As a guitarist, this is invaluable. Amazing. Really glad I found your channel!

The way I learned the rootless LH voicings was by drilling the 2-5-1 progression all 12 keys. First the A's then the B's. Once that was down pat, then came the 2-5alt-1 again in every key. At that point the hand takes over and you don't really have think about it.

These videos are like gold. What a nice clear explanation. Thank you

Aimee, you have a great personality and a deep and broad knowledge of the idiom. That's what makes learning from you such a positive experience. I was looking at a Jazz Chord symbols pdf and I lifted the following quote out of it, In Jazz, most chords are voiced with four pitches (regardless of the chord) and are played in the left hand near middle C. In combination with this tutorial, I think I have the keys to the Jazz Kingdom :)

4:23 is an absolute mind blow moment.

Best lesson on open and close voicing that I've been looking for, thanks Aimee. Now all I have to do is trying to memorize those chords progression.

A good explanation of two different types of voicings, and the tune is well-chosen for this. Your "closed" 9th- and 13th-based voicings are what I originally learned through the Aebersold method, and for "open" voicings I strongly recommend the book by Frank Mantooth. Not sure if I missed it in your tutorial but three important things for the pianist to remember are (1) it matters how long your chords ring when you comp, (2) most amateur pianists use too much pedal, and (3) consider varying the relative loudness of the notes in the chord, that changes their musical color.

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thank you for this, i know the close voicings but you opened my eyes to the open, can't wait to practice this, again, thanks for inspiring.

This is so good!! Thank you Aimee for sharing with us this wonderful video! You are such a good teacher and pianist!

I'm learning so much with your videos! THANK YOU!

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Thanks for another great lesson! You are a good teacher and you explain things so clear. I feel like you are releasing all these secrets I've always wondering about it

Great explanation

Found this very clear and useful, Aimee. And I like your singing, by the way....😊

Thank you so much for this video! SO helpful.

I love this. Thank you . subscribed, liked.

On my piano and guitar I always organize myself around 1-2m-3m-4-5-6m-7dim. This is very much dominant in rock and pop in the decades 50s-60s-70s and 80s. I love pop music from this era. I think it's really great how you organize yourself for the jazz you're playing on piano. You're a genius Aimee :)

Great idea practicing in all 12 keys also LIKE the LARGE picture of piano that helps also when I practice a tune or solo i a have a drum machine or metronome on it helps to know if i am in time. I try to play with other people because jazz is about playing with other people not yourself . When I mean other people i mean people like you that are excellent

Thanks Aimee!

Very helpful! Thanks!

Thanks yo. I needed this.

Rootless voicing clearly explained ❤️ from India

This is a terrific video. Just seen your video tutorial on learning memorising the chords in 2 5 1 progressions using a dice (pianing?) and this complements that tutorial really well. Thanks.

The best explanation I've ever seen. No drop 2 voicing, cause this way is much is easier!!!

There are loads of useful music instructions on KZfaq that never show up until I know enough to know what to look for

Very direct information to practice on 🙂 Would you like to do a tutorial on harmonizing the melody in the right hand while doing solo piano? Maybe in a jazz and a pop piano context too? Thanks for shearing these great videos.

Thanks a million for your tutorials, Aimee! I am wondering why the 9th in minor chords works. I always thought that the minor 3rd clashes with the 9th. It is the same with the 11th in major chords. Can you explain it, please?

Hi Aimee~thanks for all the great content! Really appreciate it. Could you do a tutorial on ear training and transcribing? I have been transcribing for a year by now and have improved a lot in notating horn players' lines right off the bat. However, when I try to transcribe piano voicings, they take literally FOREVER... I spend like an afternoon in front of the piano and only figure out the precise notes of 3 or 4 bars (trial and error over and over). It's really taking up a lot of my time (dont got much of that QAQ) , which I would rather spend practicing other skills (creating ideas, stabilizing time, controlling touch and etc.). BTW, I would like to think that my jazz harmony theory basis is sound since Ive studied Mark Levines Jazz theory and Jazz piano and a few other books from Andy LaVerne. Thanks again for the marvelous videos, it's really refreshing to see a jazz pro willing to help out and share experiences, love all your clips~~

I'd like you to show how to play the beginning of Carol Kings "It's Too Late" and Simply Reds "Holding Back The Years" ........I love these two songs and would love to learn how to play it from watching you play it. Thanks !

