harmonization
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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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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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Reharmonizing Christmas Carols using Giant Steps chord changes
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-12-06
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Guest Post By Dennis Winge
Coltrane changes are fun to play on.
If you're intimidated by Giant Steps, it could simply be the tempo of the tune.
Just because Trane's version is fast doesn't mean you can't enjoy using the changes at slower tempos, in smaller increments, and on generally easier tunes.
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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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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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How To Mix Chords And Modes Of The Harmonic Minor Scale - Free PDF And YouTube Short Video
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2024-01-04
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The harmonic minor scale is a captivating and versatile scale used in various musical genres, known for its distinctive sound due to the raised seventh degree compared to the natural minor scale.
By understanding both chords derived from this scale and the modes within it, you can create compelling harmonic progressions and melodic lines.
Here's an introduction on how to combine chords and modes derived from the harmonic minor scale, including a free PDF (or give what you want) with Tab / standard notation.
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Mixolydian Sus4 Chords On Guitar - Voice Leading - Lesson With Tabs
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-10-14
- In Chords / Voicings
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This short guitar lesson is to practice voice leading with 10 different sus4 chord voicings built with notes from the G Mixolydian mode. Transcription with Tab & Short video available at the end of the article.
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Major Scale And Secondary Dominant Seventh Chords - Free PDF Transcription And YouTube Short Videos
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-08-17
- 2 comments
This guitar lesson implies playing secondary dominant seventh chords of the harmonized major scale.
Free PDF available on GUMROAD and four YouTube short videos at the bottom of this page.
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Harmonization of Minor Scales On Guitar - Natural, Melodic and Harmonic Minor
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-08-03
- 4 comments
Harmonization of minor scales involves creating chords by stacking thirds on each note of the scale.
There are three common types of minor scales: natural minor, melodic minor, and harmonic minor.
This guitar lesson explore each one and explain how to harmonize them on guitar.
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Harmonization Of The Minor Pentatonic Scale On Guitar
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-06-30
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Harmonizing the minor pentatonic scale involves creating chords that complement the scale and enhance its melodic possibilities. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to harmonize the minor pentatonic scale on guitar:
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Major Scale Harmonized In 3-Note Chords - Guitar Lesson With YouTube Short, Diagrams And Tabs
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2023-06-14
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This lesson provides a short guitar exercise that will expand your theoretical notions and fretboard knowledges. The principle being to harmonize the C major scale with 3-note chords also referred to as shell voicings while inserting short lines (from the major scale) between each chord.
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Natural Minor Scale Harmonization - Guitar Theory Lesson
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-04-13
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This guitar theory lesson covers a very important topic that any musician must know : How To Harmonize The Natural Minor Scale?
You will learn how to build triads and seventh chords starting on each note of the natural minor scale.
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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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Major Lick Harmonized and Transposed - Jazz Guitar Lesson With Free PDF
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2022-02-10
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This blog post provides a guitar lesson implying a basic jazz line, built with notes from the Ionian mode (major scale), harmonized and transposed in halftone steps. Once again you'll find the free PDF of the lesson transcribed in tab / standard notation in the GUMROAD SHOP and also the related Youtube short video at the bottom.
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Harmonization of the Melodic Minor Scale - Chord Shapes and Theory
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2019-07-26
- 2 comments
In this lesson we will see how to harmonize the melodic minor scale in thirds with seventh chords.
In other words we will see how to build seventh chords by stacking thirds from each degree of the melodic minor scale.
