TRITONE SUBSTITUTIONS - *Crystal Clear* - Progressions & Solos for GUITAR

A crystal clear QJamTracks guide to tritone substitutions, showing you exactly how to build these progressions and how to solo over tritone substitutions and answers your question: “What is tritone substitution?”.
0:00 Introduction
1:09 All about the tritone
2:25 The concept of tritone substitutions
4:40 Why it works so well
6:59 Next level: Chords extensions
8:41 Next level: The sub VI
10:41 Next level: The sub II
12:27 Improvising over tritone substitutions
18:29 Conclusion
Get a thorough understanding of the this composition hack and learn how to create fresh and new chord progressions that sound jazzy or super modern in this guitar lesson. Learn how to improvise with all kinds of scales like the dominant pentatonic scale, dominant altered scale (also known as super Locrian and diminished whole tone) and the dominant diminished scale. Get full knowledge of the basis of all tritone substitutions. Create beautiful chord progressions and fusion like rock music.
You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): www.patreon.com/QJamTracks
Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal
Used:
Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
A chair
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[@devonk298]

I wonder how many people realize how much work you put into all your videos - not only the in-depth content but all the graphics and animations that are so professional crafted. Best guitar tutorials on the web imo.

[@QJamTracks]

Hi Devon. Thanks for mentioning this. It's true that this is an an enormous amount of work...but I'll do it for the love of the guitar (and a small fee from youtube adds :) )

[@devonk298]

@@QJamTracks If you ever offer additional affordable courses of your own, I'll be one of what will likely be many customers :)

[@RustyMadd]

Once again, this lesson is so rich yet understandable even for a moron like myself. Bless you my dear brother. You are a talented teacher and player.

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks!

[@radiozelaza]

Nice "Roxanne" beat ;)

[@voronOsphere]

Another Excellent Lesson!!!!! Thank you!

[@fusionshredder]

Great lesson, thank you!

[@ziptidy]

Hi Rob. I've just 'stumbled upon' your videos. They really have helped crystalise some of my understanding. Thanks!

[@palashacharjee3812]

Great lesson ❤️

[@joycegrove5602]

Thank you for sharing this AWESOME lesson, Rob, I am devouring this!!

[@bernadusrikosantosa2002]

Great job great play, great explanation, what a gem. Thank you for delivering the lesson

[@correametal]

Another excellent video Rob. Thank you so much. This opens so many doors to composition and soloing. Awesome as always!!!

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you very much Jose!! :)

[@iorch82]

This is top notch guitar lessons. THANKS

[@benharper4942]

Really helpful video thank you

[@dintom-hz3lf]

Nice

[@macjam9090]

thank you for the lesson. I understood about 90% of the lesson so I will study it hard to grasp it. I am still learning some of this jazz stuff so its new to me,

[@sammiller9855]

As others have said, your videos are top-notch. You break things down very clearly, provide plenty of musical examples, and clear visuals which it easy to follow along.

[@desmondweston490]

Rob you are an amazing gift of light to this world! I just subscribed a few days ago. Your content is top tier on the whole internet! Thank you for your music educational gifts brother!

[@QJamTracks]

Wow, thats such a nice comment Desmond. Thanks!!

[@ChanokchaiChauychoo]

Very high standard vid as always. Love your channel

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you Chanokchai !

[@relaxedmax8972]

Great video, Rob. I'm going to learn this and put it in one of my background instrumental videos. I'll try share it with you when it's done. For now, just learning.

[@QJamTracks]

I'm looking forward to your video Max!

[@knpepper6409]

Wow from NZ, first time I've seen your posts, very cool. Your careful and thoughtful breakdown of this stuff is something else and will take me a while to get my head 'round. We're so lucky to have people like yourself, humble and generous in your capacity to share your wisdom and skill with us. Best regards, Bart.

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you Bart!

[@donatlopr]

Excellent Info... Nice video 😃

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you!

[@Muang-GuitarExperience]

Thank you and you got a new subscriber

[@staristo2355]

Wow, QJam keeps exceeding himself with every video! I signed up for his Patreon and find the content very compelling.

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks for this comment! :)

[@fake734]

This guy is unreal ! Like finding a gold nugget !

