Chords for Piano Lessons: Tritone Passing Chords Tutorial | Paris Railroad

_ _ _ _ _ _ Alright, what's up YouTube?
Today I'm going to show you [C] how to use the tritone as a passing tone to get to a minor chord.
[D] So, let's say for instance I was going to A flat [Gb] minor, _ I would form my tritone a half step down over the G.
So if I [G] play a G tritone, _ _ the chord I would couple it with, I [Gbm] always form it a half step down [Ab] from my second note of the tritone.
So if [Gb] my second note is C sharp, the chord I would [Db] play in the right hand is a B major.
_ [Gb]
Then I [B] play the A flat minor.
And then a bass player [Gb] would play the bass note, so if you don't have a bass player, then [Db] it would sound like_
[Ab] _ _ [B] _ _ _
And that's it, [F] it's all over the keyboard.
So if I want to play C minor, _ that's my [Gm] tritone, that's the chord.
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ Okay, so I'm just playing in a group.
[Bb] _ _
[G] _ Now this is how we would [Gm] normally play it.
[F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [G] Now the tritones. _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
So all I did was your 1, [G] _ [F] 7, there's a tritone to get to your 6.
So you gotta, [Db] it's a passing tone so [G] you gotta be quick with it, you can't rest on it too [Bb] long.
_ [G] _ _ [Bb]
It's like you're playing half the note on the tritone [G] and the other half on the note you're going [C] to.
So you're playing B flat, [G] A over F, or F over A.
_ _ [Ab] _
[G] _ You gotta get those tritones in there quick.
_ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ _ So the tritone I'm using to get to the G, _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Fm] I'm playing an F sharp.
And just like I told you in the beginning, the [Ab] second note of my tritone, I go down a whole step and that's the chord I'm playing in my right hand.
So of course, B flat is a note a whole step down from the C.
So that's [C] the chord I'm playing.
Then I go [G] to the G [Bb] minor.
Another [Eb] tritone right here is that E.
So my B flat is the second note, so a whole step down [Ab] is A flat, that's the chord I'm playing [Eb] over here.
Then I go to [G] F minor.
_ Then you play like an A over B flat.
_ B [Bb] flat minor, major 7, [F] D minor 7, [Fm] C minor 7.
I can play [Cm] a tritone over that too.
_ [F] So anytime you got a minor chord, you can play a tritone over it.
[Fm] So let's just try to [C] break it.
[G] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ So just remember, all [Bb] these tritones are just passing tones [G] to get to your minor 7 [Gm] chord.
Or minor chord, whatever the minor chord is.
[Gb] You never rest on it.
[Bb] And just follow the bass.
If the bass is doing [A] it, [G]
your chord should be.
_ [Bb] If the bass ain't, [G] _
_ _ _ you know what I mean?
Just let it be. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ I guess [F] I can hear it well.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _