My FAVORITE Jazz Chord on Ukulele

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❤️ Aloha and Mahalo - Tom 🤙

[@JJMilare]

Tom good to hear from you my friend!

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[@JJMilare]

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[@kelalamusic9258]

Aloha JJ. Jazz chords are awesome. If my failing eyes are correct, It's close to being an Asus4, with an open G string, but you are playing an A instead. You are rewriting the chord chart young man. Well done JJ 😜. I'm so glad to see you are here more often. You are an inspiration. By the way, have you thought of trying a bass ukulele. They sound awesome. I'm loving the bass guitar now. It's a strange beast after years of playing guitar. But, it is easier on my ailing thumb that gives me pain when playing rhythm guitar. I miss playing the guitar, because jazz was my playing choice. Oh, well. Take care my friend. Much mahalo.

[@JJMilare]

You know your notes very well! I'm not even sure I know how a "sus" chord is formed. But seeing as you mentioned you used to play jazz, it's no surprise you're good! I have tried the ukulele bass before and it is very soft on the fingers! I love them!

[@kelalamusic9258]

@@JJMilare i loved playing jazz rhythm guitar until I hurt the bass of my thumb. The chord progressions along with added passive chords sound so beautiful and rich, but the constant chord change created pain. So I had to stop. Therapy was of no help. I even tried light therapy. No go. Believe it or not, and a lot of guitar players will agree and a lot will disagree, but for me, the best guitar for jazz is the Telecaster. The sound variations you get from the Tele are incredible. The solid body that started it all out is still number one. There's a guy on KZbin that plays great jazz using the Tele. I wish I could remember his channel. If I find it, I'll send you a link to some of his best videos. In regards to the Tele, yes, I am biased 😁. Now I have a beautiful Tele that just sits in the case. Oh, well. Things happen, JJ. It's called life. Now I'm trying with the bass guitar. It's one of those things that you like it and don't like it. But I'll push on. The nice thing about the bass Ukulele is that the notes on the strings are identical to the bass guitar . . . EADG. Anyway, JJ. Gotta get ready. Have to have a blood test, so I'm soon off to the Vampire Labs 😂. Have a great day.

[@JJMilare]

@@kelalamusic9258 oh wow. I love the sound of passing chords and wished I knew more theory of that. They sound so beautiful! You must have played a lot a lot of jazz then! That’s so awesome. How long do you think it took you to get comfortable with playing jazz? I could learn a thing or two! Oh wow a telecaster ?! I wouldn’t have thought!!!

[@kelalamusic9258]

@@JJMilare I played some. Problem is, I learned a lot of chords rather than music. Believe it or not, I found that playing jazz a bit easier than playing rock 'n' roll. RnR wasn't in me, so to speak. Well, it's all in the past, and because I can't play without experiencing pain, I have accepted that I have no choice but to move on. There are many other things in life that can also be enjoyed. Photography is one. That's something I enjoy as well. Riding a bike, and even learning bass. It's not the end of the world, just a new beginning. You do what you can. JJ, you play the ukulele very well, and there are a number of famous players that you can mold your talents around. There are two that I can think of, Israel Kamakaw . . . (spelling?). He played and sang "Over the Rainbow" better than anyone I've ever heard. He was loved by all Hawaiians. Also, Jake Shimabukuro. I've never seen anyone play so fast 😊. Believe it or not, even a character from the past, Tiny Tim. He made fame playing and singing, "Tiptoe Through the Tulips." So, JJ, keep playing and progressing. Maybe you will one day be on the list of best players. You can if you want it bad enough.

[@mordy91]

Aloha! This is a 6/9 chord my friend :) It's correct that you can call this chord a quartal chord or belonging to the quartal harmony family referring to it being constructed by stagging fourths on top of each other in contrast to the more common approach in most music theory with tertian harmony (or tertiary harmony) where you stack thirds on top of each other. 1 3 5 7 9 etc.. However this doesn't tell us much about the actual chord quality, similar to how saying a typical triad or seven chord (derived from tertian harmony) doesn't tell us much about what kind of triad or seven chord it is - Is it major or minor? Is the fifth diminished, perfect or augmented? Is the seventh dominant or major? In typical jazz terminology when trying to determine the quality of these two chords they would be called 6/9 chords. Referring to them having the major 6'th and major 9'th in it. They can be both major or minor depending on the key. Here they are both major. In jazz this chord (and with these quartal voicings) is/are very commonly used on the I or tonic chord as you are also doing here :) Also you often leave out the root to be played by the bass player instead (like you did with the F6/9). If we analyse your chord voicing from the top to to bottom string you will get: C6/9: 6 9 5 1. F6/9: 3 6 9 5 Notice with C chord the third is not there so in theory it could be a C minor 6/9 (or Cm6/9) - however your major II V progression ensures we are indeed in the key of C major. I think if you wanted to be 100 percent acurarate this could be named C6/9(omit3) - omit3 meaning leaving the third out. Hope it makes sense :)

[@JJMilare]

Much much mahalo! I This did make sense to me! I don't have much music theory knowledge, but the little I do have helped me to understand this! You explained it very well and now I did pick up some more theory knowledge thank to you! I do greatly appreciate it and again, much much mahalo for you lesson!

[@smileyhope4901]

Can I please know what is the strumming pattern ?

[@JJMilare]

Yes it’s a jazzy type strum. Here is a link of the tutorial I made of the strum :). kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4Dai5ScfrCIo6c

[@cautionninjas]

That is a D7sus4 chord