These standard voicings are the bedrock of every jazz pianists' technique. From Wynton Kelly and Red Garland to Tommy Flanagan, Bill Evans and beyond, these voicings pervade bop and post-bop jazz piano. Presented in five parts, this series will introduce you to both inversions of the each of the major and minor ii-V-I progression voicings and discuss how to use them together outside the context of the ii-V-I progression.
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Prerequisites
Moderate keyboard proficiency. Ability to read notation. These lessons are good prerequisites: The Five Essential 7th Chords, Comping with Inversions: Major iiVIs, Comping with Inversions: Minor iiVis.


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