MAJOR CHORDS + FILLS UPPER VOICINGS - Lesson Time Stamps 00:07 Introduction 01:09 WHICH CHORD BELONG TO THE MAJOR GROUP ? 01:50 MAJOR CHORDS SET #1 03:51 Exercise #1 04:42 MAJOR CHORD FILLS USING CHORD SET #1 05:04 Example 1 06:34 Example 2 07:54 MAJOR CHORDS SET #2 10:22 Exercise #2 11:10 MAJOR CHORD FILLS USING CHORD SET #2 11:13 Example 3 12:25 Example 4 13:11 Example 5 14:19 ALL 7 GUITAR UPPER CHORDS - MAJOR + PRACTICING EXERCISES 15:01 Exercise #3 Skip & Return 16:02 Practicing Ideas and Recommended Tutorials
Hi sandra you are my inspiration all of my life to study jazz comping basic , you almost unlock the fretboard jazzchord , you like an angel !!! Thankfully
Ah...yes! Another very good lesson! I love the sweet sounds of the upper Jazz chord voicings. You clearly explained and demonstrated this lesson so well Sandra. You are a natural born teacher. I wish your RUclips lessons would have been available 40 years ago. I would have been a much better guitarist today. Stay well my friend!
Very enlightening lesson Sandra! Your explanations are so clear and effective. The recommended exercises will definitely help me. My next stop is the Upper Chords Minor Chord Fills. All the best to you and your loved ones!
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman I consider myself very blessed and fortunate because I found your channel Sandra. Your chord melody tutorials have opened new horizons for me. I believe that I have progressed so much in my music journey over the last year and I’m so grateful to you. I am convinced that God guided me to you and that’s why I consider you like my personal angel. The music theory explanations that you include in your tutorials have dissipated a lot of the mystery that I experienced with jazz. Those countless hours that you have spent preparing your exceptional quality lessons are making a huge impact on so many people all over the globe. We are being changed and influenced by your actions and that’s why we love you and are so grateful to you. I know I’m not the only one.
This is TEACHING that assimilate into my brain. God bless you Boss. Pls, I may wish to know the importance of this, when and how to apply it in a melody. It's important I know bc I so much appreciated the lessons. Tnx
Hi Sandra! Great lesson here. Rootless upper structures can be tricky, but as you noted, this part of the chord gives us melody! I enjoyed your explanations along the way, and look forward to more in the series. Great presentation, as always! I must say you are looking fit and vibrant. Good vibes👍😄.
Thanks, Barry! If I'll ever write a book, you have to write the "about this book" part. You eloquently describe what a lesson is about, including some flattering compliments, while it takes me weird sentences to do that 😊.
What an excellent tutorial, Sandra! I was wondering what to do in between vocals, without being too distractive. I usually play single note solo lines, but this is way better!
Great lesson and some beautiful chords with nice voice leading, Sandra. This is helpful for fills during comping but also developing more fluency with chord solos and chord melodies. Very helpful!
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman I have an experimental music project only guitar and drums. It is based on improvisation. I use a lot of alternative tunings, to achieve open and different sounds. to play jazz in a band I still have to study more. I am a beginner in jazz but I progress quickly, because I study many hours a day. my goal is to have a psychedelic modern jazz rock sound
Guten Morgen liebe Sandra! ❤😘🤗 Bei 04:16 hätte ich da eine Idee: Mach doch mal eine Swing Version zu "Der Nussknacker - Marsch der Zinnsoldaten" von Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky - Aber NICHT VOR WEIHNACHTEN.
Fantastic lesson thanks. This helps me better understand some of the things that I've learned in your chord melody lessons and I feel like there might be a logical order to your theory and practical lessons. Do you have an outline syllabus or order in which to assemble the awesome content on your RUclips channel? It seems like there might be a magic thread linking the wisdom that I would happily pay for :). Looking forward to a companion lesson on minor chord upper voicings.
Hi Guitarversum Great lesson as always. I'm not sure on how to request songs from you, so I'll do it here for now. I'm a big fan of Earl Klugh, and wondering if could you do a tutorial on Balladina by Earl Klugh?
Only the 1st degree and the 4th degree have major 7th chords. Ie in the key of C, you can use these fills for the C and the F chord, but not for the G chord. Bc the 5th degree would be aG7 chord (has a flattened 7th, not a major 7th!).
As a country player I never understood why a natural 4th is an 'avoid' note. In country it is one of our best notes, especially if you bend the third up like a pedal steel. To me the #4th always sounds more like an avoid note but that is probably why no matter how long I try I will never be a jazz player
MAJOR CHORDS + FILLS UPPER VOICINGS - Lesson Time Stamps
00:07 Introduction
01:09 WHICH CHORD BELONG TO THE MAJOR GROUP ?
