Guitar
How Jazz Pianists and Guitarists Can Play Together
A while back I was playing a monthly gig at a jazz club here in New York City, and afterwards the pianist came up...
Piano
Encyclopedia of Two-Hand Jazz Piano Voicings
Two-Hand piano voicings are essential for jazz pianists when comping behind melodists and soloists. This is an short "encyclopedia" with 1-2 voicings for most...
Piano
Encyclopedia of Left-Hand Jazz Piano Voicings
This PDF will be a BIG help to many jazz pianists and other instrumentalists who want to get better at voicing chords in their left...
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Two Beginning Jazz Piano Voicings
I recently did a post about 12 beginning jazz guitar voicings. I'm following up that post with this article on beginning jazz piano voicings.After...
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Left-Hand Piano Voicings for ii-V7-I’s
Left-hand rootless piano voicings were an innovation introduced by numerous piano players in the 1950s. Rootless left-hand voicings are considered to be essential, must-know voicings by...
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Learning Weekly Jazz Voicings
Pianists and guitarists need to know a LOT of different voicings in order to function. I suggest working a new voicing into your bag...
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Bill Dobbin’s Evolution of Solo Jazz Piano
Bill Dobbins is an extraordinary jazz pianist with a spectacular ability to convincingly sound like ANY other jazz pianist. These are two of the...
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Jazz Chords For Dummies
Probably one of the most prominent characteristics of jazz music is it's rich harmony. As opposed to many other forms of music, it's full...
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Piano Fingerings for Dorian Minor Scales
The Dorian Minor Scale is a very useful scale; it is arguably the most useful minor scale for jazz musicians. It is the top scale...
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Piano Fingerings for 15 Natural Minor Scales
Recently we put up the piano fingerings for the major scales. It is important for all musicians to familiarize themselves with scales, and learning...