This is great! Really helps me understand how to apply your Jazz Bible tips. Thank you! How would you do this differently if you were playing solo piano, and needed to do both melody and bass?

Hey thanks again! You are great to share these lessons! Would you do a video on practicing and developing independence of time/rhythm?

Wonderful video - thanks for putting this together. Your examples clarify and bring to life the comp voicings found in Mark Levine's great Jazz Piano book. I definitely notice that stacked fourth voicings, including those with an augmented 4th in the lower part of the voicing, seem to resonate more and sound more lush.

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That is an interesting way to think about the chords at 2:46 because I thought that you can keep the note E at the top but I guess the bottom note would have to move further to d. Can you share to comment on this? Do you also have lessons on rhythm such as learning syncopated rhythms? I like what you did at 7:56 but I am not that good with rhythm. Can I keep that E at the top?

You are great!!:-)

So, it just seems to me that comping under another soloist or vocalist is easier than for one's self. This is good.

Thanks Aimee! Jacobi's new IHarmU with you led me to discover your awesome skills and your awesome channel!

Awesome, once again! Thanks. Question. If I'll never have a bass player should I play the root on the bottom most of the time?

Hey Aimee..I've become obsessed now with how you teach voicings..my missing link!!! I purchased your Tune A Week Chart and am seeing that's EXACTLY what I've been needing to do...break away from all the damn exercises and put this stuff to work in real tunes. Quick question about the note choices in this video... I'm seing in this video that for two handed rootless you're using the 13th rather than the 5th...did I get that right??? Thanks kevin

The first chord (at 1:58) instantly reminded me of the very beginning of Miles Davis's version of Round Midnight. As far as I can tell, they're not the same chord, but somehow I heard Miles, et al., playing the intro (in my head). Not sure why my ear/brain makes these connections sometimes.

Hi Aimee ，When I comp for singer，can i use close voicing？because Im used to play bass LH and close voicing RH together，when my LH dont play bass，my timing always not accurate，how can fix it？3q！

This is perfect Aimee and just what I was looking for. One final question if I may. What voicings would you use for a minor 2-5-1? Thanks so much for all the help you give us!!

I can see Aimee sitting at the piano all twisted up!

Hi thanks! If looking to play solo piano, is it really useful aim to learn and practice rootless voicings? I understand it is a must for comping or in a band. But there is so much to learn that I wonder if that is really needed. I have seen opposite views on that or hybrids like "yes, but rootless for your right hand". Which us your opinion on that if I may? Please have a great new year!

thank you!! is it the same voicing for minor 2-5-1? the 9th of a diminished sounds a little off.. should it be b9? and if so what is the voicing of the following dominant?

I've always wondered how the pros comp under themselves. Closed voicings, huh? Thx

Maybe it's stupid question, but what should i do with dim and aug chords, where 5 is important?

Hey Aimee, thx for your stuff, it's great. That app ur using - did you create the chord charts or are they available in the app?

This is a great place to start. I've been looking for something you've said on six note voicings but haven't found any. Am I missing it or do you have any recommendations?

Applying the example to Autumn Leaves, the 9 of II is the Major third of the key centre, even though the key is Minor. Is this a deliberate 'rub'? In soloing on AL I mostly avoid this note apart from as a tritone sub in bar 2. Maybe I need to play some more, but it still doesn't sound right to me in the final II(mb57) V I.

Good day Aimee.What kind of app do you have on your phone(harmony,chords, transpose).May be you have advice ..Real Thanks.

Why did you include the major 7th in your F6 chord @ 7:01? I guess by that token, I should also ask why you included the 9th and 13th in all of these chords too thanks for the great exercise idea

Are there any special voicings for minor and major triads without 7ths? For example, Autumn Leaves in the Real Book has an Em (no 7th) - how is that usually played in jazz?

Why voice only with the 3rd or 7th on bottom? Why not any note (5th, 9th, etc.), whichever works best for voice-leading?

