Chord Voicing for Beginners: Colourful Piano Chords Using Fifths
Voice chords with wide intervals and build richer harmony while keeping control and clarity For piano beginners who accompany themselves or others, this technique helps you voice chords using wide intervals while keeping the right hand steady. It’s a refreshing change from the usual triad approach. For intermediate players, it also opens up ways to build more complex harmony by using intervals in relation to the bass register 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) - https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 🏡 Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube ▶️ Related Videos & Playlists 🌊 The Floating Fifth Chord - https://youtu.be/bmrApCiDeJ4 🎤 Piano Voicing Techniques - https://youtu.be/mgkPhQaVaQQ 🎹 Chord Voicings for Piano - https://youtu.be/r8B8dTIQX1I 📖 Chord Voicing & Inversions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://www.nathanielschool.com/ 📚 All our YouTube lessons categorised by skill level, topic and genre: https://www.nathanielschool.com/free-tutorials ⏳ 00:00:00 - Performance 00:01:19 - What we will learn? 00:01:50 - Building Harmony 00:02:34 - Fifth Interval using D 00:03:38 - Floating the Bass 00:03:58 - One Semitone Up 00:04:39 - Eb Lydian Sound 00:05:23 - One step down - D/C# 00:06:37 - A Tone Up to E 00:07:56 - A Tone below D to C 00:09:12 - D/C - Lydian Vibe 00:10:07 - Minor 3rd up and down 00:10:45 - The Minor 7th Hack 00:11:27 - Easier to play the Normal Triads & Sevenths 00:12:03 - Dm/F 00:12:14 - D/F# 00:12:45 - Down a Major 3rd - Bb Major 7th 00:13:01 - The Bass is Driving the Harmony 00:14:06 - Improvising over the Bass notes 00:15:09 - Perfect 4th Up 00:15:24 - Major & Minor Add 9 00:16:11 - The Double Dissonance Issue of the Tritone 00:17:20 - Perfect 5th Perfect 4th 00:18:31 - The Traditional Approach 00:18:59 - The Whole Exploration on Eb 00:21:04 - What’s next for you? 00:24:08 - Performance 00:50:15 - Demonstration 03:22:08 - Introduction 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨👩👧👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://geni.us/AbsenceYouTubeJZB #ChordVoicing #PianoVoicings #PianoChords
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