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Jazz Piano Chord Essentials

The document shows shell voicings for major 7th, minor 7th, and dominant 7th chords using only the 3rd and 7th notes. It provides a shorthand way to play "comp" chords when another musician is playing the root by omitting the root and fifth and playing just the essential 3rd and 7th notes to differentiate the chord type.

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Jazz Piano Chord Essentials

The document shows shell voicings for major 7th, minor 7th, and dominant 7th chords using only the 3rd and 7th notes. It provides a shorthand way to play "comp" chords when another musician is playing the root by omitting the root and fifth and playing just the essential 3rd and 7th notes to differentiate the chord type.

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7 3 7 3 3 7 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 3 7

Maj7 Maj7 Maj7 Maj7 Maj7 Maj7 Maj7 Maj7

7 3 7 3 7 3 7 3 3 7 7 3 3 7 3 7

min7 min7 min7 min7 min7 min7 min7 min7

7 3 3 7 7 3

Shell Voicings for Major, Minor and Dominant chords.


Maj7: use for any Major 7th chord
min7: use for any minor 7th chord
Dom7: use for any dominant 7th chord
min7 min7 min7

7 3 7 3 3 7 7 3 3 7 7 3 7 3 3 7

Dom7 Dom7 Dom7 Dom7 Dom7 Dom7 Dom7 Dom7

7 3
Shorthand "comp" chords: play only the 3rd and 7th of seventh chords
when another accompanist plays the root (shown as white dot). Since all
major, minor and dominant chords have a root and a fifth in common, the third
and seventh are all that is needed to differentiate the chords tonal character.
They are the "essential tones."

Dom7

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