7th Chord Embellishments in R&B

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: It's about time we have an R&B guitar lesson! And in this tutorial we're going to focus on R&B embellishments on two common 7th chord shapes. Over the last couple of years, this style of guitar playing has become popularized by players like Isaiah Sharkey and Mateus Asato, to name a couple. So if you were to try to learn this style, what would ...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: First, we will talk about major 7th chords. Specifically a drop 2 E major 7th chord with the root on the 5th string. We'll start with the basic voicing of root, 5th, 7th, 3rd, 5th. We'll then remove the pinky, giving us root, 5th, 7th, 9th, 5th. By removing the pinky we free up that finger to play the embellishments. In these examples we are catering t...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Now we will talk about minor 7th chords. Specifically a drop 2 E minor 7th chord with the root on the 5th string. We'll start with the basic voicing of root, 5th, b7th, b3rd, 5th.  In this case, the common extensions are the b7th (1st string), 11th (2nd string), and the octave (3rd string). As mentioned on the previous page, by having the pinky free, ...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: I hope you enjoy this song I've created for practice/application purposes. Listen closely for the correct phrasing. Then when you're ready to apply it, head on over to the next page for the backing track!

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Enjoy the backing track!

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