Posts by jazz-guitar-licks
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- Stef Ramin
- Guitar teacher, author & composer, music producer, webmaster.
About the author Hi, I’m Stef Ramin — the creator and voice behind jazz-guitar-licks.com. I wear a few hats here: webmaster, publisher, eBook author, and professional guitar teacher.
Driven by a deep passion for jazz and blues, I built this space to share lessons, ideas, and inspiration with fellow guitar lovers around the world.
I hope you enjoy exploring and learning as much as I enjoy creating it.
Thanks for being here!
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Master Major 7 Chords Across the Guitar Neck (Drop 2 & 3)
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2026-03-26
- In Chords / Voicings
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In this lesson, we explore Drop 2 and Drop 3 voicings for major 7 chords—two essential tools for creating richer, more professional-sounding harmony on the guitar.
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New Mini Lesson – Take the “A” Train Jazz Guitar Solo Study (ML 13)
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2026-03-11
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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A new mini lesson has been added to the Jazz Guitar Licks website: Take the “A” Train – Jazz Guitar Solo Study (ML 13).
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12 Extended Major 7 Chord Voicings For Guitar
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2026-03-05
- In Chords / Voicings
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Extended Major 7 chords add color, depth, and sophistication to your guitar playing. In this article, we’ll explore 12 extended Major 7 guitar chords that go beyond the basic shapes, introducing richer harmonies through added tones like the 9th and 13th.
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4 Levels of 2-5-1-6 Jazz Guitar Chords - PDF & Short Video
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2026-02-15
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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In this lesson, we’ll explore 4 Levels of 2–5–1–6 Jazz Guitar Chords.
Whether you're a developing player building your jazz foundation or an intermediate guitarist looking to expand your chord vocabulary, these four levels will give you a structured path to stronger, more musical comping.
This lesson comes with a PDF (Give What You Want).
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Transforming the Diminished Chord - Barry Harris System For Guitar
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2026-02-05
- In Chords / Voicings
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Barry Harris explained that the fully diminished seventh chord sits at the center of the system.
By making simple chromatic adjustments to its notes, it naturally resolves into dominant, minor 6, or major 6 chords.
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Major Scale Arpeggios and Chords For Guitar
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2026-01-22
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Here is a structured guitar lesson focused on harmonized major scale arpeggios and chords in the key of C.
It is designed for intermediate students but can be adapted up or down depending on technique and theory background.
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Mixolydian Dominant 7 Chord Tone Arpeggio Licks For Guitar
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2026-01-19
- In Scales & Arpeggios
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This lesson focuses on understanding and applying the four chord tones of a dominant 7 chord (1–3–5–♭7) as arpeggios embedded within the Mixolydian mode.
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Chords Within Chords: Unlocking Hidden Harmony in Guitar
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2026-01-06
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Guest Post by Dennis Winge
Most musicians learn chords as fixed units: a major triad is three notes, a seventh chord is four, an extended chord might be six or seven.
We tend to think of them as solid vertical structures, like blocks in a building. But here’s the secret: every extended chord is really a constellation of smaller chords.
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Rhythm Changes - Jazz Guitar Chord Study
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2025-12-19
- In Chords / Voicings
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Rhythm changes are a cornerstone of the jazz repertoire, offering a compact yet harmonically rich framework for study and improvisation.
In this study, we focus on the A section, examining practical chord approaches that incorporate inversions and common substitutions.
The aim is to clarify the underlying harmony while expanding your comping vocabulary in a musical, idiomatic way.
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Harmonized Scales for Guitar: New PDF Guide to Master Chords, Arpeggios and Fretboard Harmony
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2025-12-10
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Discover the New “Harmonized Scales for Guitar” PDF
A comprehensive PDF method for guitar players designed to bring clarity, structure, and practical power to your approach to scales and chords.
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Get All Jazz Guitar Licks Learning Material on Fourthwall: New Store Launch
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2025-11-22
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All Jazz-Guitar-Licks.com PDF Lessons Are Now Available on Fourthwall!
If you’re a guitarist passionate about jazz, improvisation, and expanding your musical vocabulary, we have great news for you! All the PDF methods, exercises, and learning materials from Jazz-Guitar-Licks.com are now officially available on Fourthwall.
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Blues Patterns For Jazz Guitar - Exercise For Beginners
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2025-11-21
- In Licks & Transcriptions
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In this lesson we explore three five-note blues patterns in B♭7 built from the tones 1 – ♭3 – 3 – 5 – ♭7.
The aim being to repeat the same pattern replacing the ♭7 with the 6 the second time.
These patterns capture the classic blues sound while giving you clear, repeatable shapes across the neck.
PDF (pay what you want) transcription with Tab / Notation available on GUMROAD.
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Exploring the Major Scale in 5ths - Guitar Lesson With Tab & YouTube Short
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2025-11-10
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In this lesson, we’re going to take a fresh look at the major scale, but instead of running through it step by step, we’ll explore it in intervals of fifths.
This approach helps you break out of linear thinking on the fretboard and start hearing the scale in a more harmonic, open way.
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Diminished 7 Substitution For Dominant 7 Chord On Guitar
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2025-10-09
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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This lesson is about one of the most useful and colorful substitution concepts in jazz harmony, which is to replace an altered dominant 7 chord (7b9) with a diminished 7 chord.
You'll find here 4 easy exercises and a YouTube short for playing it on guitar.
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Minor 6 Arpeggios And Chords - Exercise For Guitar - PDF & YouTube Short
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2025-09-22
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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This lesson with FREE PDF and YouTube Short provides an exercise to practice minor 6 chords and arpeggios in a fun way.
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Diatonic Sixth Chords And 6add9 Arpeggios For Guitar
- By Stef Ramin
- On 2025-07-04
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In this lesson, you will learn how to harmonize the major scale in sixth chords and 6add9 arpeggios to add a smooth, jazzy flavor to your playing.
Free PDF available here.