Channel: Piano With Jonny

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Description: ► Get your FREE Top 5 Piano Tips Guide: pianowithjonny.com/top-5-tips ► Download this Quick Tip lesson sheet and backing track: pianowithjonny.com/piano-lessons/block-chords-the-complete-guide LESSON SUMMARY If you've been studying jazz piano for sometime, you've probably learned some jazzy chord voicings, especially for your left hand. But what about the melody? For instance, how do you go beyond playing the melody as a single note? The answer is block chords. In today's Quick Tip, you'll learn how to harmonize a melody using block chords in 6 steps. This sound is most notably associated with pianist George Shearing (1919–2011) who popularized the sound in the 1940s and 50s. This Complete Guide to Block Chords includes: -7 block chord voicings for major chords (1 for each note in the major scale) -6 major chord symbols to use with block chords -Theory & application for harmonizing a melody with block chords ► Block Chords course: pianowithjonny.com/smartsheets/block-chords ► 6 Jazz Ballad Harmonic Approaches: pianowithjonny.com/courses/6-jazz-ballad-harmonic-approaches-1 Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Step 1: Melody 01:58 - Step 2: Double the Melody 02:34 - Step 3: Add 3 Inner Harmonies 07:58 - Review the exercise 08:38 - Create your own melodies 09:24 - Play with backing track 10:03 - Step 4: Chords for Major Block Chords 11:59 - Step 5: Single-Note Melody 13:21 - Conclusion === ► Get your FREE 14-Day Trial to PWJ here: pianowithjonny.com ►FACEBOOK: facebook.com/PianoWithJonny ►INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/pianowithjonny ►TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@pianowithjonny ►TWITTER: twitter.com/PianoWithJonny Happy practicing! Jonny May