Rhythm Guitar Fundamentals - Shells (Guitar Lesson)
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Rhythm Guitar Fundamentals - Shells
Now Sheryl explores one of the basics of rhythm guitar: shell voicings. It's amazing what you'll be able to do with these simple 3 note chords!
Taught by Sheryl Bailey in Creative Chords seriesLength: 5:01Difficulty: 2.5 of 5
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Creative Chords
Found in our Beginner Lesson SetsJamplay welcomes Jazz virtuoso Sheryl Bailey with her series, "Creative Chords". Dive into the rich world of chord voicings and inversions that will help you understand harmony in a new way!
Lesson 1
Series Introduction
Jamplay welcomes one of Downbeat Magazine's 2014 "Rising Stars", Sheryl Bailey! Sheryl's series "Creative Chords", takes you down a rich harmonic path of understanding a multitude of chord voicings and...
Length: 6:21 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
Diatonic 7th Chords - Root Position
To get started, Sheryl first looks at the basic root position chords used in harmonizing the major scale. Getting your ear familiar with these sounds will be a great benefit for you down the road!
Length: 6:55 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Diatonic 7th Chords - Drop 2's Root Position
On to the next set of chord voicings: Drop 2's in root position. It's a fancy name to be sure, but some simply put, these voicings will add some more colors to your chord palette!
Length: 5:45 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Diatonic 7th Chords - Drop 3's Root Position
Continuing on with the diatonic 7th chords, it's now on to Drop 3's in root position.
Length: 6:43 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Diatonic 7th Chords - Drop 2, 2nd Inversion
Now Sheryl takes a look at some 2nd inversion chords (chords with the 5th on the bottom), starting with Drop 2's.
Length: 9:33 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Diatonic 7th Chords - Drop 3, 2nd Inversion
Yet more colors to add to your palette! Here are the very rich, Drop 3 voicings in 2nd inversion.
Length: 9:57 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Review of Diatonic 7th Chord Voicings
In this lesson, Sheryl gives us an overview of every voicing she's covered so far, only this time she organizes them by the type of chord instead of in the diatonic scale.
Length: 11:14 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Rhythm Guitar Fundamentals - Shells
Now Sheryl explores one of the basics of rhythm guitar: shell voicings. It's amazing what you'll be able to do with these simple 3 note chords!
Length: 5:01 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Rhythm Guitar: ii-V-I with Shell Voicings
The ii-V-I progression is straight out of Jazz 101! Sheryl Bailey shows you the shell voicings that will cover lots of mileage in your rhythm guitar playing.
Length: 5:20 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Rhythm Guitar - Pocket Playing
Playing rhythm guitar is about more than just playing the right chords. It's about finding "the pocket" and the groove. Sheryl gives you some practical advice and techniques for finding and keeping yourself...
Length: 6:40 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Rhythm Guitar - Bb Blues: 4 to the Bar
Time to put all the shells you've learned into an actual tune! In this lesson, Sheryl shows you a blues in Bb and utilizes walkups and chromatic approaches to get that classic 4 to the bar sound.
Length: 12:21 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Rhythm Guitar - Smooth
Giving the material more of a practical use, Sheryl now shows us a tune she calls "Smooth". She introduces more walkups and pushes within the context of a standard progression to expand your rhythm guitar...
Length: 7:03 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Defining Drop 3's
Have you always wondered what a drop 3 chord is? Join Sheryl as she demystifies the drop 3 chord voicings.
Length: 7:52 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Walking Bass Lines
The classic jazz technique of accompanying yourself with a walking bass line can seem daunting at times, but Sheryl breaks down the technique here by showing us a practical and demystifying approach with...
Length: 5:45 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Walking Bass Line - Minor Blues
Now, let's put the walking bass line into an actual chord progression. Sheryl breaks down each step in making this a reality!
Length: 13:20 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Defining Drop 2 Chords
Now, Sheryl takes a look at another commonly used voicing - the Drop Two.
Length: 8:47 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Four Chord Types of Drop Twos - High Set
Now that we know what a drop two chord voicing is, Sheryl now shows us the four major chord types: minor 7, dominant 7, major 7 and minor 7(b5). Starting in this lesson with the high set, she covers root...
