Here’s my go-to practice routine for tackling altered dominant chords—especially those spicy #5/#9 voicings—and the diminished whole-tone scale (aka the 7th mode of the melodic minor). These sounds ...

Need a practical way to get comfortable with jazz chords? This single exercise will help you learn to voice major 7, minor 7, dominant 7, and half-diminished chords in every key. Perfect for jazz ...

This gives us a triad, which is a three-note chord comprising the root, third and fifth notes of the scale. Let’s begin by looking at the four basic triads: major, minor, augmented and diminished.