in forum about the classical & the jazz musician we considered the basic differences between them. now we will analyze the basic differences between classical and jazz harmony. these two forums may help those guys trained in classical piano  that like to start in the jazz world.

classical harmony is based on chord triads over the grades of the diatonic scale. classical harmony is diatonic.
any note out of a triad is considered as a “dissonance” that must resolve to a consonance. so in a c chord: a 6, 7, 9, 11, 13 are dissonances because they are out of triad. dissonances are solved by descending.

in jazz harmony 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, #5, b5, #9, b9, #11, b13 may be considered as elements of a chord. in jazz harmony there are not dissonances.... there are tension chords, extended chords.
jazz harmony is diatonic and chromatic. besides chords based in the grades of the diatonic scale, it employs other chords thanks to progressions and the use of substitute and ornamental chords.

in classical harmony the notes in strong beats always must be chord notes, with some exceptions as apoggiatura or ritardo that form dissonances that must be resolved descending.

in jazz harmony any note out of chord may be considered as an element of the same, so as f# in c7 chord. seemingly f# is out of c7 chord, but it may be considered as #11, and so you have a c9+11 chord, or an extended c7 chord. in this case we have a tension chord, but not a dissonance.

you will find a nice exercise over extended chords and arpeggios to practice in all keys at
“lesson pages” “contributors” “alberto.” “extended chords”.
https://www.learnjazzpiano.com/contributions/alberto_betancourt/extended_chords_and_arpeggios.pdf

let´s use this easy formula for dominion of all extended chords and arpeggios in all keys:

mayor: im7 ii7
seventh: i7 ii7
minor seventh: im7 iim7
half-dinished: im7b5 iibm7

these exercises open your hearing perception and let you enter in superior harmonic planes.

alberto betancourt
(albetan)
There are no comments, leave a comment.
Please sign in to post.

Jazz Piano Notebook Series
Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - jazz piano tricks of the trade

Volume 1 of this educational jazz piano book contains 15 jazz piano exercises, tricks, and other interesting jazz piano techniques, voicings, grooves, and ideas Scot Ranney enjoys playing.

buy pdf version - buy coil binding version - videos

Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 2 - jazz piano tricks of the trade you can use today
"Latinesque"

Volume 2 has 14 jazz piano exercises and tricks of the trade, and quite a bit of it is Calypso jazz piano related material, including some Monty Alexander and Michel Camilo style grooves. Jazz piano education is through the ears, but books like this can help.

buy pdf version - buy coil binding version

Tim Richards' Jazz Piano Notebook - jazz piano tricks of the trade

Volume 3 contains 12 jazz piano exercises and explorations by the acclaimed jazz piano educator, pianist, author, and recording artist Tim Richards.

Tim wrote the well known "Exploring Jazz Piano" and "Improvising Blues Piano" books and has several others to his name.

buy pdf version - buy coil binding version

Jeff Brent's Jazz Piano Notebook - jazz piano tricks of the trade

Volume 4 is by Jeff Brent, a jazz pianist, composer, teacher, and author of "Modalogy" and other acclaimed jazz theory and education books. In this book Jeff shares detailed analysis of transcriptions of live performances. He covers everything from the shape of the songs to the tricks and licks he uses in improvised lines to the ideas behind his lush chord voicings.

buy pdf version - buy coil binding version

Most Recent Discussions
Great Resource for Jazz Pianists
Scale in Calderazzo solo
analyzing Someone To Watch Over Me
Site updates
Korg SV-1 vs Nord Electro
Brad Brad Mehldau's independant left hand
more...
Articles

Piano for Adoption Scam
Aprender Jazz en Piano
BEWARE: FREE BABY GRAND PIANO SCAM
Oh Tannenbaum for Jazz Piano
Volume 5 of the "Jazz Piano Notebook Series" is Available!
LearnJazzPiano.com File Downloads News
more...

Top Sheetmusic Picks

Jazzy Christmas Arrangements
Cocktail Piano
Best Songs Ever, 6th Edition
Christmas Medley
Moana Songbook
Late Night Jazz Piano

Jazz piano education is cool.

be the main character in your own story

Rock on. Follow your passion.

Sign In

privacy policyterms of serviceabout • 50,655 messages 63,069 accounts 57,171 logins
LearnJazzPiano.com Copyright © 1995-2024 by Scot Ranney • website software and design by scot's scripts
LearnJazzPiano.com is For Sale - Serious Inquiries Only