Curriculum

2-Month Chord Building System

For players who can grab chords but don't know why they're shaped that way

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Dissecting the 6th-string root — a chord is assembled, not memorized Major → minor — lower the 3rd a half step and the expression flips Dominant 7 — add the b7 and you get a 'wants-to-resolve' tension Completing m7 + integration — cycle four characters over one root

Dissecting the 5th-string root (A-form) — moving the home to the 5th string Minor + dominant 7 on the 5th-string root — same principle, new layout m7, then Maj7 arrives — the b7 vs 7 half-step duel on the 3rd string 5th-string root integration — cycle five characters in one spot

Introducing ii–V–I — pop's heart, and root-string crossing Connecting Dm7-G7-Cmaj7 in one region — minimal finger movement Moving to another key — ii–V–I is a pattern that slides whole ii–V–I integration — cycling smoothly with no jumps

What a shell voicing is — drop the 5th, keep only 3rd & 7th 6th-string-root shell set — Maj7·7·m7 with three fingers 5th-string-root shell set — drop the root down to the 5th string ii–V–I as shells — closing out the month

Discovering the 4th-string root — moving the root up to the high register High-register major/minor — the top note splits bright from dark High-register inversions — which of R·3·5 goes on top? High-register integration — comping a bright progression, thin and pretty

What the 9th is — laying color onto Maj7 to make Maj9 m7 → m9 — lay a 9th on a minor for that neo-soul color 7 → 9 — lay a 9th on a dominant for a shimmer 9th integration — color stays on top, only the skeleton cycles

What voice leading is — I choose the top note Minimal top-note movement — turn C-Am-F-G into a song The reverse — melody first, chords underneath Voice-leading integration — make the top note sing, like a pro

Challenge orientation — ii–V–I in several voicings Rhythm challenge — same chord, different groove Your own arrangement — reharmonize with 9ths and top notes Final recording & self-analysis — the crystallization of two months