Turn ANY Song Into JAZZ (Reharmonization 101)

[@johngeverett]

This is the most understandable treatment of what makes jazz 'jazzy' I have ever seen. None of my guitar teachers (30 years worth) have even come close to what I have learned in this one short video!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thanks a lot!

[@russelljames1582]

sounds like you just need focus more on theory.

[@princejosephdassah6832]

Exactly

[@tolfpeck]

I'm a jazz drummer who is learning jazz piano. I had a total breakthrough watching this. The idea of a 2-5-1 progression made sense, but the idea of using it to land on a chord that *isn't the tonic chord* blew my mind. thanks a ton

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad to hear this!

[@BL1ZZ4RD_FR]

I felt the same😂

[@leemsvg]

Same! Oh my goodness I feel like my brain has expanded twice the size after this video

[@SteamMikey]

This was a real eye-opener for me. A brilliant lesson - thanks.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you found it helpful Mike!

[@Mappen_]

This is the video I've been looking for ever since I started learning how to play jazzier music. I've always wanted to learn how to reharmonise existing songs, but I felt so limited. This is the fastest and first time I've liked, subscribed, AND commented on a channel after listening to half the video. Time to continue this well-crafted video!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad to hear you found it helpful Joz!

[@saxmanchan]

Outstanding lesson on chord substitutions. Been on the fence about joining the Inner Circle. After this amazing instruction, I’m in. Thank you Brett!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Wonderful! Welcome, Chan!

[@chrisnedbalek2866]

Very nice, very very nice! I have been using Chuck Marhonic's book "How to Create Jazz Chord Progressions." It's a great book, but the way you explained & demo'd it in real time is super helpful.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@gerrynelsonmusic]

This was brilliant. You picked a nice simple example that nearly everyone can relate. I like how you gradually took it to the complex version. I was playing along in piano and it's given me some great concepts to incorporate into other songs I play. I look forward to doing the same on guitar as well. Thanks again!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad to hear Gerry!

[@awol2602]

brilliant exposition. I may be in a minority here but I am most in favour of level 2 - it references jazz feel without losing the simplicity faithful to the original song.

[@matnowrockcartoon5741]

i'm playing guitar around 25 years, and i don't have specific teacher..i'm just playing rock song, metal song, simple blues song..and i always want to play jazz (or sound just little like jazz..) now i can understand a bit how chord moving from C major7 to C7 etc.. best tutorial sir.. my request sir, can you make again tutorial video for next song.. a simple song may be happy birthday, jingle bell..and any simple song key minor too.. and next level tutorial metallica, nirvana, beatles etc.. level 1 2 3 4.. thank you

[@geosekiro324]

This has made me think more about complex chord progressions rather than the basic II-V-I, thanks for the explanation!!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Happy to help!

[@useurhed]

Excellent, thank you. From my current viewpoint, this is the best lesson you've ever done. It's like a Rosetta Stone of the essence of jazz.

[@martinsutcliffe2798]

That's a seriously useful and impressive lesson!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad to be of help!

[@rw8785]

Best damn jazz theory and practical explanation on YT. Been looking for this for decades. You've ended my misery!! And apparently thousands of others! Subscribed.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Awesome, thanks!

[@glorypun2915]

Very important lesson for me...can you make more lesson about modulation...

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thank you! Why not?

[@Sammywhat]

It kills me that KZbin algorithms only NOW suggest your video after everything I've been watching for years! (Guthrie Trapp, Tom Bukovac, Jack Ruch, Rick Beato, Chris Parks, etc.). I have a lot of homework to catch up on!! Can't thank you enough!! Liked. Subscribed. Thankful!! 🙏

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thanks! Glad you like it

[@PluieMelodique]

Felt like finally found a comprehensive entry door into the mysteries of jazz arrangements. It took so long to finally find someone who could demistify it like you did. The different tiers of complexity is an excellent way to improve bit by bit. Jats off and a big thank you!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thank you!

[@TheAffluenza]

That’s it! That’s the sound everyone is trying to get. Thanks for walking us through your thought process.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Always!

[@denver_485a5]

This video is absolutely packed with so many helpful tips to make things jazzy. I've been trying to unlock the secrets of jazz and this video was incredibly amazing.