Thank you very much madam I so much enjoy your class each time, may God reward you,

3rd and 7th on the bottom. Gotta do some ii_v_i's

Which of two concepts would you recommend a beginner/intermediate pianist to practice between for great results? One tune in a different key every week for 12 weeks, or one new tune every week for 12 weeks in one key only?

Aimee could you provide a recommendation for a you tube educator like yourself but for beginners and intermediate? By sight and ear? Thanks

do you think you can do a video on improvising?

why do you play the D-7 at 6:10 as 3-5-7-9 and not 3-13-7-9? edit: you do that for all the minor chords as far as I can tell. so I guess the 3-7-9-13 rule only applies to the major chords? (maybe you said that but I don't think you did. sorry if that's the case!)

What if I have no bad player because I'm playing alone, should I add the root somehow? maybe in the right hand?

If you’re playing solo jazz piano, would you still voice these chords without the root?

Okay, so, if I understand correctly, as a pianist, I shouldn't play the root or the fifth because that's bass territory? Because you seem to be playing the third, seventh, ninth and thirteen. I'm relatively new to jazz piano so I'm just wondering. Also, have you ever made a video about where it's okay to put 11s and where to use 13s? Because I've watched some about that subject, but you explain everything in a way I can easily understand so I'm just wondering. Thank you, keep up the good work!

Is it ok to play 3-5-7-9 instead of 3-6-7-9 like you play sometimes?

what application you used for searching chords at your phone ?

I see you're using a 13 instead of a fifth in all the places i normally use a fifth....I suppose not only does it add a little more jazzy flavour but it probably means it will sound better when the bass is playing the fifth (as well as the root of course) so the fifth is never doubled up ... Is that the idea behind that?

1:58 If that's g7 then i'm out of mind. For me g7 chord contents a g note lol

What is that app you are using and is it available for Android?

How come you add the 9th in all the chords? I must have missed the explanation sorry

Is the I Real Pro app worth buying?

What if you don’t have a base player

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What is the name the art piece?

Can't I just add the root note in a cluster pattern?

Why add a 9 and 13 when it says G7?

What about the dope ass Monk voicings?

What scale were you using to solo at 8:20?

While I am a big fan of this channel, (and this is actually my favourite video) I have to say that I disagree with the use of the natural 9th and 13th on the Am7 and D7. Why stray any farther from the original key than absolutely necessary? Barry Harris backs me up here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/abximLGZnde7hqM.html Most pianists I hear just play the root instead of the 9th on the Am7. (It's really just an alternate for the I chord). Sorry for being so nitpicking. I love the channel and respect your playing.

Use substitutes

This seems so simple and yet ... are there rules whereby the 9/11/13 are favored over the 1/3/5/7 ?

It’s possible. You need a second camera, like an ipad..

If you are using extentions you should say the complete name of the chord.For example, for G7 you are using G13.

Is it just me or Aimee is just the hottest piano teacher. Love you mami. Thanks for this.

enjoyed your music programmes however cant see EGAD (7th ,9th, 3rd, 6th) resolving nicely from the two and Five positions you used in demonstrating first couple of bars of "But not for me" the C (5th) should be on top as it resolves better. and is commonly used in 4note left hand two five ones for the key of F major. sounds more like the One of Key of C Major

You are very pretty. Especially when you sing.

blowing my mind that your playing these chords and the root not just isnt there o.0

Your lesson, of course, assumes your students have mastered a rudimentary knowledge of intervals in all keys.. You'll display, for example, a Fmaj7, but you'll play an E G A D as comp, and since I've been noodling on the piano for awhile, I instantly know you've played a 7th, 9th, 3rd, and 6th (you called it a 13) as comp for the Fmaj7 , but are your students as well versed in intervals that they can easily follow you? Switch chords , and the numeric values for each note switch to the key of the chord, not the key of the song. So, I'm assuming your students are intermediate/advanced. I played guitar for 45 years, so I know the notes, but piano, though I've been noodling on it ( just for composing purposes ) I haven't taken the piano that serious, which is why I find your lessons informative, filling in gaps in my learning. BTW, i much prefer the G7 over the Gm7, and i believe that was Gershwin's choice. I'm for learning the lyrics because singers know where they are in a song by lyrics, more than "a section, b section, etc". like musicians do.

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