A simple guide to juicy voicings

How to think about building a juicy voicing for a piano chord: start with the most important chord tones.
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0:00 intro
0:45 PRIORITY 1 - bass & melody
1:53 PRIORITY 2 - 3 & 7
3:37 PRIORITY 3 - 5, 9, 11, 13 & doublings
6:36 another example chord
8:24 final thoughts

[@novicetrader3005]

Scientists teaching music: logical, clean, and non- show off. This is what you really need in music learning. Great job!

[@yowza9638]

Five minutes of trying this on the piano and I have realized that my musical world just opened up. This is a great introduction to a skill I knew I wanted but didn't know how to begin learning. Thank you!

[@abimaelrocha6252]

The way you teach makes so easy and simple, thanks man. Greetings from México.

[@retha6504]

Thankyou. I still need to learn all 12 basic chords, plus their minors, Bb for egsample. At 60 new info doesn't get in 🧠 so easily. You are a good teacher

[@PalabraDeSABIDURIA]

Look for Upper Structure, Slash Chords and polychords. Hugevhelp for me. GBY

[@user-ze7sj4qy6q]

theres a part of learning thats understanding and a part of learning that's getting the muscle memory and idk where ur at, but in case this is helpful: in their most basic forms like what you're talking about, a major and minor chord are both 3 notes. they have the root, which is the bottom note and the one in the name. They have the 3rd, which is the only difference between major and minor, and the fifth, which is the same between them. for a major chord, there should be 3 keys you're not playing between the root and the third. for a minor, just 2. and between the root and fifth, there should be 6. for example u can see that C major (CEG) or A minor (ACE) fit this pattern. this way you can always find the chord while youre learning the muscle memory

[@jofus45]

Yeah, once you get five scales down you’ll find that the other 7 become much easier to learn

[@elcanallll]

@@user-ze7sj4qy6qthank you for this

[@albertgore7435]

@@jofus45 84 scales :)

[@sentinelav]

As a producer, this is great knowledge for melodic expression in general!

[@santy6493]

Fantastic work! thank you

[@elisabethteau6591]

Very useful tutorial. Thank you.

[@NC17z]

This is a great video. Thank you so much for taking the time to post this. You just gained a subscriber!

[@douglasbroccone3144]

Love your approach to teaching . Great work

[@Observation001]

Amazing lesson! Best one I’ve seen on chord voicings. Thank you!👏🏼👏🏼

[@fis1025]

Really great video

[@saturnsabyss]

You uploaded this at the perfect time for me and you communicated the ideas effectively! Thanks dude

[@alx.8721]

This content is always appreciated, you’re a straight up G for this. ✌️❤️🙏

[@KonJonnorMusic]

2 minutes in, I hit like and subscribe. This was really well explained, love how you detail how we prioritise notes like that.

[@yf1177]

A refreshingly sensible approach. Thank you!

[@kaligari88]

Thank you for your videos! They are very inspiring. You have a gift for teaching, everything explained so well that I finally understand. Right after watching it, I want to play the piano and test it in practice :) Please keep recording.

[@klevens5496]

You seriously don’t know that you just helped me out with Chord voicings. I was stuck on it, not so good on it but I wanted to advance my chords. You just helped me out! Thank you so much bro!

[@f_cox85]

Thanks Ted! Nice video, I lear a lot from it.

[@LloydMajor]

Thank you for the class!

[@willymcnamara1429]

huh. i didnt realize there could be so much intention with these voicings- doubling to bring out the melody, finding a major triad w/ extensions, etc.. also, i have been discouraged by that 10th interval, so your personal anecdote and explanation that the hand can stretch over time has me motivated to keep trying. thanks man! subbed! 🎶

[@daveprice5911]

Back when I played piano a lot my left hands' handspan was like, 2 pinky fingers' width wider than my right hand

[@abrahamkennedy4362]

Exactly what I have been waiting to hear all this years...thanks Soo much , I found my way to advamce level with this

[@zay3029]

Great video!

