What is Tritone Substitution❓🤔

[@gegessen159]

I guess that is what I sound like to my son when I explain his 7th grade math to him

[@thegiftedhandsmusic]

😂🤣

[@nicolasbagnoli3564]

Its very Easy to understand. Try to learn the fugue 👀

[@gLittle807]

Yes! LOL

[@j2bigd590]

@@nicolasbagnoli3564 which fugue? There’s literally hundreds of thousands of fugues since it’s a form of music not a specific piece

[@kgrose0219]

I had no Idea you could just play the 4th instead of the 1st as a substitute. I can see modulating between the two, which is basically “leave home and go on the journey”. Eventually though you have to complete the crescendo with a 5th, that resolves back to the tonic.

[@alperguitar]

You forgot to explain why a tritone substitution sounds right. The reason is "3rd and 7th of C7" are the same as "7th and 3rd of F#7", the most important degrees of a chord.

[@habiba2670]

Yeeessss 👍

[@scpk2246]

Because most of cats are not that technical - e.g. Jamal Hartwell

[@jeanjoelgoli685]

thank you for explaining that

[@alperguitar]

@@jeanjoelgoli685 you’re welcome

[@joeyblogsy]

Thanks for explaining

[@xethanndonttryme6983]

I finally understand what a tri-sub really is despite hearing it be tossed around so much

[@evedotcom]

Same!

[@whong09]

But.. why does it work? So Bb and E stay the same and C/G is subbed for F#/C#. Is it because.. the dominant chord's function in the progression is to create tension (by the tritone interval), and if that tension is created the same way it works?

[@JohnsonkeyzMusicAcademy]

@@whong09 yeah that's the idea for the tritone sub ur dominant chord in a 2-5-1 is always on the 5 dom so whatever the root of the 5 dom is will be substituted with another root a tritone interval away like he did so you play that "dominant chord tritone away " instead of the regular 5 dom and it gives this jazzy feel

[@jcruise876]

​@@JohnsonkeyzMusicAcademy Going to try this 👍🏼

[@SomeSortOfCephalopod]

Thank you for not making this a 15 minute video

[@newnegusnetwork1787]

I play guitar, but studying music theory just makes more sense when it's displayed like piano keys.

[@mariocornejo1568]

That's why in music school, no matter what instrument you play, you are required to know the basics of piano/keyboard

[@jaymzmusic_]

Likely because most of it was written with piano and orchestra in mind way back in the olden days. Makes you wonder if we could benefit from redefining the system for a more modern approach?

[@danielkim9997]

It helps a lot when you learn the pentatonic scale across the whole neck. It becomes a skeleton that you can build around.

[@JaymeSplendid]

I also play guitar and have done so since my early teens in early 90's crust punk. My friend who is also REALLY good at guitar AND piano was one day playing the intro line of the Dead Kennedy's song "California Uber Alles' on a piano. Its a VERY simple and he told me that its pretty much the same thing and began to show me because I never even bothered to play anything with keys. I mean, its BEYOND an easy intro to play and ANYONE can do it regardless BUT it his explanation as to WHY I would be able to play it and other songs ROUGHLY made sense. So being a guitar player first can open the door at understanding piano better than someone else who has never played anything before and is beginning. Remember, I grew up playing Punk Rock and I still can't read music that well but I can play many things by ear today. I am no Eddie Van Halen even tho he couldn't read music either....allegedly

[@randynance9479]

You show us what, why, and how to make beautiful music. After paying close attention my brain hooked on the 5th go around. I love how you develop 2-5-1 implementations. Thank you for enhancing my understanding, and Please Keep Bringing The Great Content!

[@VardaanChawla]

Wish I could understand this as easily as you explained it 😂🙌🏻

[@shuaward]

This was the easiest to understand explanation of this I've ever seen. It's impressive. Immediately able to execute. Thank you!

[@beatrocka5]

I can play these….just can’t explain it to someone! Nice clip.

[@salemcurtisjr5642]

Teaching is a gods given gift - not everyone can do that

[@lolkattzien]

This is great, i took theory in college and have forgotten about a lot of it. Subbed!

[@DilanJay]

That’s fire actually and sounds good too

[@brianheyward147]

Thanks for thst explanation! Im going to work...on the keys Sir!!

[@joshuaivongbe2008]

Have heard about TRI tone for years. This is the first time am understanding it. 😂. Thank you bro

[@extremelynormalperson]

Well, these aren't just tritones, they're tritone SUBSTITUTIONS 🤌

[@SnikkerDerVon]

Not sure if every musician NEEDS to know this but im certainly happy to do now, thanks to you

[@Maxwatrouspowers]

My man’s is for the people fr 💯👀🔥

[@clayblay]

Thank you for making the explanation simple and straightforward. I like to think of a tritone as a root note, and its flatted 5th.

