Four Awesome Major Chord Voicings for Piano

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Four Awesome Major Chord Voicings for Piano

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10 жыл бұрын

Four Awesome Major Chord Voicings for Piano takes as an example the C major chord and presents four different useful, mature-sounding voicings, ranging from a closed cluster major chord voicing all the way to a very open, modern sounding voicing. These let you spice up your piano playing.
This chord voicing concepts presented in the current piano lesson are tightly tied in to an older video of mine discussing similar ideas, but in the context of minor (not major) chords:
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What Four Major Chord Voicings are Shown?
Form 1: C G (LH), A B D E (RH)
Form 2: C G (LH), C D E G (RH)
Form 3: C G B (LH), D E G B (RH)
Form 4: C G D (LH), E B E (RH)
Form 4B: E C (LH), G C D G (RH)
Each of these voicings basically "dresses up" each chord with additional notes to enhance its frequency content:
Form 1: This is actually a Cmaj9 add 13
Form 2: This is a C add 2
Form 3: This is a Cmaj9
Form 4: This is a Cmaj9
Form 4B: This is a C add 2
Who is this Lesson Aimed At?
This lesson is aimed at piano players interested in expanding their major chord voicing vocabulary. Although some theoretical concepts are discussed throughout the video, YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW ANY THEORY to make use of the forms presented! Just watch, listen and copy what I play, and enjoy! These chord voicings are not difficult to play and do not require any special piano technique.
Which Chord Voicing Should I Use?
The choice of voicing will be determined largely on the context: cluster (close-spaced) chords will tend to evoke a darker mood. The more open voicings might fit in with a more ambient setting. It's really up to you as a piano player to experiment with them in different settings. Many times switching between more closed / more open voicings will create an interesting musical contrast. For example: play the closed form (Form 1) C major chord voicing, and then switch to the open form (Form 4) for F major. Do not overuse any one particular form, or your listeners will get bored.
Don't forget, to use these ideas for piano you must practice, Practice, PRACTICE. Transpose each and every major chord voicing form to all possible chords. Be able to play all forms immediately, and you will be rewarded with the ability to switch between them on the fly, as well as begin to think for yourself on ways for coming up with additional ideas!
More About Chord Voicings from Wikipedia:
"In music composition and arranging, a voicing is the instrumentation and vertical spacing and ordering of the pitches in a chord (which notes are on the top or in the middle, which ones are doubled, which octave each is in, and which instruments or voices perform each). Which note is on the bottom determines the inversion. Voicing is 'the manner in which one distributes, or spaces, notes and chords among the various instruments" and spacing or "simultaneous vertical placement of notes in relation to each other.'"
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Related Videos/Playlists:
My channel has many additional piano tutorial videos which I welcome you to check out. The main channel page is:
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Here's an interesting video about voicing the 2-5-1 progression:
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How to modulate between keys using the 2-5-1 progression:
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Learn to play Bach's Prelude in C major:
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My playlist of inspiring piano harmony, chord and voicing tips and tricks:
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(Inside you will find additional major chord voicing ideas for piano!)

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@shalomshendre 9 жыл бұрын

MangoldProject I have been playing keys for a very long time, but I never had a tutor as I am a self taught keyboardist. For a very long time I have been searching for Lot of videos that can help me with my playing skills. Just want to encourage you that your way of teaching is the easiest to grasp and I am sure learning lot of things from your videos. Don't stop posting videos. People like us who are self taught really need basics and help which is explained in the easiest form. I really thank God for you. God bless you my friend. You truly are a Blessing to my life.

@MangoldProject 9 жыл бұрын

+shalom shendre Wow that is very high praise. I am very humbled. Thank you!

@Musicbypinge 7 жыл бұрын

i so agree. this was really helpfull as myself are selftaught. gonna practise alot with this!

