'My Favorite Things' Piano Tutorial - Bill Evans Style

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Welcome to this tutorial on the beautiful waltz ‘My Favorite Things’ in the style of Bill Evans. In this lesson we will reharmonise the A section of the song, incorporating Bill Evans style voicing techniques such as quartal harmony and drop two voicings. Throughout the tutorial you will see the original chords in black and reharmonisations have been added above in red.

Reharmonise With Moving Voices
You will learn how to reharmonise the A section using moving voices which connect the chords in the harmony. These moving voices enhance the song with more sophisticated harmonies and chord voicings commonly found in jazz.

Bill Evans Style Chord Voicings
Next we explore quartal harmony which is chord voicings built predominantly from 4th intervals. Quartal voicings create a modern and spacious sound which breathes new light into an old classic such as this tune.

We then explore drop 2 voicings which are a technique often used by Bill Evans to create interesting voicing possibilities for step-wise melody lines.

We also apply complex jazz rehamronisation techniques such as tritone substitutions, upper structure triads to create a harmonically rich and sophisticated arrangement.

0:00 My Favorite Things Piano Lesson
2:47 Descending Bass Line Movement
5:54 251 Passing Chord Options
8:27 Step Wise Drop 2 Voicings
13:59 Moving Voices & Major #11 Chords
16:50 Tritone Subs & Quartal Reharmonisations