The 7 Levels of Jazz Harmony

Which is your level of preferred spice? Can you handle level 6 ghost pepper?

you know your playin hardcore jazz when the chords look like wifi passwords

So what youre telling me is that LoFi hiphop is the highest level of jazz we can ever achieve?

My 12 year old self randomly stacking notes in finale was really just liberated dissonance.

*bangs head on piano* there we have some level 6 jazz

the scooby gang remove the mask of 7th level of jazz harmony : "it was lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to all along !"

Non jazz musicians: That shit sounds horrible Jazz musicians: now we’re gettin spicy

I love level 6 purely because of how ANGRY the chords sound, the fact that Adam describes these intervals as "At War" is fantastic.

"Level 2 is where i stop thank you. After that it starts to just become dissonant noise instead of pleasing harmonies." - from the classical pianist

Me:*headbutts piano* Adam: "level 8 jazz right there"

I can believe Adam Neely made this whole video just to make lofi hip hop

After 4 years of studying music theory i finally understand every chord and how they function harmonically within each chord progression in level 3 and below. I feel better than I’ve had in months

Just enrolled into jazz school after 18 years of classical violin and having my entire world I knew about harmony destroyed by my compulsory piano teacher in the first lesson was a life changing experience. Rootless voicings, and all that stuff just opened my eyes about how wrong I was thinking regarding harmonization and how little they teach you just to get by in classical training. Not even properly a week into it, barely grasping the basics of 12 bar jazz-blues and here I am thinking there is so much more to learn and I already learned more than I ever could in a traditional classical environment, because all of this would be considered 20th century and ‘contemporary music’ by their standards. Revisiting this video just enforced my feelings about it. You don’t ‘need’ a fifth, you don’t ‘need’ a root, you don’t practically need anything as long as it’s implied in context or as long as what’s being played points to the general direction of the implied harmony. Thank you for the video, Adam, it’s still a banger.

adam: "So let's take a look at this Bbminormajor7overFmaj7overC#5..." me: "okay"

Ok so when jazz artist play notes out of the chords they’re “playing liberated dissonance” and “doing non functional harmony” but when I do it I’m “playing the wrong notes” and “not qualified for the band”

First level of jazz harmonization: pleasant music, smooth chords Sixth level of jazz harmonization: INFERNAL CHORDS THAT WOULD DRIVE ANYONE CRAZY

When I hear jazz harmony to this degree, it reminds me of an old friend who always overused olive oil when she made Italian food Just because you have a whole bottle of the stuff, doesn’t mean it needs a whole bottle of the stuff Love the channel Adam, love the content, and I love hearing what I don’t like so I better understand what I do like 💜

Me: Plays 33 cents out of tune Section leader: Push in, you’re flat Me: I have achieved xenharmonism

Jazz student: Do you want me to play in the key of C or G? Jazz teacher: Yes

This singer is amazing. I love her voice.