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Guitar Warm-Up Exercises - Arpeggio Patterns :

This is a free (or give what you want) PDF with tab/standard notation containing 4 exercises to warm-up on guitar with the five main types of arpeggios namely major 7, minor 7, dominant 7, half-diminished and diminished 7.

The Major Sixth Diminished Scale For Guitar - A Barry Harris Concept :

Guitar lesson with tab and chord charts, you will learn what is the major 6 diminished scale and how to harmonize it.

Dominant Bebop, Dorian Bebop And Chromatic Lines On Guitar : 

In this brief jazz guitar tutorial you will learn how to use three important jazz scales (Dominant Bebop, Dorian Bebop and Chromatic) and also a diminished 7 arpeggio over ii V chord sequences.

Dominant Bebop Scale And Arpeggios : 

Printable PDF providing a 12-bar study for practicing the dominant bebop scale, some rootless chords and also three types of arpeggios (min7, dom7 and half-diminished).

Diminished 7 Chords - Connections With Dominant 7 And Minor 6 : 

PDF file with tabs and guitar diagrams to learn how to transform a diminished 7 chord into a dominant 7 and also a minor 6 chord.

Melodic Minor Scale And Altered Dominant Seventh Chords : 

10 easy exercises about the Melodic Minor Scale and altered dominant seventh chords.

Chromaticisms And Dyads (Double Stops) Over Dominant 7 Chords :

Lesson with TAB/Notation containing some easy jazz blues lines to play dyads and chromaticisms over two dominant chords.

Warm-Up Exercise For Guitar Players | 1-2-3-1 Sequence Over Cycle Of Fourths :

An effective warm-up exercise for guitar players that is to play a short major pattern made of 1 (tonic), second (2) and major third (3) in all twelve keys following the cycle of fourths.

2-5-1 (ii-V-I) Guitar Chord Voicings In The Style Of Joe Pass : 

Here are some jazz guitar chord voicings in the style of Joe Pass to play over ii-V-I progressions in the key of C (Dm7-G7-Cmaj7) and F (Gm7-C7-Fmaj7)

Dominant Bebop Scale Exercise :

An easy exercise for practicing the C dominant bebop scale on guitar.

Major Scale In Thirds And Drop 3 Chords With Walking Bass Lines For Guitar : 

This two-in-one free guitar exercise (tab/Score/Pdf) includes a C major scale line played in thirds, coupled with an easy walking bass line built with drop 3 chords.

Three Note Arpeggios Built In Fourths :

An easy exercise for a first approach of quartal playing that is to arpeggiate three note chords built with fourths, starting on each step of a major scale.

Minor 9 Arpeggio Workout : 

You'll find here a free (or give what you want) PDF with Tab/notation about a basic minor 9 arpeggio pattern to play in twelve keys around the cycle of fourths.

Major Lick Harmonized and Transposed :

This PDF provides a basic major (Ionian) jazz guitar line harmonized and transposed. With this exercise you will learn how to mix jazz chords with an easy melodic pattern.

Dominant 9 Arpeggio Study For Guitar : 

24-bar exercise for guitar implying a dominant ninth arpeggio pattern around the cycle of fourths.

Major 9 Arpeggios & Cycle of Fourths : 

24-bar study involves playing the same major 9th arpeggio pattern (1-3-5-7-9-1-3-5-7-9-7-5-3) following the cycle of fourths. 

Jazz Guitar Lines Over Classic Jazz Chord Sequences : 

This tutorial with tab and chord voicing shapes provides easy jazz licks for beginner guitarists who want to practice and connect cool phrases over II V, II V I and I IV II V progressions.

Guitar Arpeggio Study Over Jazz Progression : 

This is a jazz guitar study with tab, score and chord diagrams providing easy jazz lines using seventh arpeggio to play over common jazz chord changes (minor and major 2 5, major 2 5 1, and 1 6 2 5).

Jazz Guitar Study - II V I and I VI II V Licks and Chords : 

This short jazz guitar study with tab, score, and chord charts provides some easy jazz lines to apply over three chord progressions found in jazz (minor 2 5, major 2 5 1, and 1 6 2 5).

Jazz Blues Study - Minor Blues Scale and Chords : 

A jazz blues study in Bb with tab and standard notation, mixing basic chords and minor blues scales fragments.

