How to really use Drop2 voicings

We can spend hours practicing inversions without being able to use jazz chords on a real piece of music.

If you have worked on studying and practicing jazz chords and want to seek them put to use then this lesson is what you are looking for.

• Solid comping rhythms and melodies on an F blues 
• Voicing techniques to open up more possibilities 
• How to comp clearly and beautifully with Drop2 chords.

This Lesson will give you an overview Drop 2 voicings for this standard progression and exercises and examples of how to comp with chromatic passing chords.

I made this lesson to give you a way into adding chromatic passing chords to your Drop 2 comping. The package will give you a good work through Drop2 voicings for this standard progression and also several exercises and examples of how to add chromatic passing chords to this progression and of course to your comping in general.

In this lesson I set out to try and demonstrate how I use drop2 voicings in my comping and also pass on some general thoughts on playing in a rhythm section and backing up a soloist.

The lesson is built around a 3 chorus improvised performance that I did where I am comping with drop2 voicings on the changes of the standard "There will never be another you"

It is not that difficult to play, and is a good realistic version of how you can comp behind a soloist without getting in the way but still make the harmony clear and play some interesting things.

This lesson consists of 2 examples, each a chorus long. The lesson tries to demonstrate how to use the material from my free drop2 lessons on a standard.

The download includes 37 minutes HD video, PDF + GuitarPro sheet music and mp3 backing track and examples,

The goal of this lesson is to teach you how to use Drop2 voicings, it is built around two etudes on the famous jazz song Solar. Using the chord voicings that we practice is often much more mysterious than it has to be, and this lesson is helping you get more out of the time you spent practicing drop2 inversions.

The etudes are demonstrating a basic use of the Drop2 voicings but still will show you how to:

- Combine chords to phrases not just blocks

- Use simple easy-to-play rhythms

- Connect chords with melody

- Play phrases and make comping sound like music

This part of the lesson contains a short analysis of the chords of Solar, some exercises and analysis of a few of the things from the etudes.

In Jazz, you play chords play as a part of an improvisation and therefore they must be flexible and not static blocks.

Another important aspect of comping is that you want to create musical statements with the chords. The easiest way to do this is to learn to think of them as melodies.

That is what these exercises will help you develop:

– Make Chord voicings flexible blocks for improvisation
– Thinking melodies when comping
– Connecting chords across the progression in a musical statement