Left Hand Piano Voicings for Most Common Jazz Chords 

Your channel makes me feel like I can still become a good musician, despite having grown up as a piece of shit kid that never practiced. Thank you for keeping hope alive dude, never stop.

This is a clear and concise explanation of the basic things you need to know about left-hand voicings for the ii-V-I progression. I didn't learn a whole lot in this video, but if I had encountered it earlier it could have saved me a lot of time. Nicely done.

True you have talked a mile. But have just taught around the world in a six minutes video. Clear cut and concise. Thank you so much.

Just started learning jazz and after doing 2_5_1s in every key for long enough, I didn't know what to go onto next.this video came along at the perfect time. Now my late night don't sound so staunchly chorded. Very well explained.

This is such a well articulated and demonstrated exercise. Using these shapes instead of scrambling to find the individual notes makes much more sense. Thank you so much, and I hope to see more videos like this!

Been looking for a video like this to help a self-taught pianist like me out! Thank you so much!!! My mind is blown every time you post a video. Especially on this video, I was amazed that I was essentially inserting the root note with my brain after you took it away in the intermediate and advanced chord progressions!

I've recently been going through a lot of theory about chords, voice leadings, inversions to make edm and feel like this is all packed in this 9 min video. I feel a bit sad for taking that much time to figure out that omitting the root note is basically what creates the ambiguity that i was looking for. So much good stuff for edm producers on your channel thanks a lot man!

I am really having a great time watching you teach me what you love Best Jeff Schneider...... God bless

As usual another great and inspiring video that helps us mature as musicians!! Thanks!!

Good overview and glad you still have this video up, thanks!

I have been watching Kent Hewitt tutorials, which are informative but your pointing out of the same numbers used in the patterns has put that proverbial light on in my head. Brilliant! I've subscribed.

You‘re the man, Jeff! Thank you for the super useful lesson👍

Excellent. Thanks so much. I mostly sing and have been very lazy with my left hand when accompanying, but even with the basic chords it sounds so much better. Can't wait till I move on to the advanced 😁

Yess! Great lesson on these, more would be awesome!

Wish I'd seen this before....love the voice leading and clear definition of alt/extn chording...thx!

Thanks for the tips. Clear and objective explanation!

Thank you! Very clear and helpful.

Thank you so much! excellent upload!

Nice. You did not try to overload which would confuse many, and you did not try to show off how great your skills are. I appreciate this. Good explanation and the numbers help. I will take a further look into your videos. Thanks.

Really enjoyed the video, very helpful.

Thank you for really trying to explain these voicings.

Thanks a lot, really helpfully and well explained

this video helped a ton! hope you make more like this

after some years of jazz guitar I'm trying to get it on with the piano, thanks for your help!

Loved this video Jeff!

thank you man very helpful! definitley more voicing videos in the futre! again thanks alot!

nice voicings coming from this - saying that as a guitarist playing piano for 2 years - thanx for sharing.

Thank you for this explanation

I am a novice, and this is what I need right now, thank you!

I'd definitely like to see more voicing videos.

thank you Jeff sounds great jazz theory namaste

Thank you for your knowledge

Very useful, thank you!

Very helpful, thanks.

Thank you so much. It's very useful.

very helpful! thanks!

Good paced video!

Great explanation, highly useful! One question: is it possible to do a Video on two-hand voicings. I play in a band and would like to improve my comping skills and don´t want to disturb the bass guitar . . .

Great, exactly what I need right now :)

Very good voicings- do you have a video using quartal voicings?

Great video... I’m an orchestra teacher doing remote learning during spring 2020... how did you get the video feed of the keyboard with the highlighted green notes? Thank you for posting and sharing this!

Thanks Jeff!

Understandably, I see a lot of videos and book info on smooth voice leading, but I notice that often there are no 2,5,1 chord progressions too. I'd like to see a video on how to make those smooth as well.

I see that Tools of Titans book in the background!

hey jeff please a video on left hand playing jass but only using two chords por example Dm and A. and using all examples possibles of chords on left hand in a solo. my idea is for exaple to use that chords on salsa and cumbia but with some jazz solos. thank you

Nicely done....

Great Video sir!!!

