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In this episode, Brenden reveals 3 powerful left hand techniques that instantly transform your sound — whether you’re comping in a group or creating solo piano arrangements.
These tools are simple to apply but rich in musical payoff — especially if you’ve been stuck using the same voicings over and over.
🎹 What You’ll Learn:
- 3-Note Rootless Manipulation
- Learn how to remove a finger from your rootless voicing to create leaner, funkier textures
- Quickly swap in different extensions to add flavor — without relearning shapes
- Quartal Voicings Up the Scale
- Use stacked 4ths to move through 2-5-1s with a modern sound
- Perfect for modal comping and open, Herbie-style harmony
- Low Register Anchoring
- How to use your LH in the bass register to add drama, spice, and harmonic weight
- Especially effective in solo piano or small trio settings
🧠 Why These Tricks Matter:
They’ll help you:
- Break out of static comping
- Sound more expressive without sounding busier
- Add instant jazz character to your playing
Still feel overwhelmed by jazz piano?
If you’ve ever sat down to practice feeling motivated… then bounced between videos, books, and exercises unsure what actually matters — you’re not alone.
The Jazz Piano Roadmap shows you how jazz piano really works by organizing your practice around clear goals instead of random content.
Inside the Roadmap, you’ll discover:
Why most jazz pianists stay stuck (and it’s not lack of talent)
Why random practice creates random results
How goal-based learning leads to real confidence at the piano
A clear path for comping, solo piano, and improvisation
This isn’t another collection of tips.
It’s the map that helps jazz piano finally make sense.