[@brynkc3355]

Bro I’ve been looking at some of your videos, and now looking at jazz videos for about a year now… this, like other people have been saying, is so crucial to my understand of fairly basic jazz harmony, to make things spicy and interesting. Finally a video which actually shows me how to use 2-5-1s and back door dominants and tritone substitutions which actually add to the complexity of the piece! Love it bro thanks so much 🎉

[@turbodownwarddog]

Great lesson. Charlie Parker did this with Blues and swing tunes like Indiana. But this really helps to break it down and see how he did it. I'm going to have some fun with this.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad to hear that Dean!

[@amaruca7456]

Hi Brent. This lesson was great. I've seen many other youtubers doing videos on the same topic but found their explanations confusing. This was well paced and easy to follow. Excited to apply these reharms to more tunes. Thanks.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad to hear this!

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

OK, I got it now, I was trying to understand in Level 2 how the ii and V (Gmin7 and C7) related to Cmaj7 as they weren't ii and V, until I realized that the ii and V, are the ii and V for the Fmaj7 Chord coming AFTER them. NOW I get it. Same with the Dmin7 and G7 for the Cmaj7 that comes AFTER those two chords. Now I can wait to try this out on a bunch of simple songs and then move on to level 3

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad to hear!

[@josephbackup6234]

.... wooooo... I learned a lot here...thanks for posting....🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Learnjazzstandards]

So glad to help!

[@theseventhbeyond-officialy7732]

Brent, that is a brilliant lesson! You've successfully condensed pretty much all of jazz theory into 17 minutes! Many thanks - I will certainly watch this a few more times!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Awesome! Thank you

[@Calakapepe]

hahaha lord help anyone that doesn't fully understand these concepts already! But for me who knows all this, but just needed a refresher (been teaching a lot of beginners until recently) this video is so dense and chalk-full of concepts that are great to introduce to intermediate students!

[@musiclabfolsom]

Wow that was just fantastic! It’s just like watching Bob Ross paint.

[@powercouch7763]

This was put together so thoughtfully and so well. Thank you for all the work you put into it

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thanks!

[@dwolfe2907]

Bro, you are a special teacher. Not everyone can example Jazz the way you do- seriously easy to grasp. Although when I get my pen and sheets ready, my mind goes... uh what again? haha. But all my 251 practice will pay off now, thanks!! new sub!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

I appreciate that!

[@wolfgangfahr5419]

great step by step development. Very useful.

[@jackwilloughby239]

Thanks for the lesson. I learned these ideas years ago from the Mickey Baker Jazz Guitar book & I use them all the time, especially with Elvis Costello tunes which almost beg for Jazz harmony when played on Acoustic. I've pretty much forgotten the actual theory behind it, so I just rely on my ear. Sometimes a 7th sounds too rich and I'll play a 6th or substitute a different triad out of the chord scale. You can get some pretty remarkable reharmonizations that way for Bob Dylan tunes or Joni Mitchel. Appreciate the clear exposition.

[@mannoplanet]

very nice. really helps explain so many jazz standards as well.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad to help!

[@25756881]

From a practical point of view, this is the best video about this topic I've seen so far. I've seen videos going deeper into the topic, even weirder jazz practices, but I could hardly applied those tips, explanations.

[@markbaarsbergen36]

Love the setup of this video. Been playing piano and jazz standards for a while though moving beyond the 2-5-1 paradigm in very understandable terms is really adding massive value, so 🎉thx for that, and off course will follow the channel

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thank you!

[@michaelgonzales8593]

sharing your knowledge is Awesome

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thanks Michael! I'm happy to do it

[@johnbain7349]

Great stuff! Thank you!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thanks so much!

[@joanneflow]

This is a seriously good lesson, the pace the order are all in a very good place, thankyou so much, subscribed and saved this video!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Awesome, thank you!

[@aadityasharmamusic]

Honestly !! This is something we needed ! Simply amazing & sooo helpful, Great Work ✨

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you liked it!!

[@ewallt]

Very nice. I play piano, and picked up two new ideas from this, one being Am Abm Gm (I may have tried Ab dim there, or Ab dom7, depending on the melody, I wouldn’t have thought of Abm) the other being F# dim Cmaj7/G G#dim Am, where I’d have used a Gmaj 6 (if the melody note worked), but really I more likely would have done Eb dim to Em instead of the F# dim to C/G, staring with Dm instead of F, which I’ve done a lot. I thought of F to F# dim to G, but didn’t know what to do with the G chord, not really being sold on G Maj 6, so very cool to have an alternative. An advantage to your way is being able to continue the chromatic walk up to Am, where I just go up the circle of fifths from Em to Am. The way you walked that up was very cool. Looking forward to checking out some others of your videos.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thanks! Glad it helped you

[@georgenjobvu9870]

This is a very explicit way to 'impart knowledge' unreservedly. This is commendable!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thank you!

