Fun trick: The notes of the major pentatonic of the tritone include the ♭7 and the four altered tones: ♭9, ♯9, ♭5 (♯11) and ♯5 (♭13). In C, the tritone is F♯ and the major pentatonic is just the black keys. So just play E-B♭ with the left hand and go nuts on the black keys with the right hand.
@zesvo Жыл бұрын
Beauty, thank you Sir, writing that down right now.
@JesseDanielSmith Жыл бұрын
Great tip - thank you for sharing this
@brandonlewisguitar Жыл бұрын
go nuts lol cool tip man cheers!
@mbmillermo Жыл бұрын
@KinstarFurniture -- I would like to help you, but I'm not sure what you want to know. Let me say a little more here and we'll see if it helps. The chromatic scale includes all 12 notes. A major scale uses 7 notes. That leaves 5 notes unused in any major scale. Look at the piano. You see all of the keys - the chromatic scale, but you also see white keys (C major) and black keys (not C major). But what are those "not C major notes"? There are 5 different black keys, so they can form a pentatonic scale. In fact, if we start on F♯, the scale formed by the black keys is F♯ major pentatonic. The note F♯ is a tritone away from C -- as far away as you can get in the circle of fifths. So in any key, say B♭, you can go to the tritone (E in the case of B♭) and play notes from that major pentatonic scale. The notes of that scale give you the altered tones for the dominant 7th chord (B♭7). Also look for information about the Altered Scale - a 7-note scale that includes all of the altered tones. Let me know here if you have any more questions.
@stessosangue Жыл бұрын
You dropped this, sir👑
@midoramma Жыл бұрын
¡Gracias!
@fretlessman71 Жыл бұрын
I've been a bass player for 4 decades, and played jazz in some form for almost all of this time. This is the first time anyone has ever been able to get me to make sense of the crazy extensions I see on dominant chords in charts, and I can see that if I can memorize this idea AND use my ear to make triads out of the upper structures, I can start recognizing these complex chords by ear. Fantastic method, and wonderful demonstration!
@Allen2saint Жыл бұрын
The best piano teacher online. You’re the best Aimee.
@josephmartino9958 Жыл бұрын
I used to look at the keyboard and get all mesmerized playing 2 different chords simultaneously wondering "what's that?" Now I know...thanks Aimee! This is a great help!!!
@YMESYDT Жыл бұрын
Saying "this'll be a quick video" then making a 14 minute video is something I relate to very much as a music teacher
@divinesoul7 Жыл бұрын
I’m just beginning my self-taught journey and as someone starting out from the very beginning, this information is priceless. Not only are you an amazing player, but a phenomenal teacher as well. You make it make sense!!!
@Ankerre Жыл бұрын
Thanks Aimee, wonderful stuff
@brettprice527 Жыл бұрын
Make sure to check out the Barry Harris stuff. Good luck on your journey.
@divinesoul7 Жыл бұрын
@@brettprice527 thank you so much for the recommendation. I have checked out a couple of videos on Barry a while back, but unfortunately my head almost exploded trying to follow. Lol That’s a good problem to have though so I will be revisiting his teachings. Peace and blessings to you
@brettprice527 Жыл бұрын
@@divinesoul7 Blessings!
@brettprice527 Жыл бұрын
@@divinesoul7 Shan Verma at Jazz skills is a great teacher of his stuff for beginners.
@davidwittie4177 Жыл бұрын
@13:43 "I've got both (ways) now." Both Theoretical & Practical. And I'm giving them to you whilst balancing a marker in my right hand as I demonstrate. 😊 Aimee Nolte, you are the best!
@waugsqueke Жыл бұрын
I'm self-taught and always thought in this way - 13s and 11s confuse me but a C7 with a D triad above it is something I can understand right away.
@nutopiansg7613 Жыл бұрын
YOU ARE THE CLEAREST JAZZ THEORY TEACHER-SIGNED MR PENTATONIC
@eurocafeduo Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@eurocafeduo Жыл бұрын
Can you use this concept on bass triads other than the 7th?