01:50 MAJOR CHORDS SET #1
03:51 Exercise #1
04:42 MAJOR CHORD FILLS USING CHORD SET #1
05:04 Example 1
06:34 Example 2
07:54 MAJOR CHORDS SET #2
10:22 Exercise #2
11:10 MAJOR CHORD FILLS USING CHORD SET #2
11:13 Example 3
12:25 Example 4
13:11 Example 5
14:19 ALL 7 GUITAR UPPER CHORDS - MAJOR + PRACTICING EXERCISES
15:01 Exercise #3 Skip & Return
16:02 Practicing Ideas and Recommended Tutorials
You've become my new go to guitar guru on RUclips.
Welcome to the jazz ride on my channel 🤗
Hi sandra you are my inspiration all of my life to study jazz comping basic , you almost unlock the fretboard jazzchord , you like an angel
!!! Thankfully
That's so cool! I'm really glad to be helpful. Keep swingin 🎶 🎸
Grrrrrreetings from New York, another great lesson . Thx and God bless.💖
Hey, glad you enjoy it! Grrrreetings to NY ❤️
Greetings from 🇻🇪❤️!!!!
Good stuff here young lady....thanks
Thanks for the "young lady" 😁
Very clearly explained and quite helpful. Thanks.
Glad it's useful for you 😊
Great lesson thank you so much 👍
Ah...yes! Another very good lesson! I love the sweet sounds of the upper Jazz chord voicings. You clearly explained and demonstrated this lesson so well Sandra. You are a natural born teacher. I wish your RUclips lessons would have been available 40 years ago. I would have been a much better guitarist today. Stay well my friend!
Thanks for your kind words! ❤️
There's more upper chords on the way!
Easy simple great lesson
Thanks
Thanks! Exactly my intention :-)
very useful ! thanks a lot !
love love love the videos !! Thank you !!
❤️❤️❤️
Great voices and exercises. Helps a lot. Thank you.
Glad I can be of help :-)
Very enlightening lesson Sandra!
Your explanations are so clear and effective. The recommended exercises will definitely help me. My next stop is the Upper Chords Minor Chord Fills. All the best to you and your loved ones!
Thanks, Luis! Would be interesting to hear your progress, compared to like a year back.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman I consider myself very blessed and fortunate because I found your channel Sandra. Your chord melody tutorials have opened new horizons for me. I believe that I have progressed so much in my music journey over the last year and I’m so grateful to you. I am convinced that God guided me to you and that’s why I consider you like my personal angel. The music theory explanations that you include in your tutorials have dissipated a lot of the mystery that I experienced with jazz.
Those countless hours that you have spent preparing your exceptional quality lessons are making a huge impact on so many people all over the globe. We are being changed and influenced by your actions and that’s why we love you and are so grateful to you. I know I’m not the only one.
That's my point. Would there be upper MINOR AND DOMINANT EVEN DIMINISHED UPPER FILLS???
Thanks Sandra... still working on there will never be another you and wonderful world......
really cool lesson.....! All understand( I hope) Thanks Sandra
Wow, I was not aware of this concept at all. Thanks a lot
Isn't it exciting to discover new things? I always loved it.
Danke Frau Sherman
Aber immer gerne :-)
very nice and helpful lesson. thank you!
Glad you find it helpful 😊
Thank you for this!!! So excited to practice these.
Glad you like it 😊
Hi Sandra! Thanks for your great teachings, so pleased to receive your videos. Greetings from Dominican Republic, at the Caribbean Sea.
Oh, I wish I were there! Hope hurricane Laura doesn't hit your beautiful island.
This is TEACHING that assimilate into my brain. God bless you Boss.
Pls, I may wish to know the importance of this, when and how to apply it in a melody.
It's important I know bc I so much appreciated the lessons.
Tnx
Tja voicings are mostly used as Chord fills in comping or in Chord Melody style, when the melody of the song is on the high e-string.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman I get it now. God bless you
This is so nicely explained and demonstrated. Thankyou.
Thanks, Steve! ❤️
A real eye-opener Sandra, thank you 👍
My pleasure! Glad to be of help 😊
These chord fills are so cool! Thanks so much!!!
Glad you dig em 😊
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman I know completed all the upper chords lessons. Can't wait for the mixolydian chords!
Hi Sandra! Great lesson here. Rootless upper structures can be tricky, but as you noted, this part of the chord gives us melody! I enjoyed your explanations along the way, and look forward to more in the series. Great presentation, as always! I must say you are looking fit and vibrant. Good vibes👍😄.
