Adding Harmonic Motion to the 2-5-1 progression: Jazz Guitar Lesson

[@sega62s]

It fascinating when a musician puts himself in your shoes, and go back to where he came from ....thx for those tips(from Montréal )

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

My Pleasure!

[@ctrent9742]

I can't overstate how much I enjoy and learn from your videos. Thank you!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@dougmontgomery6215]

Chris you perfectly described where I am at. Your first example turned the light on and pulled together things I've known but didn't see how to apply on a tune. Your touch, taste and tone is incredible and inspiring! Thank you

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Wonderful! Glad it was helpful Doug!

[@logannday]

Perfectly structured lesson

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Logan

[@rohanjohn2219]

Best jazz guitar teacher on the web. Great lesson

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Rohan

[@kylesecormusic]

I don't think i've ever commented on a youtube vid before, but this was such a fantastic lesson and i felt compelled to let you know! what a huge help! thanks Chris!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Kyle! Glad it was helpful!

[@AhmedAli-rg3hp]

Thank you for this amazing lesson! I see myself getting a lot of mileage out of this lesson. Really good way to take your playing up a level

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Ahmed

[@alans3845]

Love this basic lesson... SOooo important. Bravo Chris.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Alan!

[@sdgc543df]

I'm going to have to keep re watching this to take it all in. Thanks for this Chris 🙂

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Hkang-q6t]

Love the sound of jazz guitar. Really helpful clip for beginner or intermediate guitarists

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@HungQNgo-pe4pb]

that was very beautiful, much appreciate the lesson Chris

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Hung

[@JSDJerry]

Another layer to add. Very helpful to an intermediate amateur

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Gald it was helpful Jerry!

[@charlesalan62]

Chris This is best lesson on this subject I’ve seen. I watched a piano theory video; ‘The seven steps of the V7 chord ‘ their example 5 ( about 30 minutes in)from their lesson was your examples 3 & 5 of 13 chord a half a step above the I chord. In the piano video they use a Bill Evans Example, but the really interesting example was Wayne Shorter’s “Infant Eyes” it not only did they use 13 chord a half step above the I chord but continued the concept up a whole step in the composition. This 13 chord a half step above the I chord they referred to as the Bill Evans kitchen sink chord. (I think for all the dark altered tones it contains)I hope you have more lessons like this on more advanced harmony concepts and hopefully you will consider doing Wayne Shorter’s Infant eyes and explain what he is doing. Thanks Chris you’re the best.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Charles

[@bailey.matthewr]

Amen

[@akskerpen]

Thank you for your videos, specially this is a very good inspiration to me. And a very nice watch.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you thank Holmann, Happy to hear this!

[@arentakaishi710]

Great lesson! This is such and incredible insight. I've always had trouble in applying these methods and techniques in my playing but this will surely help me in my future playing!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Aren!

[@claudedietrich8654]

as always, among the best

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Claude

[@andrewlovell116]

Just found this lesson, Chris. Thank you, it’s proving incredibly helpful!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@CRV1958]

Excellent lesson. Great approach in describing something that is very complex and yet making it attainable for most., Thankyou.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@aaroncampmusic]

The first time my ears really opened up to this motion was when I got in to Barry's(Galbraith) stuff. It's such a beautiful way to play if you can improvise a comp that way. Sweet videos, man.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Aaron

[@thomasmartinscott]

I just wanted to say Thank You for your time, your effort and a nicely relaxing teaching style. I not only enjoyed it, but I learned alot, too.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

You're very welcome!

[@nicohauptmentalist]

very tasteful playing and lots to learn. thanks!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@stevelongobardi6870]

Chris - thanks for sharing your amazing knowledge of harmony and motion. This was a lesson that most folks could put to use immediately. Stay well ...

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Steve

[@harryuan65]

Chris, thank you so much for this lesson! My understanding is only somewhere around knowing Amadd9->D7b9->Gmaj7 and I didn't know you can do these cool stuff with them. I really like the way you teach. You're explanations are very clear.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Harry!

[@bill7016]

That is some powerful stuff beautifully explained and demonstrated.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Bill

[@sandyludlow8525]

Chris, Thank you. This is brilliant!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Sandy!

[@haivoeten]

I learned more in one if your lessons than in several other YT-contibutions. Thanks!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Glad to hear! Thank you

[@Minor7thb5]

Chris, you are a tremendous player and clearly an excellent teacher as well.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!!!!

