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The Ultimate Jazz Piano Voicings and Chord Atlas

700+ voicings, from shells to advanced, in all 12 keys

From shells to advanced voicings

The cover of The Ultimate Jazz Piano Voicings and Chord Atlas: a painted jazz trio under the title.
  • Advanced Voicings
  • Chord Dictionary
  • Arpeggios and Lines
  • Theory and History
  • 30-Day Plan
  • All 12 Keys
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The problems

What gets in the way, and where this book answers it

People learning jazz piano name the same problems again and again in public forums. Here are seven of them, each beside the pages of the book that answer it.

  1. The books and lessons are dense, and they are not a method you can follow in order.

    Part Three

    A practice book in a fixed order, one key and one voicing at a time.

    The Atlaspage 55How the ladder workspage 56

  2. Nobody tells you what to practice first.

    Part Five

    A 30-day plan that names what to play each day, then a 12-week schedule.

    The 30-day planpage 225The 12-week schedulepage 226

  3. You know the chords, but the voicings overwhelm you and will not come to your hands.

    Part Three

    Seven voicings for every chord of the ii-V-I, from shells to quartal and upper-structure color.

    The key of C, Level 1page 59

  4. The voicings you learn will not come back when you need them, in another key or in the middle of a tune.

    Part Five

    Every level printed in all 12 keys, with a tracker to tick key by key.

    Your ladder in twelve keyspage 227

  5. Nobody explains why any of it works.

    Part Two

    The foundations in plain words, then the 20 Rules of voicing.

    The Foundationspage 33The 20 Rulespage 48

  6. Your solos sound like random notes from a scale.

    Part Four

    The Line Method: four patterns that turn the chords into melody.

    The Line Methodpage 157The four patternspage 170

  7. There is never enough time to practice.

    Part Five

    Fifteen minutes a day: three on a voicing you own, eight on the day's level, four on lines.

    The fifteen-minute routinepage 224

Inside

A practice book first, with all the theory you need explained in plain words.

Seven levels of voicings over the major and minor ii-V-I, one key at a time, in all 12 keys. Every day names a key, a level and a line pattern, or a review.

700+ different voicings in all 12 keys

Chords of up to 8 notes, in both hands

  • 7 levels of voicings for every ii‑V‑I chord, from shells to quartal and upper-structure color
  • 21 chord types in all 12 keys, each with its notes by degree and one two-hand voicing
  • 100+ lines and arpeggios, in both hands
  • A 30-day plan and a 12-week schedule, 15 minutes a day
  • A blues page in every key
  • A PDF you download and keep, no subscription
  • Every voicing shows which hand plays which notes, and every line is fingered.
  • Every voicing checked by software, note by note, before it was printed.
  • Theory and history, explained in plain words.

10 pages from the book. Tap a page to read it large.

  • Book page: chords built on C, each chord type on its own keyboard, the left hand in orange, the right hand in blue and the optional notes in pink.
    Page 236Part Six, the chord dictionary: every chord type on its own keyboard, spelled by degree.
  • Book page: the swing era from the story of the jazz chord, where drop 2 came from horn sections, with a drop 2 chord on a staff and a keyboard and three records to hear it on.
    Page 20Part One, the story of the jazz chord: each era with the voicing it gave the piano.
  • Book page: rootless voicings, the A form and the B form of D minor seven on large keyboards, with the optional root in pink.
    Page 40Part Two: the two rootless shapes, A and B, with the root in pink where you can add it.
  • Book page: drop 2 and drop 3 voicings, each on a staff and a keyboard, the left hand in orange and the right hand in blue.
    Page 41Part Two: drop 2 and drop 3, the voicings that spread a chord across both hands.
  • Book page: the key of C, with its place on the circle of fifths, its scale over two octaves in orange and blue, and standards played in C.
    Page 58Every key opens with its portrait: its place on the circle, its scale and the standards played in it.
  • Book page: the twelve-bar blues in C, with a rootless left-hand shape for each chord of the form.
    Page 64The twelve-bar blues in C, with a shape for every chord of the form.
  • Book page: D flat, Levels 5 and 6 of the ladder, drop 3 and two-hand block voicings over the major and minor ii-V-I, each on a staff and a keyboard.
    Page 102The ladder climbs in every key. Here, D flat at Levels 5 and 6, in major and minor.
  • Book page: the modes of the major scale, each on a staff and a keyboard, with the note that sets it apart marked in gold.
    Page 160Part Four: the scales on a staff and a keyboard, each with the note that sets it apart.
  • Book page: Pattern 1 in C, chord-tone lines through the major and minor ii-V-I, the right hand in blue and the left hand in orange, with fingerings.
    Page 173Part Four, the Line Method: a line for each hand through the ii-V-I, fingered note by note.
  • Book page: the 30-day plan, one cell a day naming a key, a level and a line pattern, or a review.
    Page 225The 30-day plan. Every day names a key, a level and a line pattern, or a review.
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Hear it

One ladder in C, seven levels

The major ii-V-I in C on every level of the ladder, on the keyboards the book prints: the left hand in orange, the right hand in blue, the optional notes in pink. Tap Play to hear a level, or a keyboard to hear one chord.

