substitutions
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4 Examples of Using Diminished 7 Chords On Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-01-17
- In Chords / Voicings
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Diminished 7 chords bring a distinctive, mysterious sound to music. Widely used in jazz and classical genres, they infuse tension and creativity into your playing.
This guitar lesson explains how they are built and how to use them thanks to four easy examples.
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How to Use a Tritone Substitution - 6 Guitar Licks
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2019-02-08
- In Licks & Transcriptions
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What's a Tritone Substitution?The tritone substitution is one of the most common substitution found in jazz. The basic application of a tritone chord substitution is to take any 7th chord and play another 7th chord that has its root a tritone away from the original. This guitar lesson demonstrates how you can play scales and arpeggios starting from the b5 (a tritone away) of the V7 chord in a II V I chord progression. This way you will highlight altered tones as the b9 and the #11.
