Simple ii-V-I Chord Substitution You SHOULD KNOW

Once you understand this chord structure, your piano playing will never be the same. It's used commonly in both Jazz and Neo Soul, but you'll really hear it used in an absolutely gorgeous way in modern Neo Soul-Inspired tracks that cross genres as well. A really important part of this sound is the dim(maj7) chord, i.e. a diminished triad with a major 7. The structure comes down to being built like a block chord, but with a major 7 instead of a 6. Use this over any melody or chord progression for a modern sound. Enjoy this jazz and Neo Soul piano tutorial with Noah Kellman.

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[mariomarinho]

I inspire myself here . Thank you for your generosity Noah

[BlessedOne]

Nice. I didn’t know you could tritone sub minor chords but that was nice.

[tuantranproduction]

Name of the software to display chords?

[termina]

Basic question… the first chord is labeled “D minor 9”, but I noticed that extra middle C in there. Does that note not figure into the notation? D, F, A and E make sense as a minor 9 chord but why doesn’t the presence of the C affect the name of the chord?

[charliecampbell]

Any plans for some backdoor 2-5 stuff?

[nabeshin]

So, that's what we call tritone substitution, isn't it ?
I really need to learn more about that concept.

[jeremx]

The second thing sounds like Mario GAME OVER

[rossferguson]

this is no longer a 2-5-1, no? it sounds beautiful but surely this is considered completely different to a II-V-1/II-bII-I?