  1. Two‑hand shells

    Page 59

    iiDm7

    DCFEC3C4C5

    RHFE

    LHDC

    VG7

    GBFEC3C4C5

    RHFE

    LHGB

    ICmaj7

    CBEDC3C4C5

    RHED

    LHCB

  2. Rootless A

    Page 59

    iiDm7

    DFACEC3C4C5

    RHfree for the melody

    LHDFACE

    VG7

    FABEC3C4C5

    RHfree for the melody

    LHFABE

    ICmaj7

    CEGBDC3C4C5

    RHfree for the melody

    LHCEGBD

  3. Rootless B

    Page 60

    iiDm7

    CEFAC3C4

    RHfree for the melody

    LHCEFA

    VG7

    GBEFAC3C4

    RHfree for the melody

    LHGBEFA

    ICmaj7

    BDEGC3C4

    RHfree for the melody

    LHBDEG

  4. Drop 2

    Page 61

    iiDm7

    DEACFC3C4C5

    RHACF

    LHDE

    VG7

    GDABFC3C4C5

    RHABF

    LHGD

    ICmaj7

    CDGBEC3C4C5

    RHGBE

    LHCD

  5. Drop 3

    Page 61

    iiDm7

    DAFGCEC3C4C5

    RHFGCE

    LHDA

    VG7

    GBADFC3C4C5

    RHADF

    LHGB

    ICmaj7

    CBGADEC3C4C5

    RHGADE

    LHCB

  6. Two‑hand block

    Page 62

    iiDm7

    FACEGBDGC3C4C5

    RHGBDG

    LHFACE

    VG7

    FABEADAC3C4C5

    RHADA

    LHFABE

    ICmaj7

    EGBDAEAC3C4C5F♯

    RHAEF♯A

    LHEGBD

  7. Quartal and upper‑structure color

    Page 63

    iiDm7

    DGCFABEAC3C4C5

    RHABEA

    LHDGCF

    VG13♯11

    GBFAEAC3C4C5C♯

    RHAC♯EA

    LHGBF

    ICmaj7♯11

    CGBEADAC3C4C5F♯

    RHADF♯A

    LHCGBE

Right handLeft handOptionalThe book prints each voicing on a staff and a keyboard in the same colors, the optional notes small and pink.

The app

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Jazz Piano Master is our app for learning jazz piano, free to download with in-app purchases.

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Who made it

Written by Vladan Mijatovic

He is a Serbian-American jazz pianist, composer and educator based in Los Angeles, with more than thirty years of experience at the piano. He studied jazz piano and composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, was awarded a scholarship to Berklee College of Music, and his Carnegie Hall debut in 2014 sold out. He built the Jazz Piano Master app to bring his teaching to pianists everywhere, and the Atlas is its first book.

The price

$27, once.

A PDF you download and keep. No subscription.

Buy the Atlas

One-time purchase of a digital download, so all sales are final and we do not offer refunds, except where the law requires one. Questions before you buy? Write to support@jazzpianomaster.com.

Questions

Before you buy

Who is the Atlas for?
Pianists who know their chords and want them to sound like jazz: players who can read a chord symbol such as Dm7 or G7 and want voicings that come back to their hands in every key.
What level do I need?
If you can play a major scale and read a chord symbol such as Dm7, you can start. Part Two builds everything else from the intervals up, and every voicing is printed on a keyboard and a staff with the notes of each hand named.
What do I get, and where can I read it?
One PDF of the whole book, yours to keep. It opens on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and PC, and it prints on US Letter paper. There is nothing to install and no account to make.
How does the app fit in?
The book stands on its own. Jazz Piano Master is a separate app for learning jazz piano, free to download with in-app purchases. Every key in the book carries a QR code to get the app.
How long does it take each day?
Fifteen minutes a day, in three steps: three minutes on a voicing you already own, eight on the level of the day, four on lines. The 30-day plan names a key, a level and a line pattern for each day, or a review every sixth day, and the 12-week schedule gives each week a level, a line pattern and three keys.
Can I get a refund?
No. The Atlas is a one-time purchase of a digital download that is yours the moment you pay, so all sales are final and we do not offer refunds, except where the law requires one. If your download does not work, write to support@jazzpianomaster.com and we will fix it.
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15 minutes a day, in every key

Open it at the piano tonight and start with Level 1 in C.

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