[@intheflowers6245]

great video! very easy to understand

[@nialldoyle6328]

OMG you managed to make that vid accessible and non-threatening . . . even achievable. Very inspiring. Thank you 😊

[@maxk4277]

Watching this feels like finally getting a good answer on how to write nice chord progressions. I waited 4 years for a answer like this, sometimes it can be so simple, thank you so much this really helped ❤

[@SalvatoreMilitello]

The moment he mentioned the thumb, I couldn’t take my eyes and ears off it.

[@ronaldkool6109]

Really nice!

[@seedoflove4964]

this is so good!

[@eemisnicker4501]

What a wonderful guide, thank you for making this! I found it very helpful even though I already have some experience in chord voicing. Your way of explaining is very insightful and understandable. Great job!

[@ramboplaysbass6210]

Lovely topic!

[@taruelll]

Bravo!! Chord progression with Juicy voicings would be a great topic too

[@fabiancosster2992]

This is for me a very good formula to make rich voicings because i often struggle what kind of tones to use many thanks GodBless you and your family

[@jonahlevine6871]

This is awesome Ted!!

[@pianofluency]

Thanks Jonah!

[@kevindigo22]

Thanks, this was a great lesson....about at my level and what I am interested in. Liked and subscribed.

[@savindahorzyy]

Loved it, always wondered how to play more chords than 7ths...

[@robinmarwick1982]

Excellent video very helpful for a non pianist. Thanks.

[@udokasino]

You are a great tutor

[@postmodernjambox5951]

This is cool stuff. Guitar has limitations per loacation of a chord to do voicings but is generally more spread like this. It's cool you can do this on piano and using the tool of more or less stacking triads simplifies it. I taught myself jazz guitar first and am transferring that to piano

[@GodSpeed1105]

Just Subbed man. This is fire. Very saucy, Reminds me of the voicing from i believe his name is Kenny Baron.

[@elizeumonteiro9060]

Top seu ensinamento nesse vídeo meu amigo ..estou deixando meu comentário aqui do Brasil já ganhou meu like e minha inscrição..seu método de ensino é diferenciado parabéns

[@idamusicworld]

Wow, thank you so much for this teaching! As a beginner, I am always puzzled which notes to play or omit when dealing with this kind of jazzy chord.😅 I finally have a better understanding now. It's so nice that you break it down , step by step with the numbers labelled as well. 😊 My teacher always tell me the importance of the 3 7 notes too. I like the way you demonstrate the basic structure with the nubers and then adding more color. I always just strictly play the order 1 3 5 7 9 11 though I know there is different voicing, and no need to involve every note of the chord. Do you mean with the right hand, it's always better to form a 4 note combination to make it sound juicy? This is very inspiring.

[@pianofluency]

Finding familiar triad shapes in the right hand using upper structures of a chord can be super helpful!

[@Lets.ride4]

This is fire

[@TheInterGalacticFederation]

great lesson. sub'd

[@MinusMedley]

Nice enforces some of my own understanding, two months with the piano now. I chose to write my own chord progressions then practice them to death, instead of just playing existing pieces. Finding the top and bottom notes defines the mood/intent, and everything else just acts as "bridging" notes to help with tension.

[@vivfaydonahue687]

Thanks Ted! I have an "unrelaated" question, please: What "brand" mic are you using? I want to make videos singing and need to know the best recommended gear I'll need... Love All your tutorials... this is your purpose, my friend - quite naturally you are SO good!❤

[@back-seat-driver1355]

Another Gem from the great teacher Ted Case - wonderful explanation, everything seems so easy with you! Thank you very much and…. please forgive me - much better hair style! So, come on, we are waiting for the next video ;-))

[@anonymouszebra1239]

You are really good at teaching. Really appreciate this! Idk if it’s been done on the channel already or if it’s more of a theory channel, but do you have any exercises to un-tense your arms/hands/wrists? I’ve played a few instruments over the years, piano is my most recent . In all my instruments I have a habit of tensing my hands when I do things quickly or do difficult things. My piano teacher will explain to me how it should feel, and let me know to un-tense, but I have absolutely zero clue how to make my hands obey. It’s like how some people can move those muscles in their ears to make them go up and down. I can’t do that, and if someone tells me I should…I don’t know how. So any mental or physical exercises to work on that would be appreciated!

