This channel is just what i have been looking for! Thank you so much. So much useful information and so well presented. You make so much available to someone starting out again thank you.
Another interesting approach to practice. The tricky bit is to remember that the 7th is flatted for all minor and dominant chords, and natural in the major chords. I think it's wonderful that you have what is essentially a full on channel for intermediate jazz students. Everything seems either geared toward beginners or "all levels" in which the intermediate steps seem left out. Seems you're trying to build a way to think about jazz instead of to build up jazz muscles by rote memorization. This is how I learn best at least. Thanks.
+BAwesomeDesign Yeah, exactly. I think it's important to understand something before you practice it. And while my videos require a bit of assumed knowledge, I try keep each video as simple as possible.
I'm studying the book of Mark Levine Method and was curious if anyone used the 3 note voicings concept so I searched it on youtube... I see you use the same method, it's an awesome book! I'm Having a bit of difficulty in applying this 3 note voicings on fast tunes like Au Privaire and tunes that the melody jump a lot sound strange like all the things you are
Struggling with these when adding a melody - I get the pattern in the right with the 3-7 to 7-3 etc. and it's nice and smooth, but what happens when the melody note gets in the way of that movement (if you're having to keep the melody on top)? You just use another voicing?
+Dennis Solano If you're using this voicing, you can still play the root in the left hand. Often the bass plays notes other than root, and even if he/she plays the root, doubling up the root isn't the worst thing in the world. Many jazz pianists play root position chords - and especially so during the bebop era. If you mix in other chord voicings that don't have the root in the bass, then playing the root in the bass occasionally with this voicing is perfectly fine. Otherwise, specifically with this voicing, you can play the 5th or another chord tone in the bass, or not play a bass note at all and leave it all to the bass player, or play a walking bassline (as long as you don't get in the way of the bass player).
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Figuring out the extensions fast and smoothly freaks me out XO
Give it time ! it ll come !
This channel is just what i have been looking for! Thank you so much.
So much useful information and so well presented. You make so much available to someone starting out again thank you.
+Stephen Campbell No worries, Stephen. Thanks for the comment. It's always nice to hear when someone is finding these videos useful.
Excellent, really helpful the way you broke it down using 3 note voicing to begin with.
Another interesting approach to practice. The tricky bit is to remember that the 7th is flatted for all minor and dominant chords, and natural in the major chords.
I think it's wonderful that you have what is essentially a full on channel for intermediate jazz students. Everything seems either geared toward beginners or "all levels" in which the intermediate steps seem left out.
Seems you're trying to build a way to think about jazz instead of to build up jazz muscles by rote memorization. This is how I learn best at least. Thanks.
+BAwesomeDesign Yeah, exactly. I think it's important to understand something before you practice it. And while my videos require a bit of assumed knowledge, I try keep each video as simple as possible.
it s very interesting to see that the extensions by themselves are creating a chromatic or full step motion ! maybe the key for inner voicing, thanks!
I'm studying the book of Mark Levine Method and was curious if anyone used the 3 note voicings concept so I searched it on youtube... I see you use the same method, it's an awesome book! I'm Having a bit of difficulty in applying this 3 note voicings on fast tunes like Au Privaire and tunes that the melody jump a lot sound strange like all the things you are
Very good, !
Struggling with these when adding a melody - I get the pattern in the right with the 3-7 to 7-3 etc. and it's nice and smooth, but what happens when the melody note gets in the way of that movement (if you're having to keep the melody on top)? You just use another voicing?
When playing in a trio, the bass plays the roots of the chords most of the time, so what would you play in your left hand? instead of just the roots
+Dennis Solano
If you're using this voicing, you can still play the root in the left hand. Often the bass plays notes other than root, and even if he/she plays the root, doubling up the root isn't the worst thing in the world. Many jazz pianists play root position chords - and especially so during the bebop era.
If you mix in other chord voicings that don't have the root in the bass, then playing the root in the bass occasionally with this voicing is perfectly fine.
Otherwise, specifically with this voicing, you can play the 5th or another chord tone in the bass, or not play a bass note at all and leave it all to the bass player, or play a walking bassline (as long as you don't get in the way of the bass player).
ok thanks man
The 5th chord. Why do you play D and A? That would be a Major chord because of the A or not? :)
Yep. That would be a mistake on my part. Good find. I'll add a notation to fix it. Thanks. It's supposed to be labelled as a BbMaj7.
If the melody note is in the any of the chord notes, do you add another chord note?
Aha, now I know how to use a fake book~