A Simple Chord Trick To Make You Sound Like A Pro

This chordal trick is insanely simple, and will make you sound like a pro!

The idea is to approach the voicing from a half-step above, followed by a half-step below. This creates a hip, 'outside' kind of sound with minimal effort on your part.

You can use this concept with any voicing, in any progression in any context. It works especially well when playing neo-soul / hip hop.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Learn a Progression
01:46 - The Concept
03:08 - Hear It In Context
03:59 - Summary

[soupeauchoux]

I dreamed to learn how to play the piano, i'm a music producer and i've always been thinking about it but never had enough self-confidence i guess..
Thank to you guys i'm now starting to learn by myself and its a daydream.
Piano is pure beauty and love.
Peace

[dylanjwebmusic]

Damn this sounds fly but also so simple. I've been doing plenty of passing from a semitone above, but it sounds so much more grounded when you approach from above AND below

[thetruth]

Hey Simon! I want to say a big thank you for this channel and all of the videos!

[ufoxmhm]

Your two handed chords are heavenly sounds.

[qiguaimusic]

Feel like you've encapsulated Henry Wu's entire career in a few minutes, sounds like so much of the Yussef kamaal approach patterns. Beautiful trick

[Antavoine]

Wow that sounds so good man... a BIG thanks for all your videos Simon :)

[shannonpickens]

Yes. Smooootttthhhh 😎 Christmas holidays are for practicing

[russellphillips]

Thanks mate for sharing lessons and styles. It's been interesting to watch your earlier stuff to now to see how much more confidently you come across speaking on camera.

[goncalodiasmusic]

Could you go deeper into the runs / variations on the voicings you do in this video?

I like the approach concept but I feel the extra stuff you do is what really makes it shine.

[HeavenlyBridegroomMusic]

ok Simon! This sounds so very good!!!!

[StratosFair]

I get extremely inspired by your videos Simon, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us 🙏🏾

[GTKR]

Love this tips, useful and really good. Please do more improvisation videos over chords. Thanks!

[korea_walkers]

It really sounds like pro and quite easy to use :) Thanks a lot ♡~

[fabiancosster]

You are a really an amazing teacher god bless you forever

[robertmayhew]

Hi Simon, thank you once again very much for an excellent tutorial.

[Paul-pwfz]

Hey with ChatGPT I've asked it to write a jazz chord progression with extensions may be a fun video. I also then asked it to write a melody. which it did.
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write a jazz chord progression in Bb that has a 2 A sections and 1 B section, the chords must use extensions, each section must have 10 unique chords
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write a melody for the previous progression

[eatcoffee]

DAYUM, this is sick. I will definitely be using this alot.
Landing on a minor chord sounds funky as well

[macbrownie]

i dont usually comment but im watching your content since a long time and you’re always killing it !!

[mariechow]

Easy to understand and really sounds nice!!!!

[IlGODLYII]

Hey it sounds really jazzy and nice, might use it for some of my beats, but how is it minors? I just learned chords minor and major today? I dont get it, can someone explain to me please? I learned that major go 3-2 and minors go 2-3