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Harmony. Got to love it. Once you go around the circle and define every reason why every note/chord works, you come to realize that any note can work anytime, anywhere and the only real question is "Does it sound good?" This is a very cool screen you've got setup there. Great Fun, love the thinking and enthusiasm. Thanks much.

best jazz tutorial I've seen

Well explained!

So this is all it was all along after all with some substitutions and passing chords? The jazz progressions I mean? Great lesson. Learned a lot as a guitarist too. Thank you

@GetYourSaxTogether

4 күн бұрын

You're welcome

Pure gold. You are the man Jamie!

@GetYourSaxTogether

26 күн бұрын

Thanks 🙏🏻

What a great video Jamie!!🎉 thanks so much and I’ll wacht it again

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Ta 🙏🏻

A lot of great stuff covered here, Jamie. Your videos are SO well done. 👍

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

This may be the single most helpful video I've seen in a long while. Thank you so much!!

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you Jamie! Great lesson.

@GetYourSaxTogether

26 күн бұрын

My pleasure!

Fabulous lesson Jamie. One to watch several times 😎

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks Jamie! Chocked full of good information! I definitely had to pause a few times to be able to understand what was being taught.

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

thanks for the pdf, fantastically explained

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Hey man! Nothing you don’t already know, but thanks! 🙏🏻

Great video Jamie! It's a really meaty one this one but amazing how u showcased the fact that most jazz could simply be broken down into those 3 patterns and that it need not be overly complicated! Thanks!~

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Excellent clear explanation

@GetYourSaxTogether

24 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

A really great lesson!

@GetYourSaxTogether

16 күн бұрын

☺️

great video !!!! thx and keep on

@GetYourSaxTogether

5 күн бұрын

Thank you too!

Thanks for another great video!

@GetYourSaxTogether

26 күн бұрын

My pleasure!

I never thought of the backdoor like that. So you can kinda use the whole modal interchange

@GetYourSaxTogether

5 күн бұрын

Yeah. That’s a good way of looking at it.

Interesting lesson, Mr Anderson. Thanks a lot.

@GetYourSaxTogether

29 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Damn. An awesome lesson. Thank you so much Jamie.

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Sure thing Gareth, and there’s more of where that came from with the YTBSP vid!

Im glad he didnt start like so many videos and spend 15mins recapping basic music theory like dorian is the second degree of diatonic.. which i heard like 100x before. Thanks for getting to the point

@GetYourSaxTogether

4 күн бұрын

👍

Good lesson, helpful. Most other "teachers" are either not on my wavelength or not answering my category of questions. But this lesson got down to business for me. Even so, I'll need to watch multiple times to grasp it all.

@GetYourSaxTogether

5 күн бұрын

👍🏻

GREAT STUFF!

@GetYourSaxTogether

28 күн бұрын

Thanks! 🙏🏻

Excellent

@GetYourSaxTogether

26 күн бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Incredible I know the bare minimum about music theory, as someone recently interested in chord progression this lesson is amazing even I understood almost everything time to practice! Thanks.

@GetYourSaxTogether

12 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

😅 awesome, need to watch your extended version

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Comes out tomorrow.

When we did counterpoint secondary dominants (classical stuff), We'd write the original chords, and underneath write ii of IV, V7 of IV - IV. So you had context in the home key but also the function of the chords

@GetYourSaxTogether

5 күн бұрын

👍🏻

I think i follow your examples but you went to fast on the ireal pro examples so I am going to watch this again and again! This is helping me understand the chord symbols and progression used in ireal pro a lot better. I will also go back to the inner circle to find the bonus video. Thanks Jamie!!

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Yup. Play a bit then pause!

Good good stuff

@GetYourSaxTogether

5 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@midi1529

4 күн бұрын

@GetYourSaxTogether thank you for this awesome information. I've been analyzing many jazz, bebop, all kinds of progressions and they all comply, and are easier to memorize knowing where they are likely going now. Improvising has also been enhanced. Thanks 😊

This is great for someone with a classical background

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Oh cool!

Very new to me … and now in my bucket list

@GetYourSaxTogether

12 күн бұрын

Awesome!

