Create endless Neo Soul chords with this!

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LESSON SUMMARY
The unique style of neo soul often presents a mystery to aspiring pianists. The beautiful and mellow sound of neo soul chords are paradoxically familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. That's because although neo soul chords originate from traditional 7th chords, they frequently include additional notes and are combined in innovative ways. In today's Quick Tip, you'll learn:
-The 2 Most Common Neo Soul Chords
-2 Chord Thickeners
-Connecting Neo Soul Chords with Common Tones
-Neo Soul Chord Progressions
If you like the playing styles of pianists such as Cory Henry, Jacob Collier and Robert Glasper, then you'll love today's lesson.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Electric Keyboard
01:10 - Step 1: 2 Most Common Neo Soul Chords
01:31 - Chord 1: Major 7
01:44 - Chord 2: Minor 7
02:12 - Step 2: Chord Thickener
02:38 - Formula for Major Chord: 2/6
03:07 - Formula for Minor Chords: 2/4
03:41 - Step 3: Common Tones
07:02 - Step 4: Mix & Match
08:32 - Play with backing track
09:01 - Conclusion
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Happy practicing!
Jonny May

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<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="0">00:00</a> - Intro <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="51">00:51</a> - Electric Keyboard <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="70">01:10</a> - Step 1: 2 Most Common Neo Soul Chords <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="91">01:31</a> - Chord 1: Major 7 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="104">01:44</a> - Chord 2: Minor 7 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="132">02:12</a> - Step 2: Chord Thickener <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="158">02:38</a> - Formula for Major Chord: 2/6 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="187">03:07</a> - Formula for Minor Chords: 2/4 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="221">03:41</a> - Step 3: Common Tones <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="422">07:02</a> - Step 4: Mix & Match <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="512">08:32</a> - Play with backing track <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="541">09:01</a> - Conclusion

[@owleeva]

Makes so much sense now. Thanks a lot

[@michaelcarlos2064]

It never fails. Every time I visit your channel I learn something new and wonderful! And I've been playing for 60 years. Love you, man.

[@eduardoguedes7409]

I’m Brazilian But when I learned about English , I started to watch English videos on KZbin And this video and your Chanel makes me happy to have taken the english classes

[@jamessantiago2907]

Hands down, THE BEST neo soul tutorial ive seen in almost a decade!!!! Thank you SOOOOO much!!!!

[@mikegenta3018]

YES! I was waiting so long for a Neo Soul lesson from you Jonny, hope to see an entire course on your site soon

[@edgejheruma26]

Thank you for explaining this formula, it really helps my playing style..so easy to understand.. God Bless Sir Johnny

[@sonnyanthonyzabala680]

Perfect! What I was waiting for

[@stevepethel6843]

Every lesson you IMPRESS me more and more...Great TEACHER and full of knowledge you share and easily smoothly PERFORM. You got it ALL. God bless you Johnny for all you give to everyone...

[@GT300KR]

I've been following your channel for quite a while now and this is definitely been my favorite lesson, please do more Neo Soul and NuJazz chord progressions videos. Thanks Much!

[@noellynch7029]

This is wonderful teaching Jonny. You really broke Neo down into something I can understand.

[@basslinephunk3441]

Beautiful chords, man!👍🏾 Thanks for the lesson.

[@UltraBeatZ]

You are a godsend! About a year ago I bought a stage piano that has this Rhodes sound in it. Ever since I discovered it, I became hooked to the sound and my play style started developing more towards jazz and soul. I finally got hooked to the 7 chords, and started figuring out songs with more complex harmonies. I'm glad I discovered your channel, to help and guide me on this journey in my musical development.

[@teflo2]

What stage piano did you buy with the Rhodes sound in it? All I have are different electric piano sounds. I'd really love to get the Rhodes sound.

[@UltraBeatZ]

@@teflo2 If you have different EP sounds, I have a hunch that the quality of yours might be better than mine. I have only one EP sound which is named 'Rhodes EP.' The piano is the Midiplus Stage 88, which is a very cheap stage piano and midi keyboard with specs that are acceptable. For the price range however, it's probably one of the best you can get if you're on a very tight budget. It's around 300 bucks and still a big step up from the keyboard that I used to play. The quality of the rhodes sound is good, but the feel of the dynamics is very limited, due to the relative cheap quality of the piano. It still got me hooked on the sound tho :-) If you can afford better, I would suggest something like the Korg SV 2, which looks, feels and sounds amazing. It has several rhodes or EP sounds and a good response. If I could afford it, I would definitely buy it in a heartbeat. Then again, If I could afford real Rhodes, I would go for that.

[@waletechniques]

This is the best breakdown and transformula for Neo Soul that i have come across.. God bless you Bro.

[@MrMixolydian7]

Gosh, that progression is so smooth!

[@nicolasrepetto2821]

great lesson!

[@GoblinKing2001]

Thank you so much for this lesson!!

[@sam-jams6689]

That was so great, thank you! Definitely going to check out the site after this video

[@adriandiaz7261]

Great Lesson!!!!!!! Thank you very much Jonny!!!

