Using Neo-Soul Chords to Add Tension by Borrowing :: Creating an Atmosphere

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[@GospelMusicians]

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[@kelingei2169]

Which voicings are you using to play here pls?..

[@Ffphillip]

So glad you're back J. I hope you know how much you've influenced my playing and thousands of other musicians. You're a legend my friend.

[@bmajortheproducer7561]

#Cosign✊🏾💯

[@gaeldilamh2572]

Cosigned by me

[@PeteONealJr]

Cosigned by me as well.

[@seyiogunjuyigbemusic]

Millions brother... Millions of us. We're blessed to have you Jamal

[@personsofinterestband6013]

True

[@AustinAto]

I'm not religious, I just come here to learn. Watching you has improved my playing and understanding how to build emotion. Incredible work and you make it look effortless. Thank you Jamal.

[@batlin]

Same here. Great stuff!

[@Eleni_Be]

same here. can't barely bear his god stories but he surely is one of the best music didacts i ever came across - and seems a fine person, too.

[@olabiranoladapo5712]

Aside from those Holyspirit inspired chords. Those words he said about how God moves was what I needed. I am so blessed

[@emmy_keez]

Hahahaha very funny

[@aldringama3753]

Wow, He works wonders in mysterious way, Stay blessed 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@bw8669]

Rema word up yo

[@producedbyeli.1902]

That quick sermon with the relative minor transition gave me chills 🙏🏽😭 4:32

[@fmendoncatecladista]

Good afternoon Jamal, I remember when you were here in Rio de Janeiro - RJ, in Brazil at that unforgettable music conference at Pastor Emerson Pinheiro's church. I was in the first row right in front of the keyboard you used and I even talked to you, I gave you a CD of mine, you used a Yamaha Motif XS8 from our friend Renato. That event was a wonderful blessing and I was on the first and third day in the front row. I am a big fan of your beautiful musical work and with you I learned urban chords. Never stop making your videos, your sound is blessed and spectacular, even today I was watching a video of your oldest with the sounds of electric pianos and crystals. May JESUS CHRIST bless you and your family always.

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

Relative minor, I never heard it explained so simply. Also that D minor 11 voicing feels *so* good

[@detodounpoco37]

3:23 🔥 I felt that

[@rikuzenith]

See "Come back to me" by Janet Jackson when she sings the words "not able to let go" just before the chorus. Some Lewis & Jam magic! It's a powerful chord.

[@hoffnstuff8996]

@@rikuzenith Oh yah, there it is. Great catch! Rich chord to hang out on indeed.

[@bonganiamin6340]

You are so anointed sir. I just Love You.

[@josedepaz30]

Jamal and i carry the same style of playing. Relative minors help a lot. In this case, in C the theatrical trick thats been used for sometime now is walking up the Ab-Bb then resolve to C, but if you stay on Ab the relative minor is Fminor which can be used to resolve back to C major because the four wants to resolve back to the root. If you stay on Eb you can always walk down to Dm9 or something and resolve that back to the root. AbM7 has Cminor outlined in that chord which works...but i think what Jamal is playing is a Ab #4/b5 M7 chord. Im glad im not the only one using these chords.

[@Russplight]

DAAAMN Boy! Those minor keys is something special.

[@wheatworkspro]

Smooth bro 🔥🔥🔥

[@GospelMusicians]

Ma Man....You are the master...I see you bro.

[@kendrick10601]

Man, your kids are lucky. They have one of the best teacher

[@PrimumGenus]

the piano and preaching together is beautiful

[@porte568]

I've been doing this for years because of the patterns I saw in gospel sheet music from the greats..A great example of this technique is found in the song Wonderful Is Your Name.

[@Bgoods]

this man has been making crisp informative piano videos for like 10 years man. Never stop!

[@mr.c1989]

Wow....what an incredible teaching! ❤️ Please keep up with these videos!!!!