[@Senshisan]

Thank you for that video I've learnt a lot. Though a bit confused by the chords sometimes as you mark Bmin7b5 but play a Bm11 or an Fmin9 for a Fmin7

[@Senshisan]

Also, how do you explain the F#dim7? Sounds really nice but what's its function to the other chords?

[@attiliosylvio2799]

I learned a lot of cool jazz technique, step by step. Thank you!

[@kansasmypie6466]

It’s interesting how I’ve used these techniques sometimes while playing the guitar but never knew it. Now I can be intentional about when and how I use it!

[@greghobbs1086]

This is one of the most helpful lessons I've ever taken. Thanks. A couple more like this would be great. Nice work.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

That’s a great compliment Greg! Glad I could help

[@Alex-fn9gp]

I thought exactly the same. Very hands-on.

[@XasNitram]

a real show of improvising on the harmony of the melody very instructive - thanx!

[@fernandoherranz4095]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skill on this jazzification of an old Americana classic. It totally sounds great at the end, but if I were to choose one of the levels I prefer, I would have to say level 3. Why? Mmmm I think it may be due to how my concept of the song is based on it being vocal led rather than instrument led. Of course you can do the melody however you want depending on how you want to play it. It's just a preference. Great work and explanation! An excellent lesson.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Many thanks!

[@nicolasc.1968]

Thanks a million! I apply the II-V-I principle practically everywhere now!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Excellent!

[@prodigaljess]

This was awesome. You packed so much into one lesson! Thank you!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jixal]

Loved the video, very interesting! I understood it until Midway through level 4 and then it got too much ha. You make those tricky chord shapes look easy.

[@Christian-ql4vw]

Excellent, you explain what you're doing so well

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thanks Christian!

[@shouberthelus7370]

Man! I wish I could’ve downloaded the sheet with the chords. Great lesson!

[@noah1087]

most well put together reharm vid i've ever watched!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thanks!

[@romeoperrin7524]

Very good video, understandable and with a lot of good information advice!!👍

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@nedim_guitar]

I'm not a jazzer, but I find this very helpful!

[@John-gd5jc]

Thanks! The most informative lesson I’ve seen on KZbin! Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thank you!

[@duyguharpofficial3194]

Thanks for sharing, it was very helpfully. Could you do please one more piece like this☀️

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you found it helpful! I’m sure I will in the future

[@ywwonglp]

everything is sooo well and easy to understand...but where's that F#dim7 come from? Blues harmony at 9:57

[@wilwilb3533]

I don't know anything about jazz but damn jazz makes everything sound nice.

[@TiagoMorbusSa]

It's great that I could follow this lesson even though I only have a simple understanding of chord formation and intervals. Really good stuff! I'm excited to experiment with stuff like this!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@vladrileynavilys]

Woooow thank you! So nice to put all that theory in "simple" practice. It really helps to integrate it.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@jiranuwatnoonduang7140]

I literally love it, please keep creating more content like this ❤

[@chrisnedbalek2866]

Would you please do a video on what (or how) scales you would use to improvise over these chords?

[@Learnjazzstandards]

This will help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5Kri2qqmsiNqJo

[@modulationmusiclibrary]

Mind blown, this is really helpful in understanding all the different elements of 'jazz' and why certain chords go together. Thank you1

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thank you. Glad it was helpful!

[@infinitydiy6412]

Thank you, Brent, you are truly talented.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

That’s very kind! Glad to help

[@michaellottes3890]

Thanks for the video. Helped to know how to actually apply chords in a methodical way.

[@weissmann7770]

Super helpful and very well presented. Thank you sir

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thank you!

[@ferrollg]

16:18 Level 4. Very nice

[@adamwilliamsaudio]

I'm not a jazz guy, but I like to learn about the harmony to help with composition in other genres. I followed you right up until the tritone substitutions, then you lost me. Great lesson anyway

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@TristanDelroeux]

You can see tritones subs as dominant 7 chords that resolves a half step away if that can help you

[@jameserenberger3425]

The 3 and the b7 of the dominant chord form a tritone interval. If you play a dominant chord a tritone away the 3 and the b7 switch places for the substitution.

