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Fourth Voicings for Jazz Piano. If your playing sounds bland, try this instead Jazz Tutorial
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What is a Fourth Voicing?Fourth voicings are when you take an ordinary chord (that would normally be built in thirds), and you spread out its notes in fourths, instead of thirds.For example, C major 7 would normally be played C E G B, each note plays a third above the note below it.But you could play C major 7 using a fourth voicing, where you would play B E A D G C (typically the bass player would play the chord's root note below the voicing, which would be C).What type of Jazz chords can I ...
What is a Fourth Voicing?Fourth voicings are when you take an ordinary chord (that would normally be built in thirds), and you spread out its notes in fourths, instead of thirds.For example, C major 7 would normally be played C E G B, each note plays a third above the note below it.But you could play C major 7 using a fourth voicing, where you would play B E A D G C (typically the bass player would play the chord's root note below the voicing, which would be C).What type of Jazz chords can I ...
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