How To Turn A 7th Chord Into A Rootless 9th Chord - Theory Lesson For Guitarists

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  1 Brian On 2023-04-20

  Hi,
  54 year old OCD hard knowledge seeking person here. I always complete my projects and assignments that are realistic.
  
  quick summary as I am rather long winded: I started playing at age 19 have natural tendency to soloing/Melody weaker on understanding of Chords/harmony. I played around a few years later had guitar equipment stolen. I just now bought acoustic Taylor and electric fender.
  
  I have been studying some online courses its started clicking about harmony is just same really as a melody and you can play harmony in scales just like a melody. online stuff was great but then he departed from theory and I as an engineer and seeker of knowledge was bothered by this. He had started using Minor 7th flat 5th chords on the 7th chord for the 7th note in the scale/chord progression instead of the dim that he had used on the triads. This was fine except I wanted technical reasons I have desire to learn and understand things. This is not just for music this is for everything in life its just who I am.
  
  This brought me to a google search which led me to your pages and you used some term called drop chords but basically you explained what a dim 7th was: https://www.jazz-guitar-licks.com/pages/chords/diminished-seventh-chords.html
  
  I then saw all these pages and as a learner was overwhelmed because to me knowledge is legacy and is precious and you built all this out so donated 10 bucks to your website from my paypal probably listed under my email:
  
  Thanks for donating $10.00 USD to
  Stef Ramin (Jazz Guitar Licks)
  
  I really wanted to thank you for this but also I was wondering if there is method to learning sequentially? Meaning there is so much information that its a bit overwhelming as you have put years of work into this.
  
  I want to have Mastery of music theory and the guitar not saying I want to be some Master of the guitar which I do of course but I am more realistic in that I am ok with being decent guitarist but mentally I want to have full Mastery if my timing is a bit sloppy or my strumming or I make quite a few mistakes thats fine but I want understanding.
  
  is there like a course or lessons or something that I can follow in order here in my learning in sequential order? from your site. I would like to have structure so I can work on this and achieve goals with efficiency.
  
  In any case great site as a scholar and scientist and seeker of knowledge I really appreciate what you have done here as sharing knowledge is very important as noted I see it as as legacy that lives on past us to anyone we touch with it so thanks again!

  

  jazz-guitar-licks On 2023-04-20

  Hello Brian,
  
  Thanks for the donation.
  I can't really know your guitar level but as a beginner you should start by learning :
  
  - Basic triads (maj, min, dim, aug), basic positions first , then inversions.
  - Basic arpeggios (maj7, min7, 7, m7b5 and dim7). These are important basic tools to learn how chords are built and very useful for improvisation.
  - Basic scales as Major (Ionian, Dorian, Mixolydian, pentatonics, etc...)
  - Common progressions as major and minor 251, turnarounds. (solo and chords).
  - Jazz standards where you can apply all that is listed above.
  
  There is a lot of articles, mini lessons and PDF, check the search bar at the top of the website.
  
  Thanks
  Stef