Harmonic Minor is Amazing on these chords!

Here are 3 chords where it works, and one is a bit outside 😎😁
1 E7(b9, b13) (Phrygian Dominant)
2 G# Diminished
3 Fmaj7(#9#11) or E/F

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My name is Jens Larsen, Danish Jazz Guitarist, and Educator. The videos on this channel will help you explore and enjoy Jazz. Some of it is how to play jazz guitar, but other videos are more on Music Theory like Jazz Chords or advice on how to practice and learn Jazz, on guitar or any other instrument.

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[JensLarsen]

Practice your scales and learn the right things! 😎

[turmericgarage]

Currently obsessed with this scale 🙃 I love how you can get nearly all four note chord types from it!

[rodnee]

I love harmonic minor. It conventionally sounds exotic. But playing it over those chords completely changes its nature. I have a lot to learn about jazz.

[jcruise]

I absolutely love your channel. The things I learn in 30 seconds with a great explanation are unmatched. Please keep it up!

[penguindrum]

I never thought of using it over a fully diminish chord which makes sense when you relate it to it's dominant function. The Fmaj#9#11 is really cool.

[StuPedassol]

That maj7 will resolve SO nicely... very Dire Straights.

[funwithphobias]

perfect video. Education and sounds awesome. I now want to practice immediately

[thekriskokid]

Thanks for this. I'm not that advanced, but have always liked the harmonic minor. It seems like a lot if instructors pass over it in favor of the jazz minor and other scales. You've given me some extra food for thought, because I never thought to us it over the appropriate major 7th.

[elbelnini]

Great* Jimmy Raney was incredible with minor improv. I used to go see him play in Manhattan many years ago.

[dann]

Tone and taste unlievable Jens!!! Greetings from Rosario Argentina

[jonathanriojas]

It’s so weird. I stumbled upon your channel again recently and it’s really something on how your accent is practically gone now! Whoa.

[VirtualModular]

Beautiful! You said in another comment that you 'don't think in modes', but a longer video on use of harmonic minor modes in jazz would be great!
Effectively, that's what you're doing here isn't it? An easy example would be playing the C major scale over a D minor chord, you can look at it that way or call it the Dorian mode. Same thing....
I don't pretend to know any jazz, but going back to the harmonic minor, Dorian #4 over the IV chord seems a nice one.

[TedBoyRomarino]

Dominant phrygian, diminished and lydian #9

[samsonolasunkanmi]

Thanks my tutor. So this means we can play it over minor 2 5s chord?

[gfl]

My first thought before watching the video was that it would sound great on a dom7b13, a dim or dim7, and a min7b5. The video covered the dom7 and dim, but im curious as to how it works with a min7b5? Would appreciate any replies :)

[thijs]

aaah noo I missed you in march. I wanna check you out live. I'm kinda confused whether you speak dutch yes or no, because you are danish? but you stayed in the hague and Dutch is pretty difficult

[cliftonsbiehl]

In what context would you play or encounter a maj7(#9#11)?

[bartekglinski]

Hey, how did you chose chords that fit A harmonic min? Is there a rule for it or something?

[MarsVioletDeep]

Sounds like the mystery chord that plays when you find a secret item in the original Tomb Raider series