This post is inspired by this You Tube video by Jens Larsen: 8 Awesome Types of 3 note Voicings and How To Use Them.
The zip file below contains a slew of three-note voicings progressing up the neck.
The zip file below contains a slew of three-note voicings progressing up the neck.
| 3note_arps.zip |
Three note voicing are the Jazz guitar player's go-to for comping. With three notes against the bass-player's contribution, you can paint harmony that is solid and direct -- using the 3rd, 7th and 5th of a chord -- or more vague -- using 4ths, 9ths, 13ths -- or completely 'out there' -- using altered tones.
Three note voicings also often allow you to have a free finger to decorate or voice-lead the chord with an added line.
By learning the progressions in these pdfs, you will not only have a cool chord run in your pocket, but you will increase your vocabulary of shapes for comping or chord-melody. While you probably have begun building up your 3-note shapes just by subtracting a note from 4-voice chords, there are other shapes which can be found that don't build up to a four-note voicing.
The voicings on the middle strings (4-3-2) are the most useful, so you may want to start there with each pdf.
Below is an example of Dominant 9 three-note voicings. The zip download contains several other types, including min-Maj, quartal and cluster triads.
Three note voicings also often allow you to have a free finger to decorate or voice-lead the chord with an added line.
By learning the progressions in these pdfs, you will not only have a cool chord run in your pocket, but you will increase your vocabulary of shapes for comping or chord-melody. While you probably have begun building up your 3-note shapes just by subtracting a note from 4-voice chords, there are other shapes which can be found that don't build up to a four-note voicing.
The voicings on the middle strings (4-3-2) are the most useful, so you may want to start there with each pdf.
Below is an example of Dominant 9 three-note voicings. The zip download contains several other types, including min-Maj, quartal and cluster triads.
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