@DNETOMAIL Жыл бұрын
How dare you explode my brain like that?!! Never thought it could be so easy to think and with so many possibilities. Many, many, many thanks!
@braelen9 Жыл бұрын
Being self taught, I didn't even think to conceptualize these chords in such a straight forward way. A lot of jazz harmony seemed inaccessible because of the complexity. What a great reminder that complex chords can be derived from simple patterns/construction. Thank you for the wonderful video!
@BenIsFiguringitOut Жыл бұрын
Same!
@corporal1107 Жыл бұрын
Didn’t learn this from college theory. It makes sense and removes the complication of creating chords. With practice it becomes second nature. Thank you.
@bloodynin97575 ай бұрын
I found you while looking for videos on guitar theory and triads. Even though you are a piano player I’ve learned more from you than at guitar video
@Ebi_J Жыл бұрын
Thank you for explaining it so well. The fact that you tried every triad and explained why some did not work gave me a formula for understanding and experimenting on my own. Thank you
@robinmiller7958 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@martinfinnpiano Жыл бұрын
This has given me a lot of clarity on these kind of voicings. Thanks!
@JohnMontgomery082 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for this. Lots to sit at the keyboard and muse about.💯
@thatlovejones Жыл бұрын
Pure gold, thank you so much! Off to Nebula.
@Jabbersgood Жыл бұрын
You are a BLESSING.
@arthurmee Жыл бұрын
I recently learnt this from Joe Hubbard, a great bass teacher. Of course we play the arps . . . Love your tutorials Aimee
@DBruce Жыл бұрын
Really helpful, going to mess around with this in my own rather poor attempts at jazz piano, thanks!
@AimeeNolte Жыл бұрын
🙌🏼🙌🏼💙💙thanks David
@lawrenrich6419 Жыл бұрын
I f’n love this video ! She’s one of the most infinitely patient and simply gifted teachers on KZbin. You can just hear it in her voice. I’m a guitar player and I highly value that approach and learn so much for my instrument also.
@alienheadband1808 Жыл бұрын
this is helping me think less and explore more. Awesome!
@AimeeNolte Жыл бұрын
Both are good. But sometimes you need more of one than the other.
@scottmacgregor4622 Жыл бұрын
Very cool. The keys light up like a Xmas tree when I start applying the triads (which I already know) over the C7 left hand shell chord.
@ulfsvensson9710 Жыл бұрын
Just what i am experimating with at the moment. Self tought so i realy don't know what is "right" or not. Thank for an understanding to name it.
@sanfernvalley619 Жыл бұрын
You are such a good teacher even if you were self taught!! Thank you for your point of view
@md-ps2hx Жыл бұрын
Another excellent clip.
@jakegatesmusic Жыл бұрын
Your channel is a gem.
@edkriegepiano3 ай бұрын
what a great (and simple) way to think about USTs - thank you!
@Mooseboy08 Жыл бұрын
This is just what I needed at just the time I was ready for it. I'd already been experimenting with relative Major 7ths over relative minor 7ths, and this is way more fuel for thought.
@jaumerossellomusic Жыл бұрын
I think this is an underspoken topic in jazz education. Thanks for the video!
@rustydomino Жыл бұрын
new jazz piano learner here. This is a game changer for me!
@RameshKumar-ng3nf Жыл бұрын
Oh God, i am old subscriber, seing you after 5 years as i was not much active in social media. Your fitness is amazing👌, you still looks the same i saw long back 😊 I learned a lot from your music tutorials 🙏. Am back to music learning again after a gap in my life. Was busy with studies. Looking forward for more tutorials from you 😊
@lars07670 Жыл бұрын
Great lesson! Steve Lukather talks about this concept in the new Rick Beato interview (from minute 17:30) and that he learned to think that way from Larry Carlton. It is so much easier to teach beginners, just play an E-major-triad in your right hand over your G7. I would love a second video with some more details, maybe how to use this in some standard turnarounds, 2-5-1 etc.
