Tutorial: Tri tone substitutions and how to use them 

Matt!! You’re gonna have to make that intro song a whole single. That was just too good to be “noodling” around. Please please flesh that sucker out!! Great video, worth every second.

You really should do a course! There isn't anyone (at least that I know of) that is teaching in this style and that's one of the reasons I love this channel so much. I'm self taught and would love a proper grounding in music with a focus on a Jazz funk style.

This morning I was sitting in front of my keyboard noodling around and trying come up with something interesting and once again Matt swoops in and provides instant inspiration. Thanks again from all us who love jazz but only aspire to play jazzy. My musical vocabulary is once again expanding thanks to this tutorials.

I love LOVE how rhythmic your playing is - never just cords and bass notes, there's always a groove, vibe, feeling, beat and rhythm when you play - I guess that's what makes your playing so original and awesome

Love this. Shoutout to Adam & Peter ❤ I'm so lucky getting all this good stuff paying a like and a comment

Another gem of a lesson, Matt! Your teaching method is incredibly straightforward and concise. And most importantly, the concepts presented are (relatively) easy to put into use!! Thank you!

Open studio is a great resource. Adam Maness is a great teacher. Matt, your approach is different and great as well.

One thing I love about your videos is that you're really good at pacing the flow of the lesson when you're talking us through concepts like this. You cover a lot of ground in 13 minutes here but I didn't feel overloaded with information at all, nor did you let it drag on, and you covered enough for anyone to get an understanding. It also helps that you're constantly playing little examples, they're really fun to listen to.

Would love a whole album in the style of that amazing intro!

I just know I'm going to watch this again and again over the years learning new stuff. Matt you are the best!!

Thank you very much for the video !!!! Useful and interesting......

Finally!! This one I'll preserve for the Saturday morning. Right after having my coffee. This is going to be an amazing morning. If I can wait so long..

Good shout out to Open Studio. I agree, that is a great channel/resource.

Matt u r a great Human being The way you share your musical philosophy and knowledge, it always help my musical ideas. Thanks a lot.🤘🤘❤️

Thank you so much. These chords… as a autodidact searching years for these interesting combinations.

Always a pleasure AND informative 😊❤have a nice day

You are the groove Matt! That trick of moving the dominant chords one minor third up and down works because they all fit in the diminished scale (1/2 tone - tone) 😎 Peace

Okk Matty!! That intro when the video starts that has to be on the next Jamiroquai album! Such a funky strain brother, left me speechless. You are an absolute killer of a musician. When i was a very young teenager and started to play the keys, i always imagined to play just like you...love your chords. I m sure when you sometimes play Stevie Wonder you must do it too justifiably. Superb musician, looking forward to hear you on the next Jamiroquai album and on listening more to your channel.

Thank you! This explains that cool chord progression in “Since I’ve Been Loving You” by Led Zeppelin. Key is C minor, and there’s that passage where you get D7 (V7 of V) but then descends to Dbmaj7 instead of resolving to a G7 to take you back to Cm.

Lov listening to your playing ❤

That left hand always amazes me. Fantastic

That moog bass line is so amazing!

I really appreciate the way you explain and put things across. Other sites can be a little pompous, but your way is much more user friendly. Keep up the good work sir.

That Db over G sounds superb! 👍🏽

It took me forever to get through this video because I kept playing the opening one minute over and over again.😃

Great lesson, Matt! Simple approach to start into the world of outside improv. Thank you so much 👌👍🔥

Thanks for another great tutorial, Matt!

I do not care for the tritones so much but the introgroove was beyond awesome.

Love this Matt! Massive respect

Thanks for taking the time to share this information Matt!

Always entertaining , thanks Matt !

An inspiration as always, Matt!

Great video mate very useful, love to hear it from someone so respected in music keep it coming‼️

Awesome tutorial Matt! Thanks for this

This is a great video, doesn't overcomplicate things

Thanks Matt. This is great information.

Thanks Matt. Great sound!

Matt ; long time i didn’t wrote to you , had to stop playing after 11 broken ribs . I am back surfing and playing keyboards and your beautiful licks . Other jazz / blues video tutorial are kind of too classic in a bad way , boring and lacking this magic you bring in each of your improvisation. Really i think it . I bring a YC 88 yamaha to play your licks here in Bali ( i am a surfer too) . Just want to say a great thank u ( i bought before my accident some midifiles from your website, but still i use slow motion video to study your style!!! LOL) so yes a great thank u for being the best teacher in the world in your music style. Please if u have time would love more licks tutorial even though i use all your videos to find nice little things to play. I didn’t bought the Obx8, stayed with my Obxa ! I am saving for one long time fantasy: a Memorymoog! Anyway maybe it will feel weird for u to listen all this but after listening so many of your videos, it feels like you are a good friend! I wish u the best for your private and professional life . Thanks for being one of the only thrue skilled musician who he not here to influence people. Cheers philippe from France

Such a great player and feel! Thanks for the tips, always enjoy the videos!

Incredible Groovy first Minute!!!!!! Beautiful Information!!!

Thanks, Matt.

Superb video Matt - loads to digest and to work on!

