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Jazz Chord Voicings

A wide variety of musical effects can be realized by the vertical arrangement of notes in a chord. Given their harmonic complexity, Jazz chords, in particular, offer many opportunities for creative chord voicing.

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Major Chord Voicings

• Major 7 Basic
• Major 7 Left Hand Block
• Major 7 Left Hand Shell
• Major 7 “Triad Over Root”
• Major 7 “Root Plus Definitive Tones”
• Major 7, add9
• Major 7 “Definitive Tones over Perfect 5th”
• Major 6,9
• Major 7, add 9, add 13
• Major 7 “G/C”
• Major 7 Lydian Scale-Chord

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Minor Chord Voicings

• Minor 7 Basic
• Minor 7 Left Hand Block
• Minor 7 Left Hand Shell
• Minor 7 “Triad over Root”
• Minor 7 “Root Plus Definitive Tones”
• Minor 7, add 9
• Minor 7 “Definitive Tones over Perfect 5th”
• Minor 6,9
• Minor Major 7, add9

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Dominant 7 Chord Voicings

• Dominant 7 Basic
• Dominant 7 Left Hand Block
• Dominant 7 Left Hand Shell
• Dominant 7 “Triad over Root”
• Dominant 7 “Root Plus Definitive Tones”
• Dominant 7, add 9 
• Dominant 7 “Definitive Tones over Perfect 5th”
• Dominant 7, add 9, drop 5
• Dominant 7, add 13, drop 5
• Dominant 7, add #9, drop 5
• Dominant 7 “Killer Joe”

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Major Tonality Improvisation

• Major Scale: Diatonic Seventh Chords
• Major Triad Neighbor Tones
• Major Triad Embellishments
• Major Triad Passing Tones
• Major 1-6-2-5 Turnaround, a Lesson in Jazzification

The [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Chord Progression

• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Basic Chord Voicings
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Root Plus Definitive Tones
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 ii7,9-V7,9-IM7,9 Chord Voicings
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 ii7,9-V7,13-IM7,9 Chord Voicings
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 ii7,9-V7,b9-IM7,9 Chord Voicings
• [Major ii7-V7-IM7 ii7,9-V7,b9,13-IM7,9 Chord Voicings
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 ii7,9-V7,#9,b13-IM7,9 Chord Voicings
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Diatonic Scale-Chord Pairings
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Root Position 7th Chord Arpeggios
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 9th Chord Arpeggios
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 1-2-3-5-Cells
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Scale Cells Descending Root to Root
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Scale Cells Descending 3rd to 3rd
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Scale Cells Ascending
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Seventh Chord Outlines, 3rd to 3rd
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Walking Bass Lines
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Bossa Nova
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Lick #1
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Lick #2
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Lick #3
• [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Lick #N

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Minor Tonality Improvisation

• Minor Triad Neighbor Tones
• Minor Triad Embellishments
• Minor Triad Passing Tones

The [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Chord Progression

• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Basic Chord Voicings
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i iiø7,b9-V7,b9-iM7,9 Chord Voicings
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i iiø7,b9-V7,#9,b13-iM7,9 Chord Voicings
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Scale-Chord Pairings
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Root Position 7th Chord Arpeggios
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i 9th Chord Arpeggios
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i 1-2-3-5-Cells
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Scale Cells Descending Root to Root
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Scale Cells Descending 3rd to 3rd
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Ascending Scales
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Seventh Chord Outlines, 3rd to 3rd
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Walking Bass Lines
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Boss Nova
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Lick #1
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Lick #2
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Lick #3
• [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Lick #N

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Jazz Blues

• Major Blues: 12-Bar Form & Harmony, The First Lesson
• Major Blues: 12-Bar Comping: Etude #1
• Major Blues: 12-Bar Comping: Etude #2
• Major Blues: 12-Bar Comping: Etude #3
• Major Blues: 12-Bar Comping: Etude #4
• Major Blues: 12-Bar Comping: Etude #5
• Major Blues: 12-Bar Comping: Etude #6
• Major Blues: 12-Bar Comping: Etude #7
• Major Blues: 12-Bar Comping: Etude #8
• Major 12-Bar Blues Vocabulary: Etude #N (coming soon: chord voicings, secondary dominants, turnarounds, rhythm, tritone substitutions, walking bass lines, and more!)
• Minor Blues: 12-Bar Form & Harmony, The First Lesson
• Minor Blues: 12-Bar Comping: Etude #1
• Minor Blues: 12-Bar Comping: Etude #2

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Rhythm Changes

• Rhythm Changes: A Section Variation #1
• Rhythm Changes: A Section Variation #2
• Rhythm Changes: B Section: Secondary Dominant 7 Cycles

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Mixolydian Tonality

• Mixolydian Scale
• Mixolydian “Super-Chord” in Stacked 3rds
• Mixolydian “Super-Chord” in Stacked 4ths
• Mixolydian Triads
• Mixolydian Chord Voicings
• Mixolydian Walking Bass Lines
• Mixolydian Improv Concepts
• Mixolydian Practice Tracks

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Dorian Tonality

• Dorian Scale
• Dorian “Super-Chord” in Stacked 3rds
• Dorian “Super-Chord” in Stacked 4ths
• Dorian Triads
• Dorian Chord Voicings
• Dorian Walking Bass Lines
• Dorian Improv Concepts
• Dorian Practice Tracks

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Quartal Tonality

• Quartal Tonality: Introduction
• Quartal Triads

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Jazz Standards

• Memphis Underground (Herbie Mann)
• Chameleon (Herbie Hancock)
• (any requests?)

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Practice Tracks

• Bossa Nova Drums
• Drones, All Keys
• Swing Drums
• Major 12-Bar Blues in F (Walking Bass & Drums)
• Any requests? (Please comment below)