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Chord Shell & Guide Tone Exercises

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Instructor
Jonny May
Course
Intermediate
03:03:49

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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So much fun!
Clear concepts. Challenging and fun!
Fun and very useful!
Learning rhythmic exercises while mastering 251 chord shell progressions is invaluable! Suggesting scales for additional application would be helpful, too,!
Great course, fully recommended! :)
Was open minder, and great entertainment trough great learning, Thank You :)
Great Course
As always a great resource!
excellent
Took this course as a quick review, it's excellent

Course Lessons

1
Chord Shell & Guide Tone Exercises – Lesson 1
09:45

Chord Shells and Guide Tones

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2
Chord Shell & Guide Tone Exercises – Lesson 2
27:00

Exercise 1: Major 7 Shells Around the Circle of 5ths

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3
Chord Shell & Guide Tone Exercises – Lesson 3
17:49

Exercise 2: Dominant 7 Shells Around the Circle of 5ths

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4
Chord Shell & Guide Tone Exercises – Lesson 4
15:29

Exercise 3: Minor 7 Shells Around the Circle of 5ths

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5
Chord Shell & Guide Tone Exercises – Lesson 5
33:20

2-5-1 Shells in C, F, Bb

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6
Chord Shell & Guide Tone Exercises – Lesson 6
29:26

2-5-1 Shells in Eb, Ab, Db

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7
Chord Shell & Guide Tone Exercises – Lesson 7
26:48

2-5-1 Shells in Gb, B, E

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8
Chord Shell & Guide Tone Exercises – Lesson 8
24:12

2-5-1 Shells in A, D, G

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Featured Reviews

View PWJ member reviews of this course!

So much fun!
Clear concepts. Challenging and fun!
Fun and very useful!
Learning rhythmic exercises while mastering 251 chord shell progressions is invaluable! Suggesting scales for additional application would be helpful, too,!
Great course, fully recommended! :)
Was open minder, and great entertainment trough great learning, Thank You :)
Great Course
As always a great resource!
excellent
Took this course as a quick review, it's excellent
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