How Does That Work? Drop 2 Voicing - Adam Maness | You'll Hear It S5E5

Adam finishes off his How Does That Work? series with an episode on drop 2 voicings, an especially useful tool for anyone interested in arranging.
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[@opndmind]

Brilliant! The most understandable explanation of drop 2 voicings I've ever scene. And you did it in 5 minutes and 36 seconds!

[@JanLund]

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[@opndmind]

I do, sir.

[@spacebar-music]

This series has been incredible Adam - helping me stay busy and happy in lockdown

[@samitrickz]

your tutorials are so amazing !!!!! everytime I learn something wonderful watching your explanations! thank you

[@jacekr2655]

Adam, you explain things with nice clarity. Thank you.

[@fullViewJay]

I am really getting the drop 2 voicing's under my hands. Where can I find out more information on the inner voicing movements? I believe that was the "advanced" stuff you were referring to?

[@jman12849]

Check out Barry Harris's teachings for more about inner movements.

[@winstonmacmahon9735]

Another great one in the can

[@bobwrotenstien315]

The drop 2 sound is awesome. It is easy enough to get it, but the real question for me is what is the most efficient way to memorize them so you can play them on demand. There are by my count 192 of these to pull out of your head on demand, so what is the fasted way to internalize them? How are they learned in the real world?

[@GruntDestroyarChannel]

Practice

[@jord_ibe]

@@GruntDestroyarChannel You can say that again!

[@lerobarclay5173]

Practica

[@pjbpiano]

The fastest way to learn them is to realise that you are play tenths with notes in the middle. "Drop-2" is just accidental way can calling a tenth interval between the lowest and then the highest note. And then you fill in the notes in between. The inner notes are easy once you can see the outer tenths and play them immediately.

[@ThaiNitai]

I memorize the finger placements - the intervals as well - I write them through the circle - I play them every day forward and backwards (we can spend an entire month learning them and their inversions. 4 months for every basic drop chord? sold my soul to swing? 😂) and then repeat. Once you know them well enough take a jazz standard and write it down with the roots 1st inversions and so on, then play it. the bread and butter here is feel what works best for you. choose your palatte and use the colors wisely. make a list from top to bottom what sounds best to you and use them! 🎉don't be hasty.

[@bsorryrthatsit7055]

Adam is good if your bridging intermediate to advanced, otherwise it may be a little on the tough side.

[@rutheproppi6265]

Thank you for taking the time for "musicians (I use the term loosely) like us to enable to understand a difficult concept in music. I do thank you; do you happen to have a reference sheet with the bare fundamentals that you show in your video for reference? Please accept our humble gratitude, R

[@Tabu11211]

Thanks again for another excellent video. As soon as I heard you play that Flat 6 I knew you were going to talk about Barry Harris LOL.

[@michaelschmidt1358]

Where can we find that next level advanced playing on the inner movements of drop 2 and block chords. Super interested in it! Thank you!!

[@rloggen]

Would have more clearer if you would point out that in the inversions it works the same.

[@mudbone7706]

Isn’t the chord notated in the thumbnail a “drop 3” rather than a drop 2?

[@wabwirewakuloba5608]

I thought in cmajor 7 the 2nd highest note was E and im a lil confused i would appreciate your feedback please🤝

[@TheBaconWizard]

@@wabwirewakuloba5608 In Cmaj7 the 2nd highest note is G

[@AboveMediocrity2010]

Drop 2 changes parallel 5th movement into parallel 4ths, with respect to block chords. Am i wrong?

[@johntrojan9653]

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[@nilkilnilkil]

Still trying to solo over Giant Steps

[@Oelov]

what about five-note chords?

[@deegee3293]

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[@emmanuelzioncoast1702]

I really wish @adammaness can explain the next level movement he was talking about

[@thomasfoster4091]

Why don’t they call them a drop 5 voicing?

[@bodhibeats8257]

Because it’s not always the 5th. It’s only the 5th if you chord is root position. 😁

[@thomasfoster4091]

Oh, ok. That makes sense. Thx

[@joeymcbob-lego396]

Your intro sounds like the plants vs zombies theme

[@Surinder5665singh]

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