Passing Chords And How To Sound Amazing With Them

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Passing chords are a great Jazz trick to add some surprising but also beautiful sounds to chords. In this video, I will show you 4 types of passing chords and examples of how they sound and how to use them. You can use the examples to get them into your own playing and add amazing new colors to how you play chords.
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0:00 Intro
0:34 Using Examples not Music Theory
1:01 Basic Progression
1:23 Diatonic Passing Chords
2:53 Diminished Passing Chords
4:30 Dominant Passing Chords
5:41 Side-note: Em7 voicing for Cmaj7 chord.
6:38 Chromatic Passing Chords
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@JensLarsen 4 года назад

How do you use Passing Chords and would you like to see more videos on it? Content: 0:00 Intro 0:34 Using Examples, not Music Theory 1:01 Basic Progression 1:23 Diatonic Passing Chords 2:53 Diminished Passing Chords 4:30 Dominant Passing Chords 5:41 Side-note: Em7 voicing for Cmaj7 chord. 6:38 Chromatic Passing Chords 8:29 More Lessons on similar Chord Techniques? 8:54 Like the video? Check out my Patreon page

@jimkangas4176 4 года назад

Thanks. I think the key to this is understanding the melodic implications (a la the top note) as you implied right near the end of the video. Ways to practice creating melodies in this context would be useful for me.

@damonshanabarger2604 4 года назад

5:50 If you play a D minor 7 arpeggio at the nut, if you use your pinky on the D on the third fret of the B string, then you can set yourself up to play a Bb Major 7 by placing your index on the Bb on the first fret A string. Your fingers would already be in position. I start on the open D string and play through skipping the C and falling back on it. This maybe is more of a Rock voicing, but also works well in Jazz. The Bb Major 7 and Dm7 are pretty much the same chord.

@damonshanabarger2604 4 года назад

The D to the Bb is a ∆3rd. Inverted is a minor sixth so the Bb∆ = Dm7 (add b6)

@damonshanabarger2604 4 года назад

This is intriguing because it opens the door to much tonal possibilities.

@AmandaKaymusic 4 года назад

Yes.

@quang_phm 2 года назад

Thank you very much for giving it free. I really love and appreciate your video. Once again, thank you.

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

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

@andrewsickler8466 4 года назад

This is was a great lesson, Jens. I appreciate the breakdown into the categories (diatonic, chromatic, diminished, dominant) to help explain the method behind each. Great work!

@nicohauptmentalist 2 года назад

Important lesson! Not much theory but to the point practical ways.

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Glad you like it 🙂

@alwallace1984 4 года назад

As always, extremely insightful material, cleverly explained, beautifully played and all that for free on RU-vid. Hats off, Sir!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks Al!

@Atlanticmoonsnail 4 года назад

Thanks. This helped to clarify some of the more intuitive noodling that happens in my practicing and provided a context for a more organized approach to my playing.

@Oneminuteguitarkenji 4 года назад

You + Tomo = my current favorite teachers

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you! Tomo is amazing 🙂

@Triumphinchrist1 4 года назад

Awesome ! The ease with which you play those chords is amazing!

@Djangoat68 4 года назад

Fantastic lesson! Yes love your idea of following up this video with a practical example on a song

@aptelbruno8316 4 года назад

Great lesson, great chords, great colors. Thank you Jens.

@d5u2ke 4 года назад

Love this lesson! And more passing chords please!

@jumemowery9434 4 года назад

I love it when I'm goofing around with my guitar and i get a notification for Jens' video! Jens is the *MASTER*

@MrBlockHead 3 года назад

I think this is the best topic yet!

@HardwiredMusicMaker 4 года назад

Great lesson - these passing chords is something I've been wondering about, so yes would love to see more lessons about them.

@EclecticEssentric 4 года назад

Excellent food for thought! Thanks, Jens. I'll take more knowledge along these lines if you wish to share it. I get the concept, but I haven't explored it very much so any reinforcement is welcome.

@cu7821 4 года назад

This is exactly what I’ve been trying to learn for weeks now. Thank you!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Great! Go for it :)

@matthiasrohkostkanal6406 4 года назад

Me too...

@damiskaw 4 года назад

Thanks for this one, I’ve been working on this exact thing these past few weeks and it helped a lot

@sheffennaidoo3905 3 года назад

Awesome stuff. I enjoy all presentations🎶🎶💕Jen

@Lcschleich 4 года назад

You video quality has gotten pretty amazing. I have started watching some of your old videos to get started. and these new ones are very well done. Also, very educational. Thanks!

@Skipster18 4 года назад

Beautifully done! Yes, I'd love to see more, particularly getting more movement with those 3-note 'Freddie Green' chords. My favorite RU-vid example is Matt Munisteri with the EarRegulars playing After You've Gone. It's like a comping master class.