@gernblenstein1541 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for Beato link, brother! And thanks, Aimee, for the content.
@jeanlandim3 ай бұрын
Nice
@musical_lolu4811 Жыл бұрын
I've literally been telling people this, for ages! It's not enough to say you can name what a harmony is e.g A7b13#9 or Dbm7b5(add11) and all that jazz (pun intended). If anything, that kind of exercise can become counterproductive. Knowing how to voice chords from an orchestration/arranging standpoint is where the money is at. That's where knowledge of upper structures (among other voicing techniques) and how to navigate them becomes golden, whether it be arranging for a band or playing on the piano.
@quezquez3084 Жыл бұрын
Can you give some examples of the orchestration/arranging technics?
@willmcbride4435 Жыл бұрын
Oh wow! I really like this. I am a string player and I’m self taught on piano chords. This really is an excellent way of looking at it. I doubt I’ll ever memorize any of it but I for sure can build or pick apart extended chords now. Thank you!
@brandonlewisguitar Жыл бұрын
what a brilliant teacher
@quezquez3084 Жыл бұрын
This is the best video on upper structures I have seen in my life! Thanks, Aimee!
@johnnycockatoo1003 Жыл бұрын
thanks Aimee great to know
@leeclarke8993 Жыл бұрын
You’re the Aimee Nolte of our day. Thanks love you since I got Nebula.
@AimeeNolte Жыл бұрын
So glad you’re liking it! Thanks Lee!
@jmcqueen3454 Жыл бұрын
Great video Amy, a great shortcut indeed.
@davidmiller3652 Жыл бұрын
Nice job Aimee ! Very succinct, concise, thorough. All players should be thinking this way, cuts out the clutter and ambiguously wasted time. Although I do like those minor 9's in scary movies :)
@banaabekwegirl5731 Жыл бұрын
ooh.... this is great knowledge, thank you so much.
@juantejadapng Жыл бұрын
Aimee, you are such a blessing. I have been wondering how to voice these complex chords for my entire life lol (I study at a conservatory and I haven't learned any of this before). Thank you very much!
@flaviowilner1288 Жыл бұрын
Very useful and clear, no doubt.
@midoramma Жыл бұрын
Great info Aimee. Thanks a lot!
@jakehendriksen2841 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy and get a lot from your videos.
@danduncan7950 Жыл бұрын
Really, really helpful, Aimee! Thank you!
@shaynefernandez7145 Жыл бұрын
Hands down you are simply the BEST teacher on KZbin!! Thank you for sharing tricks and tips so freely that helps a lot of us. If you're ever in the Dallas area performing will definitely come see you..
@minigooshey Жыл бұрын
What an incredible way to look at this. I always knew there was some pattern with these, but to see how you lay it all out shows how simple it can be. Well, simple to learn and utilize, but I'm sure quite hard to master. You make some of the most helpful and elegant content about music Aimee, thank you very much :) I watch all your videos
@ed.z. Жыл бұрын
The most useful lessons since Barry Harris decided to teach. You are totally amazing.
@AimeeNolte Жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you!
@JohnnysMusicGarage59 Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!!! So much for sharing this, what a concept. Especially from a guitarist point of view for scales over triads WOW mind blowing...
@cedzimagination Жыл бұрын
Aimee you have no idea how much your videos have helped me grow in piano!!!! You are Heaven sent indeed!!! Have an amazing year ahead. And big up to everyone loving the keys🙏🏾🙏🏾💕
@tomford1376 Жыл бұрын
This is helping me see things more clearly
@theelectricant98 Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU FOR THIS, reinvigorated my will to practice more and challenge myself
@pnojazz Жыл бұрын
Loved this lesson Aimee! It’s simple, direct, and to the point! Thank you for teaching this to students who desire a peek further inside the music! You’re the greatest!!!
@davidhartley94 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Aimee, your lessons are great!
