I’m really happy you found the tutorial helpful and enjoyable… I put a lot of work into the planning, editing and formatting of each lesson so it’s great to hear it’s appreciated □ If you like the sound of these reharmonized jazz standards I also recommend you check out this lesson on reharmonized Misty Chords.Hi Mark, thanks for the comment. So, what was your favorite chord or move in the lesson above? Please leave a comment below and let us know!Īlso if you’re new here please subscribe to the free jazz lessons email list (right below this article) to receive all the latest and greatest lessons right in your inbox! Here’s That Rainy Day Reharmonized Chords Until then happy practicing! □ Here’s That Rainy Day Original Chords We will talk about this concept quite a bit more in future lessons. This is one of the most fundamental and stylistic chord changes in jazz. This particular type of reharmonization Ab7 for D7 is called a tritone substitution. So, since a couple of the notes are the same and it works with the melody than this reharmonization works. They are the same notes just in a different order. The 3rd and 7th of the chord Ab7 is C and F#. This works because the 3rd and 7th of D7 are the notes F# and C. For example, in bar 16 instead of playing D7 for beat 3 I played an Ab7. The basic concept of any reharmonization is using substitute chords that have at least 1-3 of the same notes. I never pick chords that don’t work with the melody of a tune regardless of how cool the chords sound by themselves. Every chord I chose was carefully picked to make sure the melody was still clear. Please always keep in mind that melodies always must be respected and heard. This spread voicings article also will be very helpful.Ĥ. If you’re unfamiliar with these chords then this shell voicings lesson would be a great place to start. Alot of the basic chord shapes I have in my hand are based off of two concepts: shell voicings and spread voicings. Need ideas of jazz standards to play? Read this must know jazz standards article.ģ. Whatever you like make sure you can apply it elsewhere! It could be any measure of this song. As one example, if you like the way I decorate the Ebmaj7 chord in bar 3 you should take in all your keys. Grab your favorite idea that I play in learn it in all your keys. You can check out Premium Jazz Lessons Membership by clicking here.Ģ. If you’re not a Premium Member yet I highly recommend you check out the course. There’s hours and hours of videos to discover in there. If you love these deep jazz piano tutorials and want more of them I’ve created a whole library of them inside my Premium Jazz Lessons Elite Membership Course. So, by learning some of the reharmonizations I do here you’ll be able to throw them in tons of other jazz standards.Īfter you watch the video make sure you scroll down for the practice tips and chord charts below.Ī Few Quick Tips To Learn These Reharmonized Chord Conceptsġ. Here’s That Rainy Day has a lot of very common chord progressions that you’d also see in hundreds of other jazz standards. I’m going to show you all some very fundamental reharmonization moves. People like Bill Evans, Barry Harris, Diana Krall, Oscar Peterson, and others use these concepts all the time! (video lesson, notation, and tips below). In order to help you guys better understand this I created a very in depth jazz chord lesson using the standard “Here’s That Rainy Day”. So, how can we learn some of the extra chords that our favorite musicians play? Learning Jazz Chords Doesn’t Have To Be Hard Great jazz musicians tend to play so much more than what’s on a plain old chord chart. We love the way (fill in your favorite jazz musician here) plays but for some reason we can’t seem to figure out what they’re doing. We all want to learn more about jazz chords don’t we?
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