[@SManus808]

Now what you just said makes sense to me!

[@user-jv8kr4im1t]

This... thinking three whole steps is a whole different beast for me 😂

[@archivestereo]

First time this ever kinda made sense. Thanks

[@-Dominique]

The music great choice

[@jordanbanks3233]

Word. I learned something from u. Thanks dude

[@gnorung7769]

Great vid, clear and concise. Thanks a lot!

[@richiestarks6163]

Explained this perfect. I got my aha moment.

[@Judesmood118]

Thank you for explaining this so clearly! I finally got it :-)

[@els1f]

Damn you covered it so quickly and clearly! 🙏🙌

[@KleephKeys]

This right here is gold ✅🔥✊🏿 couldn’t make it any simpler

[@singerreid4624]

to simplify it's basically a passing chord f# to f ,we could also keep the c on the bass and omit out the c# out of the f# 7 which would make it f# 7 flat 5

[@ruairilogan153]

That was not simple.

[@singerreid4624]

@@ruairilogan153 f# to f and f # replace the 5 chord 🙏🏿

[@ruairilogan153]

@@singerreid4624 right…

[@Larrymh07]

I enjoyed your demonstration here, and your keyboards set up looks fab! Extra points for the Rhodes piano.

[@antonioschiavi6870]

More slowly please: which notes do you play instead of which notes?

[@chad_usa]

On god this guy is a horrible teacher. He doesn't explain anything he just does a demo and pretends to teach something

[@bigjoshallen]

Man i love seeing his face! He looking good af!

[@kurikokaleidoscope]

Yes very good and informative presentation

[@danielramone8645]

Thank you. This was very helpful!

[@joejackson1445]

Great explanation

[@michaelgeorge1119]

What a great explanation man. Good work 🙌🏿🙌🏿

[@MusicallySmart]

Bro please do a video on creative ways to reharmonize songs and passing chords< and how to come up with them…

[@onesh777]

just find out your channel! love it!

[@stanilausattionu3124]

Wow that’s so simplified!🤔😊

[@anthonymetcalf660]

So basically you invert the tritone one way and use the new lowest note as the tonal center to further add to the chord?

[@thegiftedhandsmusic]

Exactly!

[@controlledchaos8481]

Concise, and helpful 🙌

[@jonstokes1832]

Thanks man this was super helpful 👍 keep it up!

[@JMESIX]

THAT GENIUS exactly what I needed

[@antoniotraverso6462]

Ok , Well done, but the next time play It with the Fender Rhodes please.

[@thegiftedhandsmusic]

haha, the rhodes doesn't have midi to display the on screen info 👎

[@im_Spade_]

Perfect 👌

[@Classicman-nu8sk]

That shit cold 🥶 🎹

[@convinemukidanyi864]

A great explanation ☺️. Thank you

[@healthtipsonthego]

Nice

[@MicahYork]

Thanks for the knowledge sir 💯🎹

[@tonxbros]

this is so good!

[@osmarjoxs]

Bro! This info is amazing! 🔥 genius !!!

[@42escapehatch]

I’m not a musician but I got the whole thing. Wow! Great stuff

[@yoshbetil6179]

WOW

[@komponents7977]

They really should be called fully diminished substitutions. Leaves out half the picture and potential

[@jahazielbaga6506]

Awesome! Now I learned a new trick

[@mkrup23562]

thank you for the explanation awesome channel

[@shodapad07]

Amen

[@vilmerventuri4023]

Well done...finally i understand

[@vakambieliezer4163]

That's so sweet

[@gamerzhd4331]

Hey man am learning how to play and I just need a piano but I don't have money to get one😔

[@Jose_diazlife]

Well explained, thank u

[@rodrigotudancafernandez17]

Oh wow thanks man

[@ivansmith3817]

Yeah sir so clear

[@same.7939]

Great stuff, dude. You and Rick Beato speak the same language lol.

[@ajaycbaby8837]

The chord progression sounds similiar to the progression on Maroon 5's "Sunday Morning"

[@luisangelmedia4459]

Me: continues to helplessly play CGAmF

[@habiba2670]

CLAAAARITY !!!Thank you 😄

[@parkerholberton4664]

Well and you can hear that rather than going 2-5-1 (the key piece of knowledge coming into this lesson, knowing what a 2-5-1 is) - it then becomes 2 b2 1 , you can hear in the descending bass, especially

[@JohnsonkeyzMusicAcademy]

Not bad at all ...good one brother

[@zuckerinternational7087]

In a tutorial, perhaps u’d consider showing the keyboard from above

[@minion8109]

i used that unknowingly exact to your example, the notes where B D F A, Bb D E A, and A C E F, although how i ended up with them was different, ill explain under the reply section