Great info! I like how these rules are really based on the story of the progression. Not just snapshots of a chord to analyze, but a common narrative that we come across time and again in jazz. A suggestion for 5:50 the Roman Numeral analysis: ii/IV, V7/IV, IV ("2 of 4, 5-seven of 4, 4"). At least, that's what I used in college theory and still use for my own purposes and teachings. ;) The extra chords at 21:26, I think they could still fit into the rules. - The D7#5 at m10 is basically a III7#5 - vi - III7#5 - vi - II7 etc. It functions as a V7 of the relative minor, so maybe that's sorta rule 1? Or a better yet, just extending rule 3 (m8-9 repeats for 10-11 and 12-13). Oh yeah it's definitely repeating rule 3! - The D7alt at m22 fits the backdoor 2-4 rule. It's basically a modified V7/IV (same notes as Bbalt/D). - The Gb6 at m26 is a variation of the D7#5 from m8, 10, and 11. Rule 3 for sure! Anyway, I really appreciate the opportunity/challenge to geek out about this stuff. Jazz is so much fun!

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Cool man. Nice comment.

@aarongrooves

Ай бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether Thx man. Nice video!

@retrocool

Ай бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether another option for the ii-Vs outside the key is to put (ii-V) in brackets before the target chord, this is how "Jazz Skills" does it and it is the least confusing way I've seen. So you might have Cmaj | F#m7b5 B7b9 | Em written as I | (ii-V) | iii

@GetYourSaxTogether

12 күн бұрын

@@retrocool cool thanks. 🙏🏻

Excellent. Clear as a bell! This will definitely improve my song chord analysis. As usual, have a coffee. Maybe even a beer.

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Thanks! 🙏🏻

mDeck Mapping Tonal Harmony has a great way to notate 25 to 4 like so: ii7/IV V7/IV I/V7. On the left side of the slash you see the function - in this case the 251 - on the right side of the slash the I is written in regards of the tunes actual key.

@GetYourSaxTogether

22 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@kierenmoore3236

12 күн бұрын

This is the notation system I immediately thought of … I don’t get why you’ve written “I/V7”, though … ?! I/IV, or simply IV, would make more sense … ?!

A cultured man doesn't talk with his hands

@GetYourSaxTogether

5 күн бұрын

Huh?

For us "pentatonians" - bluesguitaristas: If you play a song in C, you use the chords C - F - G and the Dm, Em and Am. (And also the Bm7b5) (C has it's A minor equivalent, as also F --> Dm and G --> Em.) If then, C is 1, D is 2, E is 3, F is 4, G is 5, A is 6 B is 7 (and C, the octave in the C Major Scale. The cords are then CMaj7, Dm7, Em7, FMaj7, G7, Am7 and Bm7b5. ALL the chords only have notes from the C Major scale. If you change the chords, you have to change the scale, and if you change the scale you have to change the chords. (At least in this context.) 1. is Major - 2. and 3. is minor - 4. and 5. is Major, - 6. is minor and 7. is minor7b5 (flat 5) (Whenever you play a major scale, you can use this to memorize the chords. For example in Bb: BbMaj7, Cm7, Dm7, Etc.Maj7. Within minutes you'll be using the numbers instead of the chord names. It's a lot easier.) So instead of having the C-F-G chords only, and a few other chords, we know fit, but we don't know why, we have 5 more chords to chose from: C-Dm-Em-F-G-Am-Bm7b5-C - And they make sense! Every note in the C Major scale has it's chord. This is the diatonic scale, and all these chords are derived from the C Major-scale. That's the numbering. In C 36251 will be: Em7 - Bm7b5 - Dm7 - G7 - CMaj7 2-5-1 Dm7 - G7 - CMaj7 2-5-->4 -->backdoor Gm7-CMaj7-FMaj7 --> Fm7 - Bb7 - CMaj7 Gm7-CMaj7-FMaj7 --> Fm7 - CMaj7 etc 2-5 to relative minor Bm7b5-E7-Am7

@GetYourSaxTogether

11 күн бұрын

A couple of typos in there I think, but thanks. ☺️

@midi1529

9 күн бұрын

The 2-5 to relative minor is as if Am is one. So Bm7b5 to E7 to Am Is to 2 5 1 to Am.... If I'm wrong do it the other way lol

@Raggo12345

8 күн бұрын

@@midi1529 Ah, so that was what the Maestro (so gracefully) meant with "a couple of typos" 😁 Will try to correct. Thanks!

Had to go to the Fridge and grab another IPA at about the 10 min. mark ( thinking: "What is a Back Door progression really"?), and it occurred to me that a ii m7 voiced with the third in the Base ( with or with out a b5) and a V7 voiced with a #9 in the Base? I was also thinking a lot about Newton and Einstein and maybe we are using "Mechanics" to understand "Relativity"? Thanks for that Mate! Truly a Lightbulb in the Head Moment! Cheers, Jack

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Ok Jack! Your back door dominant usually has a natural 9 in the extensions though, and a V7 over its sharp 9 gives you the equivalent of a flat 9.