@skateebee Год назад

So many great ideas in here! Thanks for another solid video! 👍

@PhilSmy 4 года назад

Love this! Thanks! Very helpful

@robertgannon2586 4 года назад

Yes, this stuff is great, and much needed.

@joepalooka2145 4 года назад

Another excellent lesson, thanks Jens.

@rodneycampbell2030 4 года назад

Idk why but this video is like right up my alley such a useful video

@alamooji3716 4 года назад

Great lesson!!!!

@AmandaKaymusic 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing some sweet movements. A very handy explanation clip for passing chords spiced with some tasty inversions. ☮♥️🎶

@LouisLiuMusic 3 года назад

i went through some of the videos from early 2015 to post 2020 and it is lovely to see the progress in visual and audio! Great work man!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Yes, my channel is clear evidence of learning by doing :)

@ashandesilvaguitarist 4 года назад

thank you jens. hoping to see more on the subject.

@mikestar3686 4 года назад

I like this video this make sense! Keep it up!

@DaveKaplowitz 4 года назад

This is great, Jens. I am working on getting more melodic with my comping so this is super helpful. More please!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks Dave! I will find a way to get back to this :)

@toby8261 3 года назад

This lesson is an absolute goldmine of info, and having the tab laid out and broken down helped tremendously with understanding why these movements work so well! Thanks for the fantastic content Jens! Looking forward to making more interesting progressions now :)

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

You're very welcome! Go for it!

@jamescopeland5358 3 года назад

Thx for this lesson Jens, I needed it

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful 🙂

@willgeisler8116 3 года назад

Man this is such a helpful lesson. Just clear and concise, no bullshit and great examples of everything. Can’t believe this is free.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you very much! I am glad you found it useful 🙂

@mjasontimmons1992 2 года назад

This is fantastic. Just fantastic. Thanks for the breakdown of everything

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Glad you like it 🙂

@jazzboi4621 4 года назад

I’ve always wanted to learn this but I never knew where to start. Thanks so much jens!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Glad you find it useful :)

@Xtianisms 4 года назад

awesome! very practical and easy to follow. thanks a lot!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

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

@bohnulus 2 года назад

heh Jens, I've been out of the loop for awhile, its nice to join in again, love your teaching format... very laid back ( a compliment! )... loads of useful examples, I've started experimenting with all these voice leads. good fundamentals... helping me sound great!!!!! love what's happening at 8:03

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Welcome back! :)

@BomShiva2 3 года назад

A very clear (and hopefully comprehensive?) categorization and usage of passing chords. Tak so meget!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you like it!

@wailok977 3 года назад

This is very helpful. Please keep making this!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you very much! That's the plan!

@johnklatt6935 4 года назад

Spectacular. Would love to see even more about the subject but please give me a few weeks to absorb what you presented today. Marvelous.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Haha! Thanks, I will try to do that :)

@AntKneeLeafEllipse 4 года назад

I definitely wanna see more!

@Dems-fk8sh 4 года назад

This is a great video, thanks a lot.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

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

@joshuatan6964 3 года назад

you deserve a million subscribers

@nanoesLep 4 года назад

I'd like more about diminished passing chord. Nice video as always! Greetings from México

@matthewhennessey5967 4 года назад

One thing I've noticed is going up, Dim7 chords are used. Like "A Fine Romance": (Cmaj7, C#dim7, Dm7, D#dim7, Em7) Going back down from the E, 7th chords are used (Em7, D#7, Dm7, C#7, Cmaj7). There's a few jazz songs that do this, so I tend to adopt them as a decent jazzy option. Not sure on the theory (I guess a C#dim7 has all the notes of an A7b9, except for the A note. An A7 wants to go to D, so a C#dim7 has a similar effect...? Maybe? That's as far as I've gotten on that.

@machoprotegido5607 2 года назад

Super! Danke!

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Glad you like it 🙂

@infinite-guitar 2 года назад

Thanks Jens. Every time I watch you I learn something new. Was also initially puzzled by the Em7 = Cmaj7(9) but remembered something I read from Frank Gambale in the 90's explaining the same principle long before I became interested in jazz chord melody. G7 = Cmaj11 without the root or third and Bm7b5 = Cmaj13 without the root, third or 5th (Anyway I think this is right 😅)

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Glad you like it 🙂

@danherdautz9988 Год назад

Thanks! Jens.

@Meuszik 4 года назад

I would love to see more videos about right hand techniques.

@DESIENASHOES 4 года назад

very nice lesson/ nice sound

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you Francesco!

@localpm Год назад

Fantastic Jens

@JensLarsen Год назад

Glad you like it 🙂

@edwardv4546 4 года назад

thank you

@insidejazzguitar8112 4 года назад

Excellent and very useful

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you!

