Chord Voicings Masterclass

Unorthodox 7th Chords (Part I)

Mike Godette·
5.0 (2 reviews)
·INTERMEDIATE·1 lesson·42m of video

About this masterclass

Mike Godette demonstrates less common ways of voicing 7th chords by working through every possible ordering of the 1-3-5-7 formula and finding which combinations line up on the guitar. The result is a new set of 7th-chord sounds — some spread, some intervalically close — useful for both comping and chord melody.

What's covered

  • Unorthodox voicings for four chord types: Major 7, Minor 7, Dominant 7, and Minor 7b5
  • 7th chord inversions and spread voicings
  • Isolating specific voicings and running them up and down in chord scales
  • 18 different chord combinations for major and minor ii-V-I progressions

An intermediate class for players who want to expand beyond standard grips and add exotic voicing options to their comping and chord-melody vocabulary. Running time: 42 minutes. 9 pages of PDFs included.

Lessons in this masterclass

Lessons

  • 1Unorthodox 7th Chords Full Class + Download42m

Reviews & Ratings

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James Martin
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12/20/2023

"Mike Godette's courses"

Mike's courses contain excellent content that is delivered in a very clear and concise manner. This isn't "run of the mill" information and will open doors to new and beautiful sounds. Highly recommended!

james seaberry
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9/5/2023

"Unorthodox 7th chords"

This is a great pair of classes!!!! Such unique material; it all seems kind of obvious when you hear and play them...."why didn't I think of these??", but they are all fresh ideas, well presented.

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About the instructor

Mike Godette
Mike Godette is a guitarist and teacher out of the Southern Connecticut area. He received a BM in Jazz Studies from Western Connecticut State University with a focus on jazz guitar and has taught guitar for the past 16 years. Mike has always had a very wide range of musical influences and his playing is a unique blend of instrumentalist and composers such as Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt, Herbie Hancock, Booker Little, John Coltrane, Clifford Brown, Scott Henderson, Allan Holdsworth, John Scofield, Wes Montgomery, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Burt Bacharach & Brian Wilson. In addition to teaching, Mike also maintains an active youtube channel and performs regularly as a leader and sideman throughout the CT/NY area. He has played with artists such as Aaron Goldberg, Jimmy Greene, Gerald Veasley, John Stowell, and Myron Walden.