6 Ways to Reharm "Amazing Grace" Like a Boss

[@abz124816]

Finally, someone who is knowledgeable and has concise explanations.

[@NahreSol]

Wow so cool!! I'm loving this keyboard look 😊

[@JeffSchneiderMusic]

Thanks, Nahre!

[@vigilancebrandon]

Love the skewed perspective piano. Graphics from directly above are so hard to actually follow. This feels much more natural

[@AndyNicholson]

The "glitch" should be on the background though, not the keys, it makes it difficult to watch for those who can't see too well, I'm 3 minutes in and I've had to stop watching and just listen.

[@vigilancebrandon]

Andy Nicholson what do you mean?

[@lorenaway]

I wonder what software that is he is using?

[@AndyNicholson]

@@vigilancebrandon The keyboard shakes, but the background doesn't. If the keyboard is the focus of attention it shouldn't move. It messes with my eyes and I had to stop watching.

[@vigilancebrandon]

Andy Nicholson wow I didn’t even notice

[@TheSnakeEyezz]

This is my favorite video on jazz reharmonization. Each time I feel stuck (which happens a lot), I come back to this video. Thanks Jeff!

[@erik2830]

Dont usually comment but, this video opened my eyes.

[@ebuys9]

I absolutely agree Erik. I'm a guitarist and even so, just the theory behind it is so interesting. And as with most music theory, if you think about it hard enough, it all makes sense!

[@mwainwright]

I am blown away by the aesthetic and quality of this video. I could honestly watch hours and hours a day of just this format. Beautiful video with an incredible design direction. Also loving the pacing of the examples and how nicely you've collected ideas together into a video. Thank you!

[@novariche8459]

This reharmonization makes it sound more like traditional gospel. It feels like when the pastor does the alter call and start praying for everybody one by one.

[@gregoryhillis3420]

I have been watching Jeff's videos for a while now, and am always impressed with his great clarity within increasing layers of harmonic complexity. Watching, listening, and following along with this and his other videos you can really internalize and integrate the principles of sophisticated reharmonization that will influence the way you play, arrange, and compose. Thank you Jeff for sharing your knowledge with us. You are a talented teacher.

[@Ambignostic]

This keyboard visualization is fantastic. Your videos are always so packed with theory, but I found this one easier to follow than most.

[@MagnusBaumgartl]

Great video! I often find myself figuring out fancy chords and progressions but I usually don‘t know where they‘re coming from / the theory behind it. Videos like this one really help to get a better understanding of cadences and micro-transpositions. Keep it up!

[@MarcelPetit]

Been playing for 14 years and doing gigs sometimes, but there's some new stuff here and it's EXACTLY what I needed thanks :)

[@servinggodthroughmusic5996]

I suspect Jeff can play these beautiful harmonies on the fly, and you have to marvel at this level of improvisational skill. It’s fascinating to see how church pianists develop these gorgeous harmonies around the hymns that the listeners have heard and sung countless times over in church.

[@StevenKual]

Best teacher in the world

[@snubbyj]

Brilliant. I quickly went from just watching to playing along my piano. Thanks for sharing this!

[@kevinjeudy5607]

Learning that much in about 10 minutes, that's awesome. Thank you!

[@jackychoi4462]

in this day and age youtube has a paralysing number of music info + resources, but few make it so clear to learn as you - my thanks + respect to you from Australia!

[@ppierson-prah3672]

Thanks Jeff...this video demystifies the piano.

[@chadmonteithii8667]

Been trying to find theory stuff for a long time cause I’ve learned so much that’s on KZbin. This video is exactly what I’m looking for to advance my skills. Thanks man!

[@kuzipj]

This is really nice. Can’t wait for Part 2.

[@JayAttys]

BRUH! You gotta keep going with the last one

[@SquidBlue]

It's the same concept of a II - V - I progression, except applied to the key of D minor, implying what's called a "modulation" to D minor in the progression.

