Jazz Soloing - Neighbour Notes
 Hello GMC, long time no see! ;) This is my first contribution to the world of Jazz. I tried to keep it simple, used mostly only "neighbor" notes, no weird scales or anything like that.
What "neighbor" notes are? Closest ones to desired note, semi tone up or below. For example, I want to play note A so I add note G# before, or Bb, depends of situation.
The basic structure to create cool jazzy lead is using arpeggios, so we apply same formula here. Lets take chord D7. Here's one example, we play notes: D,(F),F#,(Bb),A,(D#),D. As you can see, "locked" notes are neighbors. :)
Scale wise I used D minor and D minor pentatonic, everything else is explained above:) There are different techniques involved such as alternate picking, hammer-ons, pull-offs, sliding, even sweeping.
Key is Dm, tempo 95 bpm, shuffle feel.
Try it and let me know if you need any assistance here!
Take care
Muris Varajic
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Dm7 Gm7
|-3-| |-3| |-3| |-3-| |-3|
E||----------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------7-8-----|
G||-----------6-7------------7-10----------|
D||--------7----------7h-8-----------------|
A||--5---8---------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------|
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A7 Dm7
|-3| |-3| |-3| |-3| |-3| |-3|
--8--9p-5-------------------------------|
-----------9p-8--5----------------------|
-------------------7--5h-6--------------|
----------------------------7-5---------|
---------------------------------7-8----|
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Dm7 D79- Gm7
|---3---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3|
------9g10--9g10--9p---8-----------------------------|
-------------------------10-7---8-9--10-11--10p-9--8-|
--7--------------------------------------------------|
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A7 Dm79
|-3| |-3| |-3| |-3| |-3| |-3|
--------------------------------------------|
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--9--6---------------------6-7--8-9----8g9--|
-------7--6p-5----5--6h-7-------------------|
----------------8---------------------------|
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Dm7 Gm7
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
---------15p-13--9--12p-10-------------------|
---------------------------10--13p-11--11----|
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A7 Dm79
|-3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
-----------------------------------------------|
--------9p-8----------11p-10-------------------|
--------------10s-12----------13s-12--10-12----|
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Dm7 D79- Gm7
|--3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3|
------------------------------------------------10--10-------|
-------------------------------------13p-10--11--------------|
-------------------------14p--11-12--------------------------|
--------------13p-11--12-------------------------------------|
--13p--11-12-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------| |
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A7 Dm7
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3-| |---3---|
-8s-9--------------------------------------------------|
-------11p-10---------------------13-------------------|
---------------13s-12--10-12s--14--L--14s-12p-10-------|
-------------------------------------------------12----|
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D79- Gm7
|--3-| |-3| |-3| |-3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3| |-3|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
-------------------8p-7--5-7---5-----------------8-|
-------------8p-7----------------8p--7-8--9s-10----|
--5----8s-9----------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
C11 F7M
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3| |---3--| |--3--|
--------------9--10p-8-----------------13p-10----------------|
------8-9--10-----------10-9---8--------------13-10----------|
--9------------------------------10--7--------------12-10----|
----------------------------------------------------------12-|
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Bb7M
|-3| |-3| |-3-| |-3-|
--------------------9s-10-----12s-13-----15h-|
----------9s-10-----9s-10-----14s-15---------|
----------9s-10------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------|
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A79-/5- A7
|---3---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
--11------10------------------------------------------------------|
-------------11--10-----------------------------------------------|
--------------------13g12--10--------------------10-11g12--11g12--|
------------------------------12--10-----10h-11-------------------|
-------------------------------------12---------------------------|
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Dm711+
|----3---| |--3-|
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-----------------------9-----------||
----------------5-8s-9-L-----------||
--------------7--------------------||
-----5h-----8----------------------||
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Here we have small sweep,on 3 strings but you can continue
with downstroke down to B string if you want.
As you can see,chord here is Dm 7 11+ and neighbor note here is D# or Eb,
just before note E which is 9th of the chord. |
Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments |
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Kristofer Dahl |
16th December 2007 |
GMC Founder & Rocker
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Muris - you floored me again! Awesome to see you cover a new style  Your theoretical explanation of the note choice is exactly in line with how I try to see things - I will learn alot from this one! What's so good with this way of looking at theory is that you learn new tonalities without necessarily having to learn a new scale (which can be time consuming!). |
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David.C.Bond |
16th December 2007 |
Member
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Ace stuff Muris, I love the end!
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Toni Suominen |
16th December 2007 |
Instructor
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Awesome lesson Muris!
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Muris Varajic |
16th December 2007 |
Instructor
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Thanks guys  Spot on Kris,for this kind of Jazz isn't the MUST to know all types of scales, simple use of neighbors shall give us needed sound.  Tho there are types of Jazz where some uncommon scales sound cool, will talk about that in next Jazzy lesson I hope. |
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Dejan Farkas |
16th December 2007 |
Instructor
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Cool one, neighbor |
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Muris Varajic |
16th December 2007 |
Instructor
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Thanks neighbor |
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Bogdan Radovic |
16th December 2007 |
Bass Instructor
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Great lesson Muris , looks easy to beginners and its very effective at the same time..Great one!
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The Uncreator |
16th December 2007 |
Fire Up The Blades, Moderator
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Very Cool Muris!
You truly are a very diverse player!
