Tag: voicings

Piano day (1h 20m)

Pretty much whole session focused on minor ii — V — i’s in 3-b5-7-b9 — 7-b9-3-6 — 3-5-7-9 voicing (skill 43 from  Haerle book). Man that’s hard! Still playing it without click as it takes time to figure out b7ths & b9ths for complicated keys like Eb- or Ab-, but I’m getting there. Playing shell voicings like 7-3-5 or 3-7-9 after this feels like — whew, that’s easy!

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.