Drop 2 and Drop 3 Voicings

Master the essential chord voicings that define professional jazz guitar playing with renowned guitarist Roni Ben-Hur's systematic approach to Drop 2 and Drop 3 voicings. This comprehensive course demystifies these fundamental harmonic structures, revealing the logic behind their construction and demonstrating why they've become the backbone of jazz guitar comping. Through nine carefully structured lessons, you'll explore the complete framework of Drop 2 voicings across all string sets and inversions, understanding not just the shapes but the theory that makes them work. Ben-Hur demonstrates how to transform basic major and minor chords into sophisticated voicings including major 7, dominant 7, minor 6, diminished, and altered chords—all while maintaining playability on the fretboard. The course progresses to Drop 3 voicings, showing how these five-string spread voicings create the rich, open sound heard in classic jazz recordings. Beyond mere chord shapes, you'll learn practical application through rhythm changes and blues progressions, discovering how master guitarists seamlessly connect these voicings in real performance situations. The final lessons reveal how four-note voicings serve as upper extensions of more complex five and six-note chords, giving you the tools to voice any chord, simple or altered. Perfect for intermediate to advanced players ready to move beyond basic chord grips, this course provides the harmonic vocabulary you need for professional-level comping, whether you're playing standards at your local jazz club or working through challenging arrangements in the practice room.