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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
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After years of performing and writing, I am finally filling in some major holes in my learning. It’s like being a lifelong artist and being shown the color wheel for the first time.
Essential
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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

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Totally worth it!
Having gone through multiple times, I can really see this course paying off in a big way. Thanks for your patient instruction.
Challenging yet rewarding!
After years of performing and writing, I am finally filling in some major holes in my learning. It’s like being a lifelong artist and being shown the color wheel for the first time.
Essential
I finally slowed myself down enough to understand how to make this course creative! I know that this is absolutely essential to making real progress. I am really starting to feel like I am getting somewhere!
Difficult
I understand how important this process is but I still find it to be difficult! This is why I subscribe to Piano with Jonny, I know I need to learn this!
So much fun!
Clear concepts. Challenging and fun!
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