[@seglord1960]

Outstanding lesson, great teaching coming from a seasoned player. Thank you. I learnt so much

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thanks!

[@essbo53]

Very nice. There is also turning something into jazz by swinging it. Reharming sounds hella good, tho, and can be very inspiring to a soloist.

[@mgregory22]

This was so insightful for me! I'm not even a guitarist, but the way you visually lay everything out made it super easy to follow the discussion. Bravo!!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@charlesstiebing9231]

excellent! keep up the great work. Charles from new orleans LA USA

[@turkmusik]

I have asked teachers to do a lesson like this, walking through the process. They would say "no." I suppose they could not do it and just cribbed things from some other source. This is great! Maybe another lesson with even more detail about the thought process would be helpful, too. Thank you in any event.

[@LouisSerieusement]

I learnt so much. Thank you a thousand time. I watched a lot of reharmonization videos and this one is by far the best. thank you so much !! Cheers from France !

[@Learnjazzstandards]

You're very welcome!

[@stuartarnold4495]

Maybe it’s me but this way of, (trying to understand a standard) chord use in a song seems easier to understand. Thank you Brent. Hope you get what I am trying to say.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@quezquez3084]

This is gold!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@simonsimon325]

Congratulations. This is the first time anything jazz related has ever made any sense to me 😁. It's funny, at first I was happy with the basic tune, but now hanging on that C chord for days does seem a really dull way to spend your time. It's like suddenly I at least understand a little bit about why jazzers do what they do.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thanks! 😃

[@Alan-zi2rs]

Good insight into reharmonization thanks for the lesson good stuff 🎸🎶🎶🎶👌👍

[@user-jl6bo8fe2y]

This lesson is super helpful. After a few years stop doing reharmonization, it help me refresh everything!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Great to hear. Thanks!

[@frankybro98]

Take a shot every time he says "redundant" lol. Jokes aside, this was awesome! It always surprises me how things that seem like they wouldn't work somehow sound great.

[@citrusfruit4332]

Genuinely super good video to introduce these jazz concepts!

[@ZeuzBluez]

Brilliant . And if you wanna turn it into blues song just use dominant sevenths over 12 or 16 bars😁

[@mcwulf25]

This is helpful. I followed you as far as the tritones but those wierder chords are ones I would never think of using.

[@nowhereman5956]

Thank you for your video. I am a totally beginner (level 2) and I feel this video is super helpful. I learned some terminologies in jazz but never know how to apply them, the level 3 and 4 parts of the video opened the door for me. ❤

[@Learnjazzstandards]

You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful

[@julianloef202]

First time i understand reharmonistion thanks for explaining!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Happy to help!

[@felipebecker2547]

What amazing away to explain reharmonization!! 👏

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thank you! 😃

[@tomrechsteiner4715]

very good lesson and talented guitar player you are Sir. thanks

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thank you!

[@sequoia1171]

Very nice I love the end result, although I think I would probably end up doing a tritone substitution run on the 3625 at the end 3, flat 3, 2, flat 2 and resolve to that crazy end bit

[@thekingofelfland3294]

A great step up using a very simple example. Valuable video thanks

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad you liked it

[@philippeallemand524]

Simple leads and insight s thanks

[@PhilippMoehrke]

Great video and good guitar playing. YES!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thanks!

[@chrishelbling3879]

Bravo! Every step is totally logical.

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad to hear that!

[@travelerovlog1070]

Hmm. Lots of learnings for 9 mins. Thanks sir for your tutorial. God bless

[@Learnjazzstandards]

My pleasure

[@rhythmetist]

This lesson was SO helpful. Thank you!

[@xane7045]

Really appreciate this video thank you!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

My pleasure!

[@peeshahang]

best tutorial Ive seen 👍👍👍

[@rebeccaabraham8652]

OMG - I’ve just done the unthinkable……… I’ve just reharmonised ‘Streets of London’……. and it doesn’t sound that bad at all! Only just pushing into ‘level 2’ - but it was almost on-the-fly! Great lesson - now I can jazz some songs up instead of having to find someone to sing the damned things with me - this girl don’t sing; I know my limits - or thought I did!

[@HuyTran-Hwee]

Damn, I'm looking for this for years! Thanks man

[@xlocknloll]

Perfect this is what I've been looking for.. thank you for this..

[@angrybuzzy]

Super interesting and great explanations!

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Glad to hear that!

[@aidybopification]

Inspiring and insightful. Thanks

[@Learnjazzstandards]

Thanks!