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Basic Jazz concepts. An important feature of Jazz is its more complex chord voicings and we will start by looking at different ways of voicing chords from the major scale.
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In this second Jazz Notes lesson we will take a look at some basic triads and their inversions. Triads are just about the simplest type of chord you can get.
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How to play modes, with practical examples. All modes played with Alternate Picking technique.
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Chord progression using jazz chords and a swing rhythm.
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Simple Jazz licks over the II-V-I progression in different keys.
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A jazzy solo using the "Bird's Blues" chord progression.
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A quick way to find alternative voicing for chords.
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About jazz chords and extensions.
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Short musical piece using the finger picking technique with jazzy chords and harmonics.
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The finger picking technique used with open strings and a common blues progression. As jazz players we should be able to play also some bluesy chords and lines, which can sound cool accompanying the lead player.
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How to use the Minor/Major Pentatonic scale to get a jazz sound over a major 7th chord.
Tags: Pentatonic scale, jazz licks, major 7th chordA Jazz solo over the progression of "Lover Man". Theory concepts about modes and chords built over minor scales.
Tags: Lover Man, AABA form, 32-bar standard, jazzExercise to learn diatonic arpeggios of C major key over the neck. Analysis of chord extension using arpeggios to get a jazzy sound.
Tags: jazz, arpeggios, sweep picking, economy...A solo over the chord progression of Gershwin's "I got rhythm" using chromatic lines to get the typical Jazz sound.
Tags: Jazz, Rhythm Changes, Anatole, George...Different chord progressions played over the same melody to show how it is possible to change one chord with another. The Tritone substitution technique.
Tags: Jazz, Chord Substitutions, Tritone...A solo using the D whole-step/half-step diminished, the D half-step/whole-step diminished and the D whole-tone scales.
Tags: Diminished scale, whole-tone scale, Jazz,...A solo over a Bb7 vamp using four different scales
Tags: jazz, altered, ultralocrian, lydian...A Latin Jazz short tune which uses extended and altered chords
Tags: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova, Samba, Jazz,...A Bebop solo over the chord progression of Charlie Parker's Ornithology
Tags: Charlie Parker, Bebop, Ornithology, Jazz,...A solo over the chord progression of Herbie Hancock's Cantaloupe Island
Tags: Herbie Hancock, Jazz, Funk, Fusion, ModalJazz solo over a Minor Blues chord progression.
Tags: Jazz Minor Blues, Melodic Minor, Blues,...A solo over the chord progression of It Don't Mean A Thing by Duke Ellington, using different techniques to play outside the changes (but not randomly).
Tags: Playing outside, Duke Ellington, It Don't...