{"id":1234,"date":"2014-04-02T16:05:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T14:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2024-11-26T13:54:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T12:54:36","slug":"shell-jazz-guitar-chords-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/shell-jazz-guitar-chords-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell Jazz Guitar Chords (For Beginners)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;\">Shell Chords (aka guide tone chords) are the most basic jazz guitar chords and are essential knowledge for every jazz guitarist. Having a good understanding\u00a0of shell chords will make it easier for you to learn more complex chords later on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shell chords only contain 3 notes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The 1, also known as the root.<\/li>\n<li>The third: 3 in major and dominant chords, b3 in minor chords.<\/li>\n<li>The seventh: 7 in major chords, b7 in dominant and minor chords.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The third and seventh are the most important notes of a chord because they define if a chord is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/major-chords\/\">major<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/dominant-chords\/\">dominant<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/minor-chords\/\">minor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<span style=\"--tl-form-height-m:555.828px;--tl-form-height-t:361.672px;--tl-form-height-d:361.672px;\" class=\"tl-placeholder-f-type-shortcode_10980 tl-preload-form\"><span><\/span><\/span>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/images\/infographics\/shell-chords.png\" alt=\"Shell jazz guitar chord chart &amp; infographic\" width=\"720\" height=\"4541\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How To Use Shell Chords?<\/h2>\n<p>Shell chords are often used in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/walking-bass-lines\/\">walking bass<\/a> accompaniment. Here is an example on the standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/all-the-things-you-are\/\">All The Things You Are<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"waveplayer-container\"><div id=\"waveplayer-2e87b64c4b5b4fa49891eebac1a3a266-6a51a1bdbb54a\" class=\"waveplayer loading wvpl-skin-w2-evolution wvpl-palette-800e3a14c86733ad9ccc96fd80850d88 wvpl-style-light wvpl-size-xs wvpl-shape-rounded \" data-limit=\"0\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-config_id=\"2e87b64c4b5b4fa49891eebac1a3a266\" data-instance_id=\"2e87b64c4b5b4fa49891eebac1a3a266-6a510a42c9c79\">\n\t<div class=\"wvpl-left-box\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/audiobg.png)\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-interface\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-volume-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-icon wvpl-info\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-controls\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-icon wvpl-prev wvpl-disabled\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-icon wvpl-play\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-icon wvpl-next wvpl-disabled\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-icon wvpl-volume wvpl-volume_up\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-poster\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wvpl-right-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-overlay\">\n\t\t\t<svg>\n\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#waveform-animation\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"percentage\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-loading\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-loading-progress\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"message\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-position\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-duration\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-waveform\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-infobar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-playing-info\"><div class=\"wvpl-infoblock\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wvpl-playlist\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wvpl-playlist-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/images\/lessons\/walking-bass.gif\" alt=\"All The Things You Are walking bass\" width=\"720\" height=\"1338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also check out this other <strong>chord chart for beginners<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/17-essential-jazz-guitar-chords-beginners\/\">17 Essential Jazz Guitar Chords<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shell jazz guitar chords are also known as guide tone chords and are the most basic type of chords used in jazz.<\/p>\n<p>Shell chords are a good place to get started because they contain the most important notes of a chord and can be used to build more complex 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