Thanks, Barry! If I'll ever write a book, you have to write the "about this book" part. You eloquently describe what a lesson is about, including some flattering compliments, while it takes me weird sentences to do that 😊.
Been waiting for these for so long! thx for doing it eventually! Didnt know they were called upper chords.
They also go by "Top 4-strings voicings".
Another FAT thumbs up!! 😜
Yaay! 😘
understandable structure, nice lesson, thx
What an excellent tutorial, Sandra! I was wondering what to do in between vocals, without being too distractive. I usually play single note solo lines, but this is way better!
Well you can do both. Just don't solo over the vocals 😊
Great lesson and some beautiful chords with nice voice leading, Sandra. This is helpful for fills during comping but also developing more fluency with chord solos and chord melodies. Very helpful!
Thank you, Dave! ❤️ That was exactly my intention 😊
Smooth, 👌
super lesson have the tabs!
Do you play in aJazzband, Josep?
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman I have an experimental music project only guitar and drums. It is based on improvisation. I use a lot of alternative tunings, to achieve open and different sounds. to play jazz in a band I still have to study more. I am a beginner in jazz but I progress quickly, because I study many hours a day. my goal is to have a psychedelic modern jazz rock sound
Thank you :)
Guten Morgen liebe Sandra! ❤😘🤗 Bei 04:16 hätte ich da eine Idee: Mach doch mal eine Swing Version zu "Der Nussknacker - Marsch der Zinnsoldaten" von Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky - Aber NICHT VOR WEIHNACHTEN.
Ui, ich kenn mich mit Klassik leider Nüsse aus 😁
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman LOL (Laughing out loud). Kennst du "It Must have Been Love" von Roxette? Ist auch ein Weihnachtslied.
Greetings from Madrid, Spain. OO----♦»
Saludos! 🇪🇸
watching this lesson inspires me to create my own "fills", maybe it sounds strangely first, but later maybe better (I hope) ;-); thanks for the lesson
Absolutely! Go for it! We learn best by copying others and then making our own stuff.
Fantastic lesson thanks. This helps me better understand some of the things that I've learned in your chord melody lessons and I feel like there might be a logical order to your theory and practical lessons. Do you have an outline syllabus or order in which to assemble the awesome content on your RUclips channel? It seems like there might be a magic thread linking the wisdom that I would happily pay for :). Looking forward to a companion lesson on minor chord upper voicings.
There's actually no thread or order to my YT channel 😊. Start with the chords playlist first, then comping, then chord melody or soloing.
Hi Guitarversum
Great lesson as always. I'm not sure on how to request songs from you, so I'll do it here for now. I'm a big fan of Earl Klugh, and wondering if could you do a tutorial on Balladina by Earl Klugh?
I'll look into that. Maybe you like my rendition of "The Shadow Of Your Smile", where I had Earl's version in my head (but it's my own arrangement).
Actually i have your rendition of shadows of your smile under my fingers.
Hi sandra could we play the song comping with 4 or 6 chord but by only Cmaj chord groups?
Yes, exactly
You looks "changed" since 6 month ago.I hope you are well.I like your chanel.Thx.
I'm perfectly healthy 😊
Thanks so much for the beautiful lesson. By the way, is there any hidden reason why everything I play on these fills is lydian?
Maybe you just dig lydian, lol. Ionian has the 4th in it, which is the avoid note and isnt played that often anyway. So lydian is a good choice.
14:55 ?
But nice video
So I’m kind confused. are we using just the Cmajor chord or can We do the same trick on all of the major chord like 1 4 and 5 chord?
Only the 1st degree and the 4th degree have major 7th chords. Ie in the key of C, you can use these fills for the C and the F chord, but not for the G chord. Bc the 5th degree would be aG7 chord (has a flattened 7th, not a major 7th!).
Sehr gute Lesson, aber für zum Abspielen der Backing Tracks muss man zusätzlich Guitar Pro kaufen. Warum nicht einfach mp3 o.ä.?
Die Backing Tracks sind im mp3 Format. Wie kommst du darauf, dass du dafür Guitar Pro brauchst?
Guitarversum Sandra Sherman hi Sandra., im Download war nur dieses File: Major-Upper-Chords-GP. Gruß Erik
Hi Sandra you have lost a lot weight are you OK?
That's bc im sad I don't see you round here much. I saw you over at Richie's channel recently. Now I'm jealous 😋
Guitarversum Sandra Sherman You’re so sweet I just wanna make sure you’re taking care of yourself
As a country player I never understood why a natural 4th is an 'avoid' note. In country it is one of our best notes, especially if you bend the third up like a pedal steel. To me the #4th always sounds more like an avoid note but that is probably why no matter how long I try I will never be a jazz player
Excellent tutorial!