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Category Archive: Music Theory & Ear Training

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Minor 7 “Definitive Tones Over Perfect 5th”

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For a full, but simple and open sound, trying voicing the Minor Seventh Chord as a 1 and 5 (a perfect 5th) in the left hand and the definitive tones b3 and b7 (that also form a perfect fifth) in the right…

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2018-02-02 Chords, Jazz School

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Minor 7, add 9

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A standard way to get a jazzier sound is to add “color tones” to the basic seventh chord. A commonly-used color tone is the “9” (or “2” if you like)…

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2018-02-02 Chords, Jazz School

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Minor 7 “Root Plus Definitive Tones”

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Playing the root plus the two definitive tones (b3,b7) as an arpeggio in the left hand makes for a nice accompaniment pattern for ballads…

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2018-02-02 Chords, Jazz School

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Minor 7 “Triad Over Root”

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A commonly-used voicing for a Minor Seventh Chord is to play the root in your left hand and the triad formed by the b3, 5, and b7 in your right…

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2018-02-02 Chords, Jazz School

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Minor 7 Left Hand Shell

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A sparse, light, open texture is achieved by simply playing the root and seventh of the chord in your left hand…

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2018-02-02 Chords, Jazz School

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Minor 7 Left Hand Block

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A logical and musical next step is play the most basic voicing for a C Minor Seventh chord in our left hand in block form…

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2018-02-02 Chords, Jazz School

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Minor 7 Basic

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Let’s begin our exploration of commonly-used chord voicings for a C Minor Seventh chord with the most basic arrangement of notes…

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2018-02-02 Chords, Jazz School

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Major 7 Lydian Scale-Chord

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This tasty two-fisted voicing for a Major 7 Chord contains all seven notes in the Lydian Scale stacked in thirds up from the root…

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2018-02-01 Chords, Jazz School

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Major 7 “G/C”

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This tasty Major Seventh Chord voicing works great when used sparingly in jazz or pop ballads…

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Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Major 7, add 9, add 13

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For a very open and hip sound, try this two-fisted voicing in perfect fourths with three notes in each hand…

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2018-02-01 Chords, Jazz School

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