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Juan M. Valero |
16th December 2007 |
Instructor
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I agree, you can play all the music styles !! and all with great music taste
Awesome, Muris, simply awesome |
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Marcus Lavendell |
16th December 2007 |
Instructor
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Fantastic lesson Muris!!
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Jerry Arcidiacono |
16th December 2007 |
Instructor
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Great lesson Muris! |
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chast |
16th December 2007 |
Member
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Thx Muris
Thats something to get started with |
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JVM |
16th December 2007 |
Member
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Very jazzy muris! You've amazed me again.
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Ivan Milenkovic |
16th December 2007 |
Instructor
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Great sound Muris, and a great lesson |
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shellshock1911 |
16th December 2007 |
Member
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Awesome! Just what I needed right now, can't wait to get started when I get back
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dreamtheaterfreak |
16th December 2007 |
Member
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very nice
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Tuubsu |
16th December 2007 |
Member
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first time I hear jazz in my life and Damnit! I like it =)
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Nick325 |
16th December 2007 |
Member
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awsome
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Freebird |
16th December 2007 |
Member
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Wow Muris I'm really impressed!! I didn't think i'd like Jazz but I really like this And I find that concept of neighbour notes fascinating and strange... Keep it up you're great!! |
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Muris Varajic |
16th December 2007 |
Instructor
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Thanks for feedback guys,glad you like it!! |
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Robin |
16th December 2007 |
Member
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Fantastic!
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David Wallimann |
16th December 2007 |
Instructor
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Excellent one Muris!
I love the licks and really like the very last one. :-)
Great job!
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Hisham Al-Sanea |
16th December 2007 |
Instructor
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nice and great work muris for real jazz
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Pablo Vazquez |
16th December 2007 |
Instructor
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Oh my God!! Very Cool!! Well done Muris.
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ballistic31 |
16th December 2007 |
Member
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cool lesson kind of reminds me of the ren and stimpy cartoon a song they would use for a intro
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Unleash-The-Shred |
17th December 2007 |
Member
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Awesome.
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FretDancer69 |
17th December 2007 |
Member
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Awesome, but the problem i always have with these lessons is getting a good tone, not that distorted but not that clean as well... oh well,
awesome lesson Muris! |
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Ben N |
17th December 2007 |
Instructor
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great lesson Muris I'm new to jazz music
that would be a good start! thanks |
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david80 |
17th December 2007 |
Member
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great lesson again Muris.
Thanks
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Muris Varajic |
17th December 2007 |
Instructor
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You're welcome,glad you like it!! Feel free to ask if you need any help here tho. |
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nickmarx12345678 |
18th December 2007 |
Member
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Hey question I wanna learn this lesson but im just curious how do you set you amp/guitar to get that kind of jazzy tone?
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Muris Varajic |
18th December 2007 |
Instructor
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Million $ question No amp here,just Korg Pandora, clean sound,bit of bass and less treble,small room/hall and that's it. |
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Crazyfret |
18th December 2007 |
Member
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Another great lesson Muris
This is an area where I want to take my playing but I'm not overly familar with the theory, (I'm easily confused!)
Also I suspect this would also be beneficial to help develop my legato and sweeping? I'm I right in thinking that jazz and shredding are similar technically?
I'll give the lesson a go. Though I would like to understand what I'm playing cause I think my lack of understanding theory is holding me back creatively
What would you recommend as a good place to start to get into jazz? |
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Muris Varajic |
18th December 2007 |
Instructor
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You can shred in every style of music,pop,rock,blues,metal,jazz etc. Only question is,does it take place at the moment? I would suggest you players like George Benson,Lee Litenour,Larry Carlton etc. Moder type of Jazz,sort of smooth,easy to listen tho. |
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Muris Varajic |
18th December 2007 |
Instructor
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Quick update,I forgot to add backing tracks here, pure fault of mine,sorry guys  . Now it's updated with all BTs and Kris is gonna republish it in a blink |
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dustoff75 |
22nd December 2007 |
Member
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Wow! More please, I've been hoping for a lesson covering smooth jazz. Most people I know call it elevator or grocery store music but I love it. An artist I recently started listening to is Jay Soto, great smooth jazz guitarist.
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Muris Varajic |
22nd December 2007 |
Instructor
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Soto is great for sure,and more of smooth jazz still to come,thanks. |
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Giancarlo Anselmetti |
30th December 2007 |
Member
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Nice and useful lesson. I am wating sleep time to practice. Thanks Muris
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Muris Varajic |
30th December 2007 |
Instructor
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You're welcome,keep practicing |
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Siggum |
3rd January 2008 |
Member
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This is awsome, i was looking for something like this. Im trying it on my western wich makes it a bit harder tbh, but my goal is to do it on 95bpm.
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Muris Varajic |
3rd January 2008 |
Instructor
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Glad you like it,more Jazzy lessons still to come |
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villanovablues04 |
6th January 2008 |
Member
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What a pleasure to follow your lessons. You're the only teacher including some feeling in your lesson. Technic is one thing but music isn't a speed competition.
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Muris Varajic |
6th January 2008 |
Instructor
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Well thanks a lot !! Tho I wouldn't agree that I'm the only one doing that, it's really hard to put some feel into technique exercise and I'm sure ALL instructors are doing their best. |
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KWEST |
26th April 2008 |
Member
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Do you get that wonderful jazz sound from a Pandora too? I'm checking into buying one as you get so many great sounds out of yours.
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