Extended & Altered Dominant Guitar Chords : 

This cheat sheet in PDF format for guitar players provides the most important shapes for playing altered and extended dominant chords.

Interval Shapes On Guitar : 

This PDF cheat sheet show how look intervals on guitar.

Guitar Chord Connections : 

This sheet cheat is a PDF file providing three easy exercises for connecting basic guitar chords.

Drop 3 Chords :

Printable PDF explaining how drop 3 chords are built.

Dominant 7 VS Diminished 7 Chord : 

This guitar cheat sheet (PDF / JPEG) explains the differences and relations between Dominant 7 and diminished chords. 

Drop 2 Chords : 

You'll find a PDF cheat sheet explaining how drop 2 chords are formed.

7th Chord Inversions : 

You'll find here a printable PDF cheat sheet containing a brief explanation of seventh chord inversions.

Warm-up Exercise : 

Warm-up exercise for guitarist using dominant 7th arpeggios.

Connecting Triads :

You will learn how to build basic triad chords on guitar, how to connect, hear and recognize them in an easy way, step by step. 

Comping Over Solar : 

This exercise's objective is to comp over Solar using just 3-note chords on the same set of strings (B, G, and D). This method is highly helpful for facilitating chord changes and emphasizing the key notes.

Octave Playing And Basic Jazz Chords Over Bb Blues: 

How to practice octave playing and basic jazz chords over a Blues in Bb. Lesson available as a YouTube Short Video and a free transcription in PDF.

F Major Study : 

Discover and connect various F major chord voicings as well as melodic lines in this concise study. A free PDF transcription with tab and standard notation is available for download.

Minor Scales (Natural, Harmonic, Melodic) Harmonized : 

This guitar lesson explore the natural, melodic and harmonic minor scales and explain how to harmonize them on guitar.

Dominant 7 Chords Voice Leading And Mixo Blues Licks : 

This short guitar lesson gives you access to a free PDF transcription on how to connect dominant chords combined with three easy Mixo Blues lines.

Mixolydian And Passing Tones :  

An 8-bar exercise to learn how to include passing tones whithin the Mixolydian mode. Free PDF and Short Video available.

Harmonic Minor Modes And Chords : 

This concise guitar lesson is availbale as a free PDF (or at a suggested price) featuring tablatures and diagrams for mastering modes and chords (drop 2 & 3) derived from the harmonic minor scale.

Blue Bossa Guitar Chords :

This PDF provides a transcription to learn how to play the chords of Blue Bossa.

Bebop Melodic Line And 3-note Chords :

This is a free PDF offering 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.

Triad Warm Up Exercise : 

This warm up exercise for guitar implies three types of triads (major, minor, diminished) played consecutively following a descending progression. Free PDF (or pay what you want).

Major 9 Arpeggio Guitar Lick With Chromatic Passing Tones / Free PDF :

This lesson with free PDF (or give what you want) and YouTube Short proposes an easy jazz guitar lick built with an A major 9 arpeggio. 

Arpeggios And Chords Of The Major Scale :

Here’s a breakdown of seventh arpeggios and their related chords from the major scale.

Dominant 7 Versus Diminished 7 Chords :

This brief lesson demonstrates that by raising the tonic note of a dominant 7 chords you get a diminished 7 chord.

Extended Diatonic Seventh Arpeggios :

This PDF with shapes, tabs and YouTube short provides an easy exercise to practice and understand extended diatonic seventh arpeggios on guitar. (available for 2 USD)

Diminished Scale And Chord Workout

In this lesson we’ll break down the two forms, the half-whole and whole-half diminished scales, and see how they connect with dominant 7♭9, 7#9, and diminished 7th chords.

Diatonic Sixth Chords And 6add9 Arpeggios For Guitar

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.

Minor 6 Arpeggios And Chords

This free PDF (or name a fair price) inlcudes an 8-bar exercise for practicing minor 6 arpeggios and chords on guitar.

 Blues Patterns

In this lesson we explore three five-note blues patterns in B♭7 built from the tones 1 – ♭3 – 3 – 5 – ♭7.

The aim being to repeat the same pattern replacing the ♭7 with the 6 the second time.

4 Levels of 2-5-1-6 Chords

In this lesson, we’ll explore 4 Levels of 2–5–1–6 Jazz Guitar Chords.

This lesson comes with a PDF (Give What You Want).