Blog - Jazz Guitar Lessons
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This blog covers different topics with several useful lessons both for beginners, intermediate and advanced jazz guitar players.
Whether you're looking for tips on playing jazz guitar, this blog surely has the information you crave and will help you expand your music knowledge and technical skills.
Here below many tutorials grouped into several distinct categories:
Jazz Guitar Licks and Transcriptions
Teacher Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
Cheat Sheets, Methods, Posters, eBooks
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Why Playing Jazz Makes You a Better Guitar Player?
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-06-04
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Guest Post by Paul Mills
Jazz is like a game. To play it you need to know the rules. Everyone are saying that jazz is about improvisation, and in a way, it is. But in order to know how to play (and when is written play, think of it as a play of the board game game) you need to learn the rules.
Jazz is not about imitating solo of Wes Montgomery or Django Reinhardt. For sure, lot of the people could learn just from hearing the music and imitating the style. But jazz is much more then it, and this text will try to define why jazz makes of everyone a better musician, and what is needed to be done in order to achieve this advantage in skill.
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Solar By Miles Davis - 2 Chord Studies For Beginners
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-05-23
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Here are two easy guitar chord studies to apply over the jazz tune Solar by Miles Davis. The first one implies 3-Note chords while the second implies 4-note chords. Free PDF and YouTube Short video available.
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Relative And Parallel Modes - Music Theory Lesson For Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-05-19
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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In this theory lesson with diagrams and charts you will learn what's the difference between relative and parallel modes and how to play them on guitar.
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Triad Chord Connections - Short Guitar Tutorial With Free PDF
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-05-04
- 2 comments
In this short lesson for beginners you will learn how to build basic triad chords on guitar, how to connect, hear and recognize them in an easy way, step by step. Four exercises with tab/standard notation and neck diagrams are proposed here, the aim being to play the six main types of triads on different string sets without displacing the hand.
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Chord Vocabulary With Modal Chord Scales - Dorian, Mixolydian And Lydian
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-04-26
- In Teacher Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Lesson By Nate Jarrell
This lesson is designed to help you expand your chord and voicing vocabulary through the use of modal chord scales.
Each notes of the Dorian, Mixolydian, and Lydian modes are harmonized to give you seven chord voicings based on each of those scales.
This approach is very useful for trio or solo playing because it gives you a voicing with each note in the scale on the top of the chords which allows you to easily harmonize notes from the melodies you are playing.
These are also very useful in for comping in a variety of situations and styles.
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What To Play Over A Half-Diminished Chord?
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-04-20
- In Scales & Arpeggios
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This guitar lesson with tabs and staves will enlighten you by proposing several options to solo over half-diminished chords aka m7b5.
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30 Types Of Open A Chords - Free Cheat Sheet With Diagrams
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-04-14
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This cheat sheet provides 30 voicing shapes for playing 30 types of open A chords on guitar :
Am, A, A+, Asus4, Asus2, Amadd9, A5, A6, Am6, A6/9, Am6/9, A7, Adim7, A7sus4, Amaj7, Am7, AmMaj7, Amaj7b5, Am7b5, A7+, A7b5, A7b9, A7#9, A7#5b9, A9, Amaj9, Am9, A11, Am11, A13.
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13 Arpeggio Exercises For Guitar - Major 7, Dominant 7, Minor 7, Half-diminished, Diminished 7
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-04-07
- In Scales & Arpeggios
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This guitar lesson propose 13 exercices implying the five main types of arpeggios (major 7, dominant 7, minor 7, half-diminished and diminished 7) to both preparing your hands, learning your fretboard and hearing the color of each arpeggio.
Free PDF Available Here On GUMROAD.
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The Major Sixth Diminished Scale - Jazz Guitar Lesson Around The Barry Harris Concept
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-03-20
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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This guitar lesson is about a harmonic concept mapped out and developped by jazz musician Barry harris that can be found in the book "The Barry Harris Harmonic Method For Guitar" by Alan Kingstone.