[@geomaddox]

Actually you borrowed from the relative MAJOR*. If you go up a minor 3rd it gives you the relative major, the relative minor is found by going down a minor 3rd or up a major 6th. The relative minor for C is A natural minor. And the concept your trying to explain is called MODAL INTERCHANGE...... You can quote me too, going into my senior year of music with a concentration in jazz studies and was forced to learn classical theory along side your normal jazz theory:) But it I’ve been watching you videos since I was about 10 and they’ve helped me get to where I am now! Much love✊🏾

[@andy88bali]

Correct.

[@robpiano88]

Parallel* minor.

[@PTJ_S]

Thank you. Please tell me, why does the Eb and Ab sound "minor'ish". Also I thought one scale had to be minor and another major. It looks like hes playing the Cmajor scale and Ebmajor scale.

[@geomaddox]

andy88bali parallel is correct my mistake🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@abcrx32j]

Yeah, It's the relative major of the parallel minor of the original scale.

[@musiczone8680]

Awesome! 💯💯 Concept, Btw the ole school Gospelmusicians. com VIDEOS is the REASON... I know how to play KEYZZZ to this DATES, THANKS for all YOU HAVE Done.. AND CONTINUE...to DO.... in the name of Jesus, amen💯👊 BROTHER 👊

[@musiczone8680]

Awesome! 💯💯 Concept, Btw the ole school Gospelmusicians. com VIDEOS is the REASON... I know how to play KEYZZZ to this DATES, THANKS for all YOU HAVE Done.. AND CONTINUE...to DO.... in the name of Jesus, amen💯👊 BROTHER 👊

[@范业麟]

Than you for the specific demonstration, this is very helpful!

[@aeiplanner]

Single best video that helped push me out of my comfort zone as far as playing in other keys.

[@JSoulKeys]

Man, it is so refreshing and amazing to see you back the keys giving us lessons. Im 28 now, and when i was 18, you were (and still are) my first and pretty much last teacher/mentor. Have alot to be thankful for man, so thanks for this! You teached me everything I know... mad love ma brotha

[@pollotenders5329]

Oh dam I actually learned something

[@vralex02]

One of my first teachers!!! Excellent video!!!

[@gaeldilamh2572]

My star and mentor

[@chocolaterain8137]

I sometimes get stuck not sure what chords to play next and this helped a ton!!! That E flat change was beautiful!!!

[@elektrozil9728]

I really had to take a break from experimental electronic noise/doom music. Now I learned how to create 'doom' a at a worship gig. Borrow from the third note up from the root. Thank you.

[@RotemCovers]

this is the sound of heaven

[@shaun_music]

Seeing Jamal Hartwell again in these videos is like seeing your long time uncle from wayyy back..lol..learnt so much from you growing up man...Bless up Jamal

[@esamuel3830]

No one teaches better! Thanks Jamal!

[@kevinfarounbi6114]

Thank you Jamal for this. I think it will be nice to do a video on keyboard voicing. What are your voice combination that brings about those lovely lushness in your sound. Even if people get what you are trying to teach them, without the right voicing it won’t just sound right. This is what Sunday sounds is doing. By the way I bought your pure synths. You can incorporate this into your pure synths by having a presets for this that has different combination of sounds for say worship, praise, preacher’s chord, funk, jazz, r n b, soul, etc. If people get hold of mixing the right sound together then it easy for them to play around with using yours as a template. I have pure synths but I used Sunday Sounds for worship atmosphere but It will be nice to see yours in pure synths. Thanks

[@orix6050]

This video just saved my life for playing this Sunday!

[@agienojijoshua6685]

Hello!👋

[@96Shalom]

Wow! did anyone else feel the atmosphere change in your room as he was speaking those words about God's creation👌

[@markjohnson9485]

Great lesson this guitarist thanks you 👏👏👏👏

[@JoelLaviolette]

I’m not even a gospel musician but man that chord is beautiful!

[@edrock26]

Excellent tutorial with an excellent analogy! Thank You!

[@ArielSounds]

You've impacted my playing 👏

[@gwinose]

Jamal, u have changed lives with your old videos! God bless you!

[@shorivitor]

Thank you This man is just blessed.

[@looda10]

Whewww 😭 Borrowing from a neighboor from another neighborhood! I receive that. It's mine. Thanks for sharing. Not only borrowing from a neighbor on the keyboard but in musicianhood as well (Glasper).

