Download the notation and voicings for the dominant 7(#11) 2-5-1 workout in all 12 keys. A useful reference for practicing altered dominant colour, smooth voice leading, and essential jazz harmony.
Download 2-5-1 comping voicings for jazz piano. A practical reference for building smoother chord movement, stronger accompaniment skills, and more interesting harmonic textures. These 4 & 6-note comping voicings are suited to a trio or big band performance. The PDF covers notation examples in both major and minor keys.
Download the Kenny Barron voicing in all 12 keys. A useful reference for practicing this elegant minor 11th sound and adding richer colour to your jazz piano voicings. This resource contains both the major and minor variations of this very useful jazz piano chord voicing.
Download “So What” chord voicings in all 12 keys. A useful PDF reference for practicing this classic quartal jazz piano sound and adding a spacious, modern colour to your minor chords. The ‘So What’ chord is a stack of three 4th intervals with a major 3rd on top. It’s a fantastic voicing chord for minor chords with the 5th in the melody.
Download this chord extensions PDF for jazz piano students. Learn how to build and apply 9th, 11th, and 13th chords, with practical voicing formulas and examples. Rich an lush extended chords are one of the hallmarks of jazz piano. This PDF file contains a number of useful extended chord voicings.
Download this triads worksheet for piano. Learn how to build major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads, then practice inversions and arpeggios in different keys. The triad is the basic building block of many different types of chord. Triads will more than likely be the first types of chords you come across in your musical education.
Download this introduction to 1625 and 436251 progressions. A handy reference for understanding common turnaround formulas and how they create smooth harmonic movement in jazz standards. One this is guaranteed – you’ll create killer jazz piano intros and outros with these formulas. The PDF includes the numeric notation so that you can build these sweet chord progressions in every key.
Download the Herbie Hancock voicing in all 12 keys. The Herbie Hancock voicing is a rich-sounding, two-handed minor 11th chord. This PDF is a useful reference for practicing this rich, modern jazz piano sound and applying it to your chord progressions and jazz standard arrangements.
Download this advanced minor 2-5-1 PDF lesson supplement exploring left-hand voicings, altered dominant chords, and richer minor harmony for jazz piano. These variations of the minor 251 use a -11b5 as the 2 chord. We have multiple options for alterations over the V chord including #5#9 and b9#5.
The upper structure triad cheat sheet contains the 4 most common upper structures and the formulas for constructing the lush dominant chord voicings in all 12 keys.
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