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Left Hand Chord Shapes

This exhaustive and incredibly useful set of left-hand voicings comes from Lennie Tristano's fabled 'chord list' which were studied by greats such as Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Connie Crothers & Sal Mosca.

The shapes should be practised chromatically up and down as to gain fluency across all the keys.

The chords featured here and much more can be studied in Ed Paulantonio's excellent method: 'My Years With Lennie Tristano' which can be purchased via his website. Ed was a student of Lennie's for years so this information comes straight from the source.


C major

C minor 7

C minor 7 ♭5

C minor 6

C7

C7 — group 2

C7 — group 3
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