[@GrumpyStormtrooper]

Squid Blue i don't know what that means but i'll try to hit random keys and see what works best to fill the gap

[@abdulalshibly3930]

@@SquidBlue Kinda disagree with you because the chord C/E is a C major chord in first inversion or a C major chord with bass of E which is not the second degree of D minor if this was the 251 in D minor it will look more like this Eminor7b5 A7alt Dm11 In this case the progression he used is the 751 which is kinda similar to the backdoor progression which is 471 so I believe it's a mixture of both? Not really sure but this is not the 251 in D minor

[@SquidBlue]

@@abdulalshibly3930 Yeah I'd say the C/E is sort of substitution for a ii but definitely still implies it because of the E A D in the bass, and C triad has the shared note G with an E minor triad (the minor third)

[@abdulalshibly3930]

@@SquidBlue You're actually totally right that bass is what really holding the 251 didn't notice it. I was learning theory and there's this new idea: you can resolve the dominant chord on a relative major/minor from the tonic. i.e. G7| Cmaj7 is a regular 5 1 G7| Am7 is not a regular 5 1 that's the idea the Amin7 is the relative minor of Cmaj7 so if you think about it you can actually use the same ideas in modes like resolve the dominant of C on Dmin or Emin. Where I'm getting with that idea is maybe he used a similar concept to make the substitution from Emin7b5 to C/E Or maybe he just played the bass E to keep the 251 together and played another triad in the right hand and this is actually somehow very effective so I think he just did that there isn't always theory to explain everything but it's good to know it's out there to help ya. Thanks man for mentioning the bass part never noticed it

[@palbrekke9455]

Really appreciate these videos, Jeff. Please keep them coming! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with everyone.

[@joshuabaker2151]

III - VI - II - V - I = ‘The Schneider Order’ to watching Star Wars for the first time

[@JeffSchneiderMusic]

Best comment of the year

[@Generalbas1972]

@GianCalvii which is?

[@sirgrizzly1563]

KS the original

[@Fuego.017]

May the 4th's be with you

[@nickbauerberlin]

Dear Jeff, please don't forget the second part.. Is's such a cool and modern version of Amazing Grace. I love it!!!

[@cowstoaus]

Love this format! More please

[@hardwarelover8786]

Full version of the last one amazing Jeff

[@-imkon-8557]

Indeed reharmed like a BOSS! I really enjoyed this lesson, especially your logical number system. Thanks Jeff.

[@michaelsawczak5339]

LOVE this new format, Jeff. Killin' in!

[@amusiciannamedmarzi]

Love this, pls do the part 2 ♥️

[@siphondhlovu1153]

Liam Marziano Learn part one first.

[@Bimluva72]

Thanks so much for your continued breakdown of music and demystifying these wonderful movements/progressions that we enjoy so much.

[@Simon-ct8bc]

That format is just perfect! Thank you!!

[@gaafts]

It's amazing how gracefully these concepts are explained, but although I understand the reason behind using these chords and cadences, I don't always get why or how you choose the quality of the chords (that's to say, why you would use an 11, or flat 5, etc. other than to simply accomodate a melody note). But that's a footnote at the base of this incredible jazz crash course you constantly expand with each video. I'd just like to say thank you, for the knowledge you've gifted me and many others.

[@drcool56]

Please carry on with amazing grace We love it

[@No-pm4ss]

2:05 I just gasped in that example, thanks for these easy to follow educational videos. Subscribed!

[@marselmusic]

these reharms are very practical, thanks. I always used to think they were these crazy stuff (which are also cool) but I like how you explain them to make sense... I don't know many other people who ould explain concepts to us like that... thanks Jeff

[@shaunbooval9223]

This video is brilliant. So easy to follow. Please can you do a video like this for the 7-3-6 chord progression. I have heard gospel pianists use it but would really appreciate you explaining it with the kind of detail you did in this video. Thank you for the awesome videos Jeff.

[@MarsziParszi]

Would love to watch that too :).

