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The Major Sixth Diminished Scale - Jazz Guitar Lesson Around The Barry Harris Concept
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-03-20
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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This guitar lesson is about a harmonic concept mapped out and developped by jazz musician Barry harris that can be found in the book "The Barry Harris Harmonic Method For Guitar" by Alan Kingstone. This blog article details a little bit more in depth about what is the major 6 diminished scale and how to harmonize it with major 6 and diminished 7 chords.
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How To Turn A 7th Chord Into A Rootless 9th Chord - Theory Lesson For Guitarists
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-02-15
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This chord theory lesson focuses on how to transform a dominant 7 chord (drop 2, drop 3 and related inversions) into a rootless ninth chord by replacing the tonic (1) with the ninth (9).
This technique will help guitarists expand their harmonic knowledge and also explore their neck in more depth. This can be a useful trick when composing or for chord melody arrangements.
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Dominant Bebop Scale, Rootless Chords And Arpeggios - PDF With Tab And Video
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-01-17
- In Licks & Transcriptions
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This guitar lesson provides a 12-bar study (free PDF and short video) for practicing the dominant bebop scale, some rootless chords and also three types of arpeggios (min7, dom7 and half-diminished) over a turnaround variation.
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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
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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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Diminished 7 Chords - Connections With Dominant 7 And Minor 6
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-12-11
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In this guitar lesson you will learn how to transform a diminished 7 chord into a dominant 7 and also a minor 6 chord either by lowering or raising only one note in order to get a smooth transition. Check the GUMROAD shop to get the free PDF.
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Differences Between Maj9, add9 and 9 Chords - Music Theory For Guitar With Charts And Neck Diagrams
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-11-16
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This guitar lesson with charts and shapes will help you understanding the differences between major 9, add9 and dominant 9 Chords. How they are built and how to play them on guitar.
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Dominant 7 To Minor 7 Chords - Drop 2 Voicings Shapes For Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-09-07
- In Guitar Cheat Sheets, Methods, eBooks, Posters
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This guitar cheat sheet shows the relation between a dominant 7 chord and a minor 7 chord. All the shapes are drop 2 voicings with bass notes on the fifth string. The aim being to move only one note at a time, separated by a half step (one semitone).
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Relative Minor Chords On Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-06-27
- In Teacher Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Lesson by Mike Hayes
In this video Mike explains what is the relative minor chord and how to use it to create your own chord melody parts on guitar. This step by step lesson will help you understand how this major and relative minor tonal relationship can open up a whole new world of sonic possibilities.
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Chord Extensions - Music Theory Lesson
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-06-07
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In this theory lesson we will see how to add natural and altered extensions to 7th chords. The aim being to bring new colors and so to embellish your chord progressions. This concept is a very important device for composing, chordal accompaniment and chord-melody arrangements.
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Major Scale In Thirds And Drop 3 Chords With Walking Bass Lines For Guitar - Lesson With Video and Free PDF
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-04-10
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Here is a new free guitar lesson showing how to play the major scale (C major) in thirds. This two-in-one exercise also includes an easy walking bass line built with drop 3 chords. The full transcription with tab/score is downloadable in a PDF format here in the Online Shop.
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Difference Between Dominant 7 and Major 7 Chords - Music Theory For Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-04-04
- In Chords / Voicings
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This theory lesson for guitarists covers one the most common question asked by beginner musicians : what's the difference between a dominant seventh and a major seventh chord.
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Guitar Chord Construction and Connection - Cheat Sheets With Shapes and Intervals
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2021-12-12
- In Chords / Voicings
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This page provides a collection of cheat sheets explaining in a simple and effective way how guitar chords are built and how they are connected one to the other. The idea is to understand where are located each chord tone of a specific voicing and how to connect these chords them by moving only one note at a time. Notice that this page is regularly updated with new shapes, don't forget to subscribe the newsletter to stay informed.
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Jazz Guitar Phrases Over Common Changes - II V I and I VI II V - PDF With Tab, Shapes and Video (part 1)
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2021-11-09
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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This short jazz guitar study with tab, score and chord charts provides some easy jazz lines to apply over three common chord progressions found in jazz. These licks will help you better understand what scales and modes can be used over basic chord changes. You'll find a link to the free PDF at the end of this lesson.
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What's An Altered Chord? Guitar Lesson With Shapes and Theory
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2021-10-26
- In Chords / Voicings
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An altered chord is a chord containing one (or several) altered notes that don't belong to the diatonic scale. These notes are the b5 (flat fifth), #5 (sharp fifth), b9 (flat ninth), #9 (sharp ninth). In other words, altered chords are diatonic chords where the fifth and/or the ninth have been lowered or raised by one semitone.
In this guitar lesson we will see that they can be grouped into three disctinct families that are (major, minor and dominant) and also how to play them on guitar.
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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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How to Use 7b5 Chords? Guitar Lesson With Shapes and Tabs
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2021-10-12
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Altered chords are a very important part of jazz language, they are built by altering with a flat or a sharp one or more notes of a diatonic chord. They are very useful to bring a little bit of tension to any jazz chord progression.
This lesson focusses on dominant seventh flat fifth chords (7b5), that are dominant seventh chords with a lowered fifth, given the formula : root (R), third (3), flat fifth (b5) and minor seventh (b7).