@DeadpoolPlayz

8 күн бұрын

I mean you could also see it as a deceptive cadence. Like in the key of G the F7 to G is like a V to vi(in this case VI) in Bb since the F7 pulls to Bb

Excellent tutorial & very informative. Would love to know where you got the Blue Note prints in the background 🙂

@GetYourSaxTogether

12 күн бұрын

They’re custom canvases.

@thecashflowshowpodcast

11 күн бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether many thanks for sharing!

So 36251 or 25 to IV with backdoor And 25 to relative minor.. I admittedly have been seeing these patterns over and over and this theory lesson made perfect sense. Now I must use this... ugh

@GetYourSaxTogether

5 күн бұрын

You got this!

Yes yes yes!!!! When I was in Music College (Music School in the US and Music Major for those who did it) The magic music theory secret was: 136251 or I iii vii ii V i . Of course I’m not getting into V/V or ii/V or even IV/V. This sums up like a month of music theory I in college. That’s mate for making this video! I’m surprised after 30 years I still remember this like it was last week!

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Cool man 👌🏻

5:52 some people notate that as "ii of IV, V of IV, IV"

@GetYourSaxTogether

12 күн бұрын

Ta.

Im so exicted that I actually can understand everything youre talking about

@GetYourSaxTogether

5 күн бұрын

Yay!

I write (ii - V)-> IV

@GetYourSaxTogether

5 күн бұрын

👍🏻

Think this one is way above where I’m at Jamie…Thought I knew a fair amount of chords but am definitely lost now..🤪🤪Good content though! 😁👍

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Take a look at my theory playlist and work from there! 👍

"I'm gonna consult my notes."

@GetYourSaxTogether

12 күн бұрын

🤣

Thank you I'm going to have to digest all this and really rework with the sax something that I play instinctively but with white walls hindering my flow sorry for the google translation the point is not the clearest either 😁

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

You're welcome

I love your theory lessons. This kind of thing is super important to even get just a light grasp of, if you want to play jazz. And you don’t always have to play your sax.😂

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏🏻

Can you do a hall of fame video on the to sax solos on the song planet of the New Orleans by dire straits?

@GetYourSaxTogether

29 күн бұрын

I can add it to the list.

Chicago: 25 or 6 to 4 ? Maybe that song is the band members writing/figuring out the song. Good video.

@SalimSivaad

10 күн бұрын

Nah. The guy had been up all night trying to write a song. Finally found an idea around 3:35AM…literally 25 or 2(6) minutes to 4(AM). The song is quite literal.

Im not s sax player..but I would love lesson on those other 7standards.I play guitar...can get s lesson on this it has my eyes open..thanks

@GetYourSaxTogether

26 күн бұрын

I guess join the inner circle on the free trial.

Love the lesson but how do you know what is 1 in your 3 6 2 5 1 ? Thanks

@GetYourSaxTogether

5 күн бұрын

That’s the key.

what software do you use to show the notes and chord names in the video?

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Chordie

@iai3n

Ай бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether cool - thanks!

4:22. I’m a Innie, and I’m still taking piano lessons. I got what you were talking about in 1), but losing you in 2). Key of C, why is II G, and not D? D is the second note of the C scale. Is G chord II because it has a D in the G chord?

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Ask me in the ICM. 👍🏻

@ph2738

Ай бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether which heading in ICM makes the most sense?

@GetYourSaxTogether

12 күн бұрын

@@ph2738 ask in the monthly Q and A topic.

it's all purple, yellow, and blue, baby!

@GetYourSaxTogether

4 күн бұрын

😂

5:50 Common notation for G-, C7, F (in the key of C) would be ii/IV, V7/IV, IV.

@GetYourSaxTogether

24 күн бұрын

Ok thanks. 🙏🏻

V7 of ii is more accurate in that first example.

#3 -- How is B7b5 the ii of C? And how is E7 the V of C? Sounds to me like the key that was being referrred to was A major, not C major. Bmin would be the ii of Amaj7, and E7 would be the V7 of Amaj7. Am I wrong? If I am, I'm confused.

@GetYourSaxTogether

13 күн бұрын

That’s right. It’s a minor ii V in A minor.

the PDF link where it asks for my email, seems to be broken. Just says "This value seems to be invalid" !!!!!! That's what it says when I enter my normal email address.

@GetYourSaxTogether

26 күн бұрын

Hmm. Works for me. Sorry about that. If you can be arsed, email info@getyoursaxtogether.com

@wadecottingham

22 күн бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether works today! thanks for this great video and PDF !!!!