[@alamolalamol9426]

Hi Jonny. This is such a brilliant video. Thank you.

[@bizcaine5536]

omg it's so simple thank you for explaining. Thinking about 9,11, and 13s get so confusing for me but it's so much easier now to think in terms of 2s and 6s

[@yaronbrecher7397]

Very nice. And helpfull well done again johny

[@ColossalKoi]

Woow❤.. this helped me out so much.. thank u

[@alexandrecarvalho949]

this is the most incredible lesson i ever watch on youtube, greetings from brazil, you change a lot my perspective in this lesson

[@ypolchenko-freejazz-guitar]

NIce! Exactly what I need. Thanks!

[@GaryR55]

Beautiful! Perfect aural backdrop for trumpet or sax.

[@morganhernandez297]

Thanks !!!💙

[@gregonline6506]

Aaaaaaaaaaa. Been waiting for something like this for some time now. Great, thx! 😎🎹

[@luciennyuba4980]

I enjoyed this lesson

[@robvdbo]

Amazing chords, and great voicings. I could just listen to it all night, but I better start practice playing 'm :D

[@soundshaper]

Amazing note combinations in Neo Soul.

[@HappyOrganMan]

Wow, that's cool. I've been looking for something like this for long. Need to practice it soon on my keyboard. Thanks so much and kind regards from Munich (Germany), Thomas

[@monicaconsigliereLavieenfleur]

How lovely 🥰🥰 I cannot keep up with all your beautiful lessons

[@DileepaMangala]

Thanks a lot for the wonderful lesson.

[@larsuk9578]

Very helpful video, thanks. It reminds me of a harmony exercise (Philips exercise maybe..) where you move notes in contrary motion and fill in chord notes in between, or you can just move the bottom note chromatically and fill in chord notes.

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

Good stuff jonny

[@Aschwald91]

Great tutorial I was expecting for ages ! It would be great to make a second part about how to solo over these chords. Thanks a lot !

[@coffeemaplays4787]

Thanks Jonny!!!

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thanx, Maestro 🌹🌹

[@ryanmelvey8764]

thanks jonny. really love when the top note stays the same

[@flight4845]

thanks for this.

[@alamolalamol9426]

Excellent.

[@eduardosposito8052]

That was fantastic Johnny!!! Thanks a lot!!!! I say hello From Berlín!!!!!

[@music-compositions4u]

Good explaining of modern chord voicings . Sincerely Pete.

[@andriac5062]

Great video! I better get to practicing!

[@realRonPetersen]

I enjoyed the lesson.

[@asmemusic]

excellent piano player and great teacher here 👍👍👍🎹🎹🎹

[@jubbie8842]

Thanks

[@dragolov]

Respect!

[@goblacklist]

thx amigo :) juste génial :)

[@PianoWithJonny]

Thanks for watching!

[@spyc9t160]

I'm hooked and inspired

[@ThisMichaelBrown]

Fantastic! I send many folks your way... 👍

[@gearhinger]

This was great even for me that have played keys for many years!

[@mikepimento]

Maravilloso. Espléndido. Me gustaría tocar a ese nivel. Toco y canto pero mucho más básico 😅

[@sixfoot0]

first time caller .. first time listener!!! .lol subbed yah bro!

[@PharaohLawLess1]

Nice video

[@rjp63vip]

Juicy juicy simplicity soulful genius ❤

[@PianoWithJonny]

Thank you!

[@mariomarinho6480]

Very best. Show in next Kiefer sounds and improvisation

[@ravenmusic932]

Great lesson. I have been aware about the pivot note concept, but it never occurred to me to apply it to neo soul. Thanks for that. Btw, a grand piano sound isn't really uncommon in neo-soul. I rather hardly hear wurlitzers in recordings.

[@2HellWUtube]

Thanks Jonny, I was wondering what the deal was with neo soul.

[@markkusyrjala7919]

Helpful video, thanks! What keyboard are you playing there? It has a nice sound.

[@maxisingleone]

What instrument/plugin/ are you using?? Sounds so beautiful...!! 🎹😘 So good lesson!!

[@Torotate]

Neat i like pattern tricks. Simple complexity and complex simplicity. lol

[@stevieboi61]

👌

[@mdp303]

The nminor chord extra notes are the equivalent of the 80s something over something ambiguous 7th like an Eb over an F for instance..Instant Alexander O’Neil.

[@u1zha]

Amusing how you say "spread these notes out" and then still add notes... A bit of a leap for any beginner. But this is amazing

[@tonymason6686]

Chuck! It's your cousin, Marvin. Marvin Berry! You know that new sound you lookin' for!? Well, Listen to THIS! Thanks Jonny

[@3BeatsLater]

I love this sound. With so many non-diatonic chords, how do you view this being in the key of F? AbMaj13, and DbMaj13, and EbMaj13, and GbMaj13, and Cmin11, do you consider these spicey passing chords that are being showcased?

