Mini-Method for Jazz Guitar

With this Guitar method you will understand the basics of Jazz chords along various sequences from Classic to Brazilian and Gypsy Jazz.

- Including 8 sequences of increasing level
- Theory, informations, tabs and video for each lesson
- Learn about chord embellishment, diatonic & tritone substitution
- Understand how to create your personnal Jazz progressions


Lesson 1: Jazz Chords
Major scale's Jazz chords
Fingering and chords change for II V I in G and C progression
Walking bass

Lesson 2: II V I Progression
Use of the major scale
Chords embellishment
Diminished chord

Lesson 3: Tonality change
Learn to find II V I progression in multiple tonalities
Chords roots on the E and A strings

Lesson 4: More chords change
Diatonic substitution
Secondary dominant chord
Cycle of fifths
Tetrads and Triads

Lesson 5: Tritone substitution
Tritone substitution
11th and 13th chords
Fingering play

Lesson 6: Blues for Clara
From traditionnal 12 bar blues to a more complex structure
9th and 13th chords

Lesson 7: Gypsy Swing
Gypsy Jazz rhythm
Major and Minor 6th chords

Lesson 8: Sunny Bossa
Bossa Nova rhythm pattern
Using substitutions


Chords sequences have been extracted from some Jazz Standards but no melody is played because of copyrights.

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