Moanin' with Close Voicings and Comping

Practice your close voicings with this groovy standard "Moanin'".

Close voicings are often called "rootless voicings", or - when played in the left hand - "left hand voicings". They are the foundation of jazz piano playing, and should be practiced until they become second nature!
For maj7 and min7 chords we use 9th chords (maj9 and min9) without the root. For dom7 chords we use guide tones + 9 and 13, again without the root.
Since Moanin' is written in a minor tonality (F minor), we should treat the Fm chord as a first degree which is usually played as a min6 chord!

0:00 Learn the theme
1:12 Learn how to play a walking bass
2:15 Practice the close voicings in the left hand
3:19 Practice the close voicings with improvisation examples
4:25 Work on comping with open voicings and block chords

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[StijnWauters]

Thanks everyone for the kind and encouraging comments!

[chriss]

Great explanation of how to approach a standard for an intermediate jazz pianist like me. You have revealed so many 'secrets' in a short tutorial . Usually teachers give you one bit of information (in far too much depth), whereas you have given tons of information in bitesize chunks. This is basically a blueprint for how I can practice other songs. Thank you for your work, this is awesome

[thomasjesser]

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[leonardobranco]

Thats the best jazz tutorial i have seen so far

[dasankim]

Hello. Stijin.Your lecture is special. Thank you so much.

[musicmkr]

Great stuff Stijn...lots to learn here...thanks for the share. -Sean

[alexthompson]

I love how you add techniques bit by bit throughout the video, very helpful!! Can't wait to give it a shot!

[winstonwolfe]

Simple, efficient, straight forward, soulful, funky and covers a large specturm of approaches. Thanks a lot!

[christiancavuti]

This is exactly what I have been searching for three years! I’m in tears 😭Anything is missing. I would love a tutorial that covers the position of the closed voicings.

[DrLumpyDMus]

Pointing out the quotes... Excellent. Thanks.

[emmanuelritoux]

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[Paul-hnen]

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[dannuttle]

I've listened to this several times. Just because I want to hear it again.

[SafaevDr]

Super jazz piano knowledge! Thanks for teaching!!!!

[peterketels]

Bedankt Stijn. Zeer goede en brede benadering waarmee ik veel verschillende vaardigheden in een keer kan oefenen. Goede formule om ook toe te passen op andere Standards...

[kallagenspb]

Holy cow! It’s the best video about moanin. Thx a lot.

[yvesalbertngandompondo]

Thanks so much for devoting your time and energy to share your jazz piano knowledge. Would be so kind to also make a video on Rhythm changes in Bb . Thanks in advance

[ddembicki]

Excellent lesson, video and support material. Top Shelf!!!

[daviddoyle]

Amazing video, I am learning Moanin' and this is so helpful - many thanks and keep up the good work!!

[FantasticMrSoul]

This is one of the best videos i have ever seen. Thank you!