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• 5 Easy Jazz Blues Arpeggio Studies For Guitar

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 06/26/2019
  • In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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  This lesson contains five free guitar studies for beginners that outline the use of arpeggios over a Bb jazz blues progression. There are different kinds of jazz blues progressions. The one that is used in this eBook is built with a secondary dominant (VI7), a passing diminished (#IVdim7) and a turnaround (I7, VI7, iim7, V7). 

  Bb7	Eb7	Bb7	%
  I7	IV7	I7	I7
  Eb7	Edim7	Bb7	G7(b9)
  IV7	#IVdim7	I7	VI7
  Cm7	F7	Bb7        G7 (b9)	Cm7           F7
  iim7	V7	I7              VI7	iim7            V7

   

   

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• Jazz Guitar Methods - eBooks & Printable PDF with Tabs, Standard Notation & Audio Files

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 06/25/2019
  • In Guitar Cheat Sheets, Methods & Books
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  This page lists the eBooks available for download on the website. All theses methods are in PDF format, so they can be printed and viewed on all types of media systems (tablets, smartphones and computers).

   

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• Joe Pass Blues - Transcription with Video and Analysis

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 06/07/2019
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  Joe's blues is a 12-bar blues taken from one of the many Joe Pass methods named "Joe Pass on Guitar". This lesson covers the first 24 bars of the original lesson. If you listen to the audio file provided with the book you can hear that there are a lot of mistakes in the transcription. That's why I have decided to transcribe those lines directly from what I heard.

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• How to Practice Pentatonic Scales On Guitar

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 06/01/2019
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  What are Pentatonic Scales?

  Pentatonic scales are scales with five notes per octave. They are frequently used in music all over the world. The word "pentatonic" comes from the Greek word "pente" meaning five and "tonic" meaning tone.

  Talk of "the" pentatonic scale generally make reference to the major pentatonic scale and its relative minor. It's a mistake, indeed there are many types of pentatonic scales (Egyptian, Ritusen, Man gong, Altered, Locrian...).

  Pentatonic scales are considered earlier than heptatonic scales (seven-note scales) and can be divided into two categories :

   

  • Containing semitones (hemitonic)
  • Without semitones (anhemitonic)

  The purpose of this post is to propose some tips and ideas for practicing and develop pentatonic scales.

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• 12 Types of Major Scales - Guitar Lesson With Diagrams

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 04/16/2019
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  When we think about major scales, the first that comes to mind is the Ionian mode, best know as THE major scale. However, there are several other types of major scales (Ionian #5, Lydian augmented #2, Ionian b6) which deserve a little more attention. Here they are listed with guitar shapes and formulas. 

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• II V7 Bebop Patterns - David Baker - Analysis and Scale Diagrams

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 03/21/2019
  • In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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  This blog article is related to the video tutorial published on JGL YouTube channel. It contains 10 II V7 jazz bebop guitar patterns with analysis and scale shapes. These lines come from the first chapter of David Baker's book "How To Play Bebop Vol.2 - Learning the bebop language". They correspond to the first ten exercises of the section named "The Use of The II V7 Progression in Bebop".

  You 'll find in this lesson a quick analysis of each pattern with scale diagrams (Dorian, Dorian bebop, Mixolydian, dominant bebop, Mixolydian b13, altered, mixo-blues and half-whole diminished).

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• What's a Dominant 7 Arpeggio - How to Play it on Guitar

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 03/05/2019
  • In Scales & Arpeggios
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  What Are Dominant 7 Arpeggios?

  Dominant 7 arpeggios are built with root (1), major third (3), perfect fifth (5) and minor seventh (b7). They are basically used to play over dominant 7 chords.

  Dominant 7 Arpeggio	1	3	5	b7
  G7	G	B	D	F

   

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• Solar - Miles Davis - Guitar Chord Melody Lesson and Analysis

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 03/04/2019
  • In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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  "Solar" is a jazz standard written by Miles Davis  in the key of C minor with four tonal centers that are  : C minor, F major, Eb major and Db major. Solar contains essential chord progressions as major and minor II V I. This lesson provides a short harmonic analysis and a chord melody arrangement for guitar with tab, standard notation, chord shapes and audio file.