[@minion8109]

i stacked chords after another, like going up intervals and the chords are: CEGB EGBD GBDF BDFA, EbFBb EbFBbD FBbDE BbDEA, CEA CEAC EACE ACEF. i wroted these a year ago when i wasnt as informed about theory. still one of my favriotes, i use it to fall asleep

[@antoniocollins1025]

A tritone is a partial diminished chord…. Basically

[@PedroAlves-jc7ti]

You perhaps meant G flat (Gb) Of course that's more work, it's easier to notate F#_A#_C#_E, rather than Gb_Bb_Db_Fb

[@kalvinsackey1804]

nicely done

[@Orvillevincent]

I forgot about this one.. I'm going to use it again

[@immanuelchukwudike]

Please break it down more....this little clip has helped me.alot

[@EnglishRain]

Do you have a video where you take it a level back so we can understand this video better?

[@petal_cult]

basically if you have a V chord going to the I you can use bII instead of the V

[@petal_cult]

in the key of C that means G7 can be replaced by Db7

[@BrentBlueAllen]

This was all retroencabulator to me

[@gbengatoyin4601]

Good job, however,try to show us the indepth application of it on songs

[@ajaycbaby8837]

He literally play the chords from Maroon 5's Sunday morning the 2-5-1 progression using tri-tone

[@osmanysiscoa1203]

Que usas para que tu piano suene ?

[@IMAComedy]

"Every musician needs to know" Drummers 👀

[@obstmann7740]

He has the vocal intonation of Drake

[@combofriend4461]

is there any rules of thumb around other situations you can use this? Like- I was trying this out with altered dominants and to me it didn't sound right (e.g going from III to vi where III is altered dom and tried substituting that for altered tritone). I've also heard you can use them with non-dominants but I haven't tried it yet.

[@thegiftedhandsmusic]

Yes it works on any dominant chord. To make it sound good though voice leadings are very important. And you can use them with other chord qualities as well. Start with minor chords then expand to others

[@jimm6933]

Great but what’s an interval?

[@EJBanks]

I think I finally got it.

[@SleeplessSiren]

Anyway here's wonderwall

[@andrewburton2233]

Jazz

[@SmS-pR]

What kind of piano it on the other side?

[@Morocco_Amsterdam]

Teacher : Did you understand what i said? Me : 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@TamerNakisci]

Dude the keyboard on top of the screen gets cut out because of the iphone pro notch :) Thanks for the videos ✌🏻

[@ajaycbaby8837]

It doesn't on my galaxy android.

[@tropicvibe]

Holy cow is that a Rhodes 73 in the back there? The suitcase model? While on a thirst trip I gave mines away for 60 bucks. That was a maroon move..

[@viviresbrillar]

How about we square it and extract the root?

[@tristinwalters5408]

Yea what he said

[@fatimaabdi2452]

I dont know what. im doing here when im looking for substitution in math

[@brandon_duh]

Watching this video sitting at my drum set 😐🧐🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jacobharvey47]

Is that the hammer key model or not?

[@Eddiigodin]

💪👍

[@Okamiiee]

Do you have any funky issues with the velocity in this keyboard?

[@thegiftedhandsmusic]

Yes! I’ve had some major issues with random note velocities being maxed out

[@Achiever_360]

Pls what's the name of your piano

[@mattiabontempo7843]

Just understood! Finally. Do tritone subs because of how the tritone is the same both ways?

[@kuyakoi3469]

I guess i need more examples and understanding about tritones

[@qwut9544]

But what about those ads that keep popping up for MIDI Chord Packs?!?!they say I don’t need to know anything about chords!

[@thegiftedhandsmusic]

😂 The real producers out here know about chords & progressions

[@qwut9544]

@@thegiftedhandsmusic but that requires even the least bit of curiosity, dedication and focus. It might lead to personal growth. Who has the time for that?

[@kgrose0219]

Harmony is all about chords. If all you have are rhythm and melody - minus harmony, you don’t have much of a song. You basically have a drum circle and a one-line chant. Chords are for harmony.

[@qwut9544]

@@kgrose0219 Just for the heck of it, and to be purely technical about it, a sound that is perceived as a “tone” could also be expressed in the very same way a beat is described. Listen to a clicking metronome but then speed it up enough and you will have yourself something your ears perceive as a tone. As far as I understand it, the same interval relationships occur at slower intervals (beat and rhythm) that they do for rapid intervals (tones and chords)

[@cadenjester893]

Does this work in most cases? Or just when using dominant 7ths in a 2-5-1?

[@thegiftedhandsmusic]

This can work anywhere there's a dominant chord in a song. It doesn't just have to be when you see a 251.

[@itumelengselinda8175]

What keyboard or midi brand are you using?

[@mitchell3.517]

that is a midi keyboard Arturia keylab mk2

[@praisethelord20]

I have it in my cart. Would’ve ordered it but now I think I want the MODX8+ and sell my studio logic.