This blog article details a little bit more in depth about what is the major 6 diminished scale and how to harmonize it with major 6 and diminished 7 chords.
FREE PDF AVAILABLE HERE ON THE GUMROAD STORE
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Fingerstyle Guitar - Quick Guide For Beginners
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-02-23
- In Guitar Practice Tips
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This guitar lesson focuses on a technique used in many styles of music (blues, jazz, rock, flamenco, pop, bossa nova, etc) called "Fingerstyle" which is to play the strings with the fingers (thumb, index, major and annular) instead of a pick.
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How To Turn A 7th Chord Into A Rootless 9th Chord - Theory Lesson For Guitarists
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-02-15
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This chord theory lesson focuses on how to transform a dominant 7 chord (drop 2, drop 3 and related inversions) into a rootless ninth chord by replacing the tonic (1) with the ninth (9).
This technique will help guitarists expand their harmonic knowledge and also explore their neck in more depth. This can be a useful trick when composing or for chord melody arrangements.
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Dorian Bebop, Dominant Bebop And Chromatic Jazz Guitar Lines - PDF and Video
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-02-12
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In this brief jazz guitar tutorial you will learn how to use three important jazz scales (Dominant Bebop, Dorian Bebop and Chromatic) and also a diminished 7 arpeggio over ii V chord sequences. Short video and free printable PDF available.
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Dominant Bebop Scale, Rootless Chords And Arpeggios - PDF With Tab And Video
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-01-17
- In Licks & Transcriptions
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This guitar lesson provides a 12-bar study (free PDF and short video) for practicing the dominant bebop scale, some rootless chords and also three types of arpeggios (min7, dom7 and half-diminished) over a turnaround variation.
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Jazz Guitar Chord Melody Arrangement - In A Sentimental Mood By Duke Ellington
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-12-20
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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This video with tab and diagrams is a chord melody arrangement for jazz guitar of the famous Duke Ellington's jazz tune "In A Sentimental Mood". The aim being to mix the melody and the chords together as a piano player would do.
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Diminished 7 Chords - Connections With Dominant 7 And Minor 6
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-12-11
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In this guitar lesson you will learn how to transform a diminished 7 chord into a dominant 7 and also a minor 6 chord either by lowering or raising only one note in order to get a smooth transition.
Check the GUMROAD shop to get the free PDF.
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Difference Between Fully Diminished 7 And Half-Diminished - Guitar Lesson With Formula Chart And Neck Diagrams
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-11-28
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This blog article dedicated to guitarists answers the question that many beginner musicians ask themeselves :
What is the difference between half-diminished and fully diminished (Diminished 7) ?
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Guitar Scale Dictionary
This E-book is a printable PDF method including over 700 scale diagrams and formula charts for guitarists. -
Guitar Chord Dictionary
This PDF eBook provides over 550 guitar chord shapes. This is the perfect reference guide to understand how chords are built and how to play them on the guitar neck. -
30 Groovy Jazz Guitar Licks
This downloadable package contains a PDF WITH audio files giving access to 30 groovy guitar phrases mixing jazz, blues and funky licks for beginners. -
172 Arpeggio Shapes For Guitar
This printable PDF is a method dedicated to guitarists of all styles who want to learn build and play the most important types of arpeggios. -
126 Triad Chord Shapes
This handbook for guitar players is intended both for teachers and students. It includes 126 guitar shapes for mastering triads. -
Major Scale Harmonization
