Guitar Shell Voicings - The Ultimate Guide

Shell voicings are simple jazz guitar chords. Guitar shell voicings allow you to play ANY jazz chord using just 8 shapes. Learn exactly how in this guitar shell voicings lesson. ***FREE supplementary booklet: https://bit.ly/3msntbe.

IMPORTANT CORRECTION: Major triad at 10: 47 should be spelled "1 3 5" not "1 3 b5".

Weekly Lesson #60

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Lesson Content Outline with Timestamp Links:
0:00 - Intro: 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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Links Mentioned in this Video and Related Lessons:
• Full “How to learn guitar chords” lesson series playlist: https://bit.ly/37Jenmg
• Sus chords lesson: https://youtu.be/0xFd5cU4gJ8
• 6th chords lesson: https://youtu.be/rc54JJU58iw
• The Girl From Ipanema full chord tutorial: https://youtu.be/4Tq1mm5W8g0
• Lesson on the bossa nova rhythm comping pattern: https://youtu.be/YaaVjCL9NHc

THE FOLLOW UP LESSONS:
• 9, 11, 13 Chords | Extensions explained: https://youtu.be/7V2bUFmaYEY
• Adding extensions to shell voicings: https://youtu.be/T6o4gzWWIQQ

Get any of my FREE PDF downloads that are awesome for guitarists:
• Chords with Color, Free Booklet - Amazing chord options chart: https://bit.ly/32UF6cQ
• Any Jazz Chord, Free Booklet - Learn just 8 shapes to play any jazz tune: https://bit.ly/3msntbe
• The Top 3 Pentatonic Scale Patterns PDF - Exercise for more melodic soloing,: https://bit.ly/3lIQujx
• Solo Guitar Arrangement Pack - Free Sheet Music with tabs: https://bit.ly/2HdU0mV

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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 jazz chord shapes by leveraging the power of guitar shell voicings. It sounds like the promise of an infomercial but it really works! Last year I made a free pdf booklet laying out these simple jazz guitar chords. But this shell voicings method is such a powerful and useful system for jazz accompaniment that I wanted to make a video about it too. In this tutorial I walk through the whole guitar shell voicings method and also play examples of how it can sound while jamming. If you're even slightly interested in jazz guitar or classic standards then learning these powerful but simple jazz guitar chords is definitely the way to go. This is the kind of material that can be a complete game changer and that you may find yourself using for many years to come.

Check out related videos I've made on similar topics in these playlists:
• Rhythm Guitar: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF1SrpodMoNfUUDMszAnJzox
• How to Learn Guitar Chords Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF1FXo8IWbKUb9_k0pMhgbtr
• Chords: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF3o1un8ZupI3KLtgP7iZVsf
• Chord Melodies: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF229QsNwRGzRq2bWQL__c-L
• Bossa Nova: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF2l17fhZ_Zp892_x8xjzafX
• Jazz Guitar: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF03BW5--As3MSfPDwjfrqcC
• Improvisation: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF1PH_ltQTxPMtztr8R2o-hW

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Guitar shell voicings are powerful and I’m thrilled to be able to teach this simple jazz guitar chords method to you. After knowing these we can add all the tasty extensions on top in the future. :)

I hope you enjoyed this lesson and found it beneficial. Let me know what you thought. Thanks! :)
- Jared