Jazz Piano Resources
Jazz Harmony Terms & Definitions
The Chord Symbol
Understanding Intervals
The Four Basic Triads
The Two Basic Sixth Chords
The Five Basic Seventh Chords
The Five Basic Ninth Chords
The Five Basic Eleventh Chords
The Five Basic Thirteenth Chords
Diatonic Triads (Major Scale)
Diatonic Triads (Melodic Minor)
Diatonic Triads (Harmonic Minor)
Diatonic Seventh Chords (Major Scale)
Diatonic Seventh Chords (Melodic Minor)
Diatonic Seventh Chords (Harmonic Minor)
Modes of the Major Scale
Modes of the Melodic Minor
Modes of the Harmonic Minor
Harmonization Guidelines
Chord Substitutions
The Tritone Substitution
II-V-I Substitutions
Three Musical Forces: Gravity, Magnetism, and Inertia
Basic Progressions
Diatonic Chord Progressions
Primary and Secondary Dominant Chord Scales
Descending Fifth Progression Voicings
Modal Interchange
Modal Interchange Definitions
Mixture Chords (Modal Interchange)
Practice Tips
Techniques for Improving Soloing
Using the Metronome for Jazz
Understanding Piano Arrangements
Basic Rhythms for Jazz Improvisation
Pentatonic Voicings
Over the Rainbow: Basic Harmonization
Over the Rainbow: Ascending Chromatic Bass Line Harmonization
Over the Rainbow: Descending 5th Harmonization with Applied Dominants
Over the Rainbow: Descending Chromatic Bass Line Harmonization
Over the Rainbow: Applied and Passing Diminished Seventh Chords
Over The Rainbow: Applied II-V-I Harmonization
Over the Rainbow: II-Vs and II-V-Is With Tritone Substitutions
Over the Rainbow: Non-Functional Harmony
Over the Rainbow
Left Hand Voicings and Approaches
Left Hand Voicing: General Guidelines
Four Note Left Hand II-V-I Voicings (Major)
Four Note Left Hand II-V-I Voicings (Minor)
“All The Things You Are” Left Hand Voicings #1 (With Melody)
“All The Things You Are” Left Hand Voicings #2 (With Melody)
“Anthropology” Left Hand Voicings
“Autumn Leaves” With Basic Left Hand Voicings
“Autumn Leaves” With Left Hand Passing Chord Voicings
“Autumn Leaves” With Two Note Left Hand Voicings
“Beatrice” Left Hand Voicings
“Black Orpheus” Left Hand Voicings (With Melody)
“Blue Bossa” Left Hand Four Note Voicings
“C Jam Blues” Left Hand Voicings (3rds & 7ths)
“C Jam Blues” Left Hand Four Note Voicings
“Just Friends” Left Hand Voicings 1
“Just Friends” Left Hand Voicings 2
“Misty” Left Hand Voicings (Basic)
“Misty” Left Hand Voicings (9ths & 13ths)
“Misty” (Chart With Fingerings)
“One Note Samba” Basic Left Hand Voicings
“One Note Samba” Left Hand Voicings #2
Rhythm Changes Left Hand Four Note Voicings #1
Rhythm Changes Left Hand Four Note Voicings #2
“Softly As A Morning Sunrise” Left Hand Voicings (Basic)
“Softly As A Morning Sunrise” Left Hand Voicings (Advanced)
“Solar” Left Hand Voicings
“Stella By Starlight” Left Hand Voicings
“The Nearness of You” Left Hand Voicings
“When I Fall In Love” Left Hand Voicings (7th Chords)
“Yesterdays” Left Hand Voicings
Ascending Second Progressions (Left Hand)
Descending Third Progressions (Left Hand)
Descending Fifth Progressions (Left Hand)
Left Hand Stride Piano Approaches
Left Hand Stride Piano (Basic Approaches)
Circle of Fifths Chord Progression – Left Hand Stride
“‘Deed I Do” – Left Hand Stride Example
“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” – Left Hand Stride Example
Studies & Exercises
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