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Frustration: the telltale sign of future change and growth 🙂 You’re doing awesome. I think part of the tracking progress should include making sure you’re consistently working on similar things so you can see growth in those areas. If you’re doing this then you’re gonna be making some significant progress, even if it takes time on a topic like f&^#%$ enclosures 😅
Root 3rd 7th is a great place to start with the piano. It gives you a very clear sound and idea what each chord means in a tune. Whats great is the motion of the 3rd and 7th stays in a very similar place in jazz harmony. If you look at D-7 G7 C∆7 (a ii V I), the 3rd and 7th of D-7 move very smoothly to the 7th and 3rd of G7. The F (b3rd) and C (b7th) of D-7 smoothly go to F (b7th) and B (3rd) of G7. You only have to move one note, but the sound of the chord moving is massive. When the G7 goes to C∆7, the same thing happens: On G7 the F (b7th) and B (3rd) when going to C∆7 become E (3rd) and B (7th).
Reading this probably makes it sound more complicated, but that video lays this concept out pretty clearly. You can also see a clear visualization of this at this link:
http://www.piano-play-it.com/jazz-chord-progressions.html
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Jazz Chord Progressions - II-V-I with 7/9/13 chords
This page is dedicated to jazz chord progressions. Our free piano chord charts will help you get this right!