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Shell Voicings: Why Jazz Pianists Only Play Two Notes
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Shell Voicings: Why Jazz Pianists Only Play Two Notes

Jazz chord voicings often leave out the root and fifth entirely, keeping only the 3rd and 7th. These 'guide tones' carry the full harmonic information of the chord in two notes.

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