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Simple(r) Block Chords | Not Always Diminished Passing | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
This video is about using the first block chord system I learned when I was a kid growing up learning how to play - the minor two passing chord. This system stays diatonic and works great for beginners and intermediate students who are not quite feeling ready to dive into some of the more complex block chord systems such as the diminished passing chord / diminished 6th scale a la Barry Harris (one of my heroes).
This is not a perfect system, but it is meant to give students a block chord sound in a short amount of time over most common chords. It is meant to be played over the three basic chord types, major7, dominant7 and minor7 chords.
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All The Things You Are || Mack Grout || Pianist Trying to Play Hammond Organ!
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Hey all - I have been very busy this last year with the birth of my son Henry and the expansion of our families music school. I have not posted in a while but for the last few months I have been practicing organ, now that we have expanded we can fit one into our school so I have been shedding trying to swing. Been loving it, what a beautiful instrument. Thanks to Jason P at University Prep for ...
Comping For Beginners | Playing 2+2 | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Often times beginning pianists can feel lost when they start playing in their school big band. This video will give some pointers on how to play appropriate, clean and simple voicings when you need to comp your own chords and changes! Happy practicing y'all! Cheers, Mack
Rootless Chord Shortcut | Trick to See Rootless Chords | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Having trouble learning to play rootless chords? Check out this video for some quick pointers on how to learn and visualize rootless chords quickly. Cheers! Mack www.seattlejazzacademy.com www.mackgrout.com
Big Hands, Wide Chords | Barry Harris | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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This is a quick video tutorial that will hopefully give you some great practice ideas. It sometimes takes a nudge to get into some new practice material - here is a concept passed along from Barry Harris about playing chords in one hand that are larger than an octave. Cheers! Mack www.seattlejazzacademy.com www.mackgroutmusic.com @seattlejazzacademy
Unlock the Bass | Simple Powerful Reharmonization Strategy | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Often when we starting learning about reharmonization in the jazz piano world we jump into things such as tri-tone substitutions, adding bebop 2-5 progressions, modal interchange, all sorts of fancy tricks. Do not overlook the simple, classic concept of putting a different chord tone in the bass. Sometimes this can get a simple, clean sound - some may say even a little classical sounding. The t...
Intermediate 2-5-1 Lick | Practice in Twelve Keys | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Join us today in learning this 2-5-1-6 lick that we created for student Nick (you are famous!). It is a short, great line and has many many uses. If you only have a few minutes to practice, learn this line and then try and transpose it through all twelve keys! Good luck! Mack www.seattlejazzacademy.com www.mackgroutmusic.com
The Grinder | Jazz Improvisation Drill | Arpeggios | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Join us this week in practicing 'The Grinder'. This exercise is great to start getting the feel of the harmony of a tune you want to improvise on. At first this exercise may seem straight forward and simple, but as you get to the fourth step and start trying to attack the different inversions you may feel like ripping your hair out! The reward is that on the other side of this drill, when you c...
A Casual Blues Improvisation... | Jazz Pianist Mack Grout
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A Casual Blues Improvisation... | Jazz Pianist Mack Grout
Seattle Jazz Academy Testimonial: Curtis
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Seattle Jazz Academy Testimonial: Curtis
Seattle Jazz Academy Testimonial: Mark
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Seattle Jazz Academy Testimonial: Mark
Seattle Jazz Academy Testimonial: Alexia
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Seattle Jazz Academy Testimonial: Alexia
Sweeping Inversions | Improvisation Drills | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Sweeping Inversions | Improvisation Drills | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
Cyclical Quadruplets | Improvisation Drills and Patterns | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Cyclical Quadruplets | Improvisation Drills and Patterns | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
The 2nd 2 5 1 Lick | Easy Jazz Vocabulary | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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The 2nd 2 5 1 Lick | Easy Jazz Vocabulary | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
Five Becomes Two 2-5-1 | Moving Through Harmony | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Five Becomes Two 2-5-1 | Moving Through Harmony | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
The Ladder | Simple Diatonic Sequence | Jazz Vocabulary | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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The Ladder | Simple Diatonic Sequence | Jazz Vocabulary | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
Easy Tri-Tone Trick | Improv Tactics | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Easy Tri-Tone Trick | Improv Tactics | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
Dominant Upper Structures | Minor Triads | Two Handed Chords | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Dominant Upper Structures | Minor Triads | Two Handed Chords | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
Dominant Upper Structures | Major Triads | Two Handed Chords | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Dominant Upper Structures | Major Triads | Two Handed Chords | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
Two Handed Chord Voicing | Tri-tone Fourths | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Two Handed Chord Voicing | Tri-tone Fourths | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
First Minor 2 5 1 Lick | Easy Jazz Vocabulary | Dizzy Gillespie | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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First Minor 2 5 1 Lick | Easy Jazz Vocabulary | Dizzy Gillespie | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
First 2 5 1 Lick | Easy Jazz Vocabulary | Sequences | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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First 2 5 1 Lick | Easy Jazz Vocabulary | Sequences | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
Two Handed Magic 2-5-1 | Magic Voicing Pt. 2 | So What Chords | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Two Handed Magic 2-5-1 | Magic Voicing Pt. 2 | So What Chords | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
The Reverse Zipper | Ascending Diminished Run | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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The Reverse Zipper | Ascending Diminished Run | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
Huey Smith Awesome Blues Lick | Classic Blues Piano Sound | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Huey Smith Awesome Blues Lick | Classic Blues Piano Sound | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
Classic Ending | Count Basie Ending | Major 6 Walk Up | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Classic Ending | Count Basie Ending | Major 6 Walk Up | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
Burnin' Two Handed Diminished Run | Classic Jazz Chops | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Burnin' Two Handed Diminished Run | Classic Jazz Chops | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
Make Your 9's Move | Creating an Inner Voice / Counter Melody | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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Make Your 9's Move | Creating an Inner Voice / Counter Melody | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
The Dominant Slide | Blues Lick | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas
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The Dominant Slide | Blues Lick | Jazz Piano: Short Practice Ideas

