Curious About Chord Substitutions? Start Here!

Chord substitutions are a great way to add interesting colors to your music.

They work well for both chords and solos. They let us get the sounds we want in a simplified way. Like, when you play a major chord's relative minor, you actually get the major chord plus a 13th.

This is a great way to get more color out of the chords we already know!

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[jayfelay]

Chord substitutions are a great way to add interesting colors to your music.

They work well for both chords and solos. They let us get the sounds we want in a simplified way. Like, when you play a major chord's relative minor, you actually get the major chord plus a 13th.

This is a great way to get more color out of the chords we already know!

[aidanpatman-clark]

One of my favorite chord subs is a Tritone sub. You can take a basic jazz chord progression like a 2-5-1 and spice it up so much just by subbing the 5 chord (Dom 7) for another 5 chord (Dom 7) that is a tritone (3 whole steps) away. It’s so pleasing and super simple.

[davidlarondelle]

here is another substitution play the Dominant chord of the dominate prior to it. In the key of C the dominant is G7. Instead of a G7 play a measure (or several bears of D7 and then go to the G7. It gives great color to simple songs like Amazing Grace.

[adamturner]

or use chord subs to add flavor to passing chords or even ghost chords and/or notes....

[holidaytrout]

Is this because the bass will make that chord sound more like the E major? Or that C# minor has all the same notes as E major?

[arcane]

You have a great attitude man I love it. I’m learning.

[leescheeler]

I play by ear it cracks me up how you guys talk in some foriegn language and you actually know what you are saying 😅😅

[robosing]

Where's the G# (3rd of E major) for that last chord?

[michaeltennen]

what are those pickups??
they look sick af