6 Great Block Chord Exercises

In this video we will work on block chords, aka “George Shearing voicings“ or “locked hands“ technique! There are 6 important exercises on maj6, maj7, and min6 chords, and the II V I progression. Please scroll through the different chapters to work on one specific block chord technique, but I also encourage you to create your own exercises! * Free pdf of the sheet music: * Free pdf of the sheet music (with annotations): 0:00 Block chord solo on a Blues in C 0:58 “Bluesy“ passing diminished chord in C with inversions 1:22 Exercise #1: “Bluesy“ passing diminished chord in all keys 2:29 “It Don“t Mean A Thing“ with block chords 2:56 Exercise #2: Minor 6th chord with passing diminished chord (Barry Harris) in all keys) 4:41 Exercise #3: Two bar II V I progression with V7alt 5:25 “Polka Dots And Moonbeams“ with block chords 6:33 Exercise #4: Major 7