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  • @martintaboada8374
    @martintaboada8374 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Could u this but for maj7, b7 and ,half dim?

  • @jaymusic438
    @jaymusic438 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Best channel ❤❤

  • @ZaakiConcept
    @ZaakiConcept 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Perfect,!

  • @amiyrlewis153
    @amiyrlewis153 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thankxz!!

  • @fof1234
    @fof1234 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much sir. Very informative. Apart from resolving to the F major, can i also resolve it to the F minor using (C7 + any 6 of the minor triads) let's say I'm playing a song in G major

  • @fof1234
    @fof1234 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much sir. Very informative. When you resolved to the E major, 4:45, what theory was behind that or how were you thinking

  • @majoway
    @majoway 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's sound is cool! It's like Maccoy Tyner! Thanks very much❤

  • @mymo_in_Bb
    @mymo_in_Bb 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi! I've been playing the piano for 13 years, but I never played jazz on the piano. When I started playing jazz, it was on woodwinds, so I never learnt to comp. This sounds like exactly the sort of practice I need, so thank you! However, I feel like it's still a bit too hard for me on most tunes. I tried it on All Blues and Autumn Leaves, and there I kinda just settled into certain shapes and inversions that I didn't switch around, and I didn't employ any sort of voice leading, so I was often jumping from place to place, just to get to the chord shape I had learnt. I tried it on Misty and In a Sentimental Mood, where I really struggled and almost never managed to hit the right chord. What I'm trying to ask is, do you have any tips for exercises for absolute beginners into comping? People who only ever knew the piano keyboard as something to memorise tunes set in stone on? Maybe exercises to learn to read chords? Anyway, thank you so much for this exercise!

