Ballad for B♭
Note after Note · Level 5 (Advanced) · jazz and blues · Piano
A slow jazz ballad in B♭: left hand in shell voicings (root, third, seventh), ii–V progressions, half-diminished and dominant colours.
▶ Play this piece with the interactive score
How to practise it
- Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
- Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
- Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
- Each left-hand chord is played 5-3-1: root, third, seventh. Listen to the seventh sliding a half step into the third of the next chord. A very legato, singing melody over a softer left hand. Use the sustain pedal, changed with each chord.