In this lesson we are going to arrange the tune “The Nearness Of You” using simple voicings containing the roots, 3rds, and 7ths.
Learn how to play shell voicings which contain just the root, 3rd, and 7th of the chord. We take the beautiful tune “The Nearness Of You”.
We start with simple two-handed voicings and then create interest by adding in upper structure triads, block chords & chord substitutions.
In this seminar we take a deep dive into the delightful jazz standard “The Nearness Of You”. We discuss the forum, analyse the chord changes, and then apply interesting voicings, reharmonisations, fills, and improvisation tips.
We explore an interesting reharmonisation for the 4th bar of the A section and a common tritone subs for the repeating 3625 progressions.
We play the harmony over 2 hands and then we play both the bass and harmony in our left hand to create a basic left hand stride style.
This is part 2 of the tutorial on dominant chord voicings. Here we explore voicing options for the natural 4th, #11, 5th, #5, 13th and the b7.
We take a basic 1625 progression and transform the diatonic 7th chords with soulful blues piano voicings and embellishments.
Passing chords are effective when added into common chord progressions such as 251s and 3625s which feature heavily in the tune.
We analyse the C section of the tune to internalise the harmony. We cover 2 useful exercises to create a basic left hand stride.
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