Posts by jazz-guitar-licks

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. 

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!

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!

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.

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.

"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.

Check out these easy minor 2 5 1 jazz guitar licks with chord shapes taken from the PDF method.

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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.

Here is a serie of guitar walking bass lines and chords cheat sheets for jazz comping.

After You've Gone is a pop song composed in 1918 by Turner Layton. This blog post provides an easy walking bass lines and chords arrangement with tabs for guitar.

Shell voicings are better known as 3-note chords (or guide tone chords).

They are made up of the most essential notes (root, third and seventh) that define a chord (the fifth is omitted).

They can very useful for beginner guitarists who want to explore basic guitar comping rhythms. 

This lesson provides the essential chord shapes and exercises for practicing them on guitar.

This concept highly prized by solo guitar players consists in mixing chords and bass lines. 

It can be very useful for guitarists who want to accompany a singer or a soloist in a duo situation.

Guitar walking bass lines involve playing one note on each beat in order to make the link between the chords of a progression as a bass player would do. 

They are usually played fingerstyle, basses are played with the thumb whereas the other chord tones are played with the fingers.

This free lesson with tabs and guitar shapes provides some easy examples.

A new video is available on the YouTube channel. This is a chord melody arrangement with synced shapes for jazz guitar of the standard All of Me by Simons & Marks.

This lesson provides 15 basic jazz guitar chords that every beginning jazz guitar player should know.

These chords are grouped into five families : 

• Major seventh chords (Maj7)
• Minor seventh (m7)
• Dominant 7th (7)
• Half diminished / minor seventh flat fifth (m7b5)
• Diminished 7th (dim7)

Learning jazz guitar chords is a real challenge for beginners.

In this lesson, you will understand how they are built and how to play them on guitar.