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Piano Chord Extensions

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Instructor
Jonny May
Course
Intermediate
03:03:58

Demystify chord extensions with this comprehensive theory course on learning the most common extensions over major 7, dominant 7, and minor 7 chords. With practical examples and exercises, you’ll finally be able to identify and use chord extensions with confidence to develop a more advanced jazz vocabulary.

Course Objectives
  • Learn the most common extensions for major 7, dominant 7, and minor 7 chords
  • Understand the theory behind extensions and tips to quickly identify them
  • Explore common chord voicings with extensions and their combinations
  • Master extensions with 3 essential exercises around the circle of 5ths
Learning Focus
  • Chords
  • Exercises
  • Lead Sheets
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Builds interval awareness
Before this course, I kind of knew some 9th chords, or rather they weren't hard to construct. Once I would encounter an 11th, #11th, 13th, or minor 6/9s however, my brain would tilt. I started this course so that I could play some jazz lead sheets I wanted to learn, and actually be aware of the chords I was playing, not just rely on memorization. Well this course is a gem of a method to build awareness and drill awareness of the aforementioned extensions and play them in several different voicings. Now when I see a chord extension, it's no longer a hieroglyphic, but a familiar thing that's not so scary. To really perfect this takes lots of reps and exposure to the myriad of voicings, but this is an excellent start to the journey.
Informative
This course as very informative. I need to spend more time to absorb the teaching but it was very helpful
Challenging
This was a real hand stretcher. Holding a glass of ice water was my best friend. Good thing it’s summer!
Absolutely we'll done and very clear in the layout and teaching.
Well getting solid grounding in these type of chords.
Mystified No More!
So clear and valuable! Thanks Jonny!

Course Lessons

1
Piano Chord Extensions – Lesson 1
28:59

Major 9 Chord Extensions

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2
Piano Chord Extensions – Lesson 2
19:19

Major 11 Chord Extensions

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3
Piano Chord Extensions – Lesson 3
27:12

Major 13 Chord Extensions

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4
Piano Chord Extensions – Lesson 4
11:12

Minor 9 Chord Extensions

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5
Piano Chord Extensions – Lesson 5
13:12

Minor 11 Chord Extensions

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6
Piano Chord Extensions – Lesson 6
17:41

Minor 13 Chord Extensions

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7
Piano Chord Extensions – Lesson 7
15:13

Dominant 9 Chord Extensions

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8
Piano Chord Extensions – Lesson 8
16:50

Dominant 11 Chord Extensions

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9
Piano Chord Extensions – Lesson 9
18:52

Dominant 13 Chord Extensions

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10
Piano Chord Extensions – Lesson 10
15:28

Extensions Around the Circle Exercise

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Featured Reviews

View PWJ member reviews of this course!

Builds interval awareness
Before this course, I kind of knew some 9th chords, or rather they weren't hard to construct. Once I would encounter an 11th, #11th, 13th, or minor 6/9s however, my brain would tilt. I started this course so that I could play some jazz lead sheets I wanted to learn, and actually be aware of the chords I was playing, not just rely on memorization. Well this course is a gem of a method to build awareness and drill awareness of the aforementioned extensions and play them in several different voicings. Now when I see a chord extension, it's no longer a hieroglyphic, but a familiar thing that's not so scary. To really perfect this takes lots of reps and exposure to the myriad of voicings, but this is an excellent start to the journey.
Informative
This course as very informative. I need to spend more time to absorb the teaching but it was very helpful
Challenging
This was a real hand stretcher. Holding a glass of ice water was my best friend. Good thing it’s summer!
Absolutely we'll done and very clear in the layout and teaching.
Well getting solid grounding in these type of chords.
Mystified No More!
So clear and valuable! Thanks Jonny!
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