Guide tones and shell voicings
The third and seventh identify a chord; shells keep them and move by half step around the circle.
- Category
- Jazz, blues and rock harmony and improvisation
- First taught in
- 8.6 Read richer chord symbols
- Theory cards
- Guide-tone shells and circle voice-leading (Level 8)
- Shell and rootless voicings (Level 9)
In the lessons
2 lessons and 2 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 8.6 | Read richer chord symbolsElite Syncopations, Scott Joplin |
| 9.2 | Leave space in a chord voicingJazz Blues Shells, written for the Method |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| 8.6 | Major and minor sevenths |
| 9.2 | Applied dominants |
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