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How Do Jazz Pianists Know Which Voicings To Use?

Jazz pianists don’t randomly choose voicings — they use context.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to decide between shell voicings, rootless voicings, drop 2 voicings, quartal voicings, and other common jazz piano chord shapes so you know what to play and when to use it.

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