I've been watching a lot of videos on voicings but this is the one I've been looking for the whole time. I've already had somewhat of an understanding of the theory behind voicings but this video finally gave me some practical and actionable advice on how to actually play them. The common, general advice was always to "just start playing lead sheets" and I'd sit down and not know what to do other than the basic LH voicings based on 3rds but now I'm excited to try this out and build up my voicing repertoire and muscle memory.
I Have Been Primarily A Vocalist Who Plays Keyboards In Bands Mainly For The Past 57 Years and Who Recently Have Endeavored To Seriously Acquire The Art Of Solo Jazz Piano Playing To Accompany My Singing Voice and Have Over The Past 7 Or 8 Years Taken Lessons From Private Teachers Here In My City and Various You Tube Videos But I Have NEVER Yet Encountered a A Teacher Of The World-Class Caliber As That Of Master Pianist and Teacher Jonny May !!! In This Video Alone, I Have Grasped Voicing Concepts In A Few Short Minutes That Are THOROUGHLY Explained Like NO ONE Else Has Even Come CLOSE TO In My Experience!!! In My Humble Opinion, Jonny, You Are The Finest, and The Greatest Teacher Out There, Brother!!! Bar None!!! and Thank You For Finally Explaining and Unlocking The Techniques For These Utterly Gorgeous and Shimmering Jazz Chord Voicings!!!👍👍🎹🎼🎵🎶❤👍👍
These chords on how to play them have been a mystery to me for so long thank you for explaining them so well in a way that makes sense finally feel like I will now be able to play them
Fellow jazz pianist and piano teacher here-great job on these lessons! Clear explanations, nice graphics, precise playing, approachable teaching style-loved it.
You certainly can and it will help when you go to play with other musicians. Focus on rootless chords and the other one that did the 3 and 7. That way you don't step on the bass player's toes
Thanks Jonny. I started learning Autumn Leaves recently but I didn’t know what and how I wanted to play it. This video really helped me learn different techniques that I can also use in other songs. Thanks so much!
You should be getting 1 million views!! 115k views..that's insane for such wonderful and easy to understand jazz theory & application . Great information 👍
Professional musician here on the classical/opera side, but I always wanted to play jazz piano. This is the video I’ve been looking for! Thank you!! Can’t wait to try this on some charts tomorrow.
Johnny my man in piano! I wish i could play only one procent like you on piano! Im gonna learn so much i can so i can recommended your videos (im a guitarrist). You are a great musician and i am drunk just now😃😄😄😃
Thankyou so much for spending your valuable time teaching Jazz, just a question, for a guide tone when to consider a Major 7th and a Dominant 7th. Seeking your inputs.
Merci for this. I'm working on my chops. I started with vegan chops, since I thought it would be better for the planet. But my Mom used to cook us pork chops, but my favorite was lamb chops. Looking at this lesson, I have a certain Pavlovian reaction and am starting to salivate already. BTW I've seen many pianists complain about finger strength, piano pains and tension. I have filmed a video about exercises for the pianist, that is to say for the person sitting at the piano for their body. My daughter is doing the editing but is in the middle of editing for a TV show and it won't be ready until August. I'll let you know the link once it's up. Stay tuned.
The advice in this video is great, but what if I’m in a band and someone else is playing the melody? You only covered how to play the chords with your left hand along with the melody, but what if my left hand is also free to add to the chord?
I would check out this Quick Tip: pianowithjonny.com/piano-lessons/quartal-voicings-blues-band-accompaniment/ We also have courses on this in our paid membership.
This is great lesson. I would really appreciate a lesson on when and how to use the pedal. Because in all of your examples your notes are sustained, and the sound is very full. But you don't say how you achieved the sound QUALITY. Please help.
I made multiple attempts to sign up. I reached out to you multiple times and you NEVER REPLIED! So it’s annoying that you keep showing up in my RUclips feed. :(
00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Lead Sheet
01:45 - What is a voicing?
