"Coltrane Changes Explained on Guitar 🎸 | Master Jazz Harmony FAST!"
John Coltrane revolutionized Jazz Harmony with his Coltrane Changes by substituting the ii-V-I progression with a cycle of fast changing key centres that are a major 3rd apart*. This creates a very *rich harmonic landscape and colourful ways to improvise. This groundbreaking harmonic system is known by the name “*Coltrane Cycle*”, “*Coltrane Matrix*” and “*Coltrane changes*”. The technique cam e to a climax on the “*Giant Steps*” album in the title Song and in the song “*Countdown*”. This tutorial is all about the harmonic structure and harmonic music theory where I show you what it is, how to use it and how to start improvising using the Coltrane Matrix. Tablature, diagrams, examples and backing tracks will be available on my Patreon page: / qjamtracks Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:39 All about John Coltrane 1:57 The concept of Coltrane Changes 04:45 Tonicization! (adding the V-I) 6:15 Adding the ii-V 8:19 The Coltrane Changes 10:14 Improvising over the Coltrane Changes 12:18 Giant Steps Analysis 14:30 Final Thoughts Crystal Clear E-BOOKS with audio files: https://qjamtracks.shopify.com *Tabs and tracks at PATREON: / qjamtracks *Social Media/contact: * https:// facebook.com/QJamTracks https:// instagram.com/QJamTracks https:// / qjamtracks Strandberg Guitars https://strandbergguitars.com Fractal Audio (FM9) https://www.fractalaudio.com Neural DSP https://neuraldsp.com/ (c)2025 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
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