Piano Chords

Playing Dominant 7th Chords on the Piano

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In this video, we're going to discuss how to build dominant seventh chords. A dominant seventh chord sounds like this. This is a C7. Oftentimes they're written just as the letter C and then a number 7 next to them. You'll see them, very common in the blues progressio ... Go to Full Lesson

Playing Major 7th Chords on the Piano

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In this video, we're going to talk about major seventh chords, as opposed to dominant seven chords, and a major seventh chord uses just what it's called, a major seventh in it. So if you talk about a C major seven, let's first start with the C major triad, which we discuss ... Go to Full Lesson

Playing Suspended Chords on the Piano

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In this video, we're going to discuss suspended chords. We're going to just simplify them just in how you would see them in regards to a triad. So if you're talking about a C major triad, sometimes you'll see on a music sheet it says Csus4. What that means is C suspended ... Go to Full Lesson

Piano Lesson: 4 Note ii-V-I Left Hand Voicings

The piano voicings shown in this video are ideal to use with your left hand while soloing or while playing a melody.  None of these voicings contain the root note which is why these are ideal to use when playing with a bass player.  In this video we discuss the 'A' version of these 4 note voicings.  As mentioned, there is an ... Go to Full Lesson

Guide to 3 Note ii-V-I Chord Progressions on the Piano

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We're just going to go over the very basics of two-five-one progressions, which is the foundation of jazz. Most songs are based off this progression. We're going to do our first two-five-one progression in the key of C, so it's going to include a D minor ... Go to Full Lesson

Piano Lesson: 3 Note ii-V-I Voicings in all Keys

Ahh the famous ii-V-I progression.  If you've started to dig into jazz piano at all you've likely come across this progression.  The best way to start learning how to play over it is to start with simple chord voicings.  In this video, the voicings consist of 3 notes:  the root note, the 3rd and the 7th. 

Th ... Go to Full Lesson

Building Major and Minor Triads

The key point in this video is that if you understand the interval relationships between each note of a triad, you'll be able to easily form a triad in any key, anywhere on the piano.

For major triads, the interval numbers to remember are three and two.  This means that between the bottom and middle notes of the triad, you will have three keys ... Go to Full Lesson

Using 4th Chords on the Piano

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In this video, we're going to talk about fourth chords, and these are common in a lot of modal jazz songs, and one of my favorite sounds. They really kind of give it more of an open sound and give you a lot of harmonic freedom. So the best way to start with these types of voicing ... Go to Full Lesson