The Saddest Chord Change 😥 #guitar

This is an incredible beautiful chord change, which is not common in Jazz chord progressions. It is borrowing from minor in a major key, but it is not a minor subdominant, which is what you hear all the time in Jazz and pop music.

What do you find the saddest chord change? 😍

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[JensLarsen]

What is the most saddest chord change? 😢

[Yash]

it sounds more dreamy to me than sad. For some reason this chord change reminded me of the electronic artist "casino vs japan".

[rubenpulles]

Yes Cmaj7/G - Fm6(9). Or let the minor3rd and the 9 swap places to make a F6sus(#9) for more desperation. Now it resolves more into Abmay7 but also now the Fm7(9) wants the 7 in the bass.

[SuperWilliwill]

I love the progressions. The beginning reminded me of a song.

[matthieuperrenoud]

This sounds like a jazzy harmonization of Zelda's lullaby from the Lengend of Zelda games! :)
Thanks for the video!

[cornucopia]

Dear God, may all the saddness on this planet sounds not worse than this.

[guitarcoyote]

It’s in the song Julia by John Lennon. Longingly beautiful and melancholy.

[Joe-djsz]

1maj7 4maj7 4min9 1maj7/5 ....is also very sad and beautiful.

[David-xvye]

Go from the one to the minor 3rd twice then play the major 4th then borrow the minor 4th, very sad chord progression

[DLK_FOXX]

This shorts are great!! thanks a lot for the progression

[avengedsefenvold]

In my opinion, it's a bit cliché but the saddest is
Cmaj7 - Fm6 add9

[SosadoesMusic]

First four chords sounds like the theme in castle in the sky

[VincentVallillo]

It does sound like castle in the sky sad cord regression, but yet beautiful good job

[kevindonnelly]

I felt ok at the CM7, sad at the Gm7. I recovered slightly at the AbM7. The Fm7(9) is the AbM7 with an F tone - so it is cleverly disguised - as if the AbM7 was 'pre-conditioning our ear.' My brain hurts now. Nice progression, you can do a lot with it. I never even cried !

[Garret]

I'm so happy that I found your YouTube channel!

[richardsprince]

The G-7, Abmaj7 and F-7 absolutely are subdominant minor chords here.

[bohnulus]

using a Gm9/Bb ( rootless shell chord ) instead of the Gm7 could be a little smoother sounding moving to the Abmaj7.

[goldeneraever]

Absolute foreign language to me, but I love it.

[MusicMinisterJP]

Hi, I love these jazz chords progressions you show, , do you have youtube a channel I can see these and save them?

[azaz]

Reverb and delay here are Just gorgeous. What effects do you use ?