It's All Just C Major (and it sounds beautiful!) 😎

If you want to write more interesting and beautiful chord progressions then learn a little bit of music theory and ALL the songs you can! Just knowing the basics can open up for some beautiful chords and progressions!
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[@elkazozio3240]

thanks Jens what a gift ! always a pleasure to learn from you .

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@kevindonnelly761]

Great advice Jens ! I promise to not tell anyone you might have played a C (Cowboy Chord). Sounds great !

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks Kevin! It's good to add some cowboy chords as well!

[@kevindonnelly761]

@@JensLarsen 😂 For the Cowboy C, I like the G (as you played it) on the top string rather than open E. It gives the chord a 'jangly' sound.

[@helencarson4680]

How beautiful that is. You are so gifted and lucky to know so much, and thank you for helping us❤

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@K.e0102]

Sir ,you are the best teacher from KZbin! Thanks for All!

[@timtime9167]

Beautiful little piece

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you very much!

[@jamesmiles3341]

Not only a great jazz composer jens is also good at making 90’s brit pop rock

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 😁👍🤘

[@kikomegias7570]

Excelent and beautifull

[@jnmyers62]

Beautiful.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! 🙂

[@user-kk4kn1ue8u]

Such a good content, thanks a lot

[@stefanfeldenz8991]

I love your teachings. It makes me hoping, that i learn things, that I thinked to not learn any more. Thank's a lot!

[@john-di1mz]

OMG... that's stunning!!! Absolutely gorgeous. Thankyou

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@auraofdeath423]

That's why jazz is one of the most interesting genres!

[@JensLarsen]

But is this Jazz? 🙂 (It could be, but I don't think it has to be)

[@auraofdeath423]

@@JensLarsen I am not really good at it. Do you have a free pdf for what you've played in this video?

[@JensLarsen]

@@auraofdeath423 yes, on Patreon

[@tomcripps7229]

Very nice Jens. I'm going to have to find something to put this into today. Maybe write a song.

[@JensLarsen]

Go for it 🙂

[@simonwalker2073]

Very Bill Frizzel

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you!

[@ananyaacharya6651]

therapist: f#m7b5 can't hurt you in C major jens: #IV° anyone!?

[@JensLarsen]

It's not a dim chord though 🙄😁

[@ananyaacharya6651]

Ah dang it. That would've been my first jazz meme :/

[@JensLarsen]

@@ananyaacharya6651 Surely, the F#ø version is equally solid as a meme 😁

[@miki_the_little198]

C7/G is not C major, it has a B flat in there, which makes the scale a F major instead

[@miki_the_little198]

Please correct me if Im wrong, I didnt want to sound rude

[@JensLarsen]

Being in the key and being in the scale is not the same. If you listen to this then you can also hear that it does not modulate to another key even if some of the chords in there are not in the scale. Just like Cmaj7 A7 Dm7 G7 is clearly in C major even if there is no A7 in C major. Does that help?

[@miki_the_little198]

@@JensLarsen wow, I always thought that changing the notes means modularion and so a key change, thank you! Very interesting!!

[@michaelrowan3851]

I suppose it’s like a borrowed chord versus a complete modulation. I thought the same thing when I saw the Bb to be honest.

[@JensLarsen]

@@michaelrowan3851 I am not sure it really makes sense to think of it as a borrowed chord when we have the secondary dominant as a concept as well? That at least better describes the function

[@mygic183]

Gorgeous

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@owlmacaroni]

Nice

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks

[@billboyd3444]

Sweeeeeeeet!

[@liilyyvann4772]

😮

[@GyzelE]

I've always liked the C chord with the G on the high E instead of an open E

[@JensLarsen]

Yes, that is a nice open interval on top, here it is more because of the melody though 🙂

[@spacemanspliff7844]

I guess what you mean by “C major” is that that tonal center is a c major chord, despite the use on non diatonic movements. I can get down with this, but I feel like you gotta be hip a bit, the average person probably doesn’t understand what you mean when you say F# is part of c major.

[@JensLarsen]

I am indeed talking about the key, not the scale. Seems to me that the video does a very good job at opening people's minds to the fact that there is a difference. There is no better way to learn than to hear it and then have to think about it, and I do feel that the concept of key is a bit underrated and overlooked given how powerful it is.

[@spacemanspliff7844]

@@JensLarsen this is something i hadn’t entirely put together, but now that you mention it that way, I had a few things click, this is the key to really understanding modal interchange and the use of non diatonic harmony in a key. The concept of “key” seems to me to be understood traditionally as relating to the scale, but I can see what you mean. Thanks for sharing the insight.

[@JensLarsen]

@@spacemanspliff7844 Yes, and that difference between key and scale is pretty massive. You ears can usually tell before you realize.

[@TONIKOBLER]

We need to print and save in your Chanel .we need a good instrument too

[@lmg1033]

It’s all in Cmaj *plays F**#ø*

[@JensLarsen]

So maybe F#ø is also a chord in C major...

[@BZRT013]

Sort of new to this.. could someone explain how f# dim is in cmaj?

