Take The A Train with Close Voicings

Practice your close voicings with this famous jazz standard "Take The A Train"!

Close voicings are often called "rootless voicings", or - when played in the left hand - "left hand voicings".
For maj7 and min7 chords we use 9th chords (maj9 and min9) without the root. For dom7 chords we use guide tones + 9 and 13, again without the root.
You can also use these left hand voicings to comp, so a backing track can be helpful to practice along!

* Free pdf of the sheet music: https://bit.ly/3yI9C7B
* Free pdf of the sheet music (with annotations): https://bit.ly/3shPkj1

0:00 Practice the close voicings in the LH
1:15 Theme with close voicings in the LH
1:56 Comping with close voicings
3:54 Close voicings in the RH with a walking bass

* Pause or slow down the video if necessairy
* Don't forget to apply these close voicings and comping exercises to other standards!
* Backing track used in this video:    • TAKE THE "A" TRAIN chord progression ...  
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