In our last two posts, we've been discussing various methods of coming up with new chord voicings to spice up our rhythm and lead playing. For this month's lesson, we'll be taking tonality to its very edges and coming up with chords that tend to imply particular sounds more than chord function. So, revisit the last two posts if you need to brush up on any of the concepts of chord voicing we've talked about thus far and let's get right to the new voicings.

One common question that many students ask at some point or another is "How many chords are there?" While that seems like a relatively straightforward question, the answer is quite complex. For those that don't know, the most loose definition of a chord is "three or more notes played simultaneously." It would seem then that the answer is as simple as finding out how many different combinations of three, four, five, etc.