[@robsondiem]

Chris, thanks for sharing education with us. It’s very much appreciated. Cheers man

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@petar_marus]

You are fantastic teacher and guitarist ! Also very kind. Congratulations. I will definitely follow all your work. You are helping a lot.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks so much Petar

[@barrysebastian9584]

Thanks Chris - great stuff! I always enjoy your playing, but your relaxed demeanor lends itself to a wonderful teaching style. Very nice!👏👏👏

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Barry

[@jeffreyhiman5198]

Excellent lesson, Chris. I got a lot out of it. Thanks for the help and inspiration.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Jeffrey

[@JGlassy]

Great lesson, I love the clarity, and emphasis on voicings and passing chords (esp. the chromatics amd diminished), the key to the interplay of tension and resolution.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Joe

[@MegaDusso]

I really enjoy the covers you do on all those great ballads.....good stuff.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@robertgreen3702]

Great lesson. Thanks 🎸😊

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

My pleasure!

[@Anthony-b3j]

Thanks Chris I'm finding your stuff very helpful -- the Emily breakdown Blues for Herb was great !! Some help with the Steely Dan stuff next ? Tony

[@mongoharry7765]

Thanks, Chris! Great lesson!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Mongo

[@erlingwesth7055]

Hi Chris, again I'm so inspired and motivated by you! You teach and explain with a clarity, a patience and a calmness that I have been looking for for many, many years. I have played guitar for more than 60 years, studied books, been to workshops and had teachers, but my curve of learning has been dangerously flat over the years. I apparently lack the energy to dig into the material - something you do so well. Now I have registered on your patreon page, should have done so a long time ago! Looking forward to be inspired by you, thanks!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

thank you for your support Erling!

[@gokberkmusic6865]

Best jazz teacher on youtube, thank you so much 👏🏻👏🏻

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you very much!

[@juanmaggiore7910]

Hi Chris and thank you for this lesson. You've truly helped me open my understanding wider to better Jazz guitar playing.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

So glad to hear that Juan!

[@paulhayes5592]

great vid! easy to understand and makes me want to learn more about your approach to comping over different progressions. Lookin forward to the next one

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Paul

[@brandonsylvia6214]

Great video and very informative! I would love to hear you play more of "My Romance" Love listening to you play!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Brandon

[@eohippusone]

Harmonic motion. I now have a name for what I've been hearing!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Yes!

[@Brucelectricmoose]

Ooh nice lesson! I've learned (played ok ish) 4 of your arrangements now and find them so lovely to play.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@pluaninoxc]

What a super lesson! Thank you, Chris. I've been teaching guitar (well, I did before the world went nuts!) for 30+ years. My hope is that on at least a few occasions, I communicated a concept with my students as clearly as you articulated this one. Brilliant. By the way, can I put in a request for you to make a video of "My Romance", continuing in the same style as the first few bars you demonstrate in this video. Thank you, Chris. You might just help make a Jazz player out of this Ol' Rocker yet ;-)

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Michael. Your comments brightened my day! Yes, My Romance on the to do list. I hit my finger with a hammer this week and fractured it, so waiting on it to heal!

[@pluaninoxc]

@@ChrisWhitemanGuitar Hello Chris! Thank you for your reply 😊 That’s dreadful news about your finger; I wish it a very speedy recovery. How long do you reckon it’ll be before you’re playing again? Maybe you can instead work on your slide guitar technique for a while 😕 I shall look forward to your interpretation of “My Romance”. Your arrangements are very clear and concise, and always played at a pace that makes them sound very musical. I find this very helpful when attempting to learn them myself - I like to try doing this by ear rather than reading tabs as I find this process far more educational. I’ve been working at your basic version of “Stella By Starlight” for a while, and last week had fun learning “Mercy, Mercy”. One other request for the future (if you haven’t done this already), could you put together a video sharing your thought process/approach to 2-5-1 cadences? Again, thank you for the content you share; I find it so helpful and quite inspiring too. Best wishes from forty miles NW of London. Mickey

[@RFD510]

Glad to have found your channel. This was a nice lesson.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@vincentkowski8466]

Awesome lesson Chris and love your 175. 👍🎶

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Vinnie

[@3r1cratpool22]

Thank you for this great lesson

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

You're very welcome!

[@fekkyb]

KUDOS ! You explain your material well.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

thank you fekkyb

[@BuckJoFiden]

Great lesson Chris! Thanks

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@andrewkratz226]

Good stuff, thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@dennisls2762]

Thank you, Chris. Great lesson.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@alward5678]

Man what a great lesson. Thank you.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jimkangas4176]

Keep it up, this is good. As a working-on-solo player, I am always seeking ways to combine the melody and harmony (and of course a few bass lines). One approach that Joe Pass sometimes uses is that he plays solo lines but then has lots of stock "chordal phrases" such as this. Sounds more balanced than constant chord melody and a bit easier for me.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@swiessler]

Excellent teaching! would an F minor 2 5 1 for example progress in the same manner?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

That is going to be a little different

[@unclenote]

Very cool and valuable material.! Thanks!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@guntrenr]

Great playing, sound & lesson! Thx

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@kentaro109]

Thank you

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

😊

[@mattayars4915]

Great…GREAT tone.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Matt!

