easy piano chords → cool piano chords 🎹

In this piano tutorial, we start with a simple chord progression in D minor and explore how to turn it into something much funkier and more soulful. I show you how to extend and develop the chords using jazz-influenced voicings, substitutions, and scale choices to create a sound that blends soul, funk, and jazz.

We look at ways to voice and invert the chords creatively, and how modes like Dorian and Lydian can help you improvise with confidence — while also allowing you to slip in non-diatonic chords that still sound like they belong.

A beautiful, dark minor chord progression (tutorial on basic progression):    • A Beautiful, Dark Minor Chord Progression  

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00:00 Preview
00:27 Introduction
01:34 The basic chord progression
03:55 The Big Question
04:53 The advanced chord progression (w/ extensions and substitutions)
11:18 Some basic improv ("90 percent of the sound...")
12:43 How I've developed these chords
19:27 Making it practical and using your ear
23:32 Taking it to the next level (inc. scales discussion)
30:37 A quick demo

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