Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 21 minutes ago
Quartal chords is a indispensable asset for creating modern, open and ambiguous sounds for Jazz, Fusion and Rock. These are chords that are build with fourth intervals instead of third intervals like in tertian harmony. In this tutorial we going to explore all the possibilities and we going to see that there are some famous quartal chords like the Tristan chord created by Wagner, the so what chord used by Miles Davis and Bill Evans, and the Mystic chord created by the Russian composer Scriabin.
0:00 1. Introduction
00:59 2. The concept
2:37 3. Reincarnation of the 4th interval
5:27 4. Famous Quartal Chords
6:05 5. Quartal inversions
7:42 6. Tonal incorporation
9:30 7. Ambiguity
10:57 8. II – V - I
14:17 9. A-tonal and passing chords
18:18 10. Conclusion
You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): patreon.com/QJamTracks
Artwork: (c) 2021) Rob van Hal
Photo Chick Corea
Ice Boy Tell, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Frank Zappa
Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Herbie Hancock
Werner Nieke, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo MCCoy Tyner
Eddie Janssens, CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Robert Fripp
Sean Coon from Greensboro, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Used:
Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez RT
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Schecter Banshee GT FR (schecterguitars.com/)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
BIAS FX (www.positivegrid.com)
Social Media/contact:
patreon.com/QJamTracks
facebook.com/QJamTracks
instagram.com/QJamTracks
youtube.com/QJamTracks
(c)2021 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
Subjects in this video:
Quartal chords,
Quintal chords,
Quartal harmony,
Quintal harmony,
So What chord,
Tristan chord,
Mystic chord,
Jazz chords,
Ambiguous chords,
a-tonal,
modern jazz sound,
modern chords,
typical Jazz,
Music theory lesson guitar,
Music theory,
Guitar tutorial,
Guitar lesson,
Rob van Hal,
QJamTracks,
Q Jem tracks,
Q jam tracks
Quartal chords is a indispensable asset for creating modern, open and ambiguous sounds for Jazz, Fusion and Rock. These are chords that are build with fourth intervals instead of third intervals like in tertian harmony. In this tutorial we going to explore all the possibilities and we going to see that there are some famous quartal chords like the Tristan chord created by Wagner, the so what chord used by Miles Davis and Bill Evans, and the Mystic chord created by the Russian composer Scriabin.
0:00 1. Introduction
00:59 2. The concept
2:37 3. Reincarnation of the 4th interval
5:27 4. Famous Quartal Chords
6:05 5. Quartal inversions
7:42 6. Tonal incorporation
9:30 7. Ambiguity
10:57 8. II – V - I
14:17 9. A-tonal and passing chords
18:18 10. Conclusion
You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): patreon.com/QJamTracks
Artwork: (c) 2021) Rob van Hal
Photo Chick Corea
Ice Boy Tell, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Frank Zappa
Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Herbie Hancock
Werner Nieke, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo MCCoy Tyner
Eddie Janssens, CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Robert Fripp
Sean Coon from Greensboro, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Used:
Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez RT
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Schecter Banshee GT FR (schecterguitars.com/)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
BIAS FX (www.positivegrid.com)
Social Media/contact:
patreon.com/QJamTracks
facebook.com/QJamTracks
instagram.com/QJamTracks
youtube.com/QJamTracks
(c)2021 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
Subjects in this video:
Quartal chords,
Quintal chords,
Quartal harmony,
Quintal harmony,
So What chord,
Tristan chord,
Mystic chord,
Jazz chords,
Ambiguous chords,
a-tonal,
modern jazz sound,
modern chords,
typical Jazz,
Music theory lesson guitar,
Music theory,
Guitar tutorial,
Guitar lesson,
Rob van Hal,
QJamTracks,
Q Jem tracks,
Q jam tracks
