{"id":8170,"date":"2022-06-28T08:22:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T15:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/?p=8170"},"modified":"2023-01-16T10:41:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:41:39","slug":"sound-jazzy-on-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/sound-jazzy-on-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Sound Jazzy on the Piano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing quite like jazz piano. It&#8217;s both sophisticated and relaxed, with just a dash of swagger. So how do you get that authentic jazzy sound on the piano? Lounge pianist and YouTube sensation Sangah Noona is here to show you three easy techniques to get you started: bass walking, comping rhythm, and tensions. Don&#8217;t forget to the download the PDF resource for this lesson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<center><a class=\"join\" href=\"https:\/\/d1923uyy6spedc.cloudfront.net\/3%20Ways%20To%20Make%20Your%20Piano%20Playing%20Jazzy%20QT-1655689045.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOWNLOAD SHEET MUSIC PDF<\/a><\/center>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>#1. Bass Walking<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Main lesson: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/walking-bass-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Play a Walking Bass Line on the Piano<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A walking bass on our left hand adds groovy forward momentum to our playing. When you&#8217;re bass walking, just remember this simple pattern:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#f61a30\">1 &#8211; 2 &#8211; 3 &#8211; 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These numbers represent the degrees of the chords you&#8217;re playing. In other words, you&#8217;re playing the first, second, third, and fifth notes of the chord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2022\/Sound%20Jazzy\/walking%20bass%20-%20edit.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"165\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/weekly-email\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>#2. Adding Tensions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jazz is all about tensions. Tensions are created when we extend chords past their triad form. A common way to do this is to add a seventh and\/or ninth to a chord. These are called chord extensions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, this is an F chord with extensions:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2022\/Sound%20Jazzy\/chord%20extensions.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Not everyone can reach all these notes with one hand. And sometimes, it&#8217;s nicer to voice these notes with more space between them. So Sangah plays this chord like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Left Hand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2022\/Sound%20Jazzy\/Left%20Hand%20F.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Right Hand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2022\/Sound%20Jazzy\/chord%20extensions%20-%20revoiced.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Practice this voicing a few times. Or experiment around with the notes to create your own voicing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2022\/Sound%20Jazzy\/chord%20extensions%20notation.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When adding extensions, just remember these two rules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>If it&#8217;s a major chord, <\/strong>add a major seventh (or major ninth, eleventh, etc.).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If it&#8217;s a minor chord, <\/strong>add a dominant seventh (or ninth, eleventh, etc.). In other words, a minor seventh.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you&#8217;re comfortable with the concepts of tension and bass walking, try playing them together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>#3. Comping Rhythm<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s time to get <em>really <\/em>jazzy! You may know that jazz is all about that swing. Our final ingredient is a simple swing comping rhythm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to get into the nitty-gritty of counting, it looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2022\/Sound%20Jazzy\/comping%20rhythm.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But we recommend just getting a feel for the rhythm. Maybe clap it a few times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;And once you do get that swing, add your left hand bass walking! Now your playing should sound totally jazzy \ud83c\udfb7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep practicing. Eventually, you&#8217;ll be able to play the melody on top with your right hand, your walking bass in your left, and your chord comping in the spaces between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"blue-text-block\"><center><h3 style=\"font-size:22px;\"><b>Learn More With Sangah Noona<\/b><\/h3><p>Enjoyed this lesson with Sangah Noona? A real Renaissance woman, she has a full course on expanding your musical style in the Pianote Members Area. Not sure if you want to be a Member yet? Enjoy a free trial for seven days. Happy playing!<\/p><p><a class=\"join\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRY PIANOTE<\/a><\/p><\/center><\/span>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add a pizazz of jazz to your piano playing with three easy techniques: bass walking, comping rhythm, and adding tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":11011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524,509],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-styles","category-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8170"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11012,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8170\/revisions\/11012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}