To play a rootless voicing we leave out the root of the chord and play one of the upper extensions to get a richer, more colourful sound.
The triad is the basic building block for many different types of chords. The 4 types of triads are major, minor, diminished and augmented.
In this lesson we explore a technique that can be used to fill in space in the slow blues using descending fourth intervals.
In this lesson we explore a selection of comping voicings and improvised solo ideas for the famous tune ‘On Green Dolphin Street’.
In this lesson we explore comping voicings and improvisation principles over the tune “Beautiful Love” played in the key of D Minor.
In this lesson Tuomo demonstrates comping voicings and improvisation over the tune “Billie’s Bounce” which is a blues in the key of F.
We explore inner voice movement over major, minor, and dominant chords, and then we will apply this information to a well-known jazz standard.
The minor line cliché is a key harmonic feature in the A section of “In a Sentimental Mood”. In the first 2 bars we moving through D-, D-maj7, D-7, and D-6.
In this Zoom workshop we explore Bill Evans’ interpretations on songs, his soloing, and most importantly, his incredible approach to voicings and harmony. We will be exploring some of his “trademark” chords from drop 2s to quartal harmony.
In this tutorial we explore modal comping possibilities and modal improvisation techniques over the iconic jazz standard ‘Footprints’.