02:54 - Voicing 1: Chord Shells
03:53 - Application to Autumn Leaves
05:12 - Voicing 2: Guide Tones
06:40 - Application
09:17 - Voicing 3: Rootless Voicings
11:09 - Application
14:19 - Voicing 4: Block Chords
15:54 - Application
17:58 - Voicing 5: Drop 2 Voicings
18:52 - Application
20:16 - Voicing 6: Quartal Voicings
21:45 - Application
23:53 - Conclusion
Chord tension and alteration lesson
What a great lesson
Wow! I can’t wait to spend the next 10-20 years doing this. I just loved this.
immortal being mindset
and Jonny will still have fresh new material
I've been watching a lot of videos on voicings but this is the one I've been looking for the whole time. I've already had somewhat of an understanding of the theory behind voicings but this video finally gave me some practical and actionable advice on how to actually play them. The common, general advice was always to "just start playing lead sheets" and I'd sit down and not know what to do other than the basic LH voicings based on 3rds but now I'm excited to try this out and build up my voicing repertoire and muscle memory.
I Have Been Primarily A Vocalist Who Plays Keyboards In Bands Mainly For The Past 57 Years and Who Recently Have Endeavored To Seriously Acquire The Art Of Solo Jazz Piano Playing To Accompany My Singing Voice and Have Over The Past 7 Or 8 Years Taken Lessons From Private Teachers Here In My City and Various You Tube Videos But I Have NEVER Yet Encountered a A Teacher Of The World-Class Caliber As That Of Master Pianist and Teacher Jonny May !!! In This Video Alone, I Have Grasped Voicing Concepts In A Few Short Minutes That Are THOROUGHLY Explained Like NO ONE Else Has Even Come CLOSE TO In My Experience!!! In My Humble Opinion, Jonny, You Are The Finest, and The Greatest Teacher Out There, Brother!!! Bar None!!! and Thank You For Finally Explaining and Unlocking The Techniques For These Utterly Gorgeous and Shimmering Jazz Chord Voicings!!!👍👍🎹🎼🎵🎶❤👍👍
These chords on how to play them have been a mystery to me for so long thank you for explaining them so well in a way that makes sense finally feel like I will now be able to play them
Fellow jazz pianist and piano teacher here-great job on these lessons! Clear explanations, nice graphics, precise playing, approachable teaching style-loved it.
loving this..you are breaking jazz chords down in a simple to understand way so we all understand, thanks Jonny
its crazy how this is free. so much incredible information, thank you Johnny!!
I'm a guitar player, but I find this fascinating. I'll try to apply this onto the guitar if I can. Thank you.
You certainly can and it will help when you go to play with other musicians. Focus on rootless chords and the other one that did the 3 and 7. That way you don't step on the bass player's toes
Thank you very much for your masterclass!!!!! It's clear and inspiring. Your humbleness of share these concepts is unbelievable.
Mate this video is phenomenal; clear, concise and used in context, thanks for quality content!
Thanks Jonny. I started learning Autumn Leaves recently but I didn’t know what and how I wanted to play it. This video really helped me learn different techniques that I can also use in other songs. Thanks so much!
Mystery of (jazz)chord voicing explained in one video! Very clear and explicitly explained,thanks a ton.😅
Wow you’re amazing, it’s easy to understand what you are saying and playing
Thanks for sharing your talents.
It's a good tip, nice lesson, lovely sound, in other words, excelent teaching! Thank you for share us one more of this precious gift! 🇧🇷
You should be getting 1 million views!!
115k views..that's insane for such wonderful and easy to understand jazz theory & application . Great information 👍
Jonny, tu explicacion es muy didactica y sobre todo amigable, gracias mi amigo desde Lima
Amazing video and easy to undersand for begginers like me. Thank you!
So clear thank you ❤️ saved me so many unnecessary lessons!
Jonny you're the man ! Thank you
Best tutorial in chord voicing
Professional musician here on the classical/opera side, but I always wanted to play jazz piano. This is the video I’ve been looking for! Thank you!!
Can’t wait to try this on some charts tomorrow.
