VOicings are indeed a way to improve your piano playing. For now, let's just consider two voicings . . . closed voicings and open voicings. A closed voicing is a voicing with the notes of the chord all together close, and it sounds okay . . . but not as full, as rich as it could sound.
Are you near a keyboard? If so, with your right hand, play a simple C chord . . . CEG. That is a closed voicing. By the way, closed voicings do not sound nice the lower you get on the keyboard. Play the same closed voicing, CEG, down lower. Hear how muddy it sounds? Closed voicings only sound acceptable above or around middle C.
Now let's do an open voicing. WIth your left hand, play a C-G. Now with your right hand, play E-C. Together, as if you are playing one chord. That is an open voicing. . . . notes more spread out.
Let's do one more open voicing, this time a Cmajor7. With your left hand, play a E-B. Now with your right hand, play E-G-C (or C-G-C, whichever sounds better to you). That is a different voicing of a Cmajor7, but it has all the notes of a Cmajor7 . . . CEGB. :wink:
Finally, lets arpeggiate that open voicing. Play the E-B and E-G-C chord again. Now, press down the sustain pedal and play this with your left hand: C, E, G, C, E, G, C (single notes, from lower tones up the keyboard). See how this all runs together, and makes it sound "fuller?" Try this with any chord or in any key that you wish.
So voicing is all in where you place your notes in the chord.
Hope this helps . . . :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Be Blessed . . . :lol:
BBoy
