{"id":258,"date":"2014-12-18T03:35:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T03:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proproach.com\/piano-techniques\/?p=258"},"modified":"2014-12-18T03:35:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T03:35:15","slug":"cocktail-piano-chords-the-drop-3-voicing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proproach.com\/piano-techniques\/cocktail-piano-chords-the-drop-3-voicing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocktail Piano Chords: The Drop 3 Voicing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cocktail-Piano-Chords\"The drop 3 voicing<\/em> is one of those piano chords that can be endlessly explored… and well worth the time and effort, too! Adding this concept to your cocktail piano playing will most surely add more interest to those standard songs.<\/p>\n

The drop 3 voicing can be applied to any four-note chord structure. It is most tasteful in solo playing so, as a cocktail pianist, this is one you will capitalize on. Let’s see how this voicing can easily be approached. For our example below, we will use a basic Fmaj7 chord in root position to start with:\"Cocktail-Piano-Chords\"<\/a>Okay, now take a look at the 3rd note from the top. In this case, we are referring to the A in this chord. To create the drop 3 chord voicing, we will simply take this A out of this original position and move it down one octave, the result being this:<\/p>\n

\"Cocktail-Piano-Chords\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Be sure to play the original Fmaj7 formation above and then follow it with this drop 3 voicing and listen closely. What an amazing difference can be made by making a slight variation like this! I think you will agree that your repertoire of cocktail piano chords must include the use of this very popular voicing among the pros.<\/p>\n

Naturally, this chord voicing is not limited to solo playing, as it is quite effect when comping for another soloist as well. As a cocktail pianist playing solo, however, you will really have a fun time applying this drop 3 in so many of your ballads.<\/p>\n

How about choosing a favorite standard song right now and putting this voicing to use? Let’s consider the very beginning of\u00a0Arlen and Harburg’s Over The Rainbow<\/em> in Eb, in which the first chord might be played as an Eb6. The first melody note is an Eb. Therefore, the right hand might play both the melody and the chord using the 1st inversion of this chord (playing this inversion keeps the melody at the top):<\/p>\n

\"Cocktail-Piano-Chords\"Okay, let’s turn this into a drop 3. Again, we will take that 3rd note from the top (in this case, the Bb) and move it one octave below:<\/p>\n

\"Cocktail-Piano-Chords\"Again, compare the original structure with this drop 3 voicing. Learn to really appreciate the differences in sound achieved by even\u00a0little variations like this. You’ve got a whole world of sound to explore!<\/p>\n

Okay, we just applied this to one melody note. You are highly encouraged to go through an entire tune and use the drop 3 often, even more than you are likely to normally use it in performance. By doing this, you’ll eventually learn to play it on command. Have tons of fun with the drop 3\u00a0 voicing!<\/p>\n

Remember,<\/p>\n

Always…<\/p>\n

ALWAYS…<\/p>\n

PLAY WITH PASSION!<\/p>\n

Musically,<\/p>\n

Dave
\nwww.PianoAmore.net
\nwww.ProProach.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The drop 3 voicing is one of those piano chords that can be endlessly explored… and well worth the time and effort, too! Adding this concept to your cocktail piano playing will most surely add more interest to those standard songs. The drop 3 voicing can be applied to any four-note chord structure. It is … <\/p>\n

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