Guitar Shell Voicings - The Ultimate Guide

Guitar shell voicings allow you to play ANY jazz chord using just 8 shapes. Learn how in this lesson. 🎸 Get my FREE Method Booklet - Play any jazz chord with just 8 shapes → https://www.soundguitarlessons.com/anyjazzchord IMPORTANT CORRECTION: Major triad at 10:47 should be spelled "1 3 5" not "1 3 b5". 🔗 LINKS & LESSONS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: 🎸 My website → https://www.soundguitarlessons.com/ 🎸 This lesson adapted in written form → https://www.soundguitarlessons.com/blog/lesson60 🎸 Full playlist of this series → https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF1FXo8IWbKUb9_k0pMhgbtr&si=7XPx26sFPzwyPONK 🎸 Sus chords lesson → https://youtu.be/0xFd5cU4gJ8 🎸 6th chords lesson → https://youtu.be/rc54JJU58iw 🎸 The Girl From Ipanema chord tutorial → https://youtu.be/4Tq1mm5W8g0 🎸 Bossa nova comping pattern rhythm → https://youtu.be/YaaVjCL9NHc 🎸 Chord extensions explained → https://youtu.be/7V2bUFmaYEY 🎸 Adding extensions to shell voicings → https://youtu.be/T6o4gzWWIQQ 🎸 Get my FREE Method Booklet - Play any jazz chord with just 8 shapes → https://www.soundguitarlessons.com/anyjazzchord 💬 LESSON DESCRIPTION: For years I've been teaching a method for how to play any jazz chord using as few as eight simple chord shapes by leveraging the power of guitar shell voicings. It sounds like the promise of an infomercial but it really works! The shell voicings method is such a powerful system for jazz accompaniment. In this tutorial, I walk through the whole guitar shell voicings method and play examples of how it can sound while jamming. If you're interested in jazz guitar or classic standards then learning these powerful but simple chord shapes is definitely the way to go. This is the kind of material that can be a complete game changer for your playing. You may find yourself using it many years to come! I hope you enjoyed this lesson about guitar shell voicings and found it beneficial. Let me know what you thought in the comments. Thanks! :) ~ Jared 🎸 Get my FREE Method Booklet - Play any jazz chord with just 8 shapes → https://www.soundguitarlessons.com/anyjazzchord 🕛 VIDEO CONTENT OUTLINE (WITH TIMESTAMP LINKS): 0:00 - 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 #jazz #guitar #jazzguitar #shellvoicings #guitarchords #guitarlesson