We explore various ways to add harmonic interest over dominant chords using tritones. We use the tunes ‘Body and Soul’ and ‘Misty’.
Slash chords contain 2 bits of info, the 1st letter indicates what chord should be played & the 2nd letter specifies the bass note of the chord.
We introduce the “9th” chord extension and left-hand 10ths to create fuller sounding chord voicings with a strong harmonic foundation.
This course will get you reading lead sheets as quickly as possible. We explore “Moon River” & “Fly Me To The Moon” which are perfect songs for jazz piano newbies.
We reharmonise the A section of the song, incorporating Bill Evans style voicing techniques such as quartal harmony and drop two voicings.
In this lesson we will use third intervals to create patterns and improvised fills over all of the chords in the 12 bar blues.
In this lesson we explore some common exercises that are useful for students who have never played Cuban piano styles or montunos.
Learn slow blues piano using the basic 12 bar blues in the key of F. We explore counting, voicings, and simple fills and melodies.
Passing chords are effective when added into common chord progressions such as 251s and 3625s which feature heavily in the tune.
We apply left hand voicings, 2 handed voicings, and improvise over the chord changes of “Sandu” with useful blues licks and vocabulary.
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