How To Sight Read Chord Changes

[@Anointed_Bone]

This is the best explanation (supported with very good demonstrations) about this issue that I’ve seen in a long time. Excellent!👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽This (IMHO) is what teaching is about!!!

[@ntoft]

Thanks so much for putting this together. It was a welcome surprise to see you answered my question question in the form of a video.

[@rodellard8243]

More great info Shawn. I particularly like how you approach it on several levels.

[@samuelsandwich803]

7:04 let’s go, he played the lick

[@ShawnBellMusic]

Ha, ha gotta sneak it in there.

[@cedricsirianni]

Great video Shawn. Can you explain the ii-V-I lick in the fourth and fifth bar at 7:06? The Gb and Fb are out of the changes but sound great.

[@ShawnBellMusic]

Hey Cedric, that line hits the #9 and b9 of that chord. It isn't indicated as a #9 or b9 in the chord symbol; however, that movement from #9 to b9 eventually resolving to the 5th of the I chord is a classic one that you can hear many players using. It looks like I actually did the same thing on the F7 chord a few bars (totally inadvertently). If the piano or guitar is not playing those alterations, there would be a moment of dissonance; however, that isn't necessarily a bad thing as long as it resolves in a smooth fashion as it does here. Thanks for checking out the channel.

[@HIRO-sb8up]

Hi! Sir Shawn could you pls make a slide positions tutorial for trombone in Flat,Sharps and Natural notes pls and how it sounds. I just know how to read notes and I'm new to Trombone instrument 😀

[@ShawnBellMusic]

I do have a few videos that cover finding the positions in the playlist linked below. None of them perfectly answer your question, but they might get you going in the right direction. kzbin.info/aero/PLVv-_uDXyKuiKD4YSmWqTk5kGCfnleKOG

[@magohipnosis]

very cool