Learn the essential building blocks of Jazz harmony with chord shells and guide tones. Master these voicings with exercises for major, dominant, and minor 7th chords in all 12 keys to build your foundation for advanced jazz harmony.
Course Objectives
Learn the construction of Chord Shells and Guide Tones
Understand Common Chord Shell Voicings
Play Major 7, Dominant 7, and Minor 7 chords with Shells in 2 Positions
Master the 2-5-1 Progression with Shell Voicings in 12 Keys
Learning Focus
Accompanying
Chords
Exercises
Lead Sheets
Technique
Featured Reviews
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Thorough!
This is one of those foundational courses that is repetitive by nature. Having it broken into manageable chunks makes the tasks easier to endure. Also, being encouraged to practice different comping rhythms and combinations can make playing with the backing track less repetitive and more enjoyable and creative. The main challenge as a student is recognizing that the brain will know the general patterns very early on, but the muscles have to learn each key individually. The separate lessons in the course helps you to realize that you just have to put in the practice time to build a solid foundation.
Fun
Loved this lesson!
Excellent foundations course
Essential theory and techniques to understand, particularly the 251 exercises.
Chord shell heaven. Very important and satisfying course.
Jonny, as always, at his best simplifying and patiently teaching the important fundamentals of the left hand playing the chord shells in major, dominant and minor forms plus the 2-5-1 forms around the cycle of 5ths. This course gives power and freedom to the left hand in most musical styles. Lots of fun.
The essential foundation I’ve been missing all these years
I can’t believe I’ve taken so many piano lessons for so many years and NOT managed to get this under my fingers! As I master these, I’m certain that the systematic and detailed way these exercises are constructed will cause me (and my fingers) to instantly play the most important key to jazz piano playing.
This is one of those foundational courses that is repetitive by nature. Having it broken into manageable chunks makes the tasks easier to endure. Also, being encouraged to practice different comping rhythms and combinations can make playing with the backing track less repetitive and more enjoyable and creative. The main challenge as a student is recognizing that the brain will know the general patterns very early on, but the muscles have to learn each key individually. The separate lessons in the course helps you to realize that you just have to put in the practice time to build a solid foundation.
Fun
Loved this lesson!
Excellent foundations course
Essential theory and techniques to understand, particularly the 251 exercises.
Chord shell heaven. Very important and satisfying course.
Jonny, as always, at his best simplifying and patiently teaching the important fundamentals of the left hand playing the chord shells in major, dominant and minor forms plus the 2-5-1 forms around the cycle of 5ths. This course gives power and freedom to the left hand in most musical styles. Lots of fun.
The essential foundation I’ve been missing all these years
I can’t believe I’ve taken so many piano lessons for so many years and NOT managed to get this under my fingers! As I master these, I’m certain that the systematic and detailed way these exercises are constructed will cause me (and my fingers) to instantly play the most important key to jazz piano playing.
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