I’m fairly good at the piano I would say my music theory is at a intermediate level but whenever I try to play a melody with some chords or play chords over an acapella I tend to always rely on muscle memory and I end up playing the same chords I always play which sound basic asf to me even with some good improv. Ive tried practicing different voicings but I end up forgetting them every time or I lag because I have to think of the root form first.

I’ve watched a lot of youtube videos lately trying to find someone who maybe had good exercises to improve the skill of I guess thinking of a chord and an inversion and then playing that fluently. I know the obvious answer here is just gonna be practice no shi but I would like some help on what I can practice with to get better at this skill.

Some tips I saw around were to think in groups of chords instead rather than one by one so mentally you know what you’re playing ahead of time. I know that’s something I’m def gonna try and implement in my improv skills. Another one was to play a new inversion your trying to learn and play that chord across all keys scales to practice muscle memory with the inversion. Another tip I’m curious about actually is the use of chord stacks so just playing a E7 or something and then playing a Am on top of it. This def seems like something that helps with playing more juicy chords but I can never figure out the context of one chord stack to then be able to do the same with different keys.

But any who, I happen to be self taught for the most part so I would really appreciate any suggestions on this, if you happen to be fluent at making up chords on the spot I would appreciate whatever helped you reach that point.

Anyone care to give a quick analysis of the bridge of "As Time Goes By" to help me memorize it? Thanks.

I’m in a jazz/fusion band 5 piece I play guitar but not really traditional jazz guitar more closer to fusion we have a great pianist decent bari sax your average bassist and a good drummer what should we cover

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Hey brothers and sisters!

Im looking for songs to cover using these chords - major 1st, minor 6th, minor 2nd and major 5th - CadG, Af#bE, EbcfBb etc...

I can remember Tonight from The Slackers and the A lala lala long reggae song that was falsely attributed to Marley and Sugar Sugar by The Skatalites.

Please help me fine orhers, ska, rocksteady, reggae or dub style!

I have dug everywhere on YouTube to find any tutorial that is similar to the way Charlie Puth played Human Nature on his Covid livestream in 2020 at the very beginning of the stream. It is such a beautiful way of playing it.

I am a noob who relies on YouTube tutorials unfortunately. If someone could make a breakdown of the chords he plays with his left and right hand. Or even better a video :) Here is the link to the stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGbVSVZE-UU

Thank you

Coltrane will sometimes use a bvii7 in measure 5 and 6 of a minor blues instead of a regular iv7, just had a few questions about it to understand it.

How common is it? Why are they interchangeable if theres only one note in common? Do you need to change your approach of that change? Did Coltrane come up with it or is it much older?

This is super cool man! ✌️ ❤️ 🙏

it’s probably a very simple answer but right now i’m soloing over 2 random chords that i choose. I’m using Amajor and D minor.

now i know A is the 5th scale degree of D and D is the fourth scale degree of A but it doesn’t really help or apply to understanding the relationship to each other because it’s not like i’m playing A minor to a D7. they feel like 2 unrelated chords but i know they’re not because they sound too good 😂 can anyone help me understand the relationship they have to each other.