@truefilm6991 Жыл бұрын
5 star content as always! It's daunting going through all possibilities and there is the looming: "Now do this in all keys!" LOL. But your videos are always very inspiring, making it so much less painful. Thank you!
@LingziChong Жыл бұрын
I love your explanation, Thank You !!
@krullr Жыл бұрын
I like the neo soul sound, learning upper extensions from the ground up looked very time intensive. This video seems to provide a more efficient path.
@behappykaori12273 ай бұрын
Your explanation is clear and easy to understand. That's very helpful! Thank you so much!
@frozenspade417 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Aimee! Been trying to write a Big-Band chart and this has really got my mind cooking
@holliesheet3182 Жыл бұрын
This really makes sense for this awkward triad novice. Thanks.
@juangarcera2544 Жыл бұрын
this is awesome!
@gregorynoumtinis43248 ай бұрын
Thanks Aimee, your vids are the best. We are extremely lucky to have you sharing with the world. All the best 😊
@ShaneParish Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this info in such a clear and succinct way. I see myself immediately applying this to fingerstyle guitar improvisations, using the lower strings as open drones in different tunings to hold down the lower triad, while moving around arpeggio patterns in the upper structure triads on the higher strings. Good times. :)
@cwize Жыл бұрын
This is so cool! I really thank you for explaining how these upper structures can be found/learned. I’ve heard people say in passing “oh that’s just C7 with an Ab on top” or whatever but never heard them explain why. I’m a guitar player, not piano, but this insight will be a huge help as I try to get these upper extension chords under my fingers. I know the 7#9 because of Hendrix (like all guitar players), the 7b9 because of “Breathe” by Pink Floyd, etc. but this gives me real, usable, meat to chew on. Thanks again! Awesome.
@tedturner03 Жыл бұрын
Omg - This is so cool, and a great way to learn this wacky stuff. That said - this could be a series of videos. Gonna start exploring this. You are the best Aimee Nolte! I can only say - thanks yet again maestro!!🙏🙏
@idiavworeefetoborejeremiah2618 Жыл бұрын
Wow... this is very insightful. Even though I don't play jazz, you've given me the understanding to add some of these cool voicings to my gospel chords. Many thanks, cheers!!🥂
@kingmarshmusic Жыл бұрын
Excellent! Such a logical way to think about these jazz chords.
@room34 Жыл бұрын
This is really great. I'm primarily a bass and reeds player, but I dabble in just enough keyboards to flesh out my musical ideas, and voicing chords has always been a struggle for me. This video is like a magician showing you how the trick is done. (And I plan to reference it in my own next video… now I won't feel so dumb about the F13(#11) and G+7(#9) chords I have to deal with!)
@joeblakeukeman Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Aimee❤ I found most of these through my ear, listening to jazz piano players. (The first one I was shown by someone way back - that’s to stack a D7 on top of a C7, great as an ending chord.) The four I found were a thrill to discover and also that the roots were in themselves a diminished chord: C dim. In other words C Eb F# A. That’s a memory aid in itself. Stack these four triads on the C7 for that sweet open sound, not counting the Cmaj of course. One last word: the 2nd inversion (5/R/3) almost always sounds the best for the upper structure.
@pearsonart Жыл бұрын
In guitar, Wes is famous for this. Lots of variations like playing a Bm9 over a G for a GM9b5 (or just think Lydian). I always liked Pat Martino’s general approach - converting as many chords to relative minor as you can.
@Li-pw2fg Жыл бұрын
this is amazing, thank you!!!
@scottfoster3643 Жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson, thank you much
@scottfoster3643 Жыл бұрын
Please do the math/white board for us on major7 and minor7 chords with upper structures :)
@gloryrow100 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Aimee
@santiagochambi4692 Жыл бұрын
I know a few chords. But you explanation was MAGNIFIC!. Thanks for add this beautiful sonority in my library of chords.
