helpmechris.com » Guitar Lessons http://www.helpmechris.com Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:07:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Killer Chord Article: 3/7 Voicings http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/08/26/killer-chord-article-37-voicings/ http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/08/26/killer-chord-article-37-voicings/#comments Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:18:11 +0000 Chris Brown http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/08/26/killer-chord-article-37-voicings/ Great comping article…. love it!

Marc Sabatella’s Jazz Improvisation Primer: 3/7 Voicings

]]> http://www.helpmechris.com/2007/08/26/killer-chord-article-37-voicings/feed/ 0 For the Stage: 3 note Blues or Jazz 7th Chord Voicings Worth Using http://www.helpmechris.com/2006/11/27/for-the-stage-3-note-blues-or-jazz-7th-chord-voicings-worth-using/ http://www.helpmechris.com/2006/11/27/for-the-stage-3-note-blues-or-jazz-7th-chord-voicings-worth-using/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:27:12 +0000 Chris Brown http://helpmechris.com/?p=5 When I’m on stage with BoneDriven or at the jazz gig I like to play tight little chords that leave a little bit of extra space in the sound…

Some of the time I achieve this sound by leaving out the root. I’ll use standard 7th chords and alterations that I play a lot when we do blues stuff as an example…

Here’s an example progression… try it out…

G7 / / / G13 / / / G9 / / / G13 / G7+5 /

C9 / / / C7 / / / G7 / / / G9 / / /

D7 / / / C13 / / / G7 / / / D7+5 / / /

For the D7 and D7+5 chords I would use the same shape as I do for the C chords (in most cases)

I like to use the augmented chords (7+5 – said seven sharp five or just augmented) to get some cool movement from the one to the four of the progression and also for the 5th on the turnaround

I also like to use a 3625 turnaround but not in this lesson.


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