All The Things You Are with Voicings & Improvisation

Practice your close & open voicings and work on improvisation with this classic standard "All The Things You Are"
Close voicings are often called "rootless voicings", or - when played in the left hand - "left hand voicings". For maj7 and min7 chords we use 9th chords (maj9 and min9) without the root. For dom7 chords we use guide tones + 9 and 13, again without the root. You can also use these LH voicings to comp behind a soloist or behind yourself while soloing in the RH.
Open voicings (or "spread voicings") are the most complete voicings we use in jazz.They consist of root - guide tones (3 & 7) - tensions - melody. Since we use both hands to play these open voicings, we have plenty of space to add extensions or to use alterations and reharmonizations. Notice we only play 2 notes in the LH (1 & 3 or 1 & 7)!
* Free pdf of the sheet music: bit.ly/2U94uup
* Free pdf of the sheet music (with annotations): bit.ly/37w2GP6
0:00 Practice the close voicings in the LH
1:10 Learn how to play the theme with close voicings in the LH
2:08 Work on comping with close voicings
3:01 Work on improvisation (scales and arpeggios)
4:55 Practice the theme with open voicings
5:54 Learn how to comp with open voicings
6:55 See how you can combine these techniques into an advanced version
* Pause or slow down the video if necessary
* Don't forget to apply these voicings and improvisation examples to other standards
* Backing track used in this video: • All The Things You Are...
* For more tutorials or free sheet music visit: jazzpianopracticesessions.com

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