Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You with Open & Close Voicings 

Practice your close & open voicings with this bluesy standard "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You"
Open voicings (or "spread voicings") are the most complete voicings we use in jazz, not only to harmonize a melody, but even to comp behind a singer or soloist.
They consist of root - guide tones (3 & 7) - tensions - melody. Since we use both hands to play these open voicings, we have plenty of space to add extensions or to use alterations and reharmonizations. Notice we only play 2 notes in the LH (1 & 3 or 1 &7)!
Close voicings are often called "rootless voicings", or - when played in the left hand - "left hand voicings".
For maj7 and min7 chords we use 9th chords (maj9 and min9) without the root. For dom7 chords we use guide tones + 9 and 13, again without the root. You can also use these LH voicings to comp behind yourself while soloing in the RH.
* Free pdf of the sheet music: bit.ly/3xFoHpn
* Free pdf of the sheet music (with annotations): bit.ly/3lW8x8M
0:00 Theme with open voicings
1:10 Comping with open voicings
2:15 Theme with close voicings
* Pause or slow down the video if necessairy
* Don't forget to apply these voicings and comping exercises to other standards!
* Backing track used in this video: • GEE BABY AIN'T I GOOD ...
* For more tutorials and free sheet music visit: jazzpianopracticesessions.com

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