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• Major 7 Arpeggio - Free Guitar Cheat Sheets

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 02/15/2019
  • In Guitar Cheat Sheets, Methods & Books
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  You will find here a free cheet sheat about major 7 arpeggios. This quick guitar lesson provides a brief description of major 7 arpeggios including neck diagrams and formula charts. This document is available in three versions : PDF (for printing), JPEG and PNG for on-line publication.

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• 6 Guitar Licks with Tab and Notation - Tritone Substitution

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 02/09/2019
  • In Guitar Cheat Sheets, Methods & Books
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  This free printable PDF files contains 6 easy guitar licks with tab, standard notation and anlysis for a better understanding of the tritone substitution.

  tritone-substitution-licks-free-pdf-guitar-book-1.pdf (994.69 Ko)

• How to Use a Tritone Substitution - 6 Guitar Licks

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 02/08/2019
  • 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. 

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• Octave Playing - Guitar Lesson With Lines and Theory

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 12/30/2018
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  What's Octave Playing?

  Octave playing is a big part of jazz guitar language, this technique has been popularized by guitarist Wes Montgomery one of the greatest improvisers and jazz genious of all times. Theoretically, the principle is quite easy to understand. You just have to play lines using two simultaneaous notes separated by twelve semitones. In practice, it is more difficult because of the fingerings. Indeed, you have to move two fingers at the same time while keeping the same hand position. This lesson provides guitar diagrams and easy guitar lines for a good mastery of this technique.

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• Locrian Mode Guitar Cheat Sheets - PDF and JPEG Formats

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 12/25/2018
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  Locrian Mode Cheat Sheet For Guitar 

  The Locrian mode is the seventh mode of the major scale. It has a particular sound because of the b2, b3, b5, b6 and b7. It is probably the least used and the most misunderstood of all of the modes of the major scale. The Locrian mode is usually played over minor seventh flat ninth chords (m7b5).

  The Aeolian mode is built with : root (1), minor second (b2), minor third (b3), perfect fourth (4), diminished fifth (b5), minor sixth (b6) and minor seventh (b7). 

  locrian-mode-guitar-cheat-sheet.pdf (145.18 Ko)

   

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• Aeolian Mode Printable Cheat Sheet - PDF and Jpeg Files

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 12/25/2018
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  Aeolian Mode Cheat Sheet

  The Aeolian mode (also called "natural minor scale" or "relative minor scale) is the sixth mode of the major scale, it is known as a relative minor to the ionian mode. It is a minor scale containing a minor third (b3), a minor seventh (b7) and a minor sixth (b6).

  The Aeolian mode is built with : root (1), second (2), minor third (b3), perfect fourth (4), perfect fifth (5), minor sixth (b6) and minor seventh (b7). 

  aeolian-mode-cheat-sheet-for-guitarist.pdf (137.92 Ko)

   

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• Mixolydian Mode Guitar Cheat Sheet - PDF and JPEG

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 12/25/2018
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  Mixolydian Scale Guitar Cheat Sheet - PDF / JPEG

  The Mixolydian mode, also called dominant scale is the fifth mode of the major scale. It is a major type scale. This is the mode to know when you want to play over dominant chords (not altered). The Mixolydian mode is widely used in jazz and blues music and one of the most important to master.

  The Mixolydian mode is built with : root (1), second (2), third (3), perfect fourth (4), perfect fifth (5), sixth (6) and minor seventh (b7). 

  mixolydian-mode-sheet-cheat-for-guitar.pdf (134.74 Ko)

   

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• Lydian Mode Cheat Sheet - PDF and JPEG

  • By Stef Ramin
  • On 12/25/2018
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  Lydian Mode Cheat Sheet 

  The Lydian mode is the fourth mode of the major scale. It is a major type scale very used to play over major chords. It gets interesting when it is played over a major chord, indeed it brings a little bit of tension because of the raised fourth / raised eleventh (#11).

  The Lydian mode is built with : root (1), second (2), third (3), augmented fourth (#4), perfect fifth (5), sixth (6) and seventh (7). 

  lydian-mode-cheat-sheet.pdf (130.63 Ko)

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