Hayden Hill
Hayden founded PianoGroove in 2015 with the goal of making the world a more musical place. He shares his love for jazz piano through his online courses and manages the community area of PianoGroove.
February 6 · 2022
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- Sus Chord Whole Step Drill 1
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- Sus Chord Whole Step Drill 2
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In this beginner-focused lesson we explore the beauty and subtlety of sus voicings. We will discuss theory, song application, and useful practice drills and exercises.
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It would be very helpful if you could write out the notation and a concurrent explanation of samples of each of the three drills you demonstrated at the end of the seminar. Thanks.
Hi Wendy,
Yes sure thing I will create this notation for you.
For the first drill, the most important thing to remember is that only the bass note changes between the ii-7 and the V13sus chord, so when we can find our ii-9 voicings in all 12 keys, all we do is change the bass note to root of the V chord and that will give us the voicing. Then we just have the usual 7 to 3 voice leading that we find in this lesson: https://www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/extended-251-progression-drill/
The second drill is a little more complicated in terms of the voice leading. I will create the notation for both today and upload to this page.
I would also like to add these drills to the Whole Step 251 Drills Course in a module on Sus movements.
Cheers,
Hayden
Thank you. As you may recall, in an early seminar I asked if there was a way to drill not using the circle of fifths. I really do prefer whole step drills. And I so appreciate your responsiveness. Every bit helps.
My pleasure Wendy and yes I also like to use whole step 251 drills. It’s a fun way to practice and I find that it helps me to visualise the same movements in different keys.
I have just added 2 PDF downloads to the Seminar Resources Section which contain full notation for both drills that I demonstrate. These are both in the whole step 251 drill format.
There may be some very slight differences to what I demonstrate during the seminar and so please reference the final 2 chapters to see the additional voices and melody that I am playing.
Enjoy practicing this stuff and see you in the next seminars.
Cheers,
Hayden