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- Guitar teacher, author & composer, music producer, webmaster.
About the author Hello I'm Stef Ramin, webmaster, owner, publisher, professional guitar teacher and eBook’s author on jazz-guitar-licks.com. Passionate about jazz and blues music, I decided to share my lessons on the internet. I hope you will enjoy .
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Diminished Scale Guitar Workout - Chords And Melody - Free PDF And YouTube Short
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2025-04-24
- In Scales & Arpeggios
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Welcome to this short lesson where we dive into one of the most mysterious and powerful tools in a guitarist’s arsenal — the diminished scale.
We’ll break down the two main forms of the diminished scale (half-whole and whole-half), explore how they relate to dominant 7♭9, 7#9 and diminished 7th chords.
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Harmonic Major Scale Chords For Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2025-04-15
- In Scales & Arpeggios
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The Harmonic Major Scale is a unique variation of the major scale, created by lowering the 6th degree.
This small change introduces a mix of major and minor qualities, making it useful in jazz, fusion, classical, and film music.
In this lesson, we’ll explore how to harmonize the scale into triads and 7th chords, uncovering its distinct harmonic colors.
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What Are Shell Guitar Chords?
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2025-04-13
- In Chords / Voicings
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If you’re looking to clean up your chord work, boost your rhythm chops, and sound more intentional on guitar, shell voicings are a must-have tool in your arsenal.
These chord shapes focus on just the essentials—root, 3rd, and 7th—leaving out the extra notes that can muddy your sound.
Whether you play jazz, blues, funk, or even rock, learning shell voicings will transform the way you approach rhythm guitar.
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Diatonic Chord Progression And Diminished Passing Chords
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2025-03-09
- In Chords / Voicings
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In this lesson, we’ll explore how diminished 7 chords can be used to create smooth, voice-led connections between diatonic chords, adding tension, movement, and harmonic richness to your playing.
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Guitar Pro Giveaway 2025
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2025-02-26
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Diatonic Major Scale Triads For Guitar - Four Exercises With Tab & Youtube Short
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2025-02-19
- In Chords / Voicings
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Triads are the building blocks of chords and an essential part of understanding harmony on the guitar.
By learning major scale triads, you'll improve your fretboard knowledge, enhance your improvisation skills, and develop a deeper understanding of chord construction.
In this lesson, we’ll break down:
What are the three types of triads found in the major scale.
How to play them across the fretboard on four string sets.
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The Chicken (Jaco Pastorius) - Biréli Lagrène Guitar Transcription
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2025-01-28
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This lesson provides a transcription of The Chicken theme, a clever mix of funky chords and licks by Biréli Lagrène in the album Broadway Blues.
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Relative Major And Minor Pentatonic Scales For Guitar - 4 Exercises - Lesson For Beginners
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-12-19
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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When exploring improvisation over a major 7 chord on guitar, pentatonic scales offer versatile and melodic options.
This approach allows you to expand your phrasing and musical expression over a single chord using the relative major and minor pentatonic scales.
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Diatonic Seventh Arpeggios And Extensions For Guitar - PDF & Short Video
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-12-13
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In this guitar lesson with PDF and Youtube Short, you'll learn how to extend diatonic seventh arpeggios with the 9th, 11th and 13th.
Check this link to get the PDF transcription.
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Essential Dominant Scales For Guitar - Shapes And Short Video
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-12-09
- In Scales & Arpeggios
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In this session, we'll cover 6 essential dominant scales that every guitarist should know.
These scales are the foundation for creating solos in blues, jazz, and rock styles
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Reharmonizing Christmas Carols using Giant Steps chord changes
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-12-06
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Guest Post By Dennis Winge
Coltrane changes are fun to play on.
If you're intimidated by Giant Steps, it could simply be the tempo of the tune.
Just because Trane's version is fast doesn't mean you can't enjoy using the changes at slower tempos, in smaller increments, and on generally easier tunes.
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Difference Between Dominant 7 Chord And Diminished 7 Chord - Free PDF and YouTube Short
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-11-25
- In Chords / Voicings
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Major Scale Shapes And Basic Major Seventh Chords
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-11-15
- In Scales & Arpeggios
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In this guitar lesson for beginners, we'll explore how major scale shapes relate to basic major seventh (Maj7) chords.
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Diatonic Arpeggios - Guitar Exercise With Tab And YouTube Short
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-10-29
- In Scales & Arpeggios
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In this guitar lesson with tab and YouTube short we’re diving into diatonic arpeggios, focusing on playing them in a fixed position.
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2 5 1 Jazz Guitar Lick With Tab And YouTube Short - Dorian Mode, Altered Scale, Major 7 Arpeggio
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-10-23
- In Licks & Transcriptions
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Welcome to this lesson on a classic jazz guitar lick that navigates through a 2-5-1 progression in C using some essential jazz concepts.
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Blues Monk Guitar Lesson - Chord Melody - Short Vidéo And PDF Transcription
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-10-08
- In Jazz Standards
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Here is a guitar study in chord melody of the theme of "Blue Monk" by Thelonious Monk.
The main theme of "Blue Monk" is a simple yet soulful 12-bar blues in Bb.
You can watch the YouTube Short video and download the PDF transcription with tab.
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