Learn Rootless Voicings- 251- Cycle of 5ths Exercise. Complete left hand drill- Bill Evans Chords.

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@ModeDorian 3 ай бұрын

30 years ago I spent six months learning these exercises before auditioning for - and getting into - the Sydney Conservatorium. Kent knows what the best steps are for getting a student to the next level. His content is the best on the internet with daylight second. 😊

@KentHewittpiano88 3 ай бұрын

This comment is awesome...very special...thanks a million!

@MrZedhow 3 ай бұрын

Great lesson. The cycle of 5ths is such a fantastic exercise for covering all 12 keys and getting these voicings into the muscle memory.

@KentHewittpiano88 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@calicookstunes6530 3 ай бұрын

Thank you always for your amazing lessons maestro Kent.

@KentHewittpiano88 3 ай бұрын

So nice of you!

@vvoka2257 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this course on the rootless , it is so direct and welcoming that I just could not stop watching and listening. It motivates me really to start practising again, and your others do as well (just shortly checked a few). I have been through quite some internet lessons, but your way to teach gives me most. Thank you for the effort to give all this away for free, and in such a motivating way! I think I finally found where to try a restart on Jazz piano now.

@KentHewittpiano88 Ай бұрын

Wonderful! Thanks for a great comment of support!

@josephbonofiel4762 3 ай бұрын

I love this Genius !

@KentHewittpiano88 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a million!

@gerredy 3 ай бұрын

Kent you’re amazing

@KentHewittpiano88 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@johnmcnichol8330 3 ай бұрын

Lots of good info…thanks!

@KentHewittpiano88 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@cocomaire 3 ай бұрын

Hey Kent! Thanks 🙏

@1950francesca 3 ай бұрын

Great exercise! At some point could you do a lesson covering how to play these voicings incorporating the root when there is no bass player? I've seen them spread over both hands, but it seems different pianists play different bass notes in the left hand when doing so--either just the root, or just the root and the 7th, or alternating between root and 7th and root and 3rd. Wondering what you recommend? Thanks!

@KentHewittpiano88 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment and request. I recently made a video of exercises using the spread voicing technique that you are asking about. Go here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ_UfalqbriooKs Also I have more videos on spread voicings in my playlists here: kzbin.info/aero/PLFuMibnl_h5YWUjPD_ra893i4jzgomZQU

@FranciscoA.22033 3 ай бұрын

Hello Sir..Kent..excelent exercises!

@KentHewittpiano88 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@tarekwayne9193 3 ай бұрын

Love your content

@KentHewittpiano88 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Alcedo-q8q 2 ай бұрын

Great lesson as always. What about a similar lesson on 2-5-1- in minor? 🙂

@KentHewittpiano88 2 ай бұрын

Watch this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5S5f3aGbctmmbc and this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5utc5awpLiZe6c

@DAMSSILIMOHAMED 3 ай бұрын

Amazing, thank you

@KentHewittpiano88 3 ай бұрын

Thank you too!

@KentHewittpiano88 3 ай бұрын

Thank you too!

@floydturner2346 3 ай бұрын

Such a powerful resource, but one not (widely) exploited by guitarists. Ed Bickert was the master of rootless voicings, which is why the harmonies he was able to realize on the guitar were otherworldly and to this day, unique among Jazz guitarists. There's also the "work off of the 3rd and flip it" concept. If you want that D min. 7(9) sound, work off of the 3rd ( F) and flip the quality from minor to Major; in other words, think F Maj.7. Similarly, if you want C Major 7(9) , work off of the 3rd (E) and flip the quality from Major to minor; in other words, think E minor 7. In the case of the C major 7(9) example, you could take the E minor 7 application further. If you employ the notes of an E (Natural) minor scale over C, you'll find yourself playing in C Lydian -- very easy, but very effective sleight of hand. If you want G7(9) (Dominant), work off of the 3rd (B) and flip the quality from Dominant to Half Diminished. And for anyone who doubts the seismic power of rootless voicings, just listen to what Ed Bickert got out of a Telecaster !!

@KentHewittpiano88 3 ай бұрын

I heard him live in Toronto years ago. Thanks so much for sharing!

@notanotherjamesmurphy5574 3 ай бұрын

just curious, when you say ‘a more modern sound,’ when did people stop playing the root & have wider chords ?

@KentHewittpiano88 3 ай бұрын

James, you may have nailed me on that one. "Modern" may not be the right word. The origins of swing music in the 1920's right through the bebop era in the 1950's featured pianists like Fats Waller, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Teddy Wilson, and Bobby Timmons ...all who played mostly root position left hand voicings. With the late 50's and early 60's, pianists like Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson, Horace Silver...these pianists began inverting the chords to create a new sound. Also in the 1960's pianists like McCoy Tyner , Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea introduced Quartal harmony and 4th voicings to create an even newer sound. There have been changes in harmonic concepts since then, but not as striking, innovative, and important as those formative years. However, as an example, if you listen to Herbie Hancock's playing in the early years of the 1960's and compare it to his later current years, you will hear a major evolution of his harmonic concepts.