7 MORE Sick Runs & Arpeggios Every Jazz Pianist Should Learn

In today's post, I want to take one of me previous video topics one step further by outlining seven more modern jazz piano runs and arpeggios. These selections come from my PDF bundle "20 Sick Modern Jazz Piano Licks" which you can find here for downloadable versions of these licks.

In this video, I'm going to highlight a few more of my favorite examples from this collection. These licks really focus on expanding your right-hand modern jazz vocabulary while also providing some great left-hand voicings and progressions to follow.

You might be asking yourself: What makes a lick modern? In my definition, these licks are going to include more intervallic structures as well as dissonance formulas (formulaic ways to play "out"). I really like to break these licks down into small building blocks so that you can not only learn the vocabulary, but understand why these patterns work. That way, you are more equipped to implement the theory and structures rather than simply reuse and duplicate these exact licks each time you play.

Check out the full video below to learn all seven of these licks:

What is a Diminished Major 7? | Diminished Voicings and Harmony In Context

A Diminished Major 7 Chord utilizes a diminished triad with a Major 7th instead of a double flat 7 (bb7). It is written as º(maj7), or dim(maj7).

For example, Cº(maj7) would be written from bottom to top: C Eb Gb B

In this video lesson, we talk about understanding diminished harmony and using diminished chords in context.

We dive into alternative diminished voicings, as well as the illusive Diminished Major voicing and how to use it.

Get your copy of ’20 Exercises For Mastering Diminished Vocabulary’ here: http://jazzpianoconcepts.com/store

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How to Play My Funny Valentine with Gorgeous Solo Piano Voicings

A Minor / Major 7 chord, written min(maj7), consists of a minor triad on bottom with a major 7 above it. It differs from a typical min7 chord in that the 7 is natural instead of flat (b7). It uses the scale degrees 1 b3 5 7 from bottom to top.

This piano lesson will provide you with beautiful new voicings and ideas for the song My Funny Valentine. We walk through a good portion of the song chord by chord, discussing some new and different voicings, as well as classic ways of looking at the chord changes.

It's also important (and often tricky) to get that Cmin(maj7) walk down write.

My Basic Piano Voicings course with video examples will leave you with a much stronger arsenal of voicings. Get your copy here: http://jazzlessonvideos.com/piano

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