[@JensLarsen]

It's in this video towards the end: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJi6h4aXr62UkNU

[@rockstarjazzcat]

🤙🏼

[@eycenine2]

Could someone help me understand why the C7/Bb chord is defined as a V chord?

[@JensLarsen]

It is in brackets which means that it is a secondary dominant kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpXTYqimmt16ebM

[@KyleSwirl]

Love it ❤. That chromatic G-F#-F bassline is so satisfying. I feel as if there are many ways to interpret where the F# comes from. How do you interpret it? Chromatic passing tone to the borrowed Fm chord? A moment of Lydian? Blues note? All of the above?

[@JensLarsen]

It's a #IV, that is a thing, and actually pretty common in Jazz Standards. Check out Night and Day to have an example in the same key.

[@JustinTrudeau1971]

How is a #IV still in C? It’s out of key by definition.

[@JensLarsen]

@@JustinTrudeau1971 only if your definition of in key is in the scale.

[@JustinTrudeau1971]

@@JensLarsen isn’t that the definition? Scale is key, key is scale? A #IV(7) in C would include 1 (F#), 3 (A#), 5 (C#), 7 (E), all of which are outside the key except E. What am I missing? (scratches head)

[@JensLarsen]

@@JustinTrudeau1971 Your ears can tell you, right now you are listening with your eyes and theory. If you sit down and play Cmaj7 A7 Dm7 G7 then you feel that A7 is a modulation and you hear that as another key? Or if a Gospel or Country song goes C C7 F F#dim C/G then it is modulating to another key or is it just moving around in the key of C major? I think you can hear that a modulation is something else, try listening to the first A section of All The Things You Are for a modulation, or Gone With The Wind. That is really something else than a single chord that doesn't fit in the scale.

[@willfentress7603]

Been learning secondary dominants and stuff like that can someone explain how that C7/Bb is the V chord?

[@JensLarsen]

Isn't that a secondary dominant? 🙂

[@dylanschweitzer18]

It's all just c major *plays a ton of things outside the key if c major*

[@JensLarsen]

Scale ≠ key

[@dalinandi844]

please make video lesson out of it

[@JensLarsen]

My lessons on functional harmony actually covers this. Do you want t a link?

[@dalinandi844]

@@JensLarsen no i will find it

[@dalinandi844]

@@JensLarsen actually playing or composing things like these need experience and your lessons are always a good head start

[@JensLarsen]

Do you maybe need to know more about Functional Harmony? 😁 Amazing Modal Interchange, this is such an incredible sound: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKimhJmjn7Vmr6c

[@JeanMarceaux]

Ah yes, notes famously found in C major: Bb and F#

[@JensLarsen]

Ah yes, scales and keys: not the same thing....

[@3BeatsLater]

Bflat though

[@jonathanharris6232]

Ok so why is it called a C7/Bb when the Bb is the note that makes it a 7 chord? Isn't that redundant? 🤯 God I fucking suck at music theory plz help me lol

[@hamishspencer]

Erm, the second chord is literally in F, just sayin'. Of course you already knew that

[@JensLarsen]

Is key and scale the same?

[@DiegoFinthechat]

Erm, its V/IV in the key of C

[@JensLarsen]

@@DiegoFinthechat Exactly 😁

[@deltapee9259]

Funny, when you played a flat B (in that dominant C chord), you were actually in key of “F” for a moment.

[@JensLarsen]

If you really listen then your ears will tell you something else. Just like playing Cmaj7 A7 Dm7 G7 doesn't sound like you are modulating to Dm7.

[@chrismcdermott7766]

I suggest you learn a little bit more about theory before making videos. That's in the key of F Major and F harmonic Minor

[@JensLarsen]

Well, I have two suggestion for you: #1 Use your ears, don't listen with your eyes and #2 Learn your theory a little better 😁

[@tillyshaker]

Looks pretty chromatic to me

[@JensLarsen]

And the important word in that statement is probably "Looks" 😁

[@terpentoon]

Ha ha C major, except Bb , F# and Ab.

[@JensLarsen]

Scale is not the same as key 😉 use your ears not your eyes

[@chocomalk]

no

[@JensLarsen]

Listen with your ears not your eyes, then you will get there 🙂

[@chocomalk]

@@JensLarsen Maybe I missed something or am misunderstanding the title, but I didn't listen. I only looked at the chords.

[@JensLarsen]

@@chocomalk ok, most people enjoy music with their ears

[@chocomalk]

@@JensLarsen uhh sorry I was confused but this is an educational video/channel and the title is confusing and inaccurate as far as the chord shapes listed

[@JensLarsen]

@@chocomalk No, it isn't inaccurate. Your understanding of what C major harmony is just needs to be expanded. That is exactly what makes this educational.

[@GregRickard]

There's no f# in c major.

[@JensLarsen]

Is the scale and the key the same thing?

[@GregRickard]

@@JensLarsen yes. Whether you're talking about the key of C or the scale C, both are made of the same 7 notes...C,D,E,F,G,A,B.

[@leescheeler1503]

Real musicians don't know what key they're in or what notes they're playing all the rest is boring

[@tonybraines7172]

😮