R&B CHORD THEORY EXPLAINED - D'Angelo Breakdown

Part 2 coming soon! What other song breakdowns would you like to see?

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“Tritone substitution” blew my mind. Great explanation!

MAN I thought my singing was questionable but you and I have that FELLSETO voice like we fell off a cliff, not Falsetto LOL I dig the tutorial and THANKS for what you do.

after watching this I feel like pinky from pinky and the brain

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I so want to watch this.. but... so much talking. Play the song first then break it down.

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Rnb chords have to be my favorite

maybe its in d mixolydian and not major.

thank you, a lot will be paying attention to you,

Great voice bro God bless you

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Thanks for this! ❤️

please by all means more song breakdowns ! it's so helpful :)

What is a sus chord?

For the Tritone substitution; is it safe to say that it can always be a dom7 going down a half step to another dom7?

So tritone sub:
c7 > b7
F7 > e7
G#7> g7
Etc…

That will always work and is always considered a tritone sub?

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Tritone sub/V/ii 😂😂😂😂

Bomb break down Jeff.

Can you speak faster? And add more letters and numbers?

The 5th on the 7th sus is a 1/4 step, but pragmatically in non diatonic can be modulated.......just saying.

a 13 sus 오른손 gM7(7번장조)

I'll restudy this later!

Hahaha...thumbs up for the "singing". 😆 Good shit, man.

Man u sus

How about just how to build a neo-soul song? What are the core progressions/substitutions, etc. vs a more traditional jazz approach to ii V I's?

Night video Jeff. That's the mic I use I've had it for years... And RnB is my favorite do obviously I subscribed! Keep it going

Funny... I also know the tritone as 3 tones away, HOWEVER, I always thought it was based off of the 3 tones of a DIMINISHED TRIAD (not the 3 "whole tones" as Jeff counted). Meaning, the root, minor 3rd and another minor 3rd above that... THREE TONES all stacked in minor 3rds (in the key of C for example: C, Eb, Gb). If you think about it, it even makes more harmonic sense to think of it this way, because that same diminished chord (C dim) can be played as the passing diminished to a G chord, being that it shares the same tritone interval as a D7 going to the G. Of course, we both arrive at the same place, but I prefer my math (theory) in this case.

What do you mean the song is in a sharp D major and how it's tuned different?

Hey I love your videos, I just started getting into piano again and you've really helped reinspire my playing.

One thing I think would help a lot in the interest of learning is if you included a PDF or screen with all of the chords on it at the end. I find myself skipping through your video to try to practice them all which isn't very efficient. This is not a criticism, you're a great teacher and obviously very knowledgeable.

Tuned D upward between D and E? Thats the key of d`angelo haha

Dumb question but is D'Angelo feeling this out himself? Is it at all possible to get from 0 or gospel or blues to this level without education in school. I love him either way. Definitely Jesus level anyway.

Your channel is exactly what I needed to get back to my music

You sing nicely

Thanks ! What vst are you using for those rhodes ?

This isn't really R&B theory. First of all D'Angelo may have recorded this song, but it was written by Roberta Flack. The most significant point here is that the II, V, I construction is typically a jazz progression, in fact one might say it is THE Jazz progression. as for that C7 for E minor substitution , substituting a C for an E minor and vice versa is very common. E min, E,G,B,D and C7, C,E,G,Bb. The only difference being the D and B flat.

Sounds so dope!

I am 20 years out of veing a music school dropout and still able to call the vocabulary as and when you use them. That makes me happy.

Solid explanation. Good job overall. Next time, you gotta play with a little more "stank face." Lol.

you sing 10 times better i could sing lol

Didn’t know Charlie puth had a nerdier brother who is even better at piano.

Props to j dilla