What Are Crunchy Quartals?

Finally...Cap'n Crunch is in the house! Peter Martin explains how to get that crunchy, left-hand 4th voicing sound.

[JohnPaulRiger]

THAT is the very best twenty minutes of vocational jazz piano instruction I’ve ever seen. So incredibly simple and so perfectly explained. Quartels have always been fleeting, passing moves for me. This tutorial gives me something to latch onto, to put me into the throws of something broader, ultimately giving birth to both new voice and new rhythm! A watershed moment here and I thank you!!!!

[jkl.guitar]

as a guitarist ive been trying to wrap my head around the logic of this sound for a while, thank you!! best jazz channel ever!!

[AnandaGBrady]

At last - Some detailed left-hand "McCoy Tyner" voicings! I've been practicing, last three days, Peter Martin's 60 second short on Pentatonics (Open Studio) and had started cracking the left hand movements by repeated viewings; but now here it is, all precisely laid out. Everything in this video works with the Eb (or C-) Pent scale, making this the perfect foundation for study in all keys. Thank you Peter!

[bradp]

Works great on guitar too; very cool. Thanks.

[CWBella]

Wow, these are GREAT! I think I usually play them by accident; really helpful to have some structure for practicing more intentionally.

[blakeangelos]

Man, you are so masterful at this. A great player and wonderful teacher. So grateful for you. 🙏🏻

[danieltoledano]

I never thought I'd be able to understand the basics of this jazz style. Thanks for that! Happy holidays from Marbella, Spain.

[ethancooper]

Great production value! Shoutout to whatever intern is animating the transcription hahaha

[CharlesAustin]

Hip insider stuff !! Thanks a lot !! All the “crunchy” 4ths appear to act as the original 4ths dominant. So functional and cool. A whole world of possibilities opens !! Great inspiring playing there..!!

[LennyPrice]

Gonna send you the cleaning bill, Peter... my mind was blown by this lesson! A simple explanation of next-level material! Bravo!
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[danyanfish]

THIS IS THE SOUND IVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR FOR YEARS AND IT IS SO SIMPLE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE LIGHT GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL

[AriHoenig]

Peter. I could talk for days about how great this is. Love the Crunch o meter! Thank you!

[PianoLandscapesfilm]

I feel like I reached the promised I have been searching for someone to explain Quartal Harmony to me for years - and more so, how it works. Thank you so much!! I am an Open Studio member and have been doing your courses. Now I have what to work on. Thanks a gazillion!

[DecidedlyDusty]

Masterful teaching. As a horn player I’ve only ever recognized that sound. Now I understand it.

[AnthemFlint]

Mind blowing how easy you made this. Brilliant video

[fingerstyling]

Well that is cool. The newly included non - diatonic notes (C# E F# G# B) spell a C#- pentatonic scale which, being up a semitone, account for the chord's 'crunch'.

[chriswright]

Absolute gold Peter. You never cease to amaze me. Working on the transcription now....(update 25 years later...still working on it...)

[idnemgk]

Wonderful, Peter! I wanted to understand this stuff, this McCoy Tyner language, for a long time. You present it clearly and beautifully - you own it!
Thank you for this!

[HankusMaximus]

Great lesson as always. Also your production has gotten so good! I’m happy for your success

[Jamster]

So you can drop the bottom note a half step if it doesn’t land you on another note in the Dorian scale. Neat!