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey hey! I would say this is a relatively difficult way to comp compared to what we might call 'upper structure' style. Upper structure style we play a stock voicing (left hand rootless chord) and just try to play octaves in the right hand to start, then maybe octave spliced with a third down from the top, then maybe four stacks. I think that two handed comping is one of the more difficult things we do on the piano, especially at first when learning because most of the time we practice by ourselves. What I would do is make sure to just learn to spot these 2+2 voicings on any tune that you are working on and get fast at finding these. First big fundamental thing that I make all my jazz piano students do is memorize and master the rootless major 2-5's and 2-5-1's. Play the first chord as a rootless minor nine chord, then drop the 7th of the chord a half step to make the chord become a dominant 13 voicing for the five chord. We see lots of 2-5-1's, but more importantly when you practice all the 2-5-1's you are practicing each dominant, minor, and major chord! Whoa! Hope that helps, sorry I dont have the time to go into more detail! Cheers, Mack

    • @mymo_in_Bb
      @mymo_in_Bb 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mackgrout Thanks a lot! :D

  • @majoway
    @majoway 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    that's great! thank you so much!

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you like it!

  • @TheHBaer
    @TheHBaer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very fine indeed!!!

  • @TheHBaer
    @TheHBaer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your short practice idea videos are real nuggets, Mack!! They are challenging but never overwhelming and fun too. Thanks for sharing!!! 🙏

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My pleasure, glad you enjoy them!

  • @DistoCarbon
    @DistoCarbon 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im so glad this video exist..fr thanks man !

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad it helped!

  • @billkeyes540
    @billkeyes540 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Mack. I've been teaching piano for 35 years. I always knew going thru diatonic chords worked . I'm familiar with Barry Harris transitions. I loved the way you spelled them out this way. I still find things in the major diatonic scales I hadn't noticed. Thanks! Bill

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks Bill! Yea this is how I learned it first. Best wishes.

  • @mikegeld1280
    @mikegeld1280 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude,,,,put some pants on ,smh automatic 👎 on general principle,geez ,pull it together, beta

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol thanks for watching dude! 😂

    • @mikegeld1280
      @mikegeld1280 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dzeng16251 😢

  • @briannovak1322
    @briannovak1322 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a great technique. I’ve learned block chords using with the VI minor 7 chord as well as some other variations. This is a really easy and cogent way to play blocks. I almost always use my left hand thumb to double the right hand pinky. Reminds me of a big band saxophone section. Great video!!!

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @chukiatsrisakul8559
    @chukiatsrisakul8559 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤🎉🎉😊

  • @70sGibson
    @70sGibson 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As an intermediate-ish player this seemed quite hard to begin with. Breaking the chords down into their spelling helped me to work out what was being played. I guess the idea here is the basic chord sequence is just a stepping stone. i will be coming back to this video. Never thought of watching at half speed. It's gonna take some time to get even the basic chord sequence down. Thank you you for teaching this.

  • @70sGibson
    @70sGibson 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just a question. When the Fm chord is played there is a D note at the bottom, so should this not be Fm/D rather than Fm/C or is it an Fm6? Thanks

  • @Wolfadorian
    @Wolfadorian 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Actually really useful nice !

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you think so!

  • @azaniaritualkollectivoffic5250
    @azaniaritualkollectivoffic5250 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Welcome

  • @barbchristensonpiano3050
    @barbchristensonpiano3050 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow! Awesome work on this Mack! Inspiring as always….🤜🏻😎♥️🎶Thanks for posting.

  • @dannuttle9005
    @dannuttle9005 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've wondered where you've been. Congrats on the addition to the family. Or should I say, the additions!

  • @fabiancosster2992
    @fabiancosster2992 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would like to get freePDF of all thise lessons

  • @fabiancosster2992
    @fabiancosster2992 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey man you are amazing many many thanks for this magical channel

  • @fabiancosster2992
    @fabiancosster2992 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This will be the channel that will help me understand all kind of voicing especially the two handed voicings many thanks GodBless you and your family

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No problem my friend

  • @edadan
    @edadan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm a huge Guaraldi fan, but there's something about this particular song that leaves me feeling very empty and sad.

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yea I get that

  • @CostonFrijoles
    @CostonFrijoles 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fuego

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🔥

  • @charlessmith263
    @charlessmith263 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A "stinger" in jazz music is something like a crash-out octave or a chord that sounds staccato - the crash-out being the final part of the Count Basie outro.