[@pianofluency]

One very helpful principle for this is understanding how to transfer the passive weight of your arm into the keys, rather than playing from the hand. Try asking your private teacher about that! Don't get discouraged that you tense when playing difficult things... pretty much everybody does at first. I do as well on instruments where I'm more beginner. It's counterintuitive but it takes more practice to play with less tension, because there's more skill involved in training your body to only tense the necessary muscles. Any piece or exercise can help you develop that skill so long as you stay aware of your goal and practice slowly with the aim to find more ease in the movements.

[@pocketdweller3771]

Fantastic video. I’m a drummer who plays piano on the side. I’m trying to figure out formulas for chord progressions with minimal hand movement

[@CostonFrijoles]

Fire

[@ariel100531]

Great job-what would you use for a diminished chord to get a similar rich sound?

[@pianofluency]

Great question. You can experiment with the same extensions... 9ths and 13ths can sound great with diminished chords.

[@armando7902]

you should show a midi view of what you are pressing

[@user-xl6up1fw2o]

You are an Amazing Piano teacher it is good to learn from you on HD PIANO as well Thanks

[@miker1645]

This was my introduction to playing..... My brain hurts now haha

[@humblemai2211]

😮😅😅😅great teacher

[@vangeliskoutsotolis2485]

poly oraio bravo from greece

[@JA-ut8fi]

Sub, just for the thumb👍

[@alx.8721]

😂

[@WithoutTroy]

So the 9 is just the 2 an octave higher?

[@peacockpaula4723]

This is very interesting and reashuring that is ok to sprincle notes like you do and it sounds ok as I noticed but I thought it might have been too much... perfect. You know while I was watching I thought you'd be the best person to ask if you'd kindly talk about these very small notes semiattached to the normal notes and they're played very quicly. They look very small quavers, demiquavers and how are they matcing with the left hand. I hope you know what I am on about. I saw this wonderful Russian lady and she shows the score and I spoted them there but I coldn't catch the left hand, is an extremelly quick thng. So do please show me what is this interesting thing all about. I am curious. Thanks so much. Ah and if you don't understand what I mean I'll try to take a scrren shot to show them to you, yes🙂?

[@pianofluency]

Sure! You can email me at [e-mail]. I might know what you're talking about but not totally sure!

[@G8tr1522]

2:55 bro just decided to do microtonal stuff for a second

[@m.dave2141]

What about voicing hybrid chords?

[@lyricox]

I am a beginner but I just don't understand why you guys all like to start with Bb (B flat) ? any reasons?

[@ashaire6807]

A lot of jazz pieces are in Bb because that is the easiest key signature for trumpets and tenor saxes to read They're transposed instruments, meaning the note they read and play isn't what actually sounds (when they read and play a C, a Bb comes out)

[@kdhansome]

Lol I'm used to everyone starting with lectures in the key of C.

[@lyricox]

@@kdhansome that will be easier for people like me...

[@aevillarreal]

​@@lyricox Nah men I'm tired of all examples being on C, there's a lot more keys!

[@lyricox]

@@aevillarreal advanced learners like you truly don't need examples on C

[@krnflks]

What about inverted chords? The point of them is that they are voiced with a different bass note. Would an inverted C major chord spelled E - G - C be an E chord as well?

[@aenema22]

That chord would be notated C/E (pronounced C over E)

[@krnflks]

@@aenema22 right, but would you call it a C maj chord because of the notes being used, or something like an E minor flat six because of the E in the bass?

