Free PDF: A Clear Chord Practice Framework for Jazz Pianists

A practical way to start learning jazz voicings with clarity, structure, in real musical context.

Learning jazz piano can feel overwhelming. There’s so much information, so many concepts, and often very little clarity about what to practice and how to practice it.

This free PDF is designed to give you exactly that: a clear, practical framework for learning jazz chord voicings - one of the essential building blocks of jazz piano.

Rather than trying to explain everything at once, we focus on:

  • Learning good-sounding voicings
  • Memorizing them efficiently
  • Playing them in context, with a tune and a backing track

We start with a simple blues in C and learn:

  • One dominant 7 voicing
  • How to transpose it
  • How to practice it until it’s playable by memory
  • How to use inversions for better voice leading

What you’ll get

  • A step-by-step voicing practice framework
  • Clear, achievable practice instructions
  • A musical context (not abstract theory)
  • A foundation you can reuse for other chords and tunes

This PDF is meant as a starting point - something you can immediately sit down with at the piano and work through in one focused practice session.

About me

I’m Floris Kappeyne, a jazz pianist and educator. I’ve been playing professionally for over 15 years, and I'm a teacher at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, one of the world's leading jazz programs.

I focus on helping pianists build their jazz skills through clear practice routines.