Guitar Shell Voicings - The Ultimate Guide

Guitar shell voicings allow you to play ANY jazz chord using just 8 shapes. Learn how in this lesson.
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IMPORTANT CORRECTION: Major triad at 10:47 should be spelled "1 3 5" not "1 3 b5".

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🎸 Full playlist of this series →    • SERIES: Chord Theory: How to Learn Gu...  
🎸 Sus chords lesson →    • Sus Guitar Chords - The power of susp...  
🎸 6th chords lesson →    • 6th Chords - Who knew they were so in...  
🎸 The Girl From Ipanema chord tutorial →    • The Girl From Ipanema Guitar Chords  
🎸 Bossa nova comping pattern rhythm →    • Bossa Nova Rhythm on Guitar - Complet...  
🎸 Chord extensions explained →    • 9, 11, 13 Chords | Guitar Extended Ch...  
🎸 Adding extensions to shell voicings →    • Jazz Guitar Extended Chords  
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💬 LESSON DESCRIPTION:
For years I've been teaching a method for how to play any jazz chord using as few as eight simple chord shapes by leveraging the power of guitar shell voicings.
It sounds like the promise of an infomercial but it really works!
The shell voicings method is such a powerful system for jazz accompaniment.
In this tutorial, I walk through the whole guitar shell voicings method and play examples of how it can sound while jamming.
If you're interested in jazz guitar or classic standards then learning these powerful but simple chord shapes is definitely the way to go.
This is the kind of material that can be a complete game changer for your playing.
You may find yourself using it many years to come!
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about guitar shell voicings and found it beneficial.
Let me know what you thought in the comments.
Thanks! :)
- Jared

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🎸 Get my FREE Method Booklet - Play any jazz chord with just 8 shapes → https://bit.ly/3msntbe

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🕛 VIDEO CONTENT OUTLINE (WITH TIMESTAMP LINKS):
0:00 - About this shell voicings lesson
0:55 - About the “Any Jazz Chord” method
2:28 - Shell voicings explained
5:48 - All the shell voicing chord shapes you need
6:29 - Major 7 shell voicing
7:17 - Major 6 shell voicing
7:32 - Dominant 7 shell voicing
7:42 - Minor 7 shell voicing
7:58 - Half diminished shell voicing
8:35 - 7sus4 shell voicing
8:58 - Minor 6 shell voicing
9:16 - Diminished 7 shell voicing
10:08 - Min(maj7) shell voicing
10:47 - Major triad (spelled "1 3 5" not "1 3 b5")
11:54 - Minor triad (use same shape as min7)
12:38 - What to ignore
14:49 - Note names along the 6th & 5th string
15:10 - Lead sheets / Get iReal Pro
16:39 - Putting it to the test!
18:52 - Shell voicings in real music example
19:39 - Recommended tunes to practice
19:51 - Conclusion / Outro / What’s next


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