Jazz Notes 4: Swing Rhythm Lesson

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- Gerardo Siere2nd August 2008
  Nice lesson.
- Pablo Vazquez2nd August 2008
  Great lesson man!!
- Martin la guitarra2nd August 2008
  sweet lesson, good job!
- Gabriel Leopardi2nd August 2008
  Cool chords progression! Interesting lesson.
- sigma72nd August 2008
  I like it very cool. One daqy im gonna get 1st comment
- Nazgul2nd August 2008
  That's chill-out jazz. My drum teacher would be glad to jam along with it.
- Maximus2nd August 2008
  Nice!
- Joe Kataldo2nd August 2008
  Very Useful Lesson
- Hisham Al-Sanea3rd August 2008
  nice swing lesson Jerry .very useful
- Muris Varajic3rd August 2008
  Wonderful progression Jerry,love it!!
- Nemanja Filipovic3rd August 2008
  Just beautiful lesson Jerry.Thanks
- Juan M. Valero3rd August 2008
  cool chords !! I can feel the swing mate
- Jerry Arcidiacono4th August 2008
  Thank you guys
- skennington5th August 2008
  Nice lesson Jerry, this actually gave my left hand a workout...lol Guess I need to start working on more chords.
- Ivan Milenkovic5th August 2008
  Great jazzy progression man, very important for improvisatin as well.
- Danilo Capezzuto7th August 2008
  Ottima lezione Jerry! Well done!
- Jerry Arcidiacono7th August 2008
  Thank you!
- Dejan Farkas7th August 2008
  Sounds nice
- ItsMe12th August 2008
  very nice series! Do you plan to have a lesson on the different scale choices and arps for the different chords ?
- Jerry Arcidiacono13th August 2008
  Thanks!
  ItsMe: I can schedule a lesson about a solo over this progression. Done

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- Tags: Jazz chords, Swing rhythm, Jazz progression
  Chord progression using jazz chords and a swing rhythm.
Hey GMC! It's time to swing today. As usual, check video #1 to read and listen some theory about this lesson.

I made a backing track to jam over the chord progression playing those chords or just improvising, if you like it. Try to experiment playing chords with some emphasis on beats two and four. This can add more swing to your rhythm.

You can find chord diagrams on the Guitar Pro file.

I used my right thumb to strum the strings here. Obviously, you can try also with a pick.
If you are interested in this technique I suggest you to see also Muris' Wes Montgomery style octaves

Enjoy!

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