How Jazz Works: George Shearing Block Chords

In this video we breakdown George Shearing's iconic block chord style, put them into practice, and apply to Lullaby of Birdland.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:41 - How Block Chords Work
4:05 - Drop 2 Voicings
4:48 - How To Practice Block Chords
7:37 - Put Into Song

[joyumakarasi]

I have subscribed and I’m now a pro jazz player

[DojoOfCool]

Excellent lesson really covers a lot but enough to get going to pickup the concept

[thulanimarks]

Thank you for the lesson, it is informative!

[PiotrBarcz]

After seeing Oscar Peterson do a short demo of this technique I was hooked!
One thing to note, you're going to get the best results on a piano with toned down high overtones. This won't sound right on a Yamaha with a lot of twing to it, the German and American Golden tone are generally the best to get a similar overtone structure to an actual read section.
(this technique literally doesn't work on beat up old upright pianos, trust me, I have one)

[WillisWills]

Great lesson. Would love to see an examination of other greats like Teddy Wilson, Wynton Kelly, Red Garland etc.

[SharonGleack]

You the man! Great way to harmonize melodies! P.S I think you should add the Bb-7 in the 4th bar of the pdf..?

[PiotrBarcz]

Hey Josh, what piano VST you using for this? It sounds phenomenal!

[lighterwaves]

🔥🔥...what would be the reason to use drop 2 vs the normal block voicings?

[stevenh]

I'd like to see those studies you mentioned! I'm subscribed, but...