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      totally!

    • @charlessmith263
      @charlessmith263 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In fact, Frank Sinatra's "stinger" on the word "You" (the last word in "Fly Me To The Moon") gave that song its hook due to that famous jazz ending aforementioned. The symbolism of that "stinger" in that song is that at that point, you "kiss" your lover at that exact musical point.

  • @christophernorman8127
    @christophernorman8127 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Re the comments that this is too hard/fast etc, ..... Yes.. it's not beginner level, but I don’t think that is a problem . It doesn’t go off on a tangent, and the explanation is clear. Maybe it needs an indicator that this is more imtermediate as it assumes a familiarity with chord shapes and/or an ability to read sheet music. Good practical videos on this channel.

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for that Chris, yes sometimes if you are a total beginner these videos are going to seem very difficult.

  • @betofigueredo978
    @betofigueredo978 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very useful, great advice 👏🏼

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @erickdearmas5415
    @erickdearmas5415 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Your welcome!

  • @MooPotPie
    @MooPotPie ปีที่แล้ว

    You omitted the wonderful coda - ascending broken triads in 1st inversion: C, F, G, Ab, Bb, Db - resolving down to a final C chord.

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes I love that part! Check out the version with the trumpet solo, Tom Harrell plays amazing on this tune!

  • @rodneysmith9177
    @rodneysmith9177 ปีที่แล้ว

    Slow down and make sure the audience has a chance to get the basic version down first... then start going into alternate inversions. I know it seems elementary for you and I did pick up a few new things but I knew this basic turn around already. To much in one lesson for beginners. And yeah, that G13 is really cool. I hadn't tried that.

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you got something from it - yea a brand new beginner would have a hard time with a lot of these videos, there are so many videos for total beginners I want to make material for that intermediate player looking for small practice ideas! Happy Thanksgiving.

  • @chrisfulton2532
    @chrisfulton2532 ปีที่แล้ว

    the timing on the solo part (trying to play the way it's written) is killing me. And I played drums. Your little solo at the end of this was fantastic - your knowledge shines here

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks man!

  • @atmconnect
    @atmconnect ปีที่แล้ว

    It would awesome to have a PDF for this!

  • @Thenewt166
    @Thenewt166 ปีที่แล้ว

    I play piano and violin and you really are a great pianist! Keep going, you will get famous one day.

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much!

  • @Thenewt166
    @Thenewt166 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay, you are REALLY underrated. You deserve a lot more likes and comments

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha thank you very much!

  • @Thenewt166
    @Thenewt166 ปีที่แล้ว

    This just makes me so happy for no reason 😂

  • @Thenewt166
    @Thenewt166 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice 👍 I play piano too and I think this is a. M.A.S.T.E.R.P.E.I.CE

  • @lighterwaves5659
    @lighterwaves5659 ปีที่แล้ว

    🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @atmconnect
    @atmconnect ปีที่แล้ว

    These videos are golden!

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching!

  • @atmconnect
    @atmconnect ปีที่แล้ว

    This is awesome, thank you for your videos

  • @lighterwaves5659
    @lighterwaves5659 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's the name of that scale?

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout ปีที่แล้ว

      Hmmm, dunno but it’s like a diminished scale with a missing 4th and 7th scale degree.

    • @lighterwaves5659
      @lighterwaves5659 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mackgrout sounds🔥🔥... thats a rare 💎 of info 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

  • @atmconnect
    @atmconnect ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @AngusMcDonell
    @AngusMcDonell ปีที่แล้ว

    You still got it Mack, awesome!

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Angus, thanks mang! Hope your well!

  • @hobieone60
    @hobieone60 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks

  • @iiigentleman
    @iiigentleman ปีที่แล้ว

    Dang, give your student a hi-5

    • @mackgrout
      @mackgrout 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha, will do!

  • @ccagliveTV
    @ccagliveTV ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome, excellence achieved.

  • @sebwarren7918
    @sebwarren7918 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks