Fundamentals

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.

Lock Hands In Peace - Swing Tune

Exercises - Keys of A, D, G

Exercises - Keys of Eb, Ab, Db

Shearing the Hedges - Ballad Style

Exercises - Keys of F#, B, E

Blocked Call - Bossa Nova

Exercises - Keys of C, F, Bb

Block & Bowl - Funk Tune

Definition & Positions

Your mission...if you choose to accept it...is to master the minor major 7th chord, "the spy chord," including how to use it in your playing!

Your mission...if you choose to accept it...is to master the minor major 7th chord, "the spy chord," including how to use it in your playing!

Learn how to play piano lead sheets using drop 2 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.

Treat Me Right - Blues Progression

When You Said Goodbye - Sentimental Progression

Going Along - Misty Progression

In This Quiet Hour - Minor Turnaround

My Heart is Jumpin - Chromatic Walk-Up

Gone Away - Extended Turnaround

Over the Meadow - Turnaround Progression

Fly On By - Cycle of 5ths Progression