[@Afiplaysmusic]

Isnt that basically a ii-V-I to the 6th degree of a major scale? Like E to A to D in the key of F? (Talking abt root movement not chord quality)

[@shaunbooval9223]

@@Afiplaysmusic Hmmm. Did not think of it like that. Thanks.😊 Hopefully Jeff will shed more light on this and how we can think of these progressions and using them in context (and fingers crossed with some phat voicings.😄)

[@gauthierostervall4849]

@@Afiplaysmusic That's what he does as 8:24, is that what you mean?

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

I see the.7.3 6 2 5 1 as essentially circle of fifths. In C .Possibly.. Bmin7b5.(G9) Emin A7 Dmin G7 C. I'm going.by.memory.here.

[@PatrickReynoldsMath]

I learned a lot from this. I've known about V-I cadences and tritone subs for a long time, and can see/analyze them in songs that I learn, but a vid like this (like lots of your vids) helps me see how to actually use them creatively. Thanks.

[@LeadGuitarWorkshop]

I like the terms transitions and arrivals, I always use tension and resolution with my students but I may have to co-opt that term. Great video, thank you

[@geoffwales8646]

There's something about gospel tunes, done with jazz harmonies - so sublime.

[@mcdance1311]

Very Grateful for your lessons

[@timtully8015]

My head's spinning, but this is chock full o' great tips & techniques. Thank you!

[@Wachnin13]

Excellent! More reharms on Amazing Grace please.

[@soonice4387]

very simplified and easy to understand..superb teaching skills, keep it up Sir!!!!

[@davidhernandez-uw1gj]

Great piano Jazz lesson. Thank you so much ❤😅

[@PhilipDNorris]

Thank you Jeff! Eagerly waiting for a continuation!

[@samcooke343]

Amazing video. One piece of feedback though if I may - I'd take the flicker off of the keyboard in future episodes! Thanks Jeff.

[@jamesmackay4529]

great content delivered expertly

[@josephmoore4547]

Yes, I would like to see a follow up video. Thanks!

[@jamesgoese7388]

Stumbled across this video and seeing the title instantly made me think "tritone sub would be cool" - thanks for doing me that solid.

[@PsilentKnight19]

Love this reharm! I have one reharm I did several years back on this song-same key of F Major!

[@stevenjonathan8181]

Melted right away when you played the sixth version 8:09

[@GrumpyStormtrooper]

Steven Jonathan my heart was filled with so much joy when i first heard that, it's such an amazing transition there at the end, it's so good. these chords do something to me.

[@DojoOfCool]

Great lesson! I could barely get thru the first time I watched I kept stopped and trying things out. Thanks!

[@SantaAgain77]

Its so, so beautiful !

[@batlin]

Lovely voicing of that last Bbmaj9 with that right hand cluster.

[@gijshenk2]

this is super awesome man, i began watching all your videos. First i didn't get anything what was happening, but slowly and surely it's all sipping in ma brain haha. Love it man! Thank you so much for doing these!

[@ianu_]

Please do a full video on the last one!!

[@jonescrusher1]

Great stuff, well paced, well presented

[@chetheflin7447]

Love this visual way of teaching, thanks.

[@malcolmzackery3099]

Great stuff to know! Very well explained Jeff! Thanks so much!

[@wesleyyao9543]

Second vid please! Learned so much just from this one vid, thanks for everything!!

[@sancho316]

I think this is This is the best way to learn.

[@davidyehudah7140]

Jeff could you do a video of the whole song. This was so good?

[@BigTime4Life365]

This video is amazing! This is how you’re supposed to teach!

[@timbradley135]

More, more, more of this, please. I really enjoy hearing (but don’t yet know how to do) reharmonizations of country songs a la Lenny Breau, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson et al. (I’m a guitarist.)

[@joshwoest6714]

I'm studying music at the moment and this video gave me more ideas for reharm than my tutors have in the last year. Fantastic video Jeff.

[@owendallsotomayor1741]

Really enjoyed this, Jeff!

[@mikegrossmanmusic]

Very clear. Easy to follow. Well done. Thanks!

[@stereocool2155]

This dude is a boss.

[@gabrielgouveia7148]

Can you do the whole song with the last concept? It would be awesome. Great video!

