Simplifying Complex Chords

Looking at a chord progression that has a lot of 7ths and 9ths can look pretty tricky. But in reality a typical progression using these chords has some easy ways that you can navigate it. 

Finding notes that are shared between the chords in a progression can give you an easy way to play beautiful sounding progressions that require minimal movement of your fretting hand. 

This video looks at two similar a progression Eb major: I - IV - ii - V or EbMaj7 - AbMaj9 - Fmin9 - Bb13sus (looks complicated, right?) and I - vi - ii - V or EbMaj7 - Cmin9 - Fmin9 - Bb13sus.

When I figured out that these types of chord patterns have tons of common notes between the chords, it made it SO much easier to navigate them fluently. 

With this knowledge you can really simplify the seemingly difficult chords and play some beautiful sounding progressions easily.