[@compallanzzzz5277]

Exelentttt

[@lawboss]

Probably my favorite video to date!! There's a lot in there to digest. Question: Can one use the tritone substitution of the secondary dominate (example: Dominate V = E7, so secondary dominate = B7 but replace B7 with its tritone substitution = F7. Progression: A minor, F7, E7; where F7 is the tritone substitution for B7 which is the secondary dominate of E7. [Sorry if this is confusing]

[@QJamTracks]

Hi Tom! Yes you can do that. There's a very common chord progression in Blues and Latin which uses this concept e.g. in Am: | Am7 | F9 E7(#9) | Am7 |

[@thegermantomoeser]

Rob, again a great video. Since i found your channel i have so much to work on. Also i have question to the sound: is it just me or can somebody also hear the high pitch background noise when you play the guitar? That was really distracting, but it could just be me - I'm a little sensitive to high frequencies. (Yes, i also play bass guitar 😉)

[@QJamTracks]

Great to hear that the videos work for you!. I never heard this problem from others, but if you are sensitive it could be annoying indeed. Maybe I forgot to cut the 20+KHz spectrum in this video.

[@svarthelikoptern]

Excellent explanation again! And I like that weird Roxanne-esque chord progression, too. Well done!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Raunch! It's indeed inspired by the Roxanne Rhythm guitar and after beat bass line :)

[@jeroenfigee]

10:38 ---> RoooooooooXanne ! :-0 :-) . Great video. Learned a ton. Need to revisit though, to get everything.... . Thumbs up + subscribed.

[@EclecticEssentric]

That's a lot to absorb! Thank you so much for your time. I have limited data or I'd watch everything of yours thrice.

[@QJamTracks]

Hi Timmy. Thanks and have fun the videos :)

[@Danumurti18]

what about m7b5? do you have video on this, how to use them in harmony?

[@user-hf2lg7pg3g]

Your guitar clean tone so nice, what 's effects do you use ？

[@QJamTracks]

I use a Axe FXII and BIAS FX2 for my sound. So I use no real amps, only virtual. I do use some EQ and compression in the mix (fabfilter) per instrument and on the mix bus too. After that the whole thing goes through Adobe Audition for the final (light) mastering. So it's not only the effect, but all the things together that make up the sound.

[@TheAtheistworld]

So, in your progression: Abm7 Db7 Cmaj7, Abm7 acts: 1. Kinda Like an Aug6 chord (subV of subV) ?? 2. Kinda like the tonicizer for subV ?? Thnx brother ❤

[@juanchan6173]

I like this musical area. I think only jazz used tritono.

[@samfung3927]

Sorry, in 9:04 could someone elaborate more on changing a minor to a major under blues or jazz? Why could it be changed?

[@kuyakoi3469]

So is it safe to say that a tritone chord is commonly a seventh chord half step ahead from the root. The application is to play the tritone first then slide down to your root. ( C#7 down to C where c# is the tritone) as far the video runs it really shows this easy hack is maybe true. Adding extensions to your tritone is inevitable. Memorize your Major scale first then use the major scale of the tritone chord when tritone chord is played

[@emanuelgarcia2041]

make a video on the tritone substitutions available for tritones found in fully extended Major and Minor chords….such as D Dorian minor 13 (has F + B) and E phrygian minor 11 b13 b9 (has F + B) and A Aeolian minor 11 b13 (has F + B)…..F Lydian had Major 13 #11 (F + B) obviously G 7 mixolydian and B diminished have a tritone of F + B while C Ionian Maj 13 has a F + B tritone in it’s harmonic structure

[@Teodur13]

16:00 Wouldn't it be correct to say it's the 4th mode of the melodic minor - lydian dominant, since the chord is Db9? Great vid!

[@WilliamsGuitarTube]

Absolutly correct.

[@nickname3798]

MODAL ARPEGGIOS LESSON PLEASE.......OR PARALLEL INTERVALS LESSON

[@m74568]

can you make a video on Melodic minor modes?

[@QJamTracks]

Yes, I will do a video on that soon :)

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Uploading is not just making your videos up in the air you got to make it sure that you have enough speed to broadcast it, because if you upload it slow then the result is a much slower viewing . Which as a matter of fact made the viewers angry.

[@williamcobbs3606]

Remember I thought that it was free

[@williamcobbs3606]

Cancel what I just paid for, I thought that it was free.

[@QJamTracks]

What do you mean William? What is not free?

[@jacksonaguilar1998]

Was almost crystal clear.