@davidkeller6156 Год назад

Love this. I am terrible at chord melodies. Every little bit helps.👍👍👍👍👍

@JensLarsen Год назад

Go for it 🙂

@RC32Smiths01 4 года назад

You can always tune to Jen to learn all the fundamentals of chords!

@vasishtakanthi4231 4 года назад

Wow!! This pretty much sounds like Joe pass in many ways!!! Thanks for a great lesson!!

@Bibidulit 3 года назад

Ty bro

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you like the video 🙂

@edumusikChannel 4 года назад

Thank master 🙏

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

You're very welcome 🙂

@noi5emaker 4 года назад

Such a good video Jens. Thanks for this. It really explains thin simply with a “hey I could do that!” Kind of feel! Sometimes I noticed chords progressions have leading notes in them with descending or ascending lines. Can you do more videos on using leading notes like b13s?

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you, Nick. Most of the time I don't think of the notes in a chord as a leading note but try to understand the entire sound of the chord in the progression

@noi5emaker 4 года назад

Jens Larsen oh I see. Good to know. I was thinking of the PDF you did on Underrated 3 Note Chords and there seemed to be notes descending or ascending in each set. I found that interesting, anyway. I’ll try to think of the whole chord though. I like that idea.

@bobhess5986 3 года назад

More passing chord videos please.

@yellowmustard7482 4 года назад

Holy crap thank you! Ive been kind of picking it up when i started learning about dim chords but chould never really get a hang of the sound.

@matthewhennessey5967 4 года назад

What I've learned from Aimee Nolte (I'm no expert), is that dim7 chords are kind of a substitute for fancy 7th chords. Like if you're traveling from Cmaj7 to Dm7, you could toss an A7 in between, because A7 wants to go to D. An C#dim7 has all the same notes as an A7b9, except for the actual A note. So Cmaj7, A7, Dm7 is cool, and also Cmaj7, C#dim7, Dm7 works as well. The b9 of an A7b9 isn't a chord that exists in any major scale, so that's a whole other can of worms I don't understand (it seems adding wierd notes to a 7th chord is fine, it just adds more tension that gets resolved by getting to your destination (Dm7 in this lame example). This is all I know.

@yellowmustard7482 4 года назад

Matthew Hennessey wow! Thank you!

@matthewhennessey5967 4 года назад

@@yellowmustard7482 Here's a cheap unreliable rule: if you have a 7th chord, then you can swap it for a dim7 chord 4 frets up. Got an E7 chord? Maybe try an Abdim7 instead. I'm sure it doesn't work all the time, but it's a good expirement to play with. Definitely check out Aimee Nolte. She plays piano, but she explains stuff really well. (I am untrained, I'm not a reliable source of music knowledge).

@brianvaughan4712 Год назад

Talk about adding color to a piece...that's using the whole box of crayons, thanks again!

@JensLarsen Год назад

Glad you like it 🙂

@meisonnn 3 года назад

Hi Jens! Thanks for your classes. A while ago i saw a video where you showed diferent ways of playing m7 chords but i cant find it know. Can you tell me how to search for it??

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Maybe that was one of the Instagram videos? It doesn't ring a bell for a YT video?

@rogerball6265 4 года назад

Yes applications in actual tunes would be cool. One spot I thought of is in "The Xmas Song" Cmaj7, Dm7, Em7.

@shawndimery 4 года назад

Roger Ball You do realise the ii V I is in about 90% of jazz standards?

@binface9 4 года назад

Great lesson, as ever. Do you have any advice on how to reconcile the use of non-diatonic passing chords with not getting in the way of the soloist, in terms of creating tensions that might not otherwise exist?

@matthewhennessey5967 4 года назад

If it's a set solo that doesn't change, maybe take a peek at the notes the soloist plays during these passing tone options. Some of these tricks might work, other ones might clash. Maybe a bit of trial and error. I guess a general rule of thumb is that two notes right next to each other will clash, but if you have a little more space, it "should" work...? (C with C# is dissonant, but C with D? Maybe not too bad). Best I got.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Any of these chords are only used for a very short time, so the tension resolves pretty much immediately. If you sustain the chords it really becomes a reharmonization :)

@mmvimperatriz-externo0249 4 года назад

Ótimo

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Obrigado! :)

@prodbyaye8751 3 года назад

Jens sir please answer should we solo over passing chords and if we should then shoul we use the passing chord arpeggios

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Probably not, but it depends on the context

@prodbyaye8751 3 года назад

@@JensLarsen so what would u do ? Choose any1 plss

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

@@prodbyaye8751 use your ears

@prodbyaye8751 3 года назад

@@JensLarsen that’s the best advice and choice

@christianp4123 4 года назад

The chromatic passing chord you talk about is different from tritone subs correct?

