Piano lessons Video Overview - "Phat Chord Voicings, Ch. 3"

This piano lessons chapter of the 'Phat Chord Voicings' Series is titled 'Crunch Chords'. So far in this series, we've been exploring the technique of opening up piano chords, creating 'open' voicings by taking the notes of chords and spreading them out on the piano.

Today, we're going to take some of those same chords and go the opposite direction. Instead of 'opening up' the chords, and spreading them around on the piano keyboard, we'll compact the chords so that they always have at least two notes that are a whole step, or even a half-step apart on the piano. This compact voicing of the chords is why they are called 'Crunch' chords.

These Crunch chords are especially effective when you need a little bit of an extra punch in your sound. For instance, when you are playing piano in a band situation, and it comes time for you to take a piano solo, change some of your chord voicings into Crunch chords and you'll be amazed at how they cut through the mix!

To illustrate the use of these piano chord techniques, we've mixed together a full jazz song on the piano showing the use of the Crunch chords in the right hand. In addition, you'll see that we'll go through a detailed 'how-to' for your left hand on the piano, showing how you can take some typical descending line passages and change them into Phat Crunch chords! Enjoy...

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