Posts by jazz-guitar-licks
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Chords Of The Major, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor And Natural Minor Scales - Free Guitar Sheet Cheat
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-10-07
- In Guitar Cheat Sheets, Methods, eBooks, Posters
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Here below you'll find a free guitar cheat sheet to learn the chords of the main types of scales that are :
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Melodic Minor
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Major
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Natural Minor
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Harmonic Minor
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Arpeggios And Chords Of The Major Scale For Guitar - Free PDF
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-09-23
- In Scales & Arpeggios
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Here’s a breakdown of seventh arpeggios and their related chords based on the major scale for guitar.
An arpeggio is essentially the notes of a chord played individually.
Seventh arpeggios add a fourth note (the seventh) to each triad, giving a more complex and richer sound.
In this guitar lesson, we'll be focusing on the arpeggios of the seventh chords derived from the G major scale.
You'll find the free PDF (or name a fair price) here in the GUMROAD Store.
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Extended Shell Voicings For Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-09-06
- 2 comments
Harmonizing the major scale using 3-note chords, also known as shell voicings, is a fundamental technique used in jazz and contemporary music.
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Major 9 Arpeggio Guitar Lick With Chromatic Passing Tones / Free PDF
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-07-31
- 2 comments
This lesson with free PDF (or give what you want) proposes an easy jazz guitar lick built with an A major 9 arpeggio A (1), C# (3), E (5), G# (7), B (9) including two passing tones Bb (b2 / b9) and G (b7).
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Triad Warm Up Exercise // Free PDF
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-07-08
- In Guitar Practice Tips
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This guitar warm-up exercise involves playing three types of triads—major, minor, and diminished—in a consecutive sequence following a descending progression.
The PDF, which includes both TAB and standard notation, is available for free (or pay what you want) in the GUMROAD STORE.
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Chromatic Descending Chord Sequence Over A Basic Blues Progression
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-06-25
- In Chords / Voicings
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This guitar lesson for beginners explains what's a basic blues progression and how to add a chromatic descending chord sequence at the end.
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Blues For John - Matteo Mancuso - Main Theme Transcription - Free PDF
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-05-29
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"Blues For John" by Matteo Mancuso is a compelling funky jazz, blues piece in F that showcases his exceptional guitar skills and deep understanding of blues music.
This lesson provides a free PDF transcription of the main theme.
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Positions Of Triads On Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-05-27
- In Guitar Cheat Sheets, Methods, eBooks, Posters
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Triads are the building blocks of harmony and an essential concept for any guitarist looking to deepen their understanding of music theory and enhance their playing versatility.
This article provides a cheat sheet showing the positions of each type of triad (minor, major, diminished and augmented) on the guitar neck.
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7 Variations Of The Dorian Mode For Guitar - Diagrams & Formula Charts
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-05-10
- In Scales & Arpeggios
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This guitar lesson provides 7 alternative scales to the Dorian mode.
These scales all include a supplementary note, making them octatonic scales (made of eight notes).
They can be used over minor chords and prove to be an original choice to enhance your soloing skills.
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Arpeggios And Related Chords On Guitar - Cheat Sheet
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-04-27
- In Guitar Cheat Sheets, Methods, eBooks, Posters
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Here is a free printable sheet cheat for guitar showing the relation between the main types of arpeggios and chord voicings with fifth in the bass.
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Warm up Jazz Guitar Exercise - Bebop Melodic Line And 3-note Chords - Free PDF
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-04-24
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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This lesson offers an easy warm up exercise for guitar implying a bebop melodic pattern and five 3-note chord voicings to play over a 2 5 progression.
You can download the transcription and chord charts in PDF format for free (or give what you want).
In the meantime here is a brief analysis of the lesson :
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Harmonized Scales Guitar Cheat Sheet
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-04-16
- In Guitar Cheat Sheets, Methods, eBooks, Posters
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This page provides a free guitar cheat sheet with tab, score and chord shapes about the main types of scales harmonized in seventh chords :
Melodic Minor
Diatonic Major Scale
Natural Minor Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
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Slash Chords On Guitar - Lesson With Charts And Diagrams
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-03-07
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Slash chords, distinguished by a chord followed by a forward slash and a bass note (e.g., C/G), are a powerful tool for enriching your guitar sound.
This guitar lesson for beginners unravels the mystery behind slash chords, revealing how they redefine familiar shapes and add a touch of sophistication to your chord progressions.
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Guitar Practice Routine - 10 Essential Tips
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-03-01
- In Guitar Practice Tips
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Learning jazz guitar requires a systematic and disciplined practice routine. Here's a comprehensive practice plan bringing together 10 essential points to help you develop your jazz guitar skills.
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Blue Bossa - Guitar Chord Study For Beginners - YouTube Short Video - Diagrams & Tabs
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-02-08
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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"Blue Bossa" is a jazz standard composed by trumpetist Kenny Dorham and one of the most popular Bossa Nova song.
The tune has since become a popular jazz standard, covered by numerous artists as Joe Henderson, Art Pepper, Dexter Gordon and many more.
This guitar lesson provides an easy chord study with tab / notation and YouTube short video to learn how to comp over it.
You'll find the related PDF transcription in the GUMROAD STORE.
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6 Types Of Extended & Altered Dominant 7 Chord Voicings For Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-02-03
- In Chords / Voicings
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In this short guitar lesson you will learn how to play 6 types of altered and extented dominant chords (7, 7b9, 9, 7b5, 7b5b9, 9b5) to expand your harmonic vocabulary.