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Yes, except the two can be mixed up on dominant chords 🙂

@matthewhennessey5967 4 года назад

There's probably a multitude of reasons. Like where he adds an Ab7 before a G7. You could make it an Abmaj7 (borrowed from the parallel minor scale). As a lame bassist, there's a jazz trick where you just play a note one up or below your destination chord (spider bass, or something like that). So I'd assume you could do a Gb7 right before a G7 also. It seems to me, as long as you establish that your going somewhere, there's a lot of "cheating" you can do in between, because the listener knows the "correct" chord will be coming up, and solve the tension of those wierd chords. I usually try to play it straight, to establish an expectation, then add some of these tricks (which I just learned some new ones from this video), so the audience has an expectation of relief and familiarity. Hope this helps. I have a ton to learn from this guy.

@danielsheltraw8773 Год назад

Hi Jens Could you do a passing chords video in the context of the minor blues?

@JensLarsen Год назад

Doesn't these examples translate to a minor blues very easily? I don't think this is very specific to the chord progression 🙂

@danielsheltraw8773 Год назад

@@JensLarsen I am having trouble finding cool passing chords in particular when playing Django style minor blues where the minor chords are minor 6 chords. My ear hears a need for something different. Haven’t figured it out yet. For example fiving the iv chord when the iv is a minor 6 just does not sound good to me. Maybe the five of the iv needs an extension? I don’t know. Not hearing it

@JensLarsen Год назад

@@danielsheltraw8773 I don't really play Gypsy Jazz, but maybe what you are looking for is more about harmonized Basslines. I dk have some videos on that

@danielsheltraw8773 Год назад

@@JensLarsen Passing chords is what I am looking for. A lot of the passing chord ideas that you presented work well for a minor blues when the minor chords are triads or m7 but do not work well (by my ear) when the minor chords are m6 chords. I think that trutone in the m6 chord is causing havoc.

@JensLarsen Год назад

@@danielsheltraw8773 No, that is not it. Passing chords works just as well for tonic minor chords as they do for dominant chords. I really do think that harmonized bass lines is a great place for you to get some inspiration, it is a more busy version of what you are looking for. Try this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fs6hkTjyxuk.html or this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LKm_bDO_E24.html

@bilnabiln 2 года назад

what is the name for chords that are only played on the top 4 strings?

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

It is not that useful to categorize chords by the strings, so there is no name that covers that.

@laurentgrangeon9048 4 года назад

Hi Jens! Live your lessons. I'm lost here... In this vid, At 1:23 , you're showing a diagram of a cmaj7(9) And At 1:33 you're showing the exact same diagram at the 8th fret and call it a Em7...can you explain please? Thx.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

You can figure it out: What are the notes of a Cmaj7? Which note is the 9th?

@laurentgrangeon9048 4 года назад

I got it. The 9th is D. Those two chords are identical. Thx. Love the vids.

@laurentgrangeon9048 4 года назад

Or would a more accurate way to say it is that Em7 is part of Cmaj7(9)?

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

@@laurentgrangeon9048 You can say that Em7 is a part of Cmaj7 when you look at the Cmaj7 but be careful with drawing conclusions the other way around.

@laurentgrangeon9048 4 года назад

@@JensLarsen thank you. I got it.

@univuniveral9713 4 года назад

In music, they say the sky is our limit. I say with Jens Larson there is no sky when it comes to jazz.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Haha, Thank you!

@bobertramirez6456 4 года назад

Jens Larsen???? This should be a metal channel.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Because Metal is all about passing chords? 😂

@damonshanabarger2604 4 года назад

@@JensLarsen The trick is to not pass over the chords without sounding pretentious. Just because nobody else can doesn't mean I can't. You don't know what your missing.

@damonshanabarger2604 4 года назад

You have to build up to it slowly and hit them with it at just the right time. This usually means mixing a great deal of Blues and Classical into the mix with several measures of pure 100% Jazz in between. I don't think anybody else heard this. I found out recently that my robot screwed up my recordings. I'm hoping I will be able to recreate them from heaven when I enter into the thousandth cycle of the world upon this Earth.

@aytemiz.mehmet 4 года назад

Hi teacher 😊👋 i really love your videos, i follow you and thanks so much for these informative lessons. But my native language isnt English and i have difficulty following it because you speak a little hurry. Can you get a little slower when you talking?

@branislavstojic3970 4 года назад

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@JensLarsen 4 года назад

@screena 5 месяцев назад

talks like an AI robot

@JensLarsen 5 месяцев назад

Years before AI was a thing! Thanks!

@EDPGuitar 4 года назад

Fantastic Content but may I suggest you slow down the delivery. Allow time for the listener to digest and understand the wealth of information you are communicating. Thank you for sharing some of your great knowledge with us.