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6:17 - 7th chords
7:01 - Extending Chords
8:22 - Altering Chords
12:12 - Passing Chords
13:56 - Reharmonisation
Ever wondered how to make a song sound jazzy? Well, in this Jazz Piano Tutorial I explain how you can turn any song into a jazz song by using a number of techniques, including reharmonisation.
Reharmonisation is essentially just a fancy word for chord substitution, but it involves substituting a whole chord progression rather than an individual chord. In this video I give you the general rules and underlying theory of how and why chord substitutions work and give you tips on which chords to choose. This way you can choose your own chords when reharmonising a song, rather than relying on standard and often overused chord substitutions which don't always work.
These techniques include:
- Playing 7th Chords
- Extending the Chords Further
- Altering the Chords
- Choosing appropriate Chord Voicings
- Reharmonisation
- Embellishing the melody
Applying each of these allows you to jazz up a song, and each technique gives you differing levels of jazziness. From barely jazzy (extending chords) to very jazzy (reharmonisation).
But by using and combining the above techniques you can turn literally any song, whether it be pop, classical, country, whatever, into a jazz song (or at least a jazzy sounding song).
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