[@ravenmusic932]

If you give up thinking in a certain key, much more will be possible ;)

[@dyls6052]

@@ravenmusic932 but how will you know what melody notes to hit, surely since if you use different keys it will be harder to make melodies

[@ravenmusic932]

@@dyls6052 You think solely of the melody and then you get a little bit more creative about what could fit below it. Let's say you only have the melody notes e and f#. Something easy and solid below these notes would be C major and D major. But let's say the second note is the root note of the chord and you play it in 1st inversion, then you have C major and F#/A#. If you play around with that idea which builds from top to bottom, you will have access to a totally different set of musical language, I promise.

[@winstonwolfe5733]

Ab as secondary dominant for Db and Db as a sub for Gm maybe?

[@MusicChannel-rf5zz]

Cool! With 2 & 6 does it make it a Make it a Maj 13th?

[@PlayaflyJoe27]

Do you have neo soul explanations in your piano package?

[@craig1530]

Do you have beginner piano lesson tutorials??

[@jimsaintamour2]

Great lesson! This was super helpful. Do you have a Patreon account where I can support you. I want to pay you for this lesson!

[@zachtay]

what do you mean by a dominant chord at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="393">6:33</a>?

[@___Saint]

Do you teach beginners up to this level?

[@SolaceMusic_]

What's the Name of the Track playing at the start of the tutorial

[@robertcalton9198]

Where would be the first places for a beginner pianist to learn the foundations of this style with the hopes of eventually getting to this sound?

[@emmanueljoseph6702]

This sounds more like smooth jazz than neo soul to me

[@jeremycrandall2899]

It’s not neo soul, but this kinda reminds me of “Next Time Around”, by Sandy Denny. Thanks for posting your awesome lessons!

[@poizentv]

where can I buy the into song?

[@burttoast3569]

thank you for this. you've handed me some new toys.

[@raggamuffin2349]

are you treating F as the 1 here? If so shouldnt the C be a dominant chord?

[@skylerquine8945]

Anyone know why he’s making the 4 chord a dominant 7 and the 5 chord a minor 7?? I would think the the 4 chord would be a major 7 and the 5 chord a dominant 7.

[@cezairemusic]

Hey, The 4th chord is major it's a Bb Maj 13 so i dont see any problems here. And for the 5 it's just an alteration on the dominant, where you can play a minor or a #9#5 or any other strange chords instead

[@ipainthouses3084]

1 or 2 of these chords are unplayable for me with small hands , and i realy wanna learn to play neo soul

[@SonDialer]

7ths? don’t you mean 9th, 13th, sus9’s? Come bro, gotta get gritty with it.

[@Xantiiiii1]

I understand the value in showing the music theory part, but neo is not a formula, the main thing that should be taught is the feeling as it starts there, cadence, timing, timber plus more have profound effect on the "neo-soul" sound and the feeling is what keeps its sounding real and not like just like a static peice of music. Its important to encourage that along side whatever theory is taught.

[@WaitingForTheHook]

You went to maj9 and min11 chords on screen without teaching them first.

[@oo7grateful]

What if you have small hands😢

[@rrg2248]

Me too

[@arifmemovic3383]

Be selective with your notes. You can drop the root note or the fifth from a chord and retain the flavor. This is especially true if you're playing with other musicians who have those notes covered.

[@barbaraleequez4054]

Michel petruccioni pianist

[@luisegryc]

my hands are to small for this 😭

[@karmaindustrie]

Here in my gurrage...

[@hextechgunblade7666]

Sounds like elevator/How Its Made soundtrack

[@irProteus]

If the object is to produce a "muddy" sound... then you've succeeded. Couldn't one achieve the same "muddy" sound by just playing any adjacent notes within the cord?

[@danielvega71]

Theorically, 9 and 13 are "consonant" extensions of the major chord, and 9 and 11 for minor chords sound "idiomatic" of the genre, very characteristic. But of course you can choose whatever note you see fit - I mean, "hear fit"

[@irProteus]

@@danielvega71 Ok, but adding the 2 and the 6th (maj) or the 2 and the 4th (min).....is not the same. Adding the 9th and/or 13 to a maj. 7th is not the same as adding the 2 and/or 6h to the maj. 7th. Adding the 9th to a maj,7th has a clean, pleasant sound, unlike the muddy sound one produces by adding the 2nd to the maj. 7th. The same can be said for adding the 13th to the maj. 7th as opposed to adding the 6th to the maj. 7th. Same for the min. 7th. and the addition of the 2 and/or 4th. Playing adjacent notes produces dissonance and results in a displeasing, muddy sound.

[@ryanmelvey8764]

@@irProteus depends on how you EQ and what else is going on in the track

[@treiricketts7572]

@@irProteus the dissonance sounds pleasing. It can get much more dissonant as well and still sound pleasing as it builds tension to release with less dissonant chords.

[@irProteus]

@@ryanmelvey8764 Dissonance is Dissonant. Name one thing that makes it sound better.

[@zeekmx1970]

There's only two steps to neo soul. McDonald's commercial or Will Smith.

[@troubadour723]

Step 1 - run out of original ideas.