratadey6819 3 года назад

@@JensLarsen style of your teaching is just awesome

@robinbalean958 3 года назад

A few videos back I asked you what a subdominant is. After this video I think I'm starting to get it.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Great! :)

@chrissguitarshow206 3 года назад

Love your delay

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thanks Chris 🙂

@We-all-watched-the-video 3 года назад

Hi Jens, great video for helping me to spice things up! I've always wondered how do you feel about players like Shawn Lane, Allan Holdsworth, or even Buckethead? As I've seen some Allan videos on here before.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

I really like Holdsworth, the others are of course great players but not really my thing. Probably because it is more arranged and composed and not really about improvisation and interaction, but I don't know. I didn't think about it, it was just not something I felt like listening to a lot...

@We-all-watched-the-video 3 года назад

Jens Larsen that’s cool, yeah Allan was monstrous in a good way

@sauce25 3 года назад

Awesome video as always Jens. If you had to guess, why do you think borrowing chords from the minor key and putting them ahead of the V - I major progression sounds so good?

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Because the progression makes sense but resolves surprisingly

@kennytseguitar8574 3 года назад

WE need to learn this systematic

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Go for it :)

@TheLuigigi 3 года назад

Grandissimo

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you! :)

@leascaart 3 года назад

Your lessons are incredible. Sadly, I'm not there yet. But I am working my way up.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Go for it 🙂

@arydorrego2946 3 года назад

Muchísimas gracias me servío más allá que no entiendo inglés Gracias

@themusiccovenant 3 года назад

Amazing

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you :)

@nyxpickle 3 года назад

Awesome video Jens, I think I'm finally starting to keep up with you in these theory videos! One question, why did you call the Abmaj7 a "minor subdominant"? I'm a bit lost on that point.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Is it a dominant in the key of C or is it a tonic chord? 🙂 It would have to be one of those two.

@guy_incognito 2 года назад

Since you brought it up: Forget Eric Clapton -- what about Robert Fripp!? Great tutorial, BTW!:-)

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Thanks! I am not really into the through-composed with no interaction things that I have heard from King Crimson, so I never really listened to it. I have had students who really dug it, but it's not for me.

@RenanteNate Год назад

How about changing the tonic like a deceptive cadence? Instead of resolving to CM7, you can use AM7 or the VI(M7).

@JensLarsen Год назад

That can work, it will depend on the context.

@rreyes3000 3 года назад

Really digging your channel now that I have more experience. Do you have any sources for ambient music without sounding to bluesy or jazzy? Thanks

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thanks! I don't think I have anything on ambient music, sorry :)

@manthosdamigos 3 года назад

THANK YOU! I 've been looking for something like this for years!! I have a question though - how does that work in a context of a trio, meaning the combination of comping like this with a walking bassline? I feel like if someone starts doing crazy substitutions on top of a straightforward II-V-I bassline it's going to be a mess. I know context matters, and you can't put rules into everything, but I'm just wandering (p.s. I'm a composer and a guitarist but for the past 1-2 years I've been playing bass in jazz trios and quarters, just fyi).

@zozovaca 3 года назад

Well, on dom7 will not be the mess, probably, but for the rest - not sure. :)

@cmingus26 3 года назад

Good question, to me it’s also not clear how reharmonisation works in a band context.

@lorettataylor4288 3 года назад

I agree, this seems to aim at solo guitar, or composition, so context is important. The bass player in an ensemble is the glue that holds us all together...we need to be on the same chords, especially if you are accompanying vocalists that supply charts just before performance. Although I have found that small added chromatic chord movements, often work in the moment, without clashing with piano or bass.

@jazzman1954 2 года назад

When you play these alternative chords in a band situation leave out the low roots. So they don’t clash with the bass player. The upper notes will sound fine and are actually all found in the original ii/v/i any way. However if there is a pianist it gets complicated because they could choose voicings that really clash with your clever subs. Could be the subject of another lesson. I’ve personally experienced pianists who won’t play with guitar for this reason. Some pianists are willing to live with us (ha!) and the risks of clashes. I don’t like it when the guitar and the keys swap comping. It always sounds lame in my opinion. To be honest I am beginning to think that the guitar is a redundant instrument in jazz.

@Andrea_Manconi 3 года назад

Why not to have a VI as a subdominant? In the end it's the IV with no tonic, right?

