Jazz Guitar Lessons
You will find in this section the latest jazz guitar lessons: methods, videos, PDFs, Tabs, transcriptions, licks, music theory, exercises, chord and scale diagrams, published on the blog and on the website. The content is regularly updated with fresh articles, so don't hesitate to subscribe to the newsletter.
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Blues Moon (Julie London / Barney Kessel) - Guitar Transcription With Tabs
- By Stef Ramin
- On 09/04/2020
- In Licks & Transcriptions
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Here is a transcription (tabs, and standard notation) of the guitar comping played by Barney Kessel in the jazz standard Blue Moon with Julie London. You will find in the following:
- The original version.
- The YouTube video with the transcription and the tabs / notation overlayed.
- Four free png files.
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Tangerine - Stan Getz - Transcription With Tabs For Jazz Guitar
- By Stef Ramin
- On 08/26/2020
- In Licks & Transcriptions
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Tangerine is a song written by Victor Schertzinger and Johnny Mercer, published in 1941. This is one of the most popular jazz standard. This lesson provides an arangement for jazz guitarists inspired by Stan Getz version.
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28 Ways of Playing a Dominant 7 Chord On Guitar
- By Stef Ramin
- On 08/22/2020
- In Chords / Voicings
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Dominant 7 chords are surely the most important to know when you want to try your hand at jazz guitar. These chords are very present in jazz and blues tunes, that's why it is crucial to know them at your fingertips.This quick lesson show 28 dominant 7 guitar shapes based on drop 2, drop 3 and drop 2-4 voicings.
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Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue - Part 1 - Guitar Lesson With TAB - Steve Down - Creator Spotlight
- By Stef Ramin
- On 08/20/2020
- In Creator Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Lesson By Steve Down
I'm super excited to start my new lesson series on one of my favourites 'Midnight Blue' by Kenny Burrell. If you love blues and are looking to dip your toe into jazz then this is a great place to start! Have fun!
PART 1 This is a new series where we are learning the whole of Kenny Burrell's 'Midnight Blue' from his 1963 album of the same name. There will be a new lesson every Saturday where we will learn another chorus from this excellent tune! And there will be TAB on screen!
In this lesson we look at the head of Midnight Blue. The chords, the melody and some of the gear KENNY BURRELL used for the Midnight Blue recording sessions. Next week we will be looking at the first chorus from the solo!
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Creator Spotlight - Twelve Tone Box - Sound Bite #7 - Bb Major - Pedro Velasco
- By Stef Ramin
- On 08/20/2020
- In Creator Spotlight - Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Lesson by Pedro Velasco,
Here's number 7 from the Sound Bite series. Next one on Friday.
In this sound bite series I create short chord progressions and melodic motifs over common jazz chord changes. Check the transcription after the video.
For more sound bites and transcriptions,
go to my YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/pedrovpeters
or Soundslice page:
https://www.soundslice.com/users/pedrovelascomusic/Thanks!
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Cluster Chords On Guitar - Theory And Exercises With Tabs
- By Stef Ramin
- On 08/19/2020
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This guitar lesson with tabs and theory is about cluster chord voicings. These are chords in which at least two notes are grouped together in order to create a sort of dissonance.
Cluster chords are sometimes quite difficult to play on guitar but they have a very interesting sound widely used in comtemporary jazz and neo-soul music.
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Minor Seventh Guitar Chord Chart - 28 Positions
- By Stef Ramin
- On 08/16/2020
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This blog article provides 28 guitar chord shapes to play minor seventh chord on guitar. These positions are built using three different types of voicings as Drop 2, drop 3 and drop 2-4.
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"THE LICK" - Guitar Lesson With Exercises
- By Stef Ramin
- On 08/04/2020
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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"The Lick" is considered as the most famous phrase in jazz music (and also in other styles). It has been played so many times, by so many players, in so many tunes that it has become a cliche.
Although there are a significant number of common jazz lines, this one is surely the most popular, an essential part of the Bebop language.
This guitar lesson with tabs, charts and theory explains what is "The Lick", how it is built and how to apply it in different harmonic contexts.
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I VI II V Turnaround Variations - Lesson With Guitar Tabs & Theory
- By Stef Ramin
- On 04/17/2020
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Turnarounds are a section of two or four bars at the end of a tune. Their role is to create a harmonic transition going back to the beginning. They are present in many jazz tunes and are an important part of "rhythm changes" progressions. They are also used to create effective jazz intros and endings.
This lesson with guitar tabs contains 17 exercises to gain a better understanding of the I VI II V variations.
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After You've Gone - Jazz Guitar Walking Bass And Chord Study
- By Stef Ramin
- On 04/12/2020
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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After You've Gone is a pop song composed in 1918 by Turner Layton. This blog post provides an easy walking bass lines and chords arrangement with tabs for guitar.
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3 Note Chords - Shell Voicings - Guide Tone Chords - Guitar Lesson With Shapes
- By Stef Ramin
- On 04/07/2020
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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Shell voicings are better known as 3-note chords. They are made up of the most essential notes (root, third and seventh) that define a chord (the fifth is omitted) .They are very useful for beginner guitarists who want to explore basic guitar comping rhythms.
They also help understanding harmony, how chords are built, what are the intervals that compose them. You will understand that shell voicings are a good introduction to more complex chords.
This lesson with tabs and audio provides the essential chord shapes and exercises for practicing guide tone chords (aka 3-note chords) on guitar.
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Walking Bass Exercises For Jazz Guitar - Lesson With Tabs and Audio
- By Stef Ramin
- On 04/05/2020
- In Jazz Guitar Lessons
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This concept highly prized by solo guitar players consists in mixing chords and bass lines. It can be very useful for guitarists who want to accompany a singer or a soloist in a duo situation for example.
Guitar walking bass lines involve playing one note on each beat in order to make the link between the chords of a progression as a bass player would do.
They are usually played fingerstyle, basses are played with the thumb whereas the other chord tones are played with the fingers.
This free lesson with tabs and guitar shapes provides some easy examples.
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All Of Me - Guitar Chord Melody
- By Stef Ramin
- On 03/05/2020
- 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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15 Jazz Guitar Chords For Beginners
- By Stef Ramin
- On 02/28/2020
- In Chords / Voicings
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Here are 15 basic jazz guitar chord positions that every beginning jazz guitar student must know. They are grouped into five families : - Major seventh chords (Maj7)
- Minor seventh (m7)
- Dominant 7th (7)
- Half diminished / minor seventh flat fifth (m7b5)
- Diminished 7th (dim7)
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Basic Jazz Guitar Chords - Guide For Beginners
- By Stef Ramin
- On 02/15/2020
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Jazz guitar chord voicings present a real challenge for beginners. Many guitarists think they need to know a lot of complicated chords with unpronounceable names to play jazz. But, the truth is that jazz guitar chords are based on easy shapes that you can move anywhere on the guitar neck.
These basic chords are divided into several distinct qualities (minor 7 , major 7 , dimininished 7 , half-diminished, dominant 7). They can be altered or enriched with extra tones as explains in this tutorial.
By studying the basic chord voicing shapes in this lesson you will understand how jazz chords are built, how to play them on guitar and how to apply them to any jazz standard or chord progression.
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Variations Of Jazz Blues Progression - 10 Guitar Exercises - YouTube Video Lesson
- By Stef Ramin
- On 02/12/2020
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A new video has been published on the YouTube channel. It contains 10 exercises with chord shapes and numeral analysis about different types of variations of the jazz blues progression for jazz guitar rhythm.