Jazz harmony · Chord theory · Vinhais, Portugal
Jazz harmony, made visual.
I teach guitarists how the chords actually work — drop voicings, substitutions, the theory behind what your favourite players play. From a guitarist who has been at it for 25 years.
Guitarists from 40+ countries learning along.
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You can strum chords and play some tunes, but you do not really understand why the chords work — or how to find better voicings on your own.
You have tried YouTube and learned shapes you cannot connect to anything.
You want a teacher who explains the mechanism, not just the shape.
The approach
How I teach.
Visual first.
Animated chord diagrams and fretboard overlays — see the voicing before you play it.
Theory grounded.
Every voicing has a reason. Not licks — mechanisms. Understand why a chord works before how to play it.
25 years deep.
Jazz, blues, fado heritage — with manouche as the current journey. A broad harmonic foundation, not a narrow style.
Free 5-day email course
Drop Voicings Decoded.
Five days. Five emails. The chord shapes every jazz guitarist actually uses — and why they work.
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One focused product. One clear result.
The course
Voicings Decoded
€27one-time · lifetime access
Five video lessons on drop voicings, voice-leading through a ii–V–I, and the four substitutions every jazz player knows. Tabs, voicing chart, and two backing tracks included.
- Drop 2 and Drop 3 voicings across the neck
- Voice-leading through ii–V–I in real time
- PDF tabs + voicing chart + 2 MP3 backing tracks
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Giant Steps solo — recorded in 2009. The quality is old, the playing is real.
About
25 years of jazz, blues, and fado.
I am Romeu Beato. I am a Portuguese guitarist who has been playing jazz, blues, and fado for 25 years. I teach the harmony behind it — chord voicings, substitutions, the theory that makes sense of what your favourite players are doing.
I am also currently learning manouche guitar — and publishing the journey on YouTube. That is not what I teach. That is what I am learning.
The Voicing
One chord idea every Friday. No fluff, no spam — just jazz harmony and voicing concepts delivered to your inbox.