@smahady7599 4 жыл бұрын

@@MangoldProject Same thing here. Self-taught, learning from your videos everyday. When we learn in bliss, we can only bless the teacher.

@Gelfxalerts 2 жыл бұрын

Im also self taught and play a lot of praise and worship songs and i want to improve on voicing of all 12 keys, it be greatly appreciated if you can share videos or tutorials around voicing of all 12 keys.

@ocean457 6 жыл бұрын

just wanted to add... since I discovered this video (5 days ago) + ur channel, I've been practising everyday your voicings. Once I master all these 5 voicings I'll go to ur minor voicings video. They're beautiful for songwriting. I love ur shit! Thank you my brother

@MangoldProject 6 жыл бұрын

Cool! My **** is the best :)

@MikeKarns 7 жыл бұрын

I have been playing for years, but never too late to learn something new. In Levine's 'Jazz Piano' book, he emphasizes voicings. Now I know why! Thanks for the helpful lesson.

@MangoldProject 10 жыл бұрын

That's true. I'm actually thinking of making a tutorial about rootless voicings, (Bill Evans style), where the root isn't featured at all. Stay tuned!

@dark5hadow 10 жыл бұрын

i must admit that these chord are amazing to hear! sounds melancholic and hopefull at the same time. by the way, that reminds me The legend of Zelda ! occarina of time title theme

@wowerman 7 жыл бұрын

Voicing on Strings sounds fantastic especially for creating atmosphere and warm vibe.Great for some Electronic dance music.

@William_sJazzLoft 10 жыл бұрын

I have a weakness for these chords as well. I love how you demonstrated the similarity between them and the minor ninth and the minor 11th. I'm still learning practical applications of the chords. Excellent video

@DJmisterpeluca 4 жыл бұрын

0:48 *intro of Ocarina of Time starts playing*

@SvenArneRasmussen 9 жыл бұрын

Most useful lessons I've come across! Loving these series. As a learned by ear player, and not able to read notes this is improving my playing alot! Thanks.

@MangoldProject 10 жыл бұрын

Much obliged. Just like in the real world: ask two piano teachers to teach you the same concept and you'll get two different lessons! That's why it's nice to have all of these options here on KZfaq :)

@johnbresnik 9 жыл бұрын

Very nice - I like your voicings. Here's another C major chord voicing: LH: B-flat E A and RH: DGC

@danfossard 9 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I love the sound of those chords. I'm grade 4 but I still have so much to learn. Thanks for the tutorial. Gonna go and practise these.

@MangoldProject 9 жыл бұрын

Dan Fossard Thanks Dan. Practice until your fingers fall off :)

@poposki100 10 жыл бұрын

you are the best, I get along with your tutorials more than any tutorial on KZfaq. Thanks a lot for sharing//

@caroserrano3331 8 жыл бұрын

your lessons are just great, thank you so much!!!

@MangoldProject 8 жыл бұрын

+KARÍTO SERRANO You're welcome. Glad you enjoy them.

@michaelthomheadley 7 жыл бұрын

1:30 sounds like Spirited Away

@nitaibee8306 4 жыл бұрын

You’re amazing ♥️

@israelrivera835 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Maestro!

@RaveenaAroraOfficial 8 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for making these videos. they are helping me a lot! you're doing a great job :)

@tarstad 10 жыл бұрын

Thank`s for taking the time to showing us. Great! :)

@MangoldProject 10 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@ocean457 6 жыл бұрын

Old video... and awesome. and yeah. these voicings absolutely pretty. Thank U

@Melgashi 10 жыл бұрын

You are amazing, thank you very much for all of your videos. Really, thanks

@assaftal9035 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind comment, Gabriel.

@calwebb6437 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Easy to learn from your teaching

@sylvandelacruz 7 жыл бұрын

That was an awesome lesson. Gosh, I've been playing just over a year and I accompany myself singing using more basic voicings than this, but would really love to play rich jazz chords while I sings. I guess I just have to practice and keep learning every day right?

