Chords for Learn dope progression on He's Able, the Melvin Crispell III version

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_ _ _ _ [Db] Hey, _ _
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[Bbm] _ _ _ musicians, welcome [Gb] 2021.
Welcome to Sean Wilson Piano YouTube [Db] channel, where we transcribe
gospel [Ab] musicians, break down and analyze various gospel chords and concepts.
[Eb] And today I'm
doing a song tutorial.
_ I'm going to go going forward.
We're going to do [Ab] one of these a
month, one song tutorial a month, one [Bbm] transcription a month, where [Gb] we break down an actual musician _ _
[Bb] and one [Db] concept where I teach you some [Fm] kind of a theory idea.
_ If you want [G] suggestions
of songs for me to [Fm] break down, go ahead [Gb] and send the link of that to my Instagram [Db] channel.
Keep in mind, [Ab] everyone's song won't get picked. _
But I chose today's [F] song because it had some
movements in there [Gb] that seemed to stump some [F] folks.
[D] And there was a high demand for it.
So shout out to [Ab] CJ _ for [F] sending this dope [Bbm] suggestion for us. _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
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Okay, [C] this version is very close to the original version.
This [G] version by [Db] Melvin Criswell.
It
starts off in [A] B, goes to C, [Eb] then goes to D flat.
[F] And by the way, a [Bm] side note, [Db] you want
to learn [Bb] in the key I'm teaching.
Every once in a while I'll see a comment, [Ab] hey, show me
this in C.
Listen, this is [A] 2021 folks.
Learn the song in the [Ebm] key.
Okay, if you plan [A] on
being a musician, [Db] you need to learn the craft.
[Gb] All right.
So [Ab] we got some crazy changes here
[Bb] that I want to break down.
We have one right [Ebm] here.
[Db] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [A] _ [Ab] This changes in D [Gb] flat.
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] And then we
have another similar one that sounds just like it.
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
Ah, that one's a little bit different.
[Bbm] Heard that bass note? _ _
_ [G] _ And then we got some stuff at the end.
There's some nice [Gb] changes
there _ too.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Bb] Y'all go check out this version.
[F] _ _
_ _ Dope version.
Y'all [Bb] check it out. _
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[Ab] All right.
So I'm going to do [Am] that stuff [F] on my website.
For today, I'm going to do the other [Bbm] _ _
[Eb] changes
first.
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[Gb] Okay.
So here's the chords one more _ _ time.
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_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ _ Okay.
So if you have to play that song
and if they asked you to play this version like they did with me a few weeks ago, [G] you
will have the chords.
You can [Db] learn them right here.
So the first chord is going to
be a D major add two.
_ _ _ _ _ The second chord is going to be an F, _ it's going to be an F seven
sharp nine sharp [Fm] five. _ _ _ _ _
The next chord is going to be a B flat [Bb] minor nine.
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_ _ So _ [Fm] the _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ next chord
is going to be an E flat _ [Eb] nine. _
_ _ _ _ _ Okay. _
So, _ and then they go to an A [F] flat major nine [Ab] here. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Okay.
_ _ _ Now this is just, I'm playing it as an A flat major seven.
A flat major seven works too.
If you want the nine, _ add a [Bbm] B flat.
That's just an additional note there you can add.
_ Okay.
So
let's sound it.
Let's [Db] hear it together.
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_ _ _ I added the 13 [Fm] here, the F.
[Gm] Now _ _ the note after that is
going to be, _ _ [F] _ _
and this is a kind of a crazy chord here.
Requires a big [G] stretch as you can see down
in [Bb] my left hand there.
[Eb] If you're not able to do that stretch, play it rootless, which means leave
off the bass because your bass player can handle that G.
_ Sort of sound like [Db] this.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] And then the next
chord is kind of [C] crazy.
It's going to go like [Cm] this. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Okay.
Now this, this chord [F] is there.
Let
me let you hear it.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ Okay.
And then from there we have, _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ now remember, [A] I want you to understand
[Ab] something.
I'm hearing, I'm playing what I'm hearing because the whole band is playing. _
The
pianist could be actually playing something different.
I just want to kind of put that out
there.
I'm playing all the sounds I'm hearing.
_ I'm doing all the sounds I'm hearing.
So this
could be brass.
It could be a synth, _ _ but these are the voices [Cm] that in my ear are present.
Okay.
So after this, _ they go to a [F] flat nine, _ _ a flat nine sharp five, and an F. _
Okay.
So the whole [Db] sound,
_ [Fm] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ I did that wrong.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
Where was [Cm] I at?
_ [Eb] _ _ _
Okay.
And then the next chord after that is an A7 sharp [A] nine
sharp five.
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Okay.
Don't play the A because the A, even though you [A] can play the A without disrupting
the chord, there's no A in the right hand there.
So _ [Db] if the next chord is [Abm] this, _ _ _ oh, this is a six
nine, A flat six nine chord there.
_ [A]
So, _ [Abm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
and then now you're back to a [Db] regular O D flat chord.
_ _ _ _ And
then, _ _ [Eb] _ right.
[Db] _ So, _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
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_ _ [Gb] all right, let's play that with them. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ All right.
So _
[Gb] there we go.
Okay.
So as you can see those chords work and I may have missed some notes
because I was [G] going so fast, but those are the chords.
Now I also wanted to talk about some
theory ideas.
You know, where are they coming up with chords like this?
I mean, what, what's the
goal here?
How can I do something [Gbm] similar?
_ [Gb] If I wanted to, [Gb] _ chords that, you know, have trouble
finding core progressions to use.
And I want to just kind of give you a little hint here, and I'm
not going to go too deep into this.
_ But if you notice the, the bass note in those chords is
moving up _ mostly [Db] in fourths, because if you look at that bass D [F] _
[Bb] F [Eb] B flat E [Fm] flat A flat.
So all those
four notes there, _ if you notice they're moving upwards _ _ in the series of fourths. _ _ _
And even when
they change and go [G] to the next part, _ [C] _ _ they'd use another series of fourths.
_ So, so the, the big
idea is that if you're having trouble finding progression, _ _ [F] try to, try to use fourths and see
how that works for you. _ _
Let's, let's do _ happy, [G] _
[C] happy birthday, da, [A] da, da in C. _
[D] _ _ Birthday to you.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
Right?
This, and, and Quenelle Gaskins, I have a, I have a, a video on my website.
So those of you
who are on there, check that out where Quenelle uses the exact same principle, right?
I show how
he moves up in fourths.
_ _ How about another song?
Amazing Grace.
Let's do E flat.
_ [Bb] _ _ Let's do this.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] Was blind, _ but now I'm a [D] scorpion force.
I _
[Eb] see. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ I should have ended on a major, but you know,
we're just making up things, right?
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_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] Right.
And these are, these are just things that
coming up right off the spot like that, you know, and mostly using that, that, that fourths principle.
So I just kind of wanted to kind of put that in there for you to give you some ideas _
on just kind of how in my mind, a lot of these chord [Bbm] progressions are constructed. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
Well, that's all for [Ab] today, folks.
Thanks again for watching. _
[Eb] _ _ [F] So _ _ [Cm] _
[Bb] don't forget if you're members,
we're going to give you those [Eb] ending changes.
In fact, we're gonna break the whole [Ab] down,
the whole song down for you.
So go [F] ahead and log in and check that out.
[Cm] And also,
if [Bb] you're not on the site, I may have a way on [Eb] gum road.
You can get that.
So thanks again,
everybody.
[Ab] _ Thanks for watching.
I [Am] wish you a great [F] year this year in 2021.
[Bb] Thanks again.
[Bbm] We'll see you next week.
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