Blog - Jazz Guitar Lessons
Welcome to the blog of jazz-guitar-licks.com
This blog covers different topics and contains several useful lessons both for beginners, intermediates 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.
You will find here 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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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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LAVA Guitar ME 3 Review - All-new Finish: Golden Hour
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-11-22
- In Music Gear Reviews - Buyer's Guides
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Guest post by Lava Music
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Differences Between Maj9, add9 and 9 Chords - Music Theory For Guitar With Charts And Neck Diagrams
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-11-16
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This guitar lesson with charts and shapes will help you understanding the differences between major 9, add9 and dominant 9 Chords. How they are built and how to play them on guitar.
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A7 Jazz Blues Lick In The Style Of Joe Pass - Transcription and Video
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-11-01
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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This is a 6 bar jazz blues phrase in A7 inspired by the great Joe Pass, that mixes chromatic passing tones and blues notes with the Mixolydian mode. You'll find here the transcription, an Instagram video et and a brief analysis of the lick.
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Medodic Minor Scale And Altered Dominant Seventh Chords - Guitar Lesson With Free PDF and Short Video
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-09-23
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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This guitar lesson provides 10 easy exercises for understanding the relationship between the Melodic Minor Scale and altered dominant seventh chords. This is a free course (or give what you want) with a printable PDF with tab/standard notation and a YouTube short video.
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Dominant 7 To Minor 7 Chords - Drop 2 Voicings Shapes For Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-09-07
- In Guitar Cheat Sheets, Methods, eBooks, Posters
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This guitar cheat sheet shows the relation between a dominant 7 chord and a minor 7 chord. All the shapes are drop 2 voicings with bass notes on the fifth string. The aim being to move only one note at a time, separated by a half step (one semitone).
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Chromatic Lines And Dyads (Aka Double Stops) Over Dominant 7 Chords - Guitar Lesson With Free PDF (TAB + STANDARD NOTATION)
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-08-31
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This lesson provides a free PDF music sheet with tab containing some easy jazz blues lines to practice dyads and chromaticisms over two dominant chords. This tutorial is also accompanied by a short YouTube video.
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1-2-3-1 Sequence Over Cycle Of Fourths | Warm-Up Exercise For Beginner Guitarists
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-07-29
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This short tutorial provides an effective warm-up exercise for guitar players of all styles and all levels. It comes with a YouTube short video with tab / notation overlayed and a downloadable PDF available for free on the GUMROAD STORE.
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25 Exotic Scales On Guitar - Charts, Diagrams And Audio
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-07-15
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This guitar lesson lists 25 exotic and rare scales from different cultures and countries to add new colors to your playing.
You'll find two-octave guitar shapes, formula charts, audio files in the key of C for each scale and classified into five main categories :
- Seven Note Dominant Scales.
- Seven Note Minor Scales.
- Seven Note Major Scales.
- Six Note Scales.
- Five Note Scales.
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Relative Minor Chords On Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-06-27
- In Teacher Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Lesson by Mike Hayes
In this video Mike explains what is the relative minor chord and how to use it to create your own chord melody parts on guitar. This step by step lesson will help you understand how this major and relative minor tonal relationship can open up a whole new world of sonic possibilities.
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Chord Extensions - Music Theory Lesson
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-06-07
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In this theory lesson we will see how to add natural and altered extensions to 7th chords. The aim being to bring new colors and so to embellish your chord progressions. This concept is a very important device for composing, chordal accompaniment and chord-melody arrangements.
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2-5-1 Guitar Chord Voicings - Joe Pass Style - Video and Free PDF
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-05-17
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Here is a free lesson to learn some 2-5-1 jazz chord voicings in the style of Joe Pass. PDF with tab and Youtube short video available for free (or give what you want) here in the GUMROAD ONLINE SHOP.
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Chromatic Bebop Guitar Exercise - Barry Harris Concept
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-05-15
- In Teacher Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Lesson By George Dafnos
This video lesson focuses on a jazz concept created by Barry Harris called "The Chromatic Scale", which is to connect whole steps and half steps with chromaticisms. You will learn how to play the chromatic scale ascending and descending and also hear the related thirds, triads and seventh chords. This technique will be discussed more in details in a future blog article, meanwhile you can also watch Nathan Borton's video to learn more about the construction of this scale.
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Dominant Bebop Scale Guitar Exercise - Free PDF With Tab & Short YouTube Video
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-05-07
- 2 comments
This free guitar lesson for beginners provides an easy exercise with tab/score and video for practicing the Bebop Dominant Scale. The free related PDF is available at the end of the lesson.
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Natural Minor Scale Harmonization - Guitar Theory Lesson
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-04-13
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This guitar theory lesson covers a very important topic that any musician must know : How To Harmonize The Natural Minor Scale? In other words, you will learn how to build triads and seventh chords starting on each note of the natural minor scale.