Jazz Piano Lesson-Phrygian Sus Voicing

Here's a jazz lesson on a mystical chord voicing called the Phrygian sus. It can be used as a color for a dominant seventh chord and can add some exciting tension to your playing. Go to www.coolschoolvideo.com for a PDF of this lesson.

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[taxikband]

Quick and easy way to remember this chord or without having to learn an entirely new voicing is if u look closely you would see that the voicing being played in the right hand is a Bb13 from the basic A and B voicings. So by playing a 13th chord a minor 3rd away you end up with that Phrygian voicing. if you have G root, minor 3rd away is Bb so play Bb13. E root, minor third away is G play G13. Remember A and B voicings!!

[Modes9]

I think of those as dorian b2 chords. They're like lydian augmented chords with the 7th in the bass. Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach, and the Brecker Brothers use those a lot.

[jseanson]

great video. could you post a video discussing some different voicings of the phygian chord with a pedal?

[keyboardplaying1]

@gogetayo

you could think of it as playing a G7 in the left hand and Fminor or D half-diminished in the right hand, you can do more with it then

you could play it as an vii upper structure, with a f and b tritone in the left hand, and some inversion of a f minor or d half-diminshed in the right hand

[gogetayo]

I have a question regarding these chords? I'm trying to learn re-harmonisation. The book I'm studying doesn't give any alternative voicings for this chord. Do you tend do only play a Phrygian chord with the root on top as show here? Because I'm wondering how you may voice this if the melody wasn't the upper note - in this case G.

[slyglen]

It's always been my understanding that by calling the C a suspension, it must resolve to a chord tone in the same chord it exists. If I saw that chord out of context, I would call it a 4-3 suspension, and resolve the C immediately downward to Bb to make a G minor, flat 9 chord. Perhaps calling the C an "anticipation" would be more correct.

However, this is a classical theory student analyzing jazz theory. I wouldn't be surprised if the terminology is different.

[Luisrox123]

yup! remember, a hamonized (or chord scale) is major, minor,minor,major,major 7th,minor,diminished (and octave)

[jkman10]

if G is the third position for the phrygian scale, then why does it sound minor? Is it supposed to?

[hutteldorfh]

Thanks for the clear explanation!

[dhfjal]

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