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[Eman7]

Here are some left hand chords from Greatful by Hezekiah; chords yall can use while someone is tlaking. If someone knows the names to these chords, feel free to write them or correct them, not quite sure about two of them.

(Abmaj7) Ab-C-Eb-G
(Ebmb7) Eb-Gb-Bb-Db
(Ebm6) Eb-Gb-Bb-C
(C-Tritone)E-Bb-C (Use this as a passing chord)
(Dbmaj7) Db-F-Ab-C

In the right hand your feel free to do whatever you want.
Use the same run in the actual music from time to time before the first chord. Eb,f,Ab,Bb,C 

[T-Block]

The Eb-Gb-Bb-Db would just be an Ebm7

The E-Bb-C would just be an inverted C7

[kmccray]

Here are some left hand chords from Greatful by Hezekiah; chords yall can use while someone is tlaking. If someone knows the names to these chords, feel free to write them or correct them, not quite sure about two of them.

(Abmaj7) Ab-C-Eb-G
(Ebmb7) Eb-Gb-Bb-Db
(Ebm6) Eb-Gb-Bb-C
(C-Tritone)E-Bb-C (Use this as a passing chord)
(Dbmaj7) Db-F-Ab-C

In the right hand your feel free to do whatever you want.

I am not advanced enough to chord with my left hand.  I usually just double on the bass.  Any suggestions as to how to improve my skills with my left hand so that I can chord with it?
Use the same run in the actual music from time to time before the first chord. Eb,f,Ab,Bb,C  

[Eman7]

One good way to start chording with your left hand is to double up the chord you use in your right hand. Meaning whatever chord you play in your right, use the same chord in the left. Of course this is while your practicing. Move the chords half step up or down; next try moving them whole steps and so on. This will get your left hand use to it.

[kmccray]

One good way to start chording with your left hand is to double up the chord you use in your right hand. Meaning whatever chord you play in your right, use the same chord in the left. Of course this is while your practicing. Move the chords half step up or down; next try moving them whole steps and so on. This will get your left hand use to it.

OK  I am going to try this.  One other question......for playing 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, 13ths  should I in the left hand play the chord and the extensions with right hand or vice versa  (if I am making any sense).  I may not be explaining it properly

[musallio]

OK  I am going to try this.  One other question......for playing 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, 13ths  should I in the left hand play the chord and the extensions with right hand or vice versa  (if I am making any sense).  I may not be explaining it properly

It really depends on the sound you want to produce (voicing)
I am not strong at chording with my left yet, but I think about the sound I want, say BbM13 but I want the 7th sound on top. In that case, I play something like this:
Bb/A-D-F-G-A     [BbM13]

But if I want it to variate that I play the 6th tone at the bottom like this:

G/Bb-D-F-A   [BbM7/G   or simply a Gm9 chord]

The chord sounds full & if it was a looping 1-4-5 in Bb, the listener could think I am doing a whole lot, when I am merely changing the voicing of the same notes/ chord.

What I have done here is:

Bb/A-D-F-G-A   [played the root on the LH & took the root down by a half step on the RH & "added" the 6th note to give me a M13. the 7th on top is just optional]


With G/Bb-D-F-A, [I just started with a 6th on the LH, then I know that I only have to play a 3rd & 7th on the RH (being D&A, but then the Bb (root) & F (5th) are within easy reach, so I just added them]

This is just one of heaps of options available to you.

The best way you can explore these is by figuring out a certain chord quality for each tone of the scale, eg:

Figure out the possible ways you can play a 9th of the tonal chord  [day1]
Until you get to the 7th degree of the scale on day 7 then try to play any combination of all  that going up the scale.

Then learn your 11ths, 13ths per week, then by week 5 you should play your scales systematically with a combination of 7ths, 9ths, 11ths 13ths and other extensions.

From then on, you will never sound predictable because you will have so many options to choose from & you will produce what you want, when you want it, not because you ran out of options.

[kmccray]

It really depends on the sound you want to produce (voicing)
I am not strong at chording with my left yet, but I think about the sound I want, say BbM13 but I want the 7th sound on top. In that case, I play something like this:
Bb/A-D-F-G-A     [BbM13]

But if I want it to variate that I play the 6th tone at the bottom like this:

G/Bb-D-F-A   [BbM7/G   or simply a Gm9 chord]

The chord sounds full & if it was a looping 1-4-5 in Bb, the listener could think I am doing a whole lot, when I am merely changing the voicing of the same notes/ chord.

What I have done here is:

Bb/A-D-F-G-A   [played the root on the LH & took the root down by a half step on the RH & "added" the 6th note to give me a M13. the 7th on top is just optional]


With G/Bb-D-F-A, [I just started with a 6th on the LH, then I know that I only have to play a 3rd & 7th on the RH (being D&A, but then the Bb (root) & F (5th) are within easy reach, so I just added them]

This is just one of heaps of options available to you.

The best way you can explore these is by figuring out a certain chord quality for each tone of the scale, eg:

Figure out the possible ways you can play a 9th of the tonal chord  [day1]
Until you get to the 7th degree of the scale on day 7 then try to play any combination of all  that going up the scale.

Then learn your 11ths, 13ths per week, then by week 5 you should play your scales systematically with a combination of 7ths, 9ths, 11ths 13ths and other extensions.

From then on, you will never sound predictable because you will have so many options to choose from & you will produce what you want, when you want it, not because you ran out of options.

Just getting back to the post......I will start working on this and will give feedback later.  Thanks for your help.