[@DumblyDorr]

The b9 Maj7#11 (as a tritone substituted V) to I(add9) is such a beautiful, iconic cadence - I think it works so well because the Maj7#11 of b9 is basically just a sus4 of I with the tension of a b9 in the bass, thus evokes that lofty, classical sus4-Maj flavor, but the suspension of the 4 is given even more momentum resolution with the lower b9. I think the first time I fell in love with that cadence must have been as a little boy with John Miles' "Music", and it'll never not be "that 'Music' cadence' for me :)

[@marcopellegatti]

Tks and yes, pls part 2!

[@mikestak]

man im watching this with some swearing because how mind blowing this theory thank you so much jeff!

[@SoulStBlues]

Thank you so much for this. Would absolutely want to see more with this reharm and others reharms as well!

[@DJazium]

Great tutorial, thanks!

[@Jwhitehd]

You Tha Boss Doc..........Nice Visual And Reharm Sound.........

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Jeff ..was talking to a piano tuner..we were exchanging licks..he hit a chord.. My ears perked up.. Actually I think it was precious lord take my hand..but it works on Amazing grace. It was the voicing of the F9#5. You almost played it. Try voicing the F9#5. ..with a B in the left hand.. Right hand will start withA below middle C. Also included Db Eb G..so thinking in terms of the. F scale ..F G A Bb C D E F (G)..this chord can interpreted in several ways. A is Maj 3 Db is the b13 or #5 the Eb is b7 and the G Is the ninth. Now this.chord is now one of my favorite altered chords. The G on the top has a strong pull down to F. The Db will pull to D The Eb will pull to D also..the A is mag3 of F. So this F9#5 is amazing. Also can server as modulation tool.

[@danielmconnolly7]

Excellent chord changes 🎹 👍

[@Albertovalladolidgasane]

Thanks so much for those videos😊😊

[@tomfletchervideos]

Another great video Jeff, I always enjoy watching them

[@MexTubu]

Better than 1000 lessons :) Super thanks!

[@rasyidsayyari8846]

great lesson Jeff. Thank you so much for the lesson

[@davidjonesplays]

Jeff, This is so powerful - thank you so much

[@jazzpianosheet]

Nice Reharm !

[@jonahm7545]

I love this guy

[@MOVIEDAVE]

I would definitely want a follow-up video tutorial on rehamonizing Amazing Grace , Thanks Jeff 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@AP-rs5wz]

GbMaj7 has more of plagal vibe (IV minor-ish). Same for the C7sus4 (basically Bb/C). It is a more appropriate sound for the melody. Of course, you know that and are trying to make things simple, but I felt it was a good nuance to make.

[@uyuyuy_bajura]

Anybody asked for the follow up? This was great!!

[@Blackhawknightstrikr]

Thanks for this Jeff! Keep up the great work.

[@coolingaid1]

AWESOME!! Thank you!! beautiful!

[@majestichardscapes5066]

This is absolutely amazing. Great way to breakdown the theory!!

[@josemolina959]

Great tips! Thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎹

[@kwamepi1]

Woow what a good material

[@kcsebastian]

This was gold!

[@migs1336]

"I'm gonna play an F7" *Proceeds into playing F9*

[@migs1336]

(btw I know that the 9 chord has a 7 in it)

[@wassimrahmani3561]

The 9th is just an extension, it would've sounded weak without it

[@codetech5598]

That's the way jazz musicians do it.

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Yeah... Yeah. I caught that. Oh. Well.

[@asukalangleysoryu6695]

Sound like you don't play jazz too often

[@vincepinkoane5124]

This was so well explained bro. Thank you.

[@HHJoshHH]

Love all your vids Jeff! 👍🏼❤️

[@floydmillar2875]

Excellent stuff

[@nativesonno.1113]

please, bring it home!

[@anandgodane8022]

Thank you so much sir I like your videos

[@carolnethenwest8845]

Cool, 😎 thanks, Jeff. Yes, keep going on AG. Where you go is always interesting.

[@timothyfleur7596]

Lovely vid, thanks Jeff!