Piano Triads Beyond the Textbook: Slash Chords, Quartal & Quintal Voicings
Think you know triads? In this Piano & Music Theory Tutorial, we learn 3-note chord formation techniques that go slightly beyond the diatonic "textbook" and allow you to embellish your playing with rich voicing methods, jazz extensions, modal harmony and seventh chords. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 Going beyond the Textbook 00:40 The Basic Triads - Revision 02:04 Slash Chords 04:33 Spread Voicing 07:49 Quartal Chords 09:59 Quintal Chords 13:41 Fifth Chord Stack 18:23 Seventh Chord Extensions 21:51 Modal Triads 25:25 Textbook & “Keyboard” Challenges 27:03 Conclusion ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoTriads #QuartalVoicings #SlashChords
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