Transcript File - HC GUITAR 10/20

Guitar 20 – Jazz Guitar
-Created by instrumentalists who experimented and improvised off of
existing song forms.
-An important part of playing Jazz is “Improvising” (making up music on
the spot)
-Differs from Rock or Blues in that:
-Guitar uses no distortion (cleaner, more mellow sound)
-Melodies play with chord shapes and forms
-Far more chords to learn and far more complicated scale patterns
Defining Skills:
-#1 - Jazz Chords
-#2 – Locrian and Lydian Scales
-#3 – Chord Progressions
-#4 - Song Study:
Moondance – Van Morrison
Latino Jazz Groove – Chord Sheet and Pg 31 Jazz Bk
1. - Jazz Chords
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There are dozens if not hundreds of ways to play any 1 chord on a guitar
fretboard. An accomplished Jazz player can play numerous versions of the
same chord.
Example: 6 ways to play a C major chord
• C Major Guitar Chords
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Guitar Chords Home
We will learn the MAIN chord shapes for the most commonly used Jazz
chords. They can be chords with more notes than open or barre chords or
simply chords with something altered.
Eg. Em – Em9
Many Jazz chords we play will need only specific strings played at any one
time so learning to mute unneeded strings with our other fingers is
important.
5 Basic Jazz
Chords
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1. “Major ”
-Basic jazz chord shape
-Root note on 6th string
so these chords are said
to be root position chords
-Chord defined (like barre
chords) by root note fret
2. “Major7”
- represented by triangle shape
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3. “Minor 7”
-muting needed as open
notes are not part of
chord
-Note – Jazz chords do
not often repeat any
notes from the scale
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4. “Dominant 7”
(usually known just as “7”)
-Muting needed again in
this chord shape
-Different finger positions
are possible
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5.”6th Chords”:
-muting needed on
strings 1 and 5
6. “Min6” Chords:
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INVERSIONS:
Inversions are a different way to play these same chord types
whereby the root note is no longer defined (like a barre chord)
by the note on string 6.
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2. -Jazz Scales (Locrian and
Lydian)
• Both scales used almost only in
Jazz music.
Locrian – Pattern 1
Starred notes represent root note
of scale. Find the root note on the 6th
string to start scale.
Lydian – Pattern 1
3. -Jazz Chord Progressions
A scale of chords can be made which follows the
following rule:
Major 7ths Minor 7ths Dom.7ths
I and IV
6th
II, III and VI
V
Dim 7ths
VII
chords are often used to substitute for a
major chord
Jazz music uses
The 2 most common chord progressions found in Jazz music
are:
A) The 2-5-1 is the most common chord progression in jazz.
B) The 1-6-2-5 progression:
Eg
I - VI - II - V
CM7 - Am7 - Dm7 -
G7
Video Lesson on 1-6-2-5
progression and “Comping”
(playing Rhythm guitar)
• Here is the tab and chord charts for this
progression
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“Chord Melodies” in Chord
Progresisons
• A Chord melody involves playing a melody in chords where
the highest tone of each chord shape the melody line and all
the other notes harmonize with the melody notes:
Jazz Bk. pg 92, 93
Legacy pg 93