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Learn the 7 foundational jazz piano voicings in the right order. Play them by feel, not by memory.
Rated 4.8 stars
Every jazz chord book gives you formulas like "3-7-9-5" or "7-3-5-9." You memorize the pattern, drill it at the piano, and then freeze up when you open the Real Book because you've learned a formula by rote, but can't actually make music with it.
This roadmap is different. 32 video lessons built around the RPM practice method, designed to train your hands to find these voicings naturally by feel, the way great jazz pianists play them.
Each voicing type builds on the last. Work through them in order.
Welcome to the Chord Voicings Course
Download the Workbook Building Chords from Scales 5 Key Sounds Chord Inversions How Voicings Work Shell Voicings Chord Extensions Chord Alterations Chord Voicings Best Practices Our Most Important Voicings Left Hand Majors Left Hand Minor Left Hand Dominants Range and Voice Leading Two Hand Majors and Minors Two Hand Half-Diminished Two Hand Dominants + Altered Major 2-5-1's Minor 2-5-1's How 3-Note Rootless Voicings Work 3-Note Left Hand Voicings 3-Note Right Hand Voicings 3-Note Locked Hands Upper Structure Voicings for Altered Dominants When to Use Each Upper Structure Simple Quartal Voicings 4-Note Rootless Voicings (Part 1) 4-Note Rootless Voicings (Part 2) Block Chords Block Chord Movement Drop 2 VoicingsEach time we learn a new voicings, there are 96 permutations of that voicing we have to master. Memorizing formulas, and trying to reconstruct voicings on the fly, felt impossible to truly master.
I was about to give up, but I realized that there were some chords, in some keys, that I could reach for and play completely by feel. Sometimes my hands would move into those chords naturally following my ear.
I set out to learn why those voicings were so intuitive to me, and how to apply those same ideas to all of the chords.
This course is the result of that work. It’s unlike any approach I’ve ever seen taught, and it’s worked for every student I’ve shown it to.
Even though I already improvise on the piano, it was valuable to go back and work step by step. I tend to practice many bits of different skills at once, which sometimes makes my learning feel scattered. This course gave me a clear direction, allowing me to focus on one goal at a time. It was fun, it motivated me, and the challenge provided me with valuable perspective and new ideas... It will push you further without being too much of a struggle. Now my next challenge is to comp with my left hand with my right hand soloing like Wynton Kelly!
Natalie BAfter 3 months of working through the workshops and training lessons, a great amount of hand independence became noticeable. Now I feel more confident to let my left hand play on auto-pilot while I explore with my right hand.
In the past, I would work through a song, measure by measure, until I had it memorized. Now I focus on structure and fundamental skills. My practice has become more focused.
Mark GBefore, I'd been seduced down YouTube rabbit holes, and to be fair, learnt lots of jazz theory as a result. What I really need is knowing less and internalizing more so I could actually perform what I know.
Greg PPurchase this course and start watching immediately.
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