Tuomo Uusitalo
Tuomo is an award-winning pianist, composer, arranger and educator. Having released two albums as a leader, he has established himself in the New York jazz scene and continues touring internationally both as a leader as well as sideman.
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Seminar Description
Seminar Description
Learn to improvise over common progressions using major and minor 6th voicings. 6th chords can be applied over any chord progression, thus very helpful in improvisation.
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Improvising with 6th Chord Shapes
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how does 6th chords relate to diminish chords
What are the sixth chords you can use for diminish chords
and do you improvise using only the 4 notes in the chord and rest are approach notes
You also did not state you can use a d sixth for a c major to get Lydian sound etc
Hi,
the diminished I mentioned in the class was more about the so called “Barry Harris (or “George Shearing”) voicings, here are links to previous seminars and tutorials on the subject:
https://www.pianogroove.com/live-seminars/george-shearing-voicings/
https://www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/barry-harris-voicings/
https://www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/barry-harris-voicings-part-2/
Concerning approach notes, they would be used in between of chord tones to move musically from one chord tone to another, still remember that the chord tones are what matters, approach notes are just “bridges” between them.
In the seminar we went through the most common ways to view harmony and melody through 6th chords, however as I mentioned in the class, we can use 6th chords over any mode just by looking at the chord tones and finding a good fit. Concerning lydian sound, we can for example use C6 and F6 to play Bblydian, see the attachment!
Thanks for writing, let me know if you have any further questions!
-Tuomo