chord melody
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Take The A Train - Guitar Chord Melody Arrangement
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2025-06-10
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Welcome to this guitar lesson, where we’ll explore a chord melody arrangement of the classic jazz standard Take The "A" Train by Billy Strayhorn.
This tune, famously associated with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, offers a perfect blend of swing rhythm and rich harmony—ideal for showcasing the beauty of chord melody on guitar.
We’ll break down the melody, harmonize it using jazz voicings, and focus on smooth voice leading to bring the tune to life as a solo guitar piece.
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Bigfoot By Charlie Parker - Guitar Chord Melody Arrangement Lesson
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2025-05-23
- In Teacher Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
- 0 comments
Guest post by Kenny Thompson from the Facebook group The Art of Jazz Guitar.
This guitar lesson is a chord melody arrangement of a Charlie Parker blues head named “Bigfoot”.
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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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Jazz Guitar Chord Melody Arrangement - In A Sentimental Mood By Duke Ellington
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-12-20
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
- 2 comments
This video with tab and diagrams is a chord melody arrangement for jazz guitar of the famous Duke Ellington's jazz tune "In A Sentimental Mood". The aim being to mix the melody and the chords together as a piano player would do.
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Blue Bossa - Guitar Arrangment For Beginners - Latin Jazz Lesson
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-02-15
- In Teacher Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Lesson By Thomas Berglund
This video lesson is an easy chord/melody guitar arrangement of Blue Bossa, a very popular instrumental latin jazz tune composed by Kenny Dorham. The video includes a lesson where Thomas shows and discusses the arrangement and also provides tips to make your own arrangements.
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Days of Wine And Roses - Guitar Chord Melody Lesson With Tab
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2021-10-19
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This lesson provides a chord melody arrangement for guitar of the famous song "Days of Wine and Roses" written by Henry Mancini (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) for the movie film of the same name.
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Satin Doll Arranged For Jazz Guitar - Video With Tabs
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2021-03-15
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Check out the latest video from the YouTube channel. This is a chord melody arrangement for guitar of Duke Ellington's jazz standard "Satin Doll".
This free lesson with tabs is intended for intermediate players who want to practice some drop 2, drop 3 voicings, walking bass lines, chords inversions and substitutions over one of the most popular jazz tune.
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All Of Me - Guitar Chord Melody
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2020-03-05
- In Jazz Standards
- 4 comments
A new video is available on the YouTube channel. This is a chord melody arrangement with synced shapes for jazz guitar of the standard All of Me by Simons & Marks.
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Solar - Miles Davis - Guitar Chord Melody Lesson and Analysis With Tabs
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2019-03-04
- 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 tabs, standard notation, chord shapes and audio file.
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5 Jazz Tunes Arranged For Chord-Melody You Need To Know
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2018-04-18
- In Jazz Standards
- 0 comments
Focusing on jazz standards is surely the best way to accelerate the learning process of jazz guitar, making sure to choose easy songs with a few numbers of chords and melodies that can be easy to hear, play and memorize. When learning jazz guitar, it's very important to spend time learning famous jazz songs, it is an essential part of being a jazz musician. Many guitar students are able to play a ton of chords, arpeggios and scales but they can't play a jazz tune mixing both the melody and the chords.Here are 5 easy chord-melody arrangements of popular jazz songs for beginning jazz guitarists. Each lesson is available for free as a YouTube video with guitar chord diagrams overlayed in real time.
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Beautiful love (Wayne King, Victor Young and Egbert Van Alstyne)
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Misty (Errol Garner)
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Moon river (Henry Mancini)
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Stella by startlight (Victor Young)
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Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma)
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Autumn Leaves - Easy Chord Melody Arrangement For Beginners - Tabs and chords
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2018-03-31
- In Jazz Standards
- 0 comments
Autumn leaves is one of the most popular non-American jazz standards on pick-up gigs and records. It is a must-know tune for any jazz guitarist and a great choice when you want to play both chords and melody on guitar. This guitar lesson provides an easy chord melody arrangement to play this famous jazz tune.
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Misty - Arrangement with chords & melody - Jazz guitar lesson
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2016-12-03
- In Jazz Standards
- 4 comments
Misty is a jazz standard written by Erroll Garner following a 32-bar progression in the key of Eb including some common chord sequences as II-V-I, I-VI-II-V. A very popular ballad that has crossed over genres of music for the past 50 years (1959). This lesson provides a guitar chord melody arrangement with a Youtube video and a brief analysis.