Hi Jeff! Just want to say I really enjoy your videos, you're a great teacher and the videos are really inspiring! Would love to see more voicing videos like this. The 3 difficulty levels were very helpful. I have been watching a lot of your videos now, and decided to look for your Patreon page, and then I noticed that that particular link in your video description isn't active html, like the other links (possibly because you omitted the "http"-bit?). Anyway, you might consider editing the description to activate that link and make it a _little_ bit easier to find your Patreon page :-) Also, since I'm kind of on a roll here, can I ask you exactly what the specs are of the computer you are running all your software on? (Perhaps put that answer in the discription too?) Especially interested in knowing what can run Keyscape, Omnisphere, Logic Pro and plugins in a stable fashion with minimal glitches and crashes. It seems your gear handles a lot, even including video recording, almost without hiccups, so it might be a good setup to replicate :-) Thanks again!

as always nice lesson... 👍

very good tnx

Hello Jeff! Thanks for the video. How do I construct my melodies over these left hand chords during solo improvisation? Do I use the notes of these chords on the right hand or I just construct any melodic statement without following the chord ?

Love this - Just a suggestion - I'm an accordion player trying to learn piano and I have trouble with left-hand dexterity for the piano - What would really help for us novices is showing/knowing your left hand fingering. Maybe there are simple piano rules for that - or probably not cast in stone - just not obvious to me. Thanks for publishing !

Really Nice

II - V - FUN

Can you make a video for Left Hand Voicings for Most Common Neo Soul Chords?

thank you !!

superb !

I like the three tier system. Well done :-)

thanks a lot man

What about lower interval limits? Should you concern yourself with playing a minor 3rd below C3 or a major second below Eb?

If you are playing without a bass player should you try to always keep the root on the bottom? Or should you use inversions?

Thank you!!!!

What tool are you using to show the keyboard? Nice presentation of these concepts.

when b13 substitutes p5, doesn't it take aug5 function, or is p5 still implied in the chord?

Thanks J. Now I'm a halfassed lounge piano man.

What’s the software that you are using to show the keyboard at the top of the video?

Cool video. I have been playing the piano for 8 months. I have mastered (in either block or arpeggio) all standard triads and seventh chords in all of their inversions how do I practice the extensions and which voicings are to be mastered first?

What about a turn around chord to lead you back to the II (A minor 7 ?).

more voicings!!!! :-)

4:50 love it

Dear Jeff, nice and powerful explanations. could you please tell me about ' take 5 and make 6 and AKA13 '?? what does it stand for AKA 13

+ Jeff Schneider yo, what are those headphones.... and would you reccomend them. Looking for a nice pair for my piano :)

More left hand options, thank

i liked!!

Great video as always! Just a small curiosity: taking the basic version as an example, can you do the same kind of voice leading (the 5th of the II going down a semitone to the root of V, and the 7th of the II going down a semitone to the 3rd of the V) starting from all four inversions of the II? For instance, is it ok to start from 3 5 7 1? If not, why are the two "starting points" shown in the video better than the other two?

Hey Jeff, thanks for another fantastic lessson! I've found a cadential progression that I find rather juicy... but I can't seem to figure out why it works and what the relationship between the root and the chord is. In C, including a regular 2-5-1 progression, it goes like this: Dm9 - G7(b9) - Cmaj9 - Abmaj7 - Cmaj7. What's with the Abmaj7 chord and why does it work?

We wanna see quartal chords!!!

For us non-piano players can you discuss chord fingerings (philosophy)?

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how bout open piano voicing

Hey Jeff-- Can you put the topic/title on your emails (i.e., "LEFT HAND PIANO VOICINGS for MOST COMMON JAZZ CHORDS) instead of the generic, non-distinguishable "Jeff Schneider just uploaded a video," subject line? Love so much of your stuff and this improvement would help us out here to re-access material much more easily. TIA, Elliot

Can you teach me

What glasses do you have?

Harmonica player learning from sax player how to play piano :D

Aren't these chords way too 'full' for left hand voicings?

You remind me of a young Woody Allen, meant in a nice of course...

Dude reminds me of Rick Moranis

By the way there is a maroom 5 song on the first progression.

I want to be the first to comment simply because

There are no bad tones or chords. I think you can get rid of this snooty attitude - it’s ridiculous.

Could you possibly talk just a little bit faster so I REALLY can't understand you? Zip, bang, you're done.......?