Category: piano

Piano day (1h morning & 20m real quick in the evening)

  • Jazz voicings (Dan Haerle)
    • Major ii — V — I’s around the cycle of 4ths, format 1 (skill 40) at 90bpm — 20m
    • Major ii — V — I’s around the cycle of 4ths, format 2 (skill 41) at 70bpm — 20m
    • Minor ii⊘ — V — i’s around the cycle of 4ths, format 1 (skill 42) w/o click — 20m
    • Major ii⊘ — V — i’s around the cycle of 4ths, format 2 (skill 43) w/o click — 20m

Piano day (1h 20m)

  • Jazz voicings (Dan Haerle)
    • Major ii — V — I’s around the cycle of 4ths, format 1 (skill 40) at 90bpm — 20m
    • Major ii — V — I’s around the cycle of 4ths, format 2 (skill 41) at 70bpm — 20m
    • Applyiing patterns: playing from chord chart to the walking bass line & shuffle, using 3-7-9, 3-6-9 and 7-3-5 voicings as well as some chord tones based fills — 20m
  • Scales & harmonisation
    • 2-octave scales with both hands in similar motion (just needed to recap): Ionian, Aeolian and Dorian around the cycle — 20m

Piano day (1h 20m)

  • Harmonising Ionian scale with block 7th chords
  • Harmonising Aeolian scale with block 7th chords
  • Same with 7-3-5 voicings

Observations

Yikes! I found the way to apply my  jazz voicings studies to the scale harmonisation, just like I recently found a way to blend Phil Mann’s Chord Tones course with Scott’s Jazz Survival Guide in my bass days. Shell voicings! I can play them more or less quickly, plus I can harmonise major modes, and now how about harmonising them in 7-3-5 or 3-7-9?! JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU GOT GOOD— Lol. It’s so fun actually. I love the endless possibilities to improve that jazz offers you.

Piano day (1h 40m)

Jazz voicings (Dan Haerle)

  • Major ii — V — I’s around the cycle of 4ths, format 1 (skill 40) at 84bpm — 20m
  • Major ii — V — I’s around the cycle of 4ths, format 2 (skill 41) at 84bpm — 20m
  • Minor ii — V — i’s around the cycle of 4ths, format 1 (skill 42), without click, then at 70bpm — 30m
  • Minor ii — V — i’s around the cycle of 4ths, format 2 (skill 43), analysis + playing without click — 30m

Observations

Man, minor is hard! 😵 But I’m also getting better at recognising 3 -7-9, 3-7-6 and 7-3-6 shell voicings (that are harder than 7-3-5 where you just need to see the 7th, and the rest of the chord is already there). Also, m7b5 — 7b9 — m9 is the an incredibly beautiful way to voice minor ii — V — i!