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However, for our beginning purposes, we are going to make “A” and “B” voicings more regimented.

“A” and “B” voicings can be played in many different ways. A “B” voicing is technically a voicing in which the 7th is below the 3rd. Technically an “A” voicing is a voicing where the 3rd is below the 7th. Also, you can turn the A or B voicing into a rootless Left-Hand voicing by moving the top note down an octave and playing with your left hand. We are going to call the two voicings “A” and “B.” We are only learn two voicings, but you have to learn to adjust the voicing to fit the quality of the chord. We are going to learn only two voicings, and adjust them depending on the quality of the chord. There are MANY more voicings you can use, but I try to basically only give two choices in the very beginning until that becomes pretty natural. I think it’s because the shapes are easier to see on the guitar, and so less music theory is required in the early stages.īecause jazz piano can be so theory intensive and it’s relatively hard to get going, I’ve boiled things down to only two voicings for jazz pianists.

It seems to take longer for things to click for a beginning jazz pianist.

Despite the fact that piano is my primary instrument and guitar is my secondary instrument, I’ve found that it is generally faster to get a student up and running on jazz guitar than it is for jazz piano. I made things WAY too complicated for beginners when I first started teaching jazz piano lessons. I’m following up that post with this article on beginning jazz piano voicings.Īfter ten years of teaching jazz combos and teaching private jazz lessons (mostly to jazz pianists and jazz guitarists), I’ve learned to keep things simple in the beginning stages so students can experience success right off the bat.

I recently did a post about 12 beginning jazz guitar voicings.