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Those Piano Chord Voicings Gave Me Goosebumps!
They're often referred to as "quartal voicings"... but it wasn't as important what they were called asis it was how they sounded to me when I first heard them...
I was in my teens and had some piano experience (but no jazz piano experience)... I was taking
saxophone lessons from a guy who was a jazz specialist, and boy could he play! Well anyhow, he'd
write out these tunes for me in about two minutes and ask me to play over the chord changes while he
"comped" on the electric piano.
Now, I was supposed to be paying attention to what I was doing on the sax, of course... but, since I
also played piano, I was watchng this guy's hands and fingers playing some stuff that was totally new
to me. He was playing these "chords" in perfect fourth intervals. I'd ask him, "What are you playing?"
"Voicings," he replied. That was the first time I ever heard that word.
From that point on, I never looked at the piano keyboard the same way again. I just had to know more
about these "voicings"... you see, no prior piano teacher I had ever showed me this stuff, but that's
because they couldn't teach what they didn't know. The voicings in fourths were just one variety... there
was much more to learn!
I bought the books, listened to recordings, later hooked up with another guy who knew this stuff like the
back of his hand... all this, combined with what I learned via further study on my own, naturally led me
to incorporating this information into my teaching methods for those who aspired to learn.
It became apparent to me that the world of piano chord voicings intrigued more than just a handful of
people. Eventually, I figured that everyone should have a means by which to play some of these cools
sounds without having to do all the leg work that I did.
So, to keep a long story short, I created ProProach. This program is designed so that anyone who has
a little knowledge of 7th chords can start applying the material right away. Even if they didn't have a
familiarity with 7th chords, the program would provide them with the incentive to learn them, so that they
could really have some fun with these voicings. Besides, by just watching and copying what I do in the
videos, anyone can create these chord sounds.
I wanted the program to be unlike anything I was exposed to. To be of real value, it should provide an
individual with a means to not only learn some great chord sounds, but it should also show him or her
how to incorporate these sounds into favorite songs. So, that is was resulted.
ProProach is presented in weekly lessons, in simple everyday language that anyone can understand.
Long before you take yourself through the 24 weeks the first time, you won't view piano chords the
same way again. Each lesson contains a supportive video demonstration, too. People who have
already experienced ProProach have told me that they have appreciated the informative and inspiring
nature of the program. I hope you'll be next.
Discover ProProach here
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Dave Longo is the creator and owner of PianoAmore.net, a site devoted to showing the
adult piano student how to unleash "The Creative Genius Within." Reach your musical
potential by taking advantage of the many piano learning tools at the site.
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