shell voicing chord really change how i played guitar on jazz pop song, after i know this pattern i finally can play my jazz favorite song with only simple chord
I had a friend a jazz guitarist in the township in South Africa he showed me the easiest way to comp the blues on guitar, he didn't call it shell voicings but now I can clearly see what he was teaching me. These shell voicings sound very nice and straight to the point...I just like their sound!!!
At first I was afraid of that the "Jazz Police" will put you into jail. But in a trial they almost would have no arguments. You are a great defence counsel and you open the door to Jazz for many guitar players. I like the clarity in the tables you presented how chords are built w.r.t. the intervals.
in 1988 Arnie Berle ran a year long lesson on jazz shell voicings,subs and 1\2 step approach chords. I used to use them almost exclusively in church hymns that went to a flat key! Every time, the "director" would turn and glance at what I was doing and give me that raised eyebrow thing then smile.It's been so long now that I've forgotten most of it BUT I still have those issues on hand. Great Lessons always.Thank You.
Thanks to open mention this method. A lot of guitar players in jazz use it, but don't talk about it to their pupils. So your crystal clear method is a great help for lead sheet playing and also clever accompaniement .
I pray God thet people like you be given longer and healthier life and no worry about money !! I am thrilled each time I see your new lesson / video. Please make special videos on bending licks, legato licks and vibrato licks (sound absurd, right?) for beginners. best regards from India.
Your lessons are a breath of fresh air, the way you explain and demonstrate is second to none. Your videos are first class and of course your playing is fabulous. Thank for sharing your thoughts and knowledge. And please keep making your videos. I feel so much more confident in playing the guitar now, and that's thanks to you. Terry Q.
One of the best lessons I have seen. Really helps with learning the interval positioning also. I have been struggling with memorizing those. Thank you!
This techniques seems to be ideal for mandolin extended chords (or lack thereof!)- with only four courses, fully extended chords can be challenging if not impossible, with inversion and omission being the only practical options. This technique provides a framework to approach extended chords in a systematised manner, rather than the haphazard approach I have used in the past. Once I've fathomed out the shell voicing fingerings for the mandolin, I can then learn them to free me up to embelish them where I might. Thanks for the helping hand!
Ooo a new video! Always happy with your content man, legit the only youtube guitar channel that I've clicked with and been able to benefit greatly from.
What a great lesson, just what I needed. I play guitar in big band so I’m familiar with shell voicing, but I can see how I can use them in smaller band settings now. Thanks!
Untold thanks for taking the time and provide us with the formulas that are the building blocks of triads. Well demonstrated in a simplified approach elucidating all standard types, including Billy Jean! Your work is appreciated, thank you 🙏🏾
What a treasure of a lesson! It has all the tricks of triads in jazz music that I have been looking for, explained brilliantly. The diagrams really help with “seeing” the patterns and make remembering it so much simpler. Thanks a lot and I will be subscribed from now on.
Great tutorial, love the diagram showing what shell chords work with, really great so easy to understand this because of the way you put it. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Rob for sharing your profound knowledge with us. Learning about Shell Voicings opened up my understanding of jazz harmony. Your diagram with the 14 shapes sums it all up very elegantly.
Rob your teaching method is outstanding! It is clear and easy to understand. I love how you connect the dots as relate to the subject you focus on ... creating a clearer grasp of complicated musical concepts - amazing! After all these years ... NOW I GET IT - FINALLY! 🙂Thank you Rob!
Thank you so much Rob, it is wonderful that you share your knowledge in this way. I always feel enlightened and inspired to experiment more with my guitar playing after watching your videos. And a Star Wars joke too?!? You’ve just gone even higher in my estimation! Thank you for being a guitar-yoda. 🙂
Thanks Rob. I'd heard of she'll voicings before but shied away from them (not sure why). However, you've made it very clear that these are more than convenient. I already feel a lot more confident about tackling complicated pieces of music.
Your lessons are high professional level Rob, they are even too much for me becuase I just play for hobby and I have no time for diggestin all your high quality information. But you channel is like a encyclopedia when all music info is condensed, well explained, supported by excellent graphics/diagrams and everything crytstal clear, once more time... Thank you so much Rob!!!
I’ve said this before, on many of your videos Rob; but in case you forgot - a deep and heartfelt thank you. For sharing your knowledge is such a clear and understandable way. ☮️ ❤
That's a great lesson. The only critique that I'll do is that you chose a font that make me wonder if a chord was major or minor in the exercise, since the M appears to be a capitol letter. Regardless of that minor issue, it was very usefull to learn these chords.
Great lesson! Just a quick note that the chord diagram about 16:22 incorrectly shows a D7 shell voicing where the chart calls for Dm9 (and Rob plays Dm there to confirm should be Dm).
OMG!! Amazing, it all makes sense now, after trying to learn music theory for so long to put it all together. This makes so much sense and now I understand Bossanova & Jazz standards. TYSM CRYSTAL CLEAR 💪❤👍
Great lesson! very clear and wonderfully illustrated with charts and graphics. I was hoping though for this video to be more about how to use the same shapes as substitutes so to provide all the extensions by assuming the root is played by the bass player and such. Maybe next video?..
Excellent lesson. I definitely took notes and subbed. Rob made a subtle but profound point: shell voicings are versatile because you can't tell whether a particular voicing is augmented or diminished (they sort of "straddle the fence"). I look at this lesson in the same way as when students are learning power chords for the first time. Power chords lack a b3 or a 3 which means they are neither major nor minor. I think of shell voicings in a similar way.