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

The internet is a funny place :)

@ethanzhou3173 3 года назад

how would you approach a chord progression like this: Bar 1: Emin7 -> Bmin7 Bar 2: E9 -> Amaj7 Bar 3: Dmaj6/9 -> A13 Bar 4: A7 -> Dmaj7

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Figure out what key(s) it is in and then analyze it. Use that to reharmonize it.

@davidjordan5175 3 года назад

On the Emin7 raise the G and E notes a half step. to create D dim 7. On the Emin7 lower the D and B notes a whole step to create C Maj 6 . Lower the C and G a half step and the E a whole step to create Bmin7. " Borrowing diminished notes" apply to some or all of the chords in the progression to create melodic movement. In other words TAKE BARRY HARRIS SERIOUSLY!!! STUDY ALL THINGS BARRY HARRIS TO GET A GRIP ON THE FUNDAMENTALS. YOUR WELCOME

@kirilltregubov7341 6 месяцев назад

grazie

@JensLarsen 6 месяцев назад

Glad you like it 🙂

@zipcheckcheck 3 года назад

Quick question: in a 1 6 2 5 1 progression how can how can I really make the 1 and six sound distinct from each other. Is there a good inversion, nice extensions or bass run to really give a nice definition between them? Thanks

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Turn it into a secondary dominant? :)

@AnnaPrzebudzona 2 года назад

Your chords have so many different shapes. You probably don't even think of them as shapes but individual notes but I don't know whether I'll ever get there.

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

It is about how you think about chords in general. I talk about it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pEG3GF1mmrs.html

@AnnaPrzebudzona 2 года назад

@@JensLarsen Thank you for your reply ☺️ I was hoping you had an episode about it.

@ZheWeiMusic 3 года назад

Thanks Jens! This episode is so interesting and useful. Do you think seeing Dm7 in bar5 of Polkadots as tonic also make sense?

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thanks! No, that isn't how it sounds to me :)

@bebopreview3187 Год назад

I agree with you, definitely Tonic function chord. Whether it also has predominant function as well in this situation is very debatable. Sticking a chord in front of a Dominant does not give it automatic 'sub dominant' function status.

@robertserban8843 3 года назад

Great

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you! :)

@insidejazzguitar8112 3 года назад

Great video. I’ve been into soloing Abmaj7 Dbmaj7 Cmaj7 over the usual II V. Sounds a little out, but it drags its own logic into the story and sounds awesome. I thought I heard Dbmaj7 as dominant because it’s a little like F7alt, but you say it’s subdominant?

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thanks! Dbmaj7 is a neapolitan subdominant, it is an Fm triad with an added b6. If it was a dominant it would have a B in there :)

@insidejazzguitar8112 3 года назад

Jens Larsen I see, thank you. And what I meant before was that I hear the D-flat major seven as sort of an altered G7, not F7. But I see your point. Also I’ve noticed that if a chord contains what would be the fourth degree from the point of view of the V, then it seems more subdominant.

@worldofsoundcraft4363 3 года назад

4:51... I am really interested in your other course about boring chords 😂 Just kidding, thank you very much for you great videos that really inspire me to learn jazz guitar and music theory... Even if i have miles to go... Cheers

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Go for it 🙂 I have a study guide for jazz Chords on my website, if you are interested

@benkatof4240 3 года назад

Wow, again so much great material to work with! Question: I've heard (Joe Pass, Mickey Baker...) say they view chords as minor, major and dominant. How does this relate to your lesson here on functional harmony?

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

I like more different chords than just 3 categories (actually Joe Pass has more types of dom7th chords as well)

@zozovaca 3 года назад

Minor and major aren't chord functions, functions are tonic, subdominant, dominant... They didn't talk about chord functions, just about chord types, and wanted to simplify things a bit, excluding the extensions, i guess...

@songfulmusicofsongs 3 года назад

Is it possible to use triads instead of chords in jazz? I know there are some standards that use them (as well as some pre-bebop songs), but it seems they are usually avoided. What would be the correct way to use them in jazz?

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Yes, you can use triads, that really just depends on what you think fits better.

@BlackGypsyMusic 3 года назад

@jenslarsen Do a video on octave displacement, my g. That would be awesome 🤘🏾

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

I don't have a video where I only talk about Octave Displacement, I prefer to see it as a part of the tool set you need to sound like Jazz. These videos all have sections on Octave displacement and how to make some great bop lines with it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-td2f43uohMc.html