Master Upper Structure Triads - Advanced Lesson for All Instruments - Tutorial by JazzEdge

This advanced lesson on Upper Structure Triads and Chord Voicings will help you master this sound so you sound like the pros. I use this technique ALL of the time and I think you'll love adding this sound to your piano playing.

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[osvaldosanguinet]

Tremenda master clase ! Estoy aprendiendo muchisimo. Muchas gracias, saludos desde Uruguay.

[JudyK]

Best explanation of USTs that I have seen.

[karlvernor]

Fabulous video. Working your way down from the melody note is so obvious but not intuitive. Opens up all possibilites. As you said, let your ear dictate. Thanks for this video.

[francesca]

Do you eventually get these decisions “into your fingers” so you can play them spontaneously in the song without taking the time to think about which USTS to use? Or is it realistic only to incorporate them ahead of time into a planned arrangement?

[markandersen]

Great lesson, Willie! A lot of these upper structure voicings resolve nicely to a polychord where you play the I in the left hand and the II major in the right, or if you're looking for something a little spookier, the I in the left hand and the VII major in the right. In both cases, use either a stride 10th voicing or a 3-7 shell in the left hand to keep it from getting muddy. Still looking for ways to use polychords outside of just dominant and tonic.

[kwixotic]

How about with the Eb7 in the second measure playing Eb in the bass, a seventh above to Db and above that the 2nd inversion of the F major triad which of course has the A melody note. I like this song as a basis for experimenting. M

Thank you alt it s a very good Way to go in to UST

[orlandovaldiviabravo]

Puede poner subtitulo en español?muchas gracias

[joehernandez]

Great lesson and explanation. When one says they are harmonizing the melody, is that the same as what you did with the UST’s on melody for Days of Wine and Roses?

[andreph]

Is it not possible to play the sharp 5 as a minor just like u did with the flat 5's and 3's?

[eternalrainbow-cjiu]

over Eb7# 11 I played right hand: (because of your next one Db-E-G-C(melodie)Dim-maj7 and over D7(L.H.) F-Bb-D E-A-C# Eb-AbC or even more brutal: F#-A#-D(resolves to C#) F-A-C# to E-A-C to E Ab-C (E resolving downwards to Eb) maybe you find this too much>?

[anujsoni]

hey man can you do Valerie by amy winehouse piano tutorial that would be awesome loved your videos plzz man :)

[woejinslow]

it would be nice to see a video as extensive on upperstructure triads on one chords!

[jimsskot]

Built on maj triad and so on.I dont understand what that means.Confusing.:-(