Late Advanced Piano Foundations – Level 9
Learn the advanced principles of harmony and rhythm with a focus on quartal harmony. These courses lay the foundation for achieving a professional jazz sound.
Quartal Voicing Foundations
Learn quartal voicings with these smartsheets and courses.
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Major Quartal Voicings
This comprehensive course is all about 5-note major quartal voicings. We’ll learn these modern voicings in all 12 keys, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Minor Quartal Voicings
This comprehensive course is all about 5-note minor quartal voicings. We’ll learn these modern voicings in all 12 keys, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Dominant Quartal Voicings
This comprehensive course is all about 5-note dominant quartal voicings. We’ll learn these bluesy voicings in all 12 keys, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Half-Diminished Quartal Voicings
This comprehensive course is all about 5-note half-diminished quartal voicings. We’ll learn these modern voicings in all 12 keys, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Dominant-Diminished Quartal Voicings
This comprehensive course is all about 5-note dominant-diminished quartal voicings. We’ll learn these modern voicings over 3 diminished scales & 3 dominant-diminished scales, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Quartal Voicings – Chord Reference
Learn and master quartal voicings on each chord type including major, minor, and dominant. Practice each voicing up & down the scale in every key to internalize this modern jazz sound.
Quartal Voicings for Blues Band Accompaniment
Learn how to comp or accompany in a blues band using rich quartal voicings and chromatic chord connectors.
Modern Jazz Piano Soloing – Quartal Shapes
Learn modern jazz piano soloing techniques to enhance your sound by improvising with quartal shapes that sound amazing!
Learn Modern Jazz Piano Chords
Learn modern jazz piano chords using Minor 11 Parallel Quartals, an essential technique to improvise modern jazz. We'll harmonize with the C Dorian scale.
Quartal Voicing Progressions
Apply Quartal Voicings to common progressions.
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Major 2-5-1 Five-Note Quartal Exercises
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.
Minor 2-5-1 Five-Note Quartal Exercises
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.
Play Piano Lead Sheets with Quartal Voicings
Learn how to play piano lead sheets using quartal voicings to create a richer and more interesting sound, including 8 songs with the most common progressions in fake books. You'll also learn melody embellishments and various bass lines.
6 Jazz Ballad Harmonic Approaches 2
6 Jazz Ballad harmonic approaches using chords from Misty. Topics include Rootless Voicings, Altered Dominants, Block Chords, Drop 2s, Quartal Voicings, Passing Chords, & Chord Substitutions.
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Learn the advanced principles of harmony and rhythm with a focus on quartal harmony. These courses lay the foundation for achieving a professional jazz sound.
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Learn more advanced principles of harmony and rhythm with a focus on drop 2 voicings. These voicings are applied to all chord types and lead sheets in various styles.
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