Jazz Tutorial

20 August 2020 · 13 min 22 s

Side-Slipping for Jazz Piano. If your Jazz piano chords sound boring, try this instead

What is Side-Slipping?Side-slipping is a technique used by Jazz pianists. It works by transposing the chord voicing you're playing up or down by a step (either a half-step or whole-step).By transposing the...

20 August 2020 · 13 min 22 s

SIDE-SLIPPING LESSON FOR JAZZ PIANO | How to move chords and melody together in parallel

#12. In this jazz piano lesson, we cover 'Side-Slipping' - a sophisticated-sounding jazz piano technique which creates a modern sound.Discover when and where to use side-slipping, and the 'trigger' I look for...

20 August 2020 · 13 min 2 s

JAZZ PIANO REHARMONIZATION LESSON | 3 reharms to apply to any jazz song TODAY

#11. Discover 3 new exotic jazz piano sounds and reharmonization techniques - which you can use to spice up your playing today. In this episode I'll show you the whole-tone scale (and...

20 August 2020 · 13 min 2 s

Jazz Piano Reharmonization. 3 Techniques for playing Jazz Standards

What is Jazz Reharmonization?Reharmonization is when a Jazz musician changes the original chords of a song, and plays a different chord or chords of their own choosing.Reharmonization is a subtle form of...

19 August 2020 · 14 min 51 s

4 Upper Structure Triads Every Jazz Pianist Needs to Know (chord voicing lesson)

What is an Upper Structure Triad?Upper Structure Triads are a style of chord voicing used by Jazz pianists.Upper Structures are large voicings, consisting of 5-7 notes, and require two hands to play.In...

19 August 2020 · 16 min 8 s

JAZZ PIANO UPPER STRUCTURES LESSON | How to voice dominant 7 chords using two hands

#10. In this episode, I'll show you the sophisticated sound of 'upper structures'.'Upper structures' are a sophisticated type of chord voicing for jazz piano, used to play dominant 7 chords. They're built...

19 August 2020 · 7 min

'OPEN CHORD VOICINGS' FOR JAZZ PIANO | How to spread your chords wider across two octaves

#8. In this episode, I'll show you 3 types of 'open voicing' which you can use for any 7th chord - including major 7, minor 7, V7, ø, dim 7, and more.Open...

19 August 2020 · 12 min 5 s

FOURTH VOICINGS FOR JAZZ PIANO | How to create a modern 'quartal' sound in your playing

#9. In this episode, I'll show you the sophisticated sound of 'fourth chords' in jazz. I'll show you how to voice the main types of 7th chord using 4ths (instead of 3rds).I'll...

19 August 2020 · 10 min 47 s

Fourth Voicings for Jazz Piano. If your playing sounds bland, try this instead

What is a Fourth Voicing?Fourth voicings are when you take an ordinary chord (that would normally be built in thirds), and you spread out its notes in fourths, instead of thirds.For example,...

19 August 2020 · 13 min 11 s

Open Voicings for Jazz Piano. If your playing sounds muddy, try this instead

What is an Open Voicing?Open voicings are when you take an ordinary 7th chord (that would normally be built in thirds), and you spread out its notes so that they span a...