This is likely review for most jazz musicians, but it’s always helpful to make sure we have our basics covered before moving on so we’re all on the same page with the meanings and usages of the specific terms I’ll use in this post. Dominant 7th Chord
Along with basic intervals and seventh chords, triads are the fundamental building blocks of jazz harmony and melody. If you want to maximize your ability to hear, visualize, and play jazz harmony, you have to master your triads. Practice Triads
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. Exercises For Jazz Guitar
These free minor II V I jazz guitar licks. These 5 licks are built with essential arpeggios and scales as Bebop Locrian
When exploring jazz guitar improvisation, melodic patterns are essential musical tools to bring into your guitar practice routine. Major Jazz Guitar Licks
This guitar lesson is about a very important concept used by many jazz improvisers named “Target notes” or “target tones” or “approach notes”. It has to do with targeting chord tones by scale or chromatically.
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. Jazz Guitar Phrases
The 12-bar blues is one of the most simple, short, and iconic standard jazz forms. As jazz musicians, we all are used to playing blue’s tunes frequently, which can be both a blessing and a curse. With so many blue’s choruses to improvise over,
The minor II-V-I sequence is equivalent to the major II-V-I sequence, but played in minor harmonic key. It is a must know for any guitarist who wants to learn to solo over tunes in minor keys.
The triad pair system is a technique used by many jazz improviser to build modern improvised lines. It consists of playing two adjacent triads from a scale. The most used are from the major diatonic Jazz Guitar
