Essential Harmony 'The Back Door II V' progression tutorial

The 'Backdoor' progression is one of the most important, soulful
chord movements to know.
It is chord IV- to bVII7 to the root chord I

[JazzDuets]

Can anyone think of some more Back door examples ? please comment below

[JensLarsen]

My favourite chords! 👍 Great video Nick!

[eliasknaapinen]

Great video, wow, amazing (commenting for the algorithm)

But seriously great work. Been a music hobbyist all my life but now starting to study some jazz vocabulary, and this video hit just the right spot.

[pikupixel]

I've heard the term backdoor in the context of Jazz music before, but I never really understood it til this video!!

Weirdly enough, I asked an AI powered by ChatGPT to explain why playing a major chord a whole note below the tonic sounds so pleasant.

The AI didn't exactly answer me, but it said this was related to a technique called a "backdoor." I wasn't wholly convinced (because AI can be very hit or miss with music related questions), so I looked it up, and found this video. I am... a little stunned. I'm already seeing how it can lead to really cool sounds where the voice leading make sense, like CMaj7 -> FMaj7/C -> BbMaj7-> CMaj7/B

Thank you so much for such a concise description and examples! While it isn't quite intuitive for me yet, it is really cool seeing applications of these really consonant sounds!!

[TheDjangojunkie]

Thanks Nick. Great lesson as usual. Keep them coming. Your an excellent teacher and your enthusiasm is contagious.

[timmah]

Brilliant tutorial - clear and concise with great examples!! Thank you for this 🙏🏻

[IvorThomas]

I'm messin' around with Larry Carlton's Room 335 and there is a cool one.. Fm7 > Gm7 > C9 > C#9 > Dmaj7

[rockstarjazzcat]

Lovely stuff! I’ve been looking at it recently as the subV of vi resolving to I. Cheers, Daniel

[CarlitosMayo]

Yeah, I use b5 substitute scales over that a lot. Love the V7b9 sound very much.

[laxus]

MAN UR THE BEST, IM WATCHING EVERYDAAAY

[craigbrowning]

I've heard the "Back Door" Progression often in R&B.

[DrStabkill]

It’s like a deceptive resolution to vi excepts it’s a maj7 chord instead. Very cool

[justinlee]

I love all of your content!!!
If warms my heart to be apart of this!!!

[TLGTR]

what bout in minor key? -ii > bV > i ?

[vincossissonsable]

I like it when (at 1:25) B is marked as the 7th of... Db (?). I mean, don't get me wrong, the notes are correct, but maybe that chord is actually not a dominant 7th.

[fernandojimenez]

Is it ok to play Lydian b7 scale over the backdoor chord (bVII) when resolving to mayor (I)?? Or should I play regular mixolydian?? 🤔

[muki]

well, is it called a ii V if it isn't one, but a IV bVII?

[pwzinho]

1:38 James Morrison - You Give Me Sometrhing

[cmtso]

Why is there a c in the Eb chord in the front door

[mariano]

Hola, Nick. Cómo lo nombrarias en castellano? Hace años que busco e nombre de esta cadencia en libros y tutoriales y no lo encuentro. Desde ya muchas gracias por tus geniales tutoriales!