Posts by jazz-guitar-licks
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Half-diminished Chords - 28 Guitar Shapes
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-09-18
- In Chords / Voicings
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Half-diminished chords (aka m7b5) have an especially important place in jazz music. They are generally found in minor 2 5 1 progressions as the ii chord or can be used as substitutions for dominant 7 chords. This blog post provides 28 different shapes based on drop 2, drop 3 and drop 2-4 voicings for playing m7b5 chords on guitar.
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Shapes of Major Chords - Cycle of Fourths
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-09-08
- In Teacher Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Lesson by Francesco Lo Castro (from the facebook group "Jazz Guitar Lessons")
This is an extract taken from the lesson 15 of the "Learning guitar series". This YouTube tutorial is a demonstration of how to practice all we have discussed in the first 15 lessons applied to the cycle of 4ths.
Hope you will enjoy it.
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Blues Moon (Julie London / Howard Roberts) - Guitar Transcription With Tabs
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-09-04
- In Licks & Transcriptions
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Here is a transcription (tabs, and standard notation) of the guitar comping played by Howard Roberts in the jazz standard Blue Moon with Julie London. You will find in the following:
- The original version.
- The YouTube video with the transcription and the tabs / notation overlayed.
- Four free png files.
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Julian Lage 2 5 1 Jazz Guitar Licks | Diego Wasserman
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-09-03
- In Teacher Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
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By Diego Wasserman,
This lesson provides 20 cool 2-5-1 jazz guitar licks by Julian Lage. Lines are played in at least 2 versions, included some melodic analysis.
Tabs are available for download following this link. If you like it, please support my work by sharing it, commenting on the youtube video and subscribing
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28 Major 7 Guitar Chord Diagrams
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-08-28
- In Chords / Voicings
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This blog post provides 28 positions with intervals to play major seventh chords (maj7) on guitar. Three types of voicings are used : drop 2, drop 3, drop 2-4 and their inversions.
The diagrams are organized this way:
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Tangerine - Stan Getz - Transcription With Tabs For Jazz Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-08-26
- In Licks & Transcriptions
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Tangerine is a song written by Victor Schertzinger and Johnny Mercer, published in 1941. This is one of the most popular jazz standard. This lesson provides an arangement for jazz guitarists inspired by Stan Getz version.
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Easy Tal Farlow Jazz Guitar Lick - Creator Spotlight - Edmundo Baez
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-08-25
- In Teacher Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
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By Edmundo Baez
Hey there, I leave you a video of an easy jazz guitar phrase with tab overlayed from the great jazz guitarist Tal farlow.
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28 Ways of Playing a Dominant 7 Chord On Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-08-22
- In Chords / Voicings
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Dominant 7 chords are surely the most important to know when you want to try your hand at jazz guitar. These chords are very present in jazz and blues tunes, that's why it is crucial to know them at your fingertips.This quick lesson show 28 dominant 7 guitar shapes based on drop 2, drop 3 and drop 2-4 voicings.
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Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue - Part 1 - Guitar Lesson With TAB - Steve Down - Creator Spotlight
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-08-20
- In Teacher Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Lesson By Steve Down
I'm super excited to start my new lesson series on one of my favourites 'Midnight Blue' by Kenny Burrell. If you love blues and are looking to dip your toe into jazz then this is a great place to start! Have fun!
PART 1 This is a new series where we are learning the whole of Kenny Burrell's 'Midnight Blue' from his 1963 album of the same name. There will be a new lesson every Saturday where we will learn another chorus from this excellent tune! And there will be TAB on screen!
In this lesson we look at the head of Midnight Blue. The chords, the melody and some of the gear KENNY BURRELL used for the Midnight Blue recording sessions. Next week we will be looking at the first chorus from the solo!
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Creator Spotlight - Twelve Tone Box - Sound Bite #7 - Bb Major - Pedro Velasco
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-08-20
- In Teacher Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Lesson by Pedro Velasco,
Here's number 7 from the Sound Bite series. Next one on Friday.
In this sound bite series I create short chord progressions and melodic motifs over common jazz chord changes. Check the transcription after the video.
For more sound bites and transcriptions,
go to my YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/pedrovpeters
or Soundslice page:
https://www.soundslice.com/users/pedrovelascomusic/Thanks!
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Cluster Chords On Guitar - Theory And Exercises With Tabs
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-08-19
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This guitar lesson with tabs and theory is about cluster chord voicings. These are chords in which at least two notes are grouped together in order to create a sort of dissonance.
Cluster chords are sometimes quite difficult to play on guitar but they have a very interesting sound widely used in comtemporary jazz and neo-soul music.
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Minor Seventh Guitar Chord Chart - 28 Positions
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-08-16
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This blog article provides 28 guitar chord shapes to play minor seventh chord on guitar. These positions are built using three different types of voicings as Drop 2, drop 3 and drop 2-4.
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"THE LICK" - The Most Iconic Jazz Lick - Guitar Lesson With Exercises
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-08-04
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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"The Lick" is considered as the most famous phrase in jazz music (and also in other styles).
It has been played so many times, by so many players, in so many tunes that it has become a cliche.
Although there are a significant number of common jazz lines, this one is surely the most popular, an essential part of the Bebop language.
This guitar lesson with tabs, charts and theory explains what is "The Lick", how it is built and how to apply it in different harmonic contexts.
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Minor 2 5 1 Jazz Guitar Licks - Cheat Sheets
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-06-24
- In Infographics
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Check out these easy minor 2 5 1 jazz guitar licks with chord shapes taken from the PDF method.
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Inside Scofield - A Film About The legendary John Scofield
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-06-15
- In Music Reviews
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Hi - let me shortly introduce the official film about one of today's greatest guitar players - John Scofield!
Please consider supporting and sharing it now - it's on Kickstarter for a couple more days:
>> www.scofilm.com <<
We have some very really nice perks, affordable to everyone who wants to watch this film. Every pledge would help to get it made!Thanks so much,
the Inside Scofield Team
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1 6 2 5 Turnaround Variations - Lesson With Guitar Tabs & Theory
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-04-17
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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A turnaround is a section of two or four bars at the end of a tune.
Its role is to create a harmonic transition going back to the beginning.
It present in many jazz tunes and is an important part of "rhythm changes" progressions.
They is also used to create effective jazz intros and endings.
This lesson with guitar tabs contains 17 exercises for better understanding of the 1 6 2 5 turnaround and its variations.