Your videos are SO helpful!!! Really. Each one!
beautiful chord combination thank you
Excellent lesson will be working hard on this one. All voicings in a nutshell over a standard what can better that!
just understanding where this comes from is interesting....thanks
Nice lesson very Helpful thank you sir
Jonny: Parabéns por suas aulas, aprendo muito com você, excelente professor, sua didática é ótima direto ao ponto. Muito agradecido. Abraços 🇧🇷
Thank you Jonny this is very helpful.
I love the voicing 2
Excellent lesson!!!
So helpful thank you good sir 🙏
Johnny my man in piano! I wish i could play only one procent like you on piano! Im gonna learn so much i can so i can recommended your videos (im a guitarrist). You are a great musician and i am drunk just now😃😄😄😃
You are the best!❤❤🔥🔥
Thank you Jonny ❤️
Wow!! Lots of great methods!
jonny nice composition
Thankyou so much for spending your valuable time teaching Jazz, just a question, for a guide tone when to consider a Major 7th and a Dominant 7th. Seeking your inputs.
Thanks very much!
Nice lesson!
great.. watching from philippines
Merci for this. I'm working on my chops. I started with vegan chops, since I thought it would be better for the planet. But my Mom used to cook us pork chops, but my favorite was lamb chops. Looking at this lesson, I have a certain Pavlovian reaction and am starting to salivate already.
BTW I've seen many pianists complain about finger strength, piano pains and tension. I have filmed a video about exercises for the pianist, that is to say for the person sitting at the piano for their body. My daughter is doing the editing but is in the middle of editing for a TV show and it won't be ready until August. I'll let you know the link once it's up.
Stay tuned.
Merci de France ! Great !
Thanks jonny
Wow awesome lesson
Thank you, Maestro. Always helpful🌹🌹🌹
My question is do you have a video for creating different textures with the chords?
Great stuff
Great tutorial
The advice in this video is great, but what if I’m in a band and someone else is playing the melody? You only covered how to play the chords with your left hand along with the melody, but what if my left hand is also free to add to the chord?
I would check out this Quick Tip: pianowithjonny.com/piano-lessons/quartal-voicings-blues-band-accompaniment/ We also have courses on this in our paid membership.
This is great lesson. I would really appreciate a lesson on when and how to use the pedal. Because in all of your examples your notes are sustained, and the sound is very full. But you don't say how you achieved the sound QUALITY. Please help.
Just be confident and you’ll do fine.
Nice ...just the block chord voicing with melody in octaves with chord tones in the middle is called locked hands ...
Amazing!
are the rootless voicings always interchangeable with the root notes or only in the case of this song?
Great. Just a question: do you mix different styles in the same song?
amazing
You are the best
Wonderfull !!
I love how he says " it's actually a simple idea" every time but it's not simple at all lol
Mostly the idea is simple but the practical playing not.
Using your suggestions, I would like to sing the melody rather than play the the melody. What should I do with my right hand?
¡¡Brillante!!
Thank you so mutch. The Em would be nice as Em6..?
Whats about the 9th on the Quarter Voicings?
THaAaNnk YoU :D 🎷🎶
Hi!
Are you using the cp4 piano voice in video or other? Thanks!
Can you do a piano tutorial on read all about it by emily sandé. And explaian how they played it.
I want to know where you got that shirt.
I'm a beginner on jazz piano and cant understand the shell voicing because my left hand is keep going down..
i dont know how to play the last part,,
Right, the left Hand goes down and down and down and down, but at the end you can just start at the beginning and jump with your hand up.
Is the last part played in the vid?
Me: This is HARD!!
Johny: "This is actually a simple idea"
Me: 😃😐☹️😥😓😩😭
Where can I learn to play Melody with the 7th chords??? Somebody please help I can’t find anything
Dont know whatcha mean, buddy cant help ya
Hi Johnny j'aime les cours, je ne pas télécharger les partitions pdf je suis Jacob
Best video on jazz chords and voicings
Hard for me !!!
I made multiple attempts to sign up. I reached out to you multiple times and you NEVER REPLIED! So it’s annoying that you keep showing up in my RUclips feed. :(
Hey there! You can email support@pianowithjonny.com if you're having trouble signing up.
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Johnny, u t amazing, but this was kinda like Greek to me. Too fast f me
how to finger a minor like a pro
Childish commentary "voicing" ...