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Neo Soul Guitar | Basic Chord Substitution & Reharmonization
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Neo Soul Guitar | Basic Chord Substitution & Reharmonization

Explore the World of Gospel, RnB and Basic Jazz Harmony in this Neo-Soul Guitar series!
Created byDave Connell
Last updated 1/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Guitar Shapes Built from the CAGED System
  • Finding Triads Beneath the Singing Melody
  • Seventh Chords and Other Chord Extensions
  • Fundamental Chord Substitution and Reharmonization
  • Secondary Dominants and 2-5-1 Progressions
  • Tritone Substitutions and Other Passing Chords

Course content

4 sections • 14 lectures • 1h 32m total length

  • Level 1 | Beginner (Part 1)12:26

    Practice level one neo soul guitar by using diatonic chords in C, exploring open and bar shapes across the fretboard to harmonize melodies and build color through inversions.

  • Level 1 | Beginner (Part 2)7:42

    Practice reharmonizing the melody with chord voicings across the neck, using four-chord progressions (F, C, G, D), triads, inversions, and multiple positions to support the singing melody.

  • Level 2 | Intermediate9:39

    Explore extended chords, including seventh chords and nine chords, and study secondary dominance, using five seven chords like C7 to pull toward the next measure and resolve to F.

  • Level 3 | Advanced9:04

    Advance to level three by exploring advanced secondary dominance, 251 turnarounds, and tritone substitutions. Look backward and forward through bass chords, cycling C7, G7, and D7 toward F.

  • Tritone Substitutions5:21

    Learn how to use tritone substitutions to replace secondary dominants in neo soul guitar, creating tense dominant sevenths such as G sharp seven and F sharp seven.

Requirements

  • Must be Lower Intermediate and have a decent handle on the guitar
  • Have taken 'Guitar Shapes' Course

Description

Neo soul is the perfect style to study if you're interested in taking your knowledge of guitar theory to the next level!

From the beginning stages of Level 1 we'll apply our understanding of triads and basic major, minor and diminished shapes to create chord melody arrangements. This is possible by placing the singing voice on top of our chords.

Once you have a firm grasp on the basics, Level 2 and 3 will introduce you to the things you probably want to gain more familiarity with using like embellishments, alterations, 7th chords and 9th, 11th and 13th extensions.

This opens a new dimension for many different fingerings and voicings. My goal is to show you a few methods for this through Songs "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Happy Birthday."

We'll understand how harmonic complexity is used through Secondary Dominants, Tritone Substitutions and Passing Chords


Neo Soul is a style of guitar that has exploded onto the Instagram and TikTok Scene. It's essentially a style of music that emerged from Soul and Contemporary R&B with incorporated elements from Jazz Fusion.

The blending of these genres has arguably been going on since the time of Jazz players like George Benson and Curtis Mayfield.

In this course we'll unpack the basic musical concepts and techniques of Modern players implementing this "Smooth Jazz" style like Mateus Asato, Melanie Faye and Arianna Powell.

Who this course is for:

  • Guitar players curious about learning Intermediate to lower Advanced Reharmonization

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