This package provides a printable PDF with exercises and audio files to learn how to harmonize the major scale with 3 note chords and their extensions. -
30 Minor Arpeggio Licks
This package includes a printable PDF method containing 30 exercises with tabs, staves and audio files for practicing minor arpeggios on guitar. -
II V I Bundle - 170 Exercises
This bundle contains 4 PDF methods for a total of 170 exercises with tabs, staves, analysis & audio files for practicing scales, arpeggios licks & chords over the 2-5-1 progression. -
Diatonic Licks Bundle
This package contains 120 jazz guitar lines based on diatonic modes as Mixolydian, Dorian and Ionian. PDF format with tabs, audio files and analysis. -
30 Smooth Jazz Guitar Licks
In this package you'll get a printable PDF Method with tabs, notation, analysis, scale shapes and audio files for practicing 30 smooth jazz guitar licks. -
40 II V I Jazz Guitar Licks
This pdf method for guitar contains fourteen 2 5 1 jazz guitar lines with tab, standard notation, analysis, scale charts and audio files. -
50 II-V-I voicings
This printable PDF guitar method provides 50 exercises with audio files, analysis, tab and staves for learning major 2-5-1 chord voicings. -
40 Minor 2 5 1 Chord Voicings
This PDF method contains 40 exercices with tabs, scores and audio files for practicing jazz guitar chords over the minor 2 5 1 progression. -
40 Minor II V I Licks
This guitar method is a printable PDF with tabs, diagrams, theory and audio files providing 40 minor 2 5 1 jazz patterns. -
40 Mixolydian Jazz Guitar Lick
PDF guitar method with tabs, audio files and theory providing 40 dominant jazz guitar lines for teachers and students. -
40 Minor Jazz Guitar Licks
This printable guitar method in PDF format contains 40 easy minor jazz guitar lines based on the Dorian mode. -
40 Major Jazz Guitar Licks
Printable PDF eBook method containing 40 major jazz guitar licks with tab, standard notation and audio files for beginners and intermediates. -
Guitar Walking Bass Lines
This jazz guitar method about walking bass lines and chords is available as a PDF files containing 35 exercises with tabs, analysis and audio files -
101 Dominant Arpeggio Patterns
This printable PDF method provides 101 dominant arpeggio exercises with tab, theory and standard notation for the jazz, blues and rock guitarist. -
49 Essential Jazz Lines
This printable eBook method in PDF format provides 49 jazz solo transcriptions of the greatest jazz musicians. Tab, standard notation, audio files & analysis. -
11 Jazz Blues Studies
11 jazz blues chord studies with tabs, standard notation, analysis, and audio recordings and PDF. -
10 Easy Fingerstyle Blues
This PDF with Tabs and audio files provides 10 easy acoustic fingerstyle blues guitar studies for kids and beginners. -
25 Altered Jazz Guitar Lines
This PDF eBook method contains 25 altered jazz guitar licks with tabs, patterns, scale charts and audio files to master, apply and develop the altered scale. -
40 Blues Dominant Patterns
This printable method is available as a PDF file containing 40 easy dominant jazz-blues guitar lines with tabs, standard notation, analysis, audio files and scale charts. -
25 Pentatonic Licks
This jazz guitar method is an eBook available as a PDF with standard notation, guitar tabs, diagrams, analysis, audio files and backing tracks. You will find in this booklet 25 easy jazz guitar lines with theory using common and rare pentatonic scales. -
25 Soul Jazz Guitar Licks
You will find here an eBook available in PDF containing 25 soul jazz and hard bop guitar licks in the style of Grant Green, Melvin Sparks, George Benson. -
25 Diminished Patterns
This eBook PDF with audio files contains 25 dominant diminished jazz guitar patterns using the half-whole diminished scale and diminished 7th arpeggios. -
6 Tritone substitution licks
This Printable PDF eBook available for free download contains 6 easy jazz guitar licks with tabs/notation, youtube video link and analysis about the tritone substitution. -
10 Minor 7 Arpeggio Patterns
This printable PDF eBook offers 10 easy minor 7 arpeggio patterns with its related YouTube video for beginner guitarists. -
10 Easy Major 7 Arpeggio Licks
This is a printable PDF for beginner jazz guitar players providing 10 easy licks to practice major 7 arpeggios. -
10 Chord Melody Lines
Within this package, you'll discover a set of ten chord melody exercises for beginners. Printable PDFaudio files, a backing track, and a link to the associated YouTube video. -
10 Minor Blues Scale Licks
You'll find here a PDF with 10 easy jazz guitar licks to practice the minor blues scale on guitar.
