Here's a left-handed voicing for ANY chord...

Bill Evans single-handedly changed the sound of jazz piano with his left-handed, four-note rootless voicings. They have become so popular and widely used that people often refer to these as ‘stock voicings’.

These stock voicings provide the foundational harmony of the chord, along with colour tones & extensions. They also have inherently smooth voice leading.

If you spend the time to learn this voicing system, you will have two voicing options for any given chord. They are perfect for accompanying yourself whilst improvising in the right hand.

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[mdotds]

what is so intuitive about these videos is they give pretty quick and interesting new techniques to intermediate piano players which in turn inspires them to turn to more advanced music theory, the whole premise of this channel is genius and i will continue to support ! your video on diminished piano chords changed the way i play piano forever.

[jemenemenee]

its been a few years since ive come across your videos and im really happy to see u're still lookin happy n healthy!

[jackgalloway]

Cool. Big shout out to Bill and you too, Nick.

[nicosmooth]

This is the key to be a better musician. Requires a lot of memory but... That is the price to pay. Thanks man! Thanks a lot!

[duyunovalv]

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[GoaWaySanity]

*Simon, that trick about bring the (2) bottom notes up when dealing with a major 7th - UNBELIEVABLE!*

*all this time I was moving each note up -your method works flawlessly now!*

*did it the hard way which now makes it easier to do it an easier way*

*saved this video for further reference!* 😎👍🏾🏆

[jelly]

The video I have been searching for sooo long.. Thankyou ❤️

[ReverendRick]

Great lesson Simon. Hope to be a student soon! Thank you!

[eyelidman]

I do like what you do on this channel. Right up my street!🙏🌞👍🇬🇧🌞☯️🙏

[keisha-on-keys]

Hi Simon! U r such a great teacher. After reviewing this video, I have a question:
How is it that the the half diminished and diminished chords have the roots in their voicings, when these are all supposed to be "rootless" voicings? Thx so much!

[dry]

So these are not shell chords or Voicings? Do you have a lesson on shell chords?

[by_antony]

I use inversions of rootless chords in my music and I love the sounds you have shown. At 3mins 30s for G7, are you not missing the 5th note (D), or am I misunderstanding something?

[andybpoole]

Hi Simon I'm a new subscriber and love the calm way you break things down. Just wondering if you have a recommendations for the best Piano plug in and DAW . I recently picked up a Korg D1 and a pair of KRK Rokit RP5 Monitors which I now want to hook up to a good audio interface and software. Many thanks 👍

[olivernp]

Can you do an episode on how Ravel and/or Debussy use harmony in their pieces? Loads of their stuff is actually really jazzy.

[timianlyons]

Surely there should be some emphasis on the value of velocity in each note in this video. As a maj7 should be a clear maj7 without extensions? If to teach the feel/sound of a maj7 that is. Extensions should be another topic?:) To say jazz musicians just lable it as maj7 no matter what is added on to it is vague and not "simpler" in my opinion. It is rather more difficult to grasp. Although these notes won't particularly crash in a band/ensemble it surely comes down to marking the most prevailing note, as in what lingers the most and therefore also determine the description of the chord? So if i play a Cdim7, but the bass player is playing a low-volume G over it, are we playing a Cdim7 with a G just extended into it, or does the context change it to being Cm+11add13/G? For me it's the last. In the video the chords are : Cmaj9, Cmaj9 inversion, Dm9, Dm9 inversion, G13add9(no5), G13add9(no 5) inversion, Dm7b5, Dm7b5 inversion, G7+5b9, G7+5b9 inversion, C#dim7, C#dim7 inversion, Cm6/9, Cm6/9 inversion.

[christelhayward]

Any other cords but not jazz?
I don't play jazz, but other kinds of music and would love some cords.

[marvinobeatsa.kakingvino]

Ive been studying your other Voicing practice tutorial. Quick question. Should I be practicing these in any order? I’m fairly new to this. Sort of. Never took the time to learn, but I’ve produced Ed records for a lot of artist in the music industry. Just by ear. I’m getting pretty solid with voicing and learning finger placement etc. Should I back track and study a more basic approach or if I learn any of this I will learn period? Thanks~King Vino

[jorgeparr]

i would like to join - free of charge - your " ULTIMA GUIDE TO JAZZ CHORDS" COURSE PLEASE Mr. Pig!!!

[Dreamyardmusic]

I tried a few academies before, but they asked for additional funds after I purchased what I thought was a one off payment. Do you do something similar or is it a one off no strings attached?

[danafreudeman]

The minor thirds for the dim chords
For key of C would be C Eflat Gflat and