The most beautiful minor chord of all time.

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LESSON SUMMARY
Music has a powerful way of expressing emotions of the heart that surpasses language. This is particularly true of bittersweet emotions like sending a child away to college or giving your daughter's hand in marriage. As a pianist and arranger, there is no better way to represent this emotional paradox of longing and satisfaction than with The Sorrow Chord. Today, you'll learn how to apply this beautiful minor chord voicing in common chord progressions to elevate your piano playing into the sublime. You'll learn:
- Constructing The Sorrow Chord in 2 Steps
- Applying The Sorrow Chord in 2 Chord Progressions
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - The Sorrow Chord - Dm11
01:07 - How to build this chord
01:21 - Step 1: Stack Five 3rds
03:13 - Step 2: Re-Order Notes
05:55 - How to apply this chord to progressions
06:13 - Progression 1
06:38 - Transformed progression
07:35 - Play with backing track
08:22 - Progression 2
09:20 - Transformed progression
10:11 - Play with backing track
10:36 - Conclusion
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Happy practicing!
Jonny May

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00:00​ - Intro 00:49​ - The Sorrow Chord - Dm11 01:07​ - How to build this chord 01:21​ - Step 1: Stack Five 3rds 03:13​ - Step 2: Re-Order Notes 05:55​ - How to apply this chord to progressions 06:13​ - Progression 1 06:38​ - Transformed progression 07:35​ - Play with backing track 08:22​ - Progression 2 09:20​ - Transformed progression 10:11​ - Play with backing track 10:36​ - Conclusion

[@mrbadiuzzaman]

never knew something sorrow could be so sweet. what's sweeter is you take the time & trouble to make it so comprehensible with music theory slipped in to reinforce understanding and recall

[@MomLAU]

That is a beautiful chord. To me, though, it doesn't really sound sorrowful-- more dreamy and thoughtful. But then that's just IMHO.

[@lovenylo]

Single best chord I’ve maybe ever heard.

[@SilasJSantos]

Beautiful, beautiful, very beautiful! Thank you Jonny I would call it the ENQUIRE CHORD It sounds like it is asking a question

[@michaelcarlos2064]

Man, that's a wonderful voicing. Ethereal, melancholic. Loving your channel. Thanks Jonny.

[@PianoWithJonny]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@superman00001]

The saddest of all minor chords. Makes people weep instantly.

[@paulgrooveside2803]

Lovely, thanks!

[@blackcnn4929]

Beautiful. Let me get on this keyboard. Im all motivated

[@MarquezSchoolgirl64]

Love it, thanks!

[@marisha1406]

Thank you, Jonny! 👍👍👍

[@greatjazz2167]

Nice voicing! Like the Kenny Barron voicing but adds doubling of the 9 and 11 in the right hand, I think.

[@leebarker2810]

Go Jonny go go go. Nice playing and good to learn on.

[@CarlosHernandez-tc9wr]

Thanks very much

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

My favorite minor chord is C minor,I’ve just learned some progressions in that key I really like.

[@samwright285]

Beautiful

[@bod89el]

Džoni care, najbolji si!

[@stephaniecolman]

You have a small error. LH is DAE and you wrote DAF. F is 3 not 2. (Time stamp 3:45)

[@Ernie_Centofanti]

I noticed that, too. A bit confusing.

[@braghitam7902]

hello bro am from Indonesia ,love your videos

[@sanguanj]

I’d take it simple as Dm on the left, and C on the right, shld end up similar sound structure despite of wrong sequences. Thanks for the great tips as always.

[@synthplayer1563]

Nice voicing. The two progressions are essentially the same. I V VI in C-Major and in F-Major.

[@axeljosemancillaalfaro9744]

Me gusta el sonido de esos acordes!! Puedes gaces progreciones diferentes con mas acordes?? Porfa

[@joemechwar4338]

The sorrow chord is the last chord used in the theme song from Taxi by Bob James. Always wondered how he played that. Thanks!

[@StopTonCevi]

Isn't that gorgeous !!!

[@mircotinacci7656]

you can say a minor 7:e chord and one hole step under a major triad ...for exampel, D F A C = D minor 7 and 1 hole step under C E G = C major triad and you hade D minor 11.

[@RolfLunheim]

I think there is an error in the notation: The 9 in the bass (annotated as "2") is written as an F. It should be an E, right?

[@cameronpeterson1175]

Only tone it's missing in the scale is 6. Awesome that a conglomeration of 6 tones in a scale can sound so dreamy.

[@MikeDunphy]

Great video! You have an error in your Step 2 notation. You note the 3rd note in the left hand as the 2nd and you play the 2nd, the actual note drawn is an F, the 3rd. Great stuff!!

[@Elianaanu]

What I learned the most is the word gorgeous 😅😬😆

[@aappbb]

3:48 The E you play with the left hand is written as a F on your notation. Actually you have written two F's

[@philburpalooza8]

Maybe that's the other reason I like your channel we have the same taste and agreement on chords and their emotional impact...

[@jack15gpd]

ah the Kenny Barron chord

[@TheTralfaz]

Or a C major triad on a D minor triad

[@topfactstv7430]

He looked like raph fienes

[@netterstyl]

I totally agree, but there's a problem here: the chord is being played on a rather bad-sounding digital piano in this instance. Most (but not all) stand-alone digital pianos (still!) sound relatively bad, and they sound especially bad in their middle registers, as here. (They actually sound pretty good and convincing in their higher registers.) And when this many notes are played, the bad sound is even _further_ compounded, so that the beautiful sound collapses in on itself in a mush of digital artifacts. -Examples of this chord scheme (all on guitar): Walking Man by James Taylor [Em7(9)/B] with the notes of the arpeggio sounding just as beautiful on piano. -A Horse With No Name by America, where the backup 12-string rhythm guitar is strumming this chord as the first chord in the progression. -Stephanie, by Lindsey Buckingham, which uses this chord as a much-less-apparent - but still beautiful - addition to this masterpiece of a ditty. Whether you end with the 9th or 11th flavor of this chord, it's yes - officially the most beautiful minor chord of all time!

[@robchell9196]

Dm is the saddest of keys. “Lick My Love Pump” was written in that key.

[@joemechwar4338]

Author: Spinal Tap!!!

[@chianilagan9394]

I thought there's a dust on my screen but it's just the middle c indicator HAHAHAHA

[@silasgreene2479]

Is it b minor??? To me that scale just sounds so lovely

[@vibratoryuniverse308]

D minor 11 is in the keys of C major / A minor , and F major / D minor

[@silasgreene2479]

@@vibratoryuniverse308 that went over my head. I just like the B minor scale

[@lioneltall7219]

I believe Jonny said "Gorgeous" more then 10 times lol. Awesome Tutorial!

[@PianoWithJonny]

😊 thank you

[@barrigudo00]

Haja dedos.

[@hortensiusblauvogel]

you do not play as you note it. It is confusing.

[@marktwain580]

Chicks are gorgeous, not piano chords. But, the lesson is a appreciated.