@LawrinMaxwellsmpc500 10 жыл бұрын

Brother you continue to impress! Nice voicing

@patbreacadh 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool voicings.

@MangoldProject 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniel.

@stilliving 8 жыл бұрын

I love the way you bring the rationale into your lessons to make musical sense of what you're sharing. What keyboard are you using?

@MangoldProject 8 жыл бұрын

+stilliving Thanks. It's a Roland RD700-GX (now superseded by the RD800).

@mirdesai4875 6 жыл бұрын

Your patch is so delicious!

@ricardogalleguillosquispe2336 7 жыл бұрын

Excelente hermano Dios te bendiga mucho saludos desde Chile, grandioso y espectacular aporte

@afi6061 Жыл бұрын

Great vid. 👏

@ookookook 10 жыл бұрын

Excellent video sir

@Omar29 8 жыл бұрын

excellent explanation.

@divyeshpatel6959 4 жыл бұрын

You are Awesome bro..

@JoeDoe2 5 жыл бұрын

Is it fair to say that for the songwriter who will never perform their own music which contains lyrics, they can just learn all the many chord concepts in just one key, rather than all keys, then transpose it to fit the vocal range of the singer, assuming the songwriter is lucky enough to have someone interested in their song? When using sequencing software or modern keyboard, there's the transpose button for whatever key you need. What am I missing here?

@Cooper349 Жыл бұрын

What you are missing is the will to learn music, study and to put efford in it.

@declarkson 8 жыл бұрын

I am hooked on your classes! Thankyou, and what keyboard are you using, it is soooo beautiful ! thankyou :):):)

@Dedisurbakti 10 жыл бұрын

thanks sir for your vid,it help a lot for my son

@DICACIO1 4 жыл бұрын

6:36 Actually, that's an E' minor 13 chord, since you're playing the Root E, minor 7th, doubling the minor 3rds and doubling 13th notes in that huge chord 😎 cheers! 🎹👍🎵

@gabethebabe8187 4 жыл бұрын

You can think about it like that, but that’s actually just a rootless voicing for a C chord

@damianorrett6903 9 жыл бұрын

These are great tutorials to build any beginner player!

@MangoldProject 9 жыл бұрын

+Damian Orrett Thanks Damian! Do my best :)

@RaveenaAroraOfficial 8 жыл бұрын

but these are not for beginners right?

@cacauceluque 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice voicings! Do you have some Bossa Nova voicings videos? Thx

@ylevol12 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such great tutorial videos.. :)

@Bugsy-gd4nt 10 жыл бұрын

best piano tutor ever , just a little question do you play blues boogie woogie stuff like that ?

@MangoldProject 10 жыл бұрын

Not that much, although I can manage when pushed into a corner and threatened with a pitchfork :).

@Bugsy-gd4nt 10 жыл бұрын

it would be a cool vid you play great man still practising thanks learn'ent alot

@kaytkeys9865 6 жыл бұрын

Bugsy001 how r u

@hellmuth26 10 жыл бұрын

i'm a real sucker for these types of chords when they have the major 3rd in the bass. so sad and melancholy, but beautiful at the same time.

@escaperatrace4134 9 жыл бұрын

thank you. great video. You explained it very well

@MangoldProject 9 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@dwaynet89able 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Such a great video

@MangoldProject 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dewayne!

@and_I_am_Life_the_fixer_of_all 9 жыл бұрын

great job! Helps me so much on getting my mind off piano

@sylvandelacruz 6 жыл бұрын

Sometimes (probably because I've been playing for just 2 years) I have a minimalist voicing thing going, and I'm also singing. Anything I should keep in mind when voicing chords when I'm accompanying myself singing? Thanks!

@moisesdedeus5257 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!!!

