Chords
Learn how to construct chords, and how to voice them for different styles of music.
Chords Content
130 Courses
848 Lessons
274 Smartsheets
Discover essential skills for a crafting a solo jazz piano arrangement of Jimmy Van Heusen's popular standard "It Could Happen to You."
Discover essential skills for a crafting a solo jazz piano arrangement of Jimmy Van Heusen's popular standard "It Could Happen to You."
Play captivating chord melodies with Drop 2 Voicings, a sophisticated arranging techniques used by pianists like Bill Evans and Barry Harris.
Play captivating chord melodies with Drop 2 Voicings, a sophisticated arranging techniques used by pianists like Bill Evans and Barry Harris.
This comprehensive course covers 5-note quartal voicings. We’ll learn these voicings over the minor 2-5-1 progression in all 12 keys over various rhythms, incorporate chord extensions & alterations, and finally we'll apply them to a song at the end using the chord changes from Alone Together.
This comprehensive course covers 5-note quartal voicings. We’ll learn these voicings over the minor 2-5-1 progression in all 12 keys over various rhythms, incorporate chord extensions & alterations, and finally we'll apply them to a song at the end using the chord changes from Alone Together.
Adding the #9, b13
"A Loan Together"
Definition & Positions
"A-B-A" 2-5-1 Voicing Exercise, All Keys
Adding the #9, b13
"B-A-B" 2-5-1 Voicing Exercise, All Keys
This comprehensive course covers 5-note quartal voicings. We’ll learn these voicings over the 2-5-1 progression in all 12 keys over various rhythms, how to incorporate chord alterations, and finally we'll apply them to a song at the end using the chord changes from Satin Doll.
This comprehensive course covers 5-note quartal voicings. We’ll learn these voicings over the 2-5-1 progression in all 12 keys over various rhythms, how to incorporate chord alterations, and finally we'll apply them to a song at the end using the chord changes from Satin Doll.
"Velvet Action Figure"
Adding the b9, #9, b13
"B-A-B" 2-5-1 Voicing Exercise, All Keys
Adding the b9, #11, b13
"A-B-A" 2-5-1 Voicing Exercise, All Keys
Definition & Positions
Discover why "polychords" are so important for jazz and blues piano. This mental framework is the fastest way to play hip piano voicings!