You don't "modulate" to the IV chord. That is within the key and the harmony doesn't stay with that chord in way that in can be treated as modulation to another key. The "ii-V" to the IV is just a secondary dominant of the IV with the "ii" being appended to that secondary dominant for added harmonic motion. Thus ii-V of IV. The transition to the iv is a kind of brief modulation to the parallel minor key, which, when resolving back to I, is a plagal cadence. "Backdoor dominant" is really a misnomer, since dominant chords are supposed to resolve down a fifth, which this chord doesn't do. The resolution is really from the subdominant to I, the "backdoor dominant" really just being another voicing for iv that is in the shape of a dominant chord but doesn't function as such.

@GetYourSaxTogether

3 күн бұрын

Are you asking or telling? 😉

@davideichler5105

3 күн бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether , I guess I would have to say that I am critiquing some of the ways you explained these concepts.

@fintanoneill2493

6 минут бұрын

I think the point here is that different people think of these harmonies in different ways. So if somebody chooses to think of it for ease of use as being a 25 to a new key temporarily, that’s fine. That’s what they should use. The important thing is that they understand that theoretically and that they can hear it when listening to a track. There are many examples of great musicians whose way of hearing these things and thinking of them, vary greatly. One example that comes to mind right now is Pat Martino’s concepts.

The way I write down the 2-5 to 4 looks like this: iim7/IV - V7/IV - IVmaj7

@GetYourSaxTogether

22 күн бұрын

Thanks 🙏🏻

It's a lot of "secondary" dominants and ii-V's

@GetYourSaxTogether

5 күн бұрын

Yup 👍🏻

Hi I'm from Nigeria My country is not in the list of countries shipping and delivery can be made to....

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Sorry about that. 😢

So... they al are progressions by fifths, only changin the starting point or where to cut the loop. 😅

Good content. However, one of the few streams in which you didn't take a saxophone in your hand 😉

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

That's true!

Made my head spin like a math problem. Couldn't even make it past minute 3.

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Don’t worry about it. ☺️

@alchemysticgoldmind4164

28 күн бұрын

When you first get into this it's confusing...look up harmonized scale and start from there it will be ok

@alchemysticgoldmind4164

28 күн бұрын

Also look at the circle of 5th s..and the the tune All the things you are

How do you get to 94.2% ? I'd love to see the maths here.

@GetYourSaxTogether

20 күн бұрын

Yup. I took the total number of chords in the first 10 standards in the iReal pro, then worked out what percentage of them were explained by my three rules. That’s science. 😉

@evennorthug2585

20 күн бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether My skepticism îs blown away :) I'll even watch the video.

@GetYourSaxTogether

20 күн бұрын

@@evennorthug2585 nah, why not just comment without watching it, that makes more sense. 😉

@evennorthug2585

19 күн бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether I guess, what the title points to, is that the vast amount of songbook standards, progressions and chord variations can be boiled down to a handful of basic principles. This is a highly relevant approach, also for the beginner. Tonal coherence, or the feeling of key, seems to include tonic roots at pitches 0, 3, 6 and 9, and dominants do. at 1, 4, 7, and 10. If I was to campaign, I'd dramatically promote the tritone. Got the idea from a crop circle, but that would hardly qualify for a doctorate.

Isnt jazz just an exuse to play all the wrong nites?

@GetYourSaxTogether

20 күн бұрын

All the wrong “nites” eh? Sure.

I’m confused by the parentheses. It doesn’t look like it would affect the preceding chords. This looks like the Nashville Number System but that uses parentheses for rhythms.

@thomascordery7951

29 күн бұрын

I'm responding only because I've seen no other answer, so please take this with the knowledge that my understanding is incomplete. In the chord notation I've been taught over the years, including Roman numeral notation, parentheses are used for a number of purposes, typically to clarify something or to provide additional information. For example, B(b9) as opposed to Bb9 makes it clear that the flat refers to the 9, not the chord. Another use is to indicate that an extension is added without including all of the lower extensions. For example, C7(13) means the 9 is not present, so C, E, G, Bb and A, but with no D. It's generally assumed that the 11 is to be omitted on a major chord, in other words C13 is the same as C9(13). Another one that was once explained to me is to identify a chromatic note. This might be something like ii7(#11) where the #11 is non-diatonic, just to remind the reader that it's an altered extension. There's no rigidly defined syntax for chord notation such as exists in programming languages. Apart from the general rules, many of the finer details seem to be left up to the arranger's style and experience about how to communicate which notes are intended and which omitted in a clear, concise manner. This is a topic that I've come to terms with over the years. The above is some of the understanding I've reached; it seems to work but I'm sure it's imperfect. However, I hope it helps more than it adds to the chaos, and if someone with more definite knowledge can offer better, please do!