[@Tumaimelajala]

Dude you’ve kept me drug free almost 2 years now. God Bless ya fella

[@Resarchaic]

I see back with 3 videos.. WELCOME BACK!!!

[@johnbennin1708]

Great to see you back again.Where have you been bro?God richly bless you.You're a gift to the body

[@alvisonhunter]

Wow, Modal Interchange in a nutshell, baby! Playing with borrowed chords while maintaining the tonal center, super cool, loving that. I have also applied this 3rd as parallel when playing simple blues, so C-F-G becomes C-Eb-F-G - C-Eb-Ab-G and combined in both ways as well. Anyways, thanks a bunch for your videos, Maestro! Much love from Nicaragua, Central America!

[@MIGLIVE1]

Welcome back master, i learned play piano 10 years ago by watching your videos

[@thisjustin77]

beautiful illustration of the relative minor idea

[@mrbrickmore]

Well Church... This video was a blessing..

[@bradcheathamsr2142]

Beautiful chords and progression.

[@heinrichsmit2]

I know this is gospel and we can't swear here but man you are bad ass with those chords!

[@drumbeater0]

Pearls of wisdom for new players!

[@jrobtrader]

I’m a guitar player but I enjoy your lessons so much man. Beautiful stuff

[@lil_judas]

Sir. I just wanna say, watching your old videos back in the day inspired me to bring neo soul into the forefront of my passion, you a real one and I'm glad you're back!

[@AmagrasMUSIC]

I used to play along your videos in the guitar, now I watch to hear the music 🎶 ♥ 👍

[@Pzofme]

Love those Glasper chords! Give us more of that!!!

[@visionmusic2097]

Many years ago your DVD opened up a new way to my playing. A friend gave me the DVD here in the UK, and that was the next step up. Thank you for what you have done. That's purpose right there.👍🏽😊

[@dgermany030866]

I am so impressed

[@Braillionaire]

That was the dopest simplest "trick" I ever heard. Man... I already had everything I needed to play it, but never though of borrowing from the minor third KEY of the major key as opposed to the six (relative minor). That was DOPE man. I'm going to explore this heavy!

[@bw8669]

This was so easy to understand. Thank you from the Pacific isles of Papua New Guinea 💙🙏

[@tantif1]

Playing a major in Eb sounds like a minor in C. Excellent. These small nuggets and your demonstration made sense of this theoretical concept. Thanks so much and can we please have more of these insights and gems👏🏾.

[@iwaves1]

Jamal I hope you will see this comment as it will be very helpful to see another camera on your fingers while you play ... Fingering make it easy to practice even sometimes we do it in a different ways ... Thanks for everything !

[@dgsoundCA]

Bruh... Sir, you are a master! Thank you!

[@oyeyemioyelere9193]

Jamal is back! You are a blessing to us.

[@munozsamsfhs]

Simply beautiful As a guitarist, these lessons help so much in understanding the theory behind the musical choices you make

[@morningmeditationslu]

My brother you are aging gracefully. Thank you for all this knowledge you have been sharing. God bless you and family in abundance.

[@Jamusictv]

The way you visually explain is genius. 💯 Thanks my brother.

[@C0D3O]

oh man I wish I could play like that, I would just sit and play all day long. and AFAIK I will, sooner or later:)

[@TheNappyboy2]

Out of everything, I'm super grateful for the beginner stuff!!! Im currently taking lessons and plan to work hard to where I can start playing at church, your "return" couldn't be at a more perfect time for me personally. Thank You!

[@bonganiamin6340]

Oh Jamal I missed you sir. I have all your videos. I literally learnt how to play because of you. I remember going to KZbin the first time when I was only trying to learn how to play the keyboard. The first video that inspired was yours. You had your wife Arlene singing "Jesus at the center". You really touched me spiritually and musically. Right there I wanted to be like you. I downloaded your videos and began learning. I also introduced my other musician friends to your channel. I must say, you have been a great help to many people worldwide. I would really love to see your beautiful wife sing something in your upcoming videos. She has such a terrific voice, she is so anointed. You guys are such a family of musicians. I love you sir. May God bless you and your family 👪.