[@colingale7501]

Thank you so much, wonderful teaching

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Colin

[@letsdjent1416]

loved it.I hope u make more lessons it would really be helpful.l

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you. Yes, more to come

[@raygoy688]

Great lesson, Chris. You dropped in “My Romance” as an example of of tune that could be introduced by one of phrases. Have you done an arrangement of that? I can’t find one on this channel, nor on Musicnotes.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Ray! I have not yet published an arrangement of My Romance, but it is on my list of songs to arrange.

[@alward5678]

Chris, you are Amazing.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@joejoesguitarinventions]

your guitar playing is super nice man

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@andysims2581]

Thanks for sharing, well explained

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Andy

[@crazyb3fan]

Beautiful lesson Chris!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Mike

[@peterandrews7434]

You are such a fine fine player.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Peter

[@АйратСитдиков-в2р]

Thank you very much, Chris!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

😊

[@robertomighty]

Excellent lesson Chris -

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@TheLazeb2000]

Great lesson, thanks a lot!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

thank you!

[@jonathanessen7671]

Thanks for the ideas! Keep it up man, I like the teaching vids. You can loosen up the editing and nobody will complain it’s all KZbin gravy

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Jonathan

[@pistoFF]

you're so fly, man thx

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@Jazzwayze]

Great run down Chris. Thanks for this. But to do what you just did, in the way you did it, I need to learn finger-style. Sixty-three years of playing guitar, and I still cannot get my hands to operate individually, in the way needed. So I have to stick with the pick! Sure I can play chord melody with a pick, but I will never be another Joe Pass! Stick with it my friend. You have it. John in UK

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

thanks John!

[@emlyngriffith5846]

This was extremely useful. Thanks a lot 👍🍷

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

🙏🏻 thank you!

[@HarryBarry97]

Thank you very much. A lesson on how to improvise a chord melody would be very interesting from your ways of explaining. This is moveable right? so when you learn this pattern (like 1,4,5 in blues) you can play same chord shapes in all keys?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Yes, it is moveable

[@antoniocarlosalveslobo9269]

Very good! Thank you.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@NelsonRiverosMusic]

Great videos and teaching Chris.May I ask what camera(s) or cam do you use? , lighting you use. Thank you

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you 🙏🏻. I am using an iphone x and some inexpensive led lights that I bought for $15 on amazon

[@emlyngriffith5846]

This was a really useful lesson.....thanks a lot 👍🍷

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

So glad to hear. Thanks

[@scottwesner1706]

Thanks Chris

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

My pleasure

[@rayvac7743]

Wow I'm digging this 👌 I'm now a subscriber.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Larry

[@MatheusRobis]

Awesome, thanks!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@DatAnydex]

Well done, and thank you for sharing. 👍🏻🙏

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@analogalien]

Great lesson!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@pallhe]

Great stuff, Chris!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@calebgreig835]

Great lesson, Chris. Are the first few bars of 'My Romance' a teaser for a future video, perhaps? :-)

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you and yes, it's on my list to do!

[@primobeats4110]

Thanks a lot for this great lesson 😁🙌

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@Icantseewhynot]

Thank you for this cpntent! much appreciated!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

My pleasure

[@daughertyr22]

That tritone substitution sounds great. That is like an Aflat or flat 5 of the D7 , is that right?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Correct!

[@insidejazzguitar8112]

Valuable lesson - thank you!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Glad it was useful!

[@leventcangultekin3006]

very inspiring as always!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@ArtWheelerMusician]

Excellent!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Art

[@jz4901]

Great tone and explanations! Cheers! Z

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you

[@ringbangsoldier]

Really helpful video.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Glad to hear that!

[@pianostudentsemper]

What tune are you playing at 9:26?

[@thagard7]

My Romance

[@chrisking8353]

Great stuff Chris! I have that exact guitar. :-) Is yours also a 1953?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

thanks Chris! yes, it is a 1953! A great guitar with a serious vibe!

[@aaronservice86]

You Talk! Great video btw......thank you for making it

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

😁

[@rickster958]

Man this is cool

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you Gordon

[@richguitarucci3193]

love your lessons man, thank you! Really great stuff! Any recommendations for further studying harmonic motion?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

I learned harmony by listening to great piano players: Hank Jones, Bill Evans, Red Garland, Bud Powell

[@Achase4u]

THAT is how you comp!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@danqodusk8140]

Good stuff, Chris. I think you need to bring up your mic volume.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Noted!

[@3r1cratpool22]

Nice guitar

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!