Length: 7:47 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Four Chord Types of Drop Twos - Middle Set
Join Sheryl as she continues her look at the four chord types of the drop two voicing. This time, she explores the middle set.
Length: 7:38 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Four Chord Types of Drop Twos - Low Set
Finally, Sheryl explores the low set of the four major chord types in the drop two voicing.
Length: 10:23 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Drop Two - ii-V-I-VI Inversions - High Set
The ii-V-I-VI turnaround or "turnback" progression is very common in the world of jazz. Using voice leading concepts and drop two voicings, Sheryl shows you how to get this progression under your fingers.
Length: 5:05 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Drop Two - ii-V-I-VI Inversions - Middle Set
Sheryl continues looking at drop 2 voicings within the ii-V-I-VI progression. This time, she uses the the middle four strings.
Length: 5:47 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Drop Two - ii-V-I-VI Inversions - Low Set
Sheryl continues in this section of her series by looking at the low set of the ii-V-I-VI drop 2 voicings.
Length: 4:14 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Drop Two - ii-V-I-VI Inversions - Review
Join Sheryl as she does a quick review of all the ii-V-I-VI drop two chord inversions we just learned!
Length: 6:57 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Drop Two - ii-V-I-VI Extensions
Now it's time to achieve some of those quintessential jazz sounds by exploring chord extensions on the drop two, ii-V-I-VI inversions!
Length: 15:03 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Minor 7ths a la Wes Montgomery
In this lesson, Sheryl takes a look at a technique used by the legendary Wes Montgomery that connects your minor 7 voicings with passing diminished chords. This techniques leads us closer to the idea of...
Length: 9:17 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
ii-V-I-VI Melodic Voicings
This lesson could also be titled "Intro to Chord Solos"! Here, Sheryl gives you four usable chordal licks to play over a ii-V-I-VI progression.
Length: 15:04 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
Bossa Blues Voice Leading, Part 1
This is the first in a group of lessons where Sheryl takes us through "Bossa Blues", focusing on voice leading on certain sections of the neck. Up first - Grip 1.
Length: 6:51 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Bossa Blues Voice Leading, Part 2
Continuing up the neck, Sheryl looks at the next 'grip' of chords for "Bossa Blues".
Length: 5:04 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Bossa Blues Voice Leading, Part 3
Using "Bossa Blues" to cover the whole neck with drop twos, Sheryl now looks at what she calls "Grip 5".
Length: 4:13 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Bossa Blues Voice Leading, Part 4 and Review
In this lesson, Sheryl covers the 4th grip of drop twos using the standard, "Bossa Blues". After that, she puts all four grips together, showing us the entire range of drop twos over the whole fretboard!
Length: 6:07 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Bossa Blues Chord Melody, Part 1
Now that we've learned to voice lead our drop two chords across the fretboard in "Bossa Blues," it's time to learn the melody! But not just the melody...We learn to harmonize the melody with our drop twos!
Length: 12:17 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Bossa Blues Chord Melody, Part 2
Sheryl continues is this lesson with the Bossa Blues chord melody. Putting it all together, she reviews the shapes, then plays it with the track.
Length: 7:18 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
Bossa Blues Chord Melody, Part 3
Finally, Sheryl shows us some of her personal favorite colors when playing the "Bossa Blues" chord melody.
Length: 11:25 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
Blues Comping
Join Sheryl as she shares some of her favorite voicings and some of her philosophy in this blues comping study.
Length: 9:31 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Minor 7, Drop 3, Fretboard Organization, Part 1
The title is a mouthful, but the lesson lets you inside Sheryl's mind and how she organizes her fretboard, using 7 scale positions!
Length: 10:54 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
Minor 7, Drop 3, Fretboard Organization, Part 2
Sheryl continues showing us how she organizes her fretboard using minor 7, drop three voicings and their corresponding arpeggios. Join her as she puts it all together with a track!
Length: 8:12 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Major 7, Drop 3, Fretboard Organization, Part 1
After exploring her minor 7 fretboard organization, now Sheryl takes a look at how she organizes the major 7ths.
Length: 14:14 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Major 7, Drop 3, Fretboard Organization, Part 2
Sheryl wraps up her major 7 fretboard organization by putting it all together with the track!
Length: 9:26 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
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