[@GospelMusicians]

Bongani Amin wow what a blessing to have helped. We are honored.

[@silasgreene2479]

Glory to God in the highest brotha god bless you

[@Jamminn555]

"Mindin our business in the key of C." Once again, Jamal posting those KEYS to the KINGdom, for no reason except to help us. Absolutely priceless, Brother. Too much! So appreciate it man.

[@rejimusic]

I learnt from this man. Thank you is not just a word it's from my heart. You are very helpful.

[@marco.scaligeri]

Jamal, you are a true inspiration and a legend. thanks for sharing your knowledge. God bless you. much love and respect from Italy!

[@ShazammtheProducer]

Bru this is fire I play the organ in church and never thought of this. thanks

[@GospelMusicians]

Bruh this will sound amazing on organ

[@ShazammtheProducer]

@@GospelMusicians yeah man I'm doing a Pure Synth video on my KZbin channel soon. My favorite app on iOS

[@zlatkodraskovic5532]

If you modulating from C major to C minor it’s called the parallel minor…. not relative. Cmaj to Amin would be a relative minor. Anyway, love your chops and your work. Lapsus lingue occurred here, that’s all.

[@JustinDAMusic]

Nice catch.

[@qwantez1973]

Thanks Jamal - That voicing at 3:05 made my day. Thank God for you!

[@thisperson6146]

This is beautiful. Thank you for your years of service

[@stifenagondjo7384]

Thank you,,... thank you very much Jamal for this lesson....stifen. ...from Gabon.

[@pianoladyforreal1026]

When I was learning how to play keys when I was 15, Jamal was my first inspiration to learn neo soul. Here I am learning more to be the best. Thanks big bro Jamal

[@christianvillafana9841]

3:21 he do be changing the atmosphere tho, nice man 🙌🏼

[@drdouglofi]

the A flat major chord is Lydian mode. You wouldn't say major 11th, thats something else altogether. what you're actually playing here is a Major 7th sharp 11th chord voicing. I really dig the neighbors concept. very hip and understandable.

[@Nicky94jrod]

I thank God for this. Very happy to see you guys back. I remember when I discovered you and it really impacted me in a huge way. God bless you all!

[@jvisuals4345]

God Bless you!

[@gedeontchibo5705]

Every person watching this make sure you press the like button👍the man is legendary! Thankss alot brother

[@bonganiamin6340]

You sir are a magician. You could literally get healed listening to this tutorial. Much love for you Jamal.

[@larryclair2195]

You brought tears to my eyes with this one. Your exclamation is right on!

[@lossview1893]

Highly thankful for this chord lesson

[@ZacharyAghaizu]

oooofff... lovely! My face scrunched up from that

[@ChevonneReynolds]

Awesomeness as always Professor Hartwell! Please post a video that teaches us how to flow in the service.

[@GospelMusicians]

Chevonne Reynolds yep....

[@gospelkeyz_oficial]

I'm so glad for your back to this channel. You are my first contact with gospel chords. Blessings from Brazil!

[@vdugucs]

I'm such a big time fan of GM brah..such an inspiration to musicians like me who needs help.. God bless you more brah

[@hyda-jameshill1035]

3:36 I felt those chords! Chills, brother!

[@julianmalarz5227]

Man. I'm definitely picking up what you're laying down. You're vibe is very contagious. Bet you light a room up when you walk in. Thank you for the quality info.

[@unitus.]

I'm not even religious, but this was such an amazing display of adding tension and the examples you gave were so moving and fitting. You really got your point across effectively. Thank you

[@GospelMusicians]

Thanks so much @Unitus Bright We really appreciate it.

[@UEMusic09]

Good to see and hear you again brother. Taking theses lessons and applying them

[@anonymouss8906]

God bless you dear god’s beloved

[@icon0305]

Blessed with this Thanks and God bless you. Greeting from Indonesia

[@airmanchairman]

Awesome, sublime Jamalisations‼️

[@soundboxstudioz]

good to see you back active i have really miss your teachings more grace sir.. love this

[@ihcrenrut]

You’re the best brother. Blessings.

[@elikazumba4549]

@3:22 . Oh i felt that, started lifting my hands. haha.