How To Play Upper Structure Triads In Jazz Piano

[@alvee522]

Of all the UST primers on the tube, this is far and away the most explanatory and visually palatable. As soon as I become an employed musician again, will be signing up for the course. Thanks.

[@jazzpianoschool]

Awesome, thanks Al! Much more of this in our courses!

[@kamakirinoko]

I swear, when I first heard the progression at 9:11 I thought "Now that is INCREDIBLY cocktail pian-y!" and although it looked impossibly hard to play-and it was, at the time-I got it down, after many listenings. The other day, I listened to this video so many times, my laptop perched on top of my Nord 2 on top of my Kurzweil Mark 10, my headphones strapped on so as not to annoy my wife and son, that the next morning I had that three chords, exactly the way you played it, note for note, going round and round-and round-in my head, in what I think they call an "earworm." Well, from my perspective of now, maybe three or four months after I first discovered this video, I can happily say that I can play those chords with some casual lounge-y-ness, although that arpeggio you do with that upper structure triad is still well out of my range of about 140Bpm . . . but I'll get there! Now, about those Lower-Structure Tetrads . . .

[@jazzpianoschool]

Awesome! Thanks for the comment!

[@zeljkopetergrilec]

Thanks for the excellent lesson, very very good

[@jazzpianoschool]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@georgeparreno]

awesome Sir!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ProfeARios]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you so much.

[@jazzpianoschool]

Appreciate the comment, Alejandro!

[@stevekellar1403]

HEY REALLY NICE LESSON ! THANKS !

[@jazzpianoschool]

Thanks for watching Steve!

[@trsprint]

Merci beaucoup Brenden! Very clear and extremely helpful Thanks :-)

[@jazzpianoschool]

You're very welcome Antoine, I appreciate the comment!

[@richardklaus3254]

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[@tarrestanley2698]

Thank you for the excellent lesson. Only one request: is it possible to add the extensions or triads used over min 251 movements- especially min7b5

[@jazzpianoschool]

Yes absolutely will do this in an upcoming podcast! Thanks for asking.

[@lucianmahan4064]

Is it still considered an upper structure triad if for example you played a cmaj7#11 chord, but voiced it as a b minor chord an octave over a c major? Would this be considered a poly chord, upper structure triad, or just a different inversion?

[@jazzpianoschool]

Hi Lucian: Yes, superimposing a Bminor triad over Cmaj could be considered a polychord, upper structure triad, or just an extended chord. A Polychord and upper structure triad are synonymous terms! Hope this helps!

[@jordonhenry6825]

Damn, this was well explained! I learned a lot!

[@jazzpianoschool]

Thank you Jordon, glad to hear that!

[@jazzpianoschool]

Thank you Jordon!

[@richardklaus3254]

👍❤️🎶

[@kamakirinoko]

I'm obsessed by that arpeggio at 9:21 . . . I clock it at about 160bps. How do you GET IT that fast? You must have once upon a time sat there and practiced that arpeggio over . . . and over . . . and over . . . AAAAARRRGGGGH!

[@jazzpianoschool]

I would suggest slow practice with the metronome; and doing metronome speeds (increasing the metronome by 4 noches at a time, till you get it at the tempo of preference). Thanks for checking out the videos!

[@kamakirinoko]

I don't believe it myself . . . but after relentless practice of this particular arpeggio, starting at 70bpm about six months ago, yesterday I clocked in at 160, and I matched your speed, playing in unison with you! Of course, I can't repeat that feat effortlessly, and it was only today that I realized I've been doing it with my pinkie this whole time, because I assumed that was how you were doing it. However upon slowing the playback to 50% I see that you appear to be using your third finger! Can that be, and which way should I do it before it's become hard-wired into my tiny finger brains? Of course, one arpeggio does not a piano player make . . .

[@gopalarao4783]

Excellent ....Only one request....please speak a little slower. I had to slow down the playback speed.