[@aenema22]

A few things. Firstly, when labeling your chords you will want to be as simple and concise as possible. Second, context is everything. For example: C >> C/E >> F This makes more sense and is much easier to realize than C >> Emb6 >> F In other words, in this example it is more likely that the C chord is just inverted, and not an Em chord with a b6. It is possible for the pitches E G C to be Emb6, but the chords around it would need to justify such a labeling.

[@RandyTorrez-wb5sz]

RANDY JUDAH TORREZ ❤< Thanks a bunch Ted really appreciate the Beautiful Chord progression I will go over This tutorial I subscribed always good to lern something NEW!! 💯 Great job 👍 😊

[@goofyahnick]

0:13 what if my hands are too small

[@goofyahnick]

I'm not engaged nor am I subscribed, your video was just in my feed unsolicited.

[@douglasbroccone3144]

I have two Stubbs 😂

[@carlgrainger2669]

Poor old 6th 😂

[@tim5749]

Good video, but I think bass note is not the most important note in a chord; it is the third. You could just play the 3 and 7 of a chord a lot of the time and not play the bass note, and it sounds great.

[@lllllmmmmm5765]

The goal is to add dimension and bring in saucier chord tones. He is well aware of other chord variations, phrasing and the evocation of emotion. This is the difference between sounding “good” vs sounding “excellent”.

[@tim5749]

@@lllllmmmmm5765 your reply has nothing to do with the point I made lol. The bass note isn’t the most important note in a chord. There is the classic Miles Davis/Herbie Hancock story where Miles told Herbie to not play the “butter notes”, and he’s specifically talking about the root and the fifth. Discarding these notes I would argue adds dimension. It also makes your chord extensions stand out a lot more when you get rid of the root and fifth.

[@tim5749]

@@lllllmmmmm5765 any good jazz musician will tell you stop playing the root. I think telling students the bass note is the most important note actually hurts their playing in the long run, causing their chords to sound muddy.

[@timothyj.bowlby5524]

Well... the "inverted chord" at the beginning of the video isn't. Since the lowest tone is still the root of the chord, moving the right hand's notes around doesn't matter. It's still in root position.

[@pianofluency]

Globally sure, it's in root position, but I was referring to the pedagogical step of learning to quickly find inverted chord shapes in the right hand

[@timothyj.bowlby5524]

Okay. "Globally," eh? Hadn't heard that term before. @@pianofluency

[@mind_money_morphology]

Okay you wanna feel smart in the comments, are you happy now? You’re like the kid no one liked in middle school

[@timothyj.bowlby5524]

@@mind_money_morphology No. That's NOT what I was doing.

[@humblemai2211]

😅😅😅😅bebop jazz piano please

[@calebshull3902]

i have a genuine question- if this channel is about truly teaching others and making it simple , why would you teach this in the key of Bb? why not C , never the less some more simple basic keys like G. would also like to add , some may argue “not everyone learns in C” and your right but generally (most of us ) learned in C . you can take any beginner tier piano book and you will learn marry had a little lamb in C and eventually you will be doing other simple songs in G next . it’s just very confusing considering the majority of us do find C as the easiest key.

[@user-ch3jv5pk4o]

On 0:05 you are not playing inversion - you are playing same minor chord in same root position as prior. Do not try to teach people things you are don't know.

[@honeytang3066]

inversion played by RH. Bass note played by LH is the tonic...perhaps he needs to clarify it for confused ones

[@user-ch3jv5pk4o]

@@honeytang3066 it is impossible to perform "inversion" in right hand while not changing bass in left because inversions are defined by BASS AND BASS ONLY. As long as you are playing ROOT in the bass (not "tonic", by the way) - it remains the same root position chord. Bm/Db - is an inversion. Bm/F is an inversion. Bm7/Ab is an inversion to. Bm - is a root position chord regardless how inventive you are in rearranging its notes in right hand. Therefore you can also apply my advice to yourself - do not try to teach people things you don't know.

[@viktoriab4293]

When you don't know you don't know

[@viktoriab4293]

Thanks for clarifying that :)

[@wadesharp11]

Just play! No need to talk

[@callofbooty7717]

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