Awesome! Love this! 🤘

Un grand merci pour tous vos conseils

Thank you for the cool tutorial. Well done yet again! After watching your lessons I always feel like playing something; they somehow are particularly stimulative. Must be you being very capable as a teacher. Cheers!

You are an inspiration sir

Thanks man so much

magic from your hands, once again. saludos desde Buenos Aires.

Great video. Cheers Matt. Will give this a try now 🎹

Thank you very much Matt. Great lesson :)

great as always ...

thanks to show us how to have a different chords voicing , i did like a lot the intro

Thanks 4 sharing, the Montage looks nice in white

based on your sequential take 5 vid, i bought the synth. also bought your patches...i love them. there's a lot of over lap between the take 5, ob-6, and prophet 6..... also this 1-5 work out is awesome!!!!!

9:55 definite film vibes there, reminds me of Back to the Future!

You’re the 🐐

5:10 I found this out some time ago: When you play triads over the V7 chord, starting from #5 and b5 will both work ... first case will give you a #5#9, second case a b5b9 (2nd inversions sound best imo!)

JEEEEEEZ THAT INTRO GOES SO HARD

I've heard this explained several times but you make it so easy to understand. I wonder if I could be cheeky and suggest that when you give examples if you might flash a graphic on the screen about how you are arranging the chords you are talking about.............it goes by rather quickly. That's a tiny nitpick, Thanks again for another inspiring and a great tutorial!.

The pure perfection

Lllllllllllove this!

Nice! That minor third substitution I think can be explained by that a minor third is exactly half of a tritone, and that a C7b9 has the same notes as Edim, Gdim, Bbdim and Dbdim. So any rootless dominant chord can be moved in minor thirds and the colour tones just work out. Pretty cool! Listen to the intro of Someday my prince will come by Miles Davis for a great example of this.

The Tritone substitution is a commonly used harmonic technique in music that involves replacing a dominant seventh chord with another dominant seventh chord whose root is a tritone away (i.e., three whole steps or six half-steps) from the original chord's root. For example, if the original chord is a G7 (G dominant seventh chord), its tritone substitution would be a Db7 (Db dominant seventh chord), because Db is a tritone away from G. The tritone substitution can be used in a variety of musical contexts, such as jazz, blues, and rock. It can create a sense of tension and release, as the tritone interval is one of the most dissonant intervals in music and creates a strong sense of resolution when resolved properly. Here's an example of how the tritone substitution can be used in a jazz standard: In the key of C, the original chord progression for the first four bars of a typical jazz standard might be: Cmaj7 | Dm7 | G7 | Cmaj7 Using a tritone substitution for the G7 chord would result in: Cmaj7 | Dm7 | Db7 | Cmaj7 This substitution creates a chromatic descending bass line (C - B - Bb - A) and a stronger sense of resolution when it returns to the Cmaj7 chord.

I got confused at 8:22 because a F#6.9 chord is mentioned there which is not a dominant chord because it does not contain the 7th note. When I try to play along with that chord, I get a F#13 chord (if you replace the bass with the tritone which is a C note, you will get a C7#5#9. The video is not exactly at 440Hz, but it will do to play along).

That Db over G sounds a bit Donald Fagan. I like it!

Minor third thing is a diminished movement which is why it works. 10:11

That first 2-5-1 sounded like the end of Changes by Bowie. 😊

Magical fingers right there at work!! Have notifications turned on but YT seems to be failing me once again.

😅😅 great

I do use them but never but a name to it. Thanks

👌👍.from Cashew City ,God's own country. Kerala

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Would gladly pay for a course from you Matt!

Dude, you play these keyboards really well. You should make a job out of it! Join a band or something.

Great thank, but you are a superstar and I think you don’t need so many commercials to sponsor you great videos

great video! just curious, is your keyboard tuned differently to A440?

bluesy inflection 06:16

Your tutorials are the best! You presented it really simply and I love how practical your approach is! Only thing that bothered me was the piano not being in A=440hz. I don't have anything against alternate tunings, but especially with tutorials it makes it a bit harder to follow because of my pitch memory (not perfect pitch but almost lol) Sorry if this sounded obnoxious, thanks for the tutorial!

bad ass funk

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That vintage vibe sounds sooo sweet! So Matt...Are you gonna scoop up a Rhodes mark 8? They look great but man... Pricey!

My flavor exactly 6-9 tri tone subs.

Superbe intro vous devriez en faire un son, c’est excellent 👌

What's a tritone sub? I think the best way to show you is to flex with a vibanet, my signature vintage vibe, and a moog. Here's the montage of it🤣 Great sounds

Matt, are you tuned to 440hz? I'm trying to play along with you, it seems you're flat.

😅😅bebop jazz piano please

Careful with the danger zone. Thats where pop meets jazz. Once you try these magic potions you cant go back. Its like updating a system. You just been warned.

Hang on. Am I missing something?????? All the videos I’ve watched explaining this go through the rigmarole of going to the fifth then counting down three whole tones etc. well, isn’t it easier just to remember the Tri tone sub is just a half step up from the tonic?????!!!!!!!

Wait a minute…can you repeat all that? Ok, I admit it: I’m not at the hardware store buying seeds and a hoe. Still brain-bending over Keys.

Tritones are the Devil’s chord.

hey Matt 😊 you are awesome

Su perb amyzing .❤❤❤