Lesson Goal: The essential knowledge and skill to analyze, hear, and play the Seventh Chords built upon the tones in the Major Scale in all keys…
jazz piano chords
Lesson Goal: To develop fluency with the diatonic seventh chords for the iiø7-V7-ImM7 chord progression in all keys…
Lesson Goal: To add the V7,#9,b13 chord to your ii7-V7-IM7 voicing repertoire in all keys…
Lesson Goal: To add the V7,9,13 chord to your jazz voicing repertoire in all keys…
Lesson Goal: To master common-practice ii9-V9-IM9 chord voicings in all keys…
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)…
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…
Let’s begin our exploration of commonly-used chord voicings for a C Minor Seventh chord with the most basic arrangement of notes…
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)…
A logical and musical next step is play the most basic voicing for a C Major Seventh chord in our left hand in block form…