Chord Voicings Masterclass
Beyond Drop Chords
About this masterclass
Jake Reichbart shows you how to multiply your jazz guitar chord vocabulary using his slot system — a way of treating each note of a familiar drop voicing as an open slot for any chord tone or extension, rather than a fixed 1, 3, 5 or 7 of a scale.
Four-note drop chords are some of the most accessible fingerings in jazz guitar, and inverting them quadruples your options. But chords built strictly from scales are limited: the major scale yields Maj7, 7, -7 and -7b5, and melodic minor adds only -Maj7 and Maj7#5. The slot system breaks past that ceiling.
What's covered
- A quick review of drop 2, drop 3, drop 2&4 and drop 2&3 voicings and how each sits on the guitar's string groups
- Inverting drop chords across string sets and up and down the neck
- The slot concept: the 3 can become a -3, 9, b9, 11 or #11; the 5 can become a #5, 13, b5 or 4; the 7 can become a b7, 13, b13 or even a 9
- Replacing the root itself with a b9 or 9 for fresh colors
- Applying the system to every drop type, string group and inversion to generate hundreds of new voicings
If you already know your basic drop chords and inversions, this lesson gives you a single organizing idea that unlocks voicings for accompaniment and chord melody you'd be unlikely to find any other way.
Lessons in this masterclass
Lessons
- 1Beyond Drop Chords Full Class + Download30m 44s
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