Play Any Jazz Chord on Ukulele

What if I told you that by understanding two chord shapes you could play nearly any jazz standard? That's exactly what shell voicings are for! We can use these three note chords to highlight the most important part of the harmony in the chord and say a lot while playing a little. This is also a great way to understand what makes chords different. If you're looking to dive into playing jazz ukulele learning these chord shapes is a great place to start.
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0:00 introduction
0:09 What are Shell Voicings?
2:25 C String Chords
6:34 G String Chords
8:20 Using Shell Voicings in a Song

[@MarcoDulog]

Wow! This opens up so many possibilities! Thank you so much!

[@Banjoleletinman]

Happy to help! You'll really enjoy the video coming out this week if you like fun chords :)

[@guyamit9266]

Thank you ❤

[@leetmeatz]

Great dive into this topic, Christopher! Once you understand how chords are built and where the notes live on the fretboard it really opens up endless possibilities. Since I mostly play chord melody or campanella style arrangements I always think about how to best voice the melody first. The real fun starts when you need to problem solve and figure out ways to sneak in the harmony as the melody hums along without breaking up the flow of things. Keep up the great content!

[@jensbomholt4529]

That was magic!

[@IVARus]

Thank you！Amazing！

[@dashaherman660]

You are breaking down and explaining so well! Thank you so much🙏🏼

[@raymondmo4402]

Many thks for the great lesson.

[@steveno.8248]

Thank you, friend!

[@one-handstrumman4616]

Thanks for a great lesson Christopher

[@robertbussard6155]

This is so helpful - thank you!

[@IThinkImGonnaUke]

Thanks for this very well explained, deep dive lesson into 7th, minor 7th and 6th

[@StevenDoyleLuke]

Pretty cool stuff!

[@smyrna5]

Great lesson. There is so much in this lesson that I will have to study it for weeks, but the payoff is immense! Thanks.

[@crowncityramblers]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@briandilhomick6488]

Great

[@francescomanfredi]

Great lesson! Could you please make a follow up with the other inversion of these shells, so that voice leading can be smoother. By the way the example songs at the end of your lessons are always very spot on and useful! Thanks 😊

[@Banjoleletinman]

Thanks Francesco! The third one that will work is an Fmaj7 as 241x but also some other fun options if you put in string skips!

[@MariUSukulele]

omit that ever-so-useless 5th 🤣 - boom!
great concept, great teaching