drop 3 chords

"Voice leading" is a term that refers to the smooth progression of each voice of a chord.

This technique consist to move individually one or several voices up or down by a step from one chord to the next.

This is very used by composers and improvisers in order to connect chords instead of bouncing them around.

The aim of this lesson is to connect or voice-lead basic four-note chords of the same types by moving only one voice.

This should help you learn some of the most important chords used in jazz guitar. 

Drop voicings are chords which span more than an octave. They are very useful tools in music composition and arrangement and are greatly appreciated by guitarists for comping and soloing.

There are several types of drop voicings as drop 2, drop 3, drop 3-4, drop 2 and 4 voicings and drop 2-3-4 voicings. 

In this lesson you will learn how drop 3 voicings are built and how to play them on guitar.

A new printable PDF eBook is available. It's about 11 blues progressions for jazz guitar with tabs, analysis (with roman numerals), explanations and audio files, divided into four chapters :

1- Blues progressions and variations
2- Chord studies
3- Guitar walking-bass studies
4 -Rhythm patterns

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