5 Easy Jazz Piano Chords That Sound Great

Want to play great sounding jazz piano chords?

Great news! You DON’T have to first learn jazz theory to play fantastic sounding jazz chords. In fact, it can confuse and frustrate you if you dive first into the treacherous world of jazz theory.

There’s lots of videos, blog posts, and teaching online that will show you the basic root position ‘jazz’ piano chords, but these generally sound corny.

So how about we learn to play some great sounding, easy jazz chords, and we’ll catch the theory along the way as needed.

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[xyshomavazax]

This is the most practical jazz piano video I’ve seen in a while. I’m IMPRISONED by root position voicings, and have a real hard time letting go of the “power chord” left hand. This is going to really break me out of some Billy Joel habits. THANK YOU!

[Daijakake]

I love the way he does the thumbs up 😂 cracked me up every time. Now I can’t listen to a root chord without his thumbs

[jeh]

0:50 - Cmaj7

2:07 - CM7

3:24 - C7

4:40 - C7#11

5:20 - C7#9

[dankruvand]

What, you talking to me? I took this one personally, since I'm one who defaults to the root/triad chords too often. Thanks Peter for reaching back to us beginners on this one. Seven big gold stars!

[jesuswept]

My goodness you've put so much effort into your free pdf .. i just can't ... YOU are totally awesome. You've made my world a better place today my brother. Thank you so much.

[ericpmitchell]

Great lesson, thanks Peter. My chords have been root position to date, I recognized the need to move away, but didn't know where to go. Really appreciate the lessons!

[mangdiddlesDOTcom]

I've been searching for an online piano teacher for years. You're the one.

[Alex-mwun]

YES. Thank you. More videos like this please. Too much theory to amateurs (like me) goes in one ear and out the other. Very grateful for videos like these.

[kalinamasash]

Just good for me . First sound was so perfect for my feelings I stayed with You -Thank You Greetings from Poland .

[seiph]

Running to my keyboard now... love it! Thanks!

[CrowClouds]

My favorite jazz channel, favorite teachers! Pretty notes! Root, shell, pretty notes. Makes sense

[rajmusiclearning]

You made it very simple, crisp, fine and beautiful. This session really has a lot of ingredients in to to cherish. Thankyou so much.

[noiemaker]

It seems so hard to break away from classical/rock/pop playing to get into the good Jazz stuff, but this helps a lot. Thanks Peter!

[RalphBrooker-gniv]

This has been very helpful. Your colleague gave a related video and Root/Shell/Pretty. I’m currently going through major7 & minor7 with 9th + 11th extensions going through 4ths. I don’t read well being self taught. I have a decent understanding of degrees. But this video has helped and motivated me to read more. Thank you.

[rodcoombes]

Great lesson clear concise and well explained for jazz beginners like me.Thanks.

[FirstnameLastname-xihh]

I have learned a lot online from some great pianists but you are something else. A thousand thank yous. I'll buy one of your courses.

[jesuswept]

Beautiful my friend. Love hanging round with you guys since i got my piano 5 days ago. Very very helpful - totally fulfilling. Thank you.

[rufs]

Just discovered Open Studio (Peter's videos) and you really come into your own level of how well you teach here. Gotta thank you because sometimes there's concepts I don't understand at home without my music teacher! The video was informative and entertaining, unlike many other videos covering the same topic.

[erikkihss]

This is a great lesson, but I also think that for beginning jazz students a thorough knowledge of intervals up to 13 and how to build chords in 3rds and their inversions (too often dismissed by modern teachers as "corny") is essential in understanding and hearing the basic sound of these chords.

[NeillWylie]

As a beginner, this root, shell pretty helped me understand so much! Thanks for this video. What a top lad.