@MangoldProject 10 жыл бұрын

Koji Kondo, Ocarina's composer, uses the same 12 notes as the rest of us mortals :) (yes, I've wasted many hours on that one ... ). It's interesting that some chord voicings sound so different when played with, say, strings compared to piano.

@Silas_150 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video thanks

@Musicsandeep9702 5 жыл бұрын

Very good sir

@moritzk.5755 6 жыл бұрын

It's very easy to understand and memorize, but quite difficult to change between different voicings.. do you have a practicing tip (apart from doing it over and over again)?

@MangoldProject 6 жыл бұрын

Nope :). For practicing, try to do it in different keys and change them randomly as you play (e.g. voicing 1 in C, voicing 4 in F#, voicing 2 in G, voicing 3 in B, voicing 4 in Ab, etc ... ). Within a week or two you should become at least semi-fluent.

@Bach432hz 10 жыл бұрын

thank you so much

@lejoesebastian4072 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Sir, This lesson was really helpful.There is so much you can do with it.Thankyou Sir☺.i am not able to find the lesson on minor chord voicing can somebody help me with the link

@MangoldProject 6 жыл бұрын

Did I mention there's an equivalent lesson on minor chords?

@lejoesebastian4072 6 жыл бұрын

yes sir,in this video you said there is another video which speaks about this same concept but with Minor chords.i couldnt find it though.is there anything similar for minor chords.once again i really appreciate your efforts and thankyou for your teaching.have a great day.☺

@Gelfxalerts 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have videos of voicing for all 12 keys?

@rickyguitarman3839 9 жыл бұрын

awesome tips!!!! thx u

@SonOfTheHenry 8 жыл бұрын

kinda confused on what voicings are. like how did all of those chords have anything to do with c maj?

@MangoldProject 8 жыл бұрын

They're all variations on C major (and its different extensions, such as Cmaj9, etc ... ).

@chrissguitarchannel 7 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I think your title is misleading. These aren't different voicings of the C major chord, they're actually different chords that can be substituted for the simple C major chord in certain contexts. It's a small but important difference.

@NEWREALITYNOW 7 жыл бұрын

thats debatable, I've used this tutorial as voicing for C Major. It depends the context.

@jrsmoots 8 жыл бұрын

Now I see where the Minecraft music is coming from :) Well done!

@MangoldProject 8 жыл бұрын

+jrsmoots Never played Minecraft, but like I said, you find this sort of progression *everywhere*

@danielandrespat 10 жыл бұрын

nice

@user-eo3vh5gq7o 5 жыл бұрын

Hi mangold project , Is voicing=inversion?

@omarberry7041 8 жыл бұрын

how can i download these sweet thing

@sectumsempraful 10 жыл бұрын

You're great :)

@MangoldProject 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alister, I appreciate it :).

@yungifez 3 жыл бұрын

I thought that third one was cmaj 7 add 9

@adalianventura-trinidad4089 6 жыл бұрын

I ❤ how you play👌🏽

@MangoldProject 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adalian!

@MikeyBeatzTV 8 жыл бұрын

got any for minor chords

@MangoldProject 8 жыл бұрын

Not yet ;)

@mdlindsey 5 жыл бұрын

What piano is that?

@Colombiamusicalacade 9 жыл бұрын

EL MEJOR

@Daniel32396 3 жыл бұрын

This is hard.

@funnygirl100heyjude 4 жыл бұрын

Love this but I can't play a 9th in one hand! An octave is my max :'(

@MangoldProject 4 жыл бұрын

No worries. I'm sure that if you keep playing it'll come.

@umaraniyababubhaihimatbhai6035 Жыл бұрын

Rytham vidio

@deivyklyermanstovinsky3269 9 жыл бұрын

mucho hablan y poco enseñan

@karisi.davoglio4243 8 жыл бұрын

thank you man, but you really need to quit chewing on your candy . When you speak it really ticks people off!

@MangoldProject 8 жыл бұрын

+Kiki Davoglio Who are those people you speak of?