How To Play Piano: 7 Ways To Make Phatter Piano Chords
Here are some ways you can “phatten” your piano chords:
1. Use color tones such as 6ths, 7ths, 9ths, etc.
2. Use crunches by playing the chord notes from the top down.
3. Use tremolos. You can often “run the tremelo” up the keyboard.
4. Use voicing in 4ths instead of 3rds.
5. Use “blue notes” – slide off black keys onto white keys.
6. Use polytonal notes (non-chordal notes) and then resolve to chord notes.
7. Use “toast notes”. Play chords crisply using staccato touch but with the pedal controling the sound.