Thank you, Ashlee! Am glad I stumbled on your video. Your explanations are extremely clear and the patterns you teach make learning chord structures so simple. I shall definitely view all yr other videos!
Hi again Ashley, I meant to say that it is the inversions of 7th chords (3 per chord) is the main challenge for me at my age 74 which causes frustration as I want to be able to play jazz standards. Any tips on that?
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I follow you but try and memorise the chords if they are 7th jazz chords that I have given up trying g to memorise as there are too many which not only use major, minor but also flat 5, half diminished and full diminished. That’s 60 chords x three inversions equals 180 chords. So what is the best way to memorise them? Thanks.
Honestly id go one by one. I know it sounds super slow, but in 180 days, you would have them all memorized. Sounds like a long time, but if you zoom out and think about the grand scheme of your learning experience, it is not.
Like Kate Bush sings, don't give up. It's easy to learn these chords one step at a time. There are so many patterns that it's not that hard. And once you learn them, they are yours forever.
For jazz, the left hand usually plays a shell. 1-3-7 being the main. Example, C-E-B flat. Reason for the B flat is because they use lots of dominant 7 chords. Then the right hand plays the rest of the notes with embellishing notes like the flat 5. You could check out Open Studio Jazz here on RU-vid as they teach these concepts. So if you wan't to play jazz, being comfortable playing the shells with your left hand should be your priority. Learn the major 7, minor 7, and dominant 7 shells on your left hand.