@GetYourSaxTogether

26 күн бұрын

Thanks. 🙏🏻

Moved a little fast for me. Any one of the progressions could have been it’s own video, for my tiny brain.

@GetYourSaxTogether

12 күн бұрын

Yeh. Pause and think as I talk it’s a lot!

@leo.israel

10 күн бұрын

Everything is there though 😊

Whuuuuhhhh ?????????

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

🤣

Demystifying?

@robertphillips9972

11 күн бұрын

Hello peoples!! "Music" is FLUID MOVEMENT...LIQUID WATER IS FLUID..FROZEN WATER IS NOT LIQUID MOVEMENT... therefore typical pop sounds are generally frozen sounds in time... classical and jazz and other styles are liquid MOVEMENT of sometimes all 12 colors not 5... We've become very accustomed to 5 note sounds with we or 4 corresponding chords...think about it...jazz, blues too is a full garden, common pop music is a cute common bouquet...how's that??

I just stumbled across this channel but I think this guy broke into my basement and stole my album collection and mounted it on his wall. Just kidding about the crime part but I do own most of those albums!

@GetYourSaxTogether

23 күн бұрын

Cool man. Welcome. 🙏🏻

or, the diatonic cycle of fifths 😂

@pawlowski6132

11 күн бұрын

Incorrect

@javierrodriguez4218

11 күн бұрын

If you want to be pedantic.

@pawlowski6132

11 күн бұрын

@@javierrodriguez4218 What?!?! How dare you!!!

Man you said it so fast in the intro I thought I heard you say "watching g** s** together...." AHAHA I'm sorry

@GetYourSaxTogether

8 күн бұрын

🤣

@ryanshook8284

7 күн бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether thx for being a good sport.

Unfortunately, this is for alto sax players. For keyboard and guitar, a song like A Beautiful Friendship is written in the key of Eb, which, for alto sax, is C.

@GetYourSaxTogether

26 күн бұрын

It’s the theory that matters more than the key. If you understand these concepts it’ll help you play in ANY key.

I disagree.. it is 93.783615 %

@GetYourSaxTogether

29 күн бұрын

🤣

I’ve not idea what your talking about .. lol ..

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Find my theory playlist and start at the beginning!

@ComputerCentralInc

Ай бұрын

These are the major scale harmony modes, and yes Jamie goes over at the beginning 🙌

The way you say your channel it sounds like 'you're watching g ay s ex today'. Just saying

@GetYourSaxTogether

21 күн бұрын

Ha! 🤣

I love your videos, but this is ridiculous. Here is the rule, but you can have variations, or you can substitute chords. You should just say that you can play whatever you want as long as it sounds good to you.

@thepianokid27

Ай бұрын

"play whatever you want as long as it sounds good to you.." that's about one of the worse pieces of advice to dispense to any beginner musicians. I guess that works if you mean to teach ppl that it doesn't matter even if you sound like shite, but just play whatever makes you happy 😂😂 If so, yeah ok you do u. 🤣🤣

@GetYourSaxTogether

Ай бұрын

Honestly I’m not sure what your point is? 1. Do you full understand all the underlying principles of functional harmony and jazz sequences? 2. If you don’t, a lot of this won’t make sense so start there. 3. If you do - then can’t you see the central message of the video? Standards are chock full of recurring patterns (with small variations) This is not even close to play whatever you want. Honestly I’m scratching my head. I don’t mean to be disparaging but I can only assume you don’t understand the basics of how jazz harmony moves so it seems ridiculous to you. I’ll be the first to admit that jazz harmony theory takes a bit of work and I DID start by saying that it was more of a music college level lesson this time.

@keithsnowdon3968

Ай бұрын

Jazz is a load of wrong notes played at the wrong time in the wrong key with no regard to note values. Simple

@markrondinelli9582

Ай бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether Jamie I understand Jazz Harmony and it’s not just you on KZread, but the rule is there is no rules. Here is a III-V-I and these are the scales and chord tones that work with this progression, but wait you can change this note and you can raise or lower this note and they all work. Wait, you don’t like the V chord you can substitute that chord and it still works. My point is that you need to train and trust your ears to hear what sounds good with the chords.

@markrondinelli9582

Ай бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether Also if you hit a note that doesn’t sound good, just put it on the upbeat and that note will work too.

The atom is 2 5 1. 3 6 2 is really 2 5 1 on the 2 chord.

@GetYourSaxTogether

5 күн бұрын

Well, yeah.

More to the POINT is : flat5 of 5 or 5/5 : Thanks ! 5 of 5 modulation

@GetYourSaxTogether

22 күн бұрын

🙏🏻

@DennisKresin

18 күн бұрын

#5/5 ⭐️