Late Intermediate Piano Foundations – Level 6
Learn the higher-level foundations of melody, harmony, and rhythm with a focus on rootless voicings. These courses are essential for playing all styles of music, especially jazz.
Rootless Voicings Foundations
Learn Major, Minor, Dominant, Half Diminished, and Diminished Rootless Voicings.
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Major Chord Rootless Voicings
This comprehensive course covers rootless voicings on major 9 chords. We'll learn how to construct these colorful chords and how to apply them to tunes in various styles.
Minor Chord Rootless Voicings
This comprehensive course covers rootless voicings on minor 9 chords. We'll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Dominant 7th Chord Rootless Voicings
This comprehensive course covers rootless voicings on dominant 7th chords. We'll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Half Diminished Chord Rootless Voicings
This comprehensive course covers rootless voicings on half diminished chords. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Altered Dominant Rootless Voicings
This comprehensive course covers rootless voicings on altered dominant chords. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Rootless Voicing Progressions
Learn Rootless Voicings applied to common progressions.
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Major 2-5-1 Rootless Voicings
This comprehensive course covers major 2-5-1 rootless voicings. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Minor 2-5-1 Rootless Voicings
This comprehensive course covers minor 2-5-1 rootless voicings. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Major 2-5-1 Four-Note Quartal Exercises
This comprehensive course covers 4-note quartal voicings. We’ll learn these voicings over the 2-5-1 progression in all the major keys, how to incorporate chord alterations, and finally we'll apply them to a song at the end using the Satin Doll progression.
Minor 2-5-1 Four-Note Quartal Exercises
This comprehensive course covers 4-note quartal voicings. We’ll learn these voicings over the 2-5-1 progression in all the minor keys, how to incorporate chord 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 Rootless Voicings
Learn how to play piano lead sheets using rootless voicings, including 8 songs with the most common progressions in fake books. You'll also learn melody embellishments and various ways of adding rhythm in both hands.
Intermediate
2 sections
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Learn the higher-level foundations of melody, harmony, and rhythm with a focus on rootless voicings. These courses are essential for playing all styles of music, especially jazz.
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Learn the quintessential block chord sound used in jazz and other styles of music. This advanced technique creates a rich harmonic sound that works well for solo and band playing.
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