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Diatonic Sixth Chords And 6add9 Arpeggios For Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- 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.
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Harmonic Minor Scale Arpeggio And Chord Shapes For Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2025-06-17
- In Scales & Arpeggios
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Welcome to this guitar lesson on exploring the arpeggios and chords of the harmonic minor scale—a rich and expressive sound widely used in classical, metal, jazz, and fusion genres
In this lesson, we'll dive into how this scale builds unique chords and arpeggios, including the diminished and augmented types you won’t find in major or natural minor harmony.
You'll learn how to visualize these shapes across the fretboard.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