@Anossov Жыл бұрын
Another thing that might be good to mention is that every valid upper structure is also a valid upper structure (of opposite spicyness) in the tritone sub US II over C = US ♭VI over G♭ ♭III = VI ♭V = I (just the major triad a tritone away obviously) and the other way of course, ♭VI = II VI = ♭III I = ♭V So if you know your tritones, you only need to memorize three
@Alic4444 Жыл бұрын
This wouldn't hold true for any upper structure that contains the sus 4 in it, since over the tritone sub that note would become the major 7. Although I do occasionally find a spot where an incredibly dissonant major 7 inside a dominant chord does sound cool.
@Anossov Жыл бұрын
@@Alic4444 That's true, but also none of them would have a ♭7 in them (unless you add a 3 to your sus chords), so they won't be dominant
@gernblenstein1541 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant! As a bass and guitar player this helps me think in pairs of notes and diad/triad barres to get that Tri-tone in there below the “upper structure.” Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this content, love your spirit, and keep on keepin on!
@456deniz Жыл бұрын
It opened my mind!😮😮🤯🤯 Thank's for this lesson, Aimee! 😃😃
@michaeleaster1815 Жыл бұрын
thanks for another great video! I've heard the concept before ("oh that complex chord is just simple chord X with simple chord Y on top") but it was mysterious to me... this is terrific
@mdsharp5 Жыл бұрын
Wow, that's awesome!! Thanks so much for sharing!
@kayo-music Жыл бұрын
Once again thanks Aimee for this concept, it might help a bass player like me to get the chords faster on the piano. And even more thanks for your nice quote on my songs. Nobody wants to listen to them either, up to now, but you DID and what you wrote about them really made my day.!!! all the bass-t from kayo
@davidnolting1873 Жыл бұрын
Awesome lesson as usual. Will try out these triads for soloing ideas on guitar instead of just grabbing for altered scale, etc.
@ccarlisle08 Жыл бұрын
Incredible lesson. I never heard stacked chords explained this way. Thanks!
@VinslomBardy Жыл бұрын
Incredibly informative and helpful…thank you!!
@kenichisakuda7071 Жыл бұрын
This was so rad - thanks Aimee!
@ivantorrent495 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic tutorial!! Thank you Aimee!
@rhema4000 Жыл бұрын
Such a great system!! Thank you so much for sharing. Now I feel I will get in gear again!!😁🥳👍🏼
@RobyMBeki Жыл бұрын
Aimee, I love your videos so much! Over the past half decade you've thought me amazing ways to look at stuff I either knew or totally new concepts in general. I really like your story about finding out how these chords work in this almost bitonal sense, and it reminded me of how I found out about the same thing. About 3 and a fourth years ago I've stumbled upon FMaj9 just by error really and fallen in love with the same concepts you describe here. Even went so far to immediately write a song full of these type of extended chords called "Next Holidays". And I am absolutely mind blown how litteraly the day after I've uploaded an acoustic version of the song KZbin recommended me your video. I am so happy that now I'll be able to learn even more stuff from you about these tasteful chords. 🥰😊
@ect2012cool Жыл бұрын
Aimee, great explanation and demonstration of the upper structure dominate chords.
@JesseDanielSmith Жыл бұрын
You rock Aimee - thank you for sharing your work so consistently
@bradfordmasters19710 ай бұрын
Thanks. Great video👍🏻
@alans3845 Жыл бұрын
Luv this one Amy… some of the extension triads don’t finger easily on guitar but luv the principles.
@africkinamerican Жыл бұрын
1:44 reminds me a lot of the intro to Wishing On A Star (Will Downing). Beautiful piano solo that I was compelled to teach myself by ear (most of it) age 18 or so! Will D is also one of my most outstanding long distance cassette correspondence course vocal teachers!
@dpwaldman3145 Жыл бұрын
Love this. So well presented. Thank you so much, Aimee. I’m gettin’ with the program!
@knut-ingolf9731 Жыл бұрын
Great! Playing well isn’t a matter of knowing a lot of different things, it’s knowing how to use a few things In a lot of different ways.
@kenbagwell8551 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Such a cool way of thinking about this. Great theory in there on why this or that doesn't work.