jazz guitar chord positions
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Altered Chords - Guitar Lesson With Shapes and Theory
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2021-10-26
- In Chords / Voicings
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Altered chords add color, tension, and sophistication to your playing, making them a must-know for jazz, fusion, and even blues and rock guitarists.
An altered chord contains one (or several) altered notes that don't belong to the diatonic scale.
These notes are the b5 (flat fifth), #5 (sharp fifth), b9 (flat ninth), #9 (sharp ninth).
In this guitar lesson we will see that they can be grouped into three disctinct families (major, minor and dominant) and also how to play them on guitar.
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15 Easy Jazz Guitar Chords For Beginners
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-02-28
- In Chords / Voicings
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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)
