Jazz Guitar

Here you find a few exercises and ideas how to play jazz guitar chords and jazz guitar licks when you are using the aeolian mode. The backing track is produced in a way as if you would sit inside the birdland club in NY to give you the full jazz guitar sensation.
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Here you the smooth jazz guitar tabs to the smooth jazz version of the famous jazz standard " Autumne Leaves ". There you find an easy version of the theme and and easy solo where you basicly work around the G aeolian pattern in the 3rd fret :
E |----------------------------|--------------------3-------------||
B |----------------------------|-----------3--4--6----------------||
G |----------------------------|--2--3--5-------------------------||
D |--------------------3--5----|----------------------------------||
A |-----------3--5--6----------|----------------------------------||
E |--3--5--6-------------------|----------------------------------||
The backing track in in 105 bpm.
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Here you find some essential chords and mode patterns which you can use with the G mixolydian mode. I also wrote down some lick ideas which help you to understand how the mixolydian mode in fact is used in a jazz guitar setting. You mostly work around the chord notes and the 3rd in specific. On the 3rd you mostly use and approach note which in this case of G mixolydian is the A# which leads to the B ( 3rd of G7 ).
The backing track is produced in a manner that you might think you are inside the birdland club in NY.
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Here you find the guitar tabs and the backing track of the jazz standard " Black Orpheus " . The tabs are a version of the melody which can be played and are the original melody from the real book and the backing track is a jazz trio with drums, bass and piano. The jazz guitar chords which I wrote down are the ones you can use but you can also just play the melody with the backing track and go into the improvisation. The backing track is on 120 bpm and contains 3 choruses.
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Here you find some easy essenatial ideas how you can work with the lydian mode. You find a selection of chords here which display the lydian mode and some licks which help you get an idea how you can work with the lyidan mode.
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Here you find the tabs and the backing track related to the phryigian mode in E phrygian. The chords show a combination of Em11 chords and F which are great to display the mystic and red vibe of the phryigian mode. On the lick examples you find some ideas to work out the note and vibe of the phrygian mode by highlighing the F or the upper structure triads Em7 F and Dm7 which defines the phrygian mode. The backing track is in 100 bpm with drum bass and piano and is recorded in a way which brings you into the birdland jazz club in NY.
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Here you find the tabs of the guitar part of Carlos Santana off his song " Moonflower " . The backing track add is referred to his studio recording. Since this song is very near to bossa nova it is here in the Jazz department. The solo part is on the chords Dm7 / A7
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Here you find the chords and the modes you can use for your jazz guitar improvisation over the standard Footprints by Wayne Shorter. The backing track is in 3/4 and 120 bpm in broadcast quality where I played the piano.
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Here you find the tabs for a few examples in the A dorian mode where you can learn the essentials how to work with that specific mode. This inclues some essential chord riffs, some licks and some essential chords. The backing track is a modal backing track in A dorian. This gives you the freedom to fully explore the A dorian mode with this backing track in 100 bpm.
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Here you find some very essential exercises if you want to start with jazz guitar and specialy jazz blues guitar which I would start first if you want to get into the world of jazz guitar. The backing track is just drum and bass which I produced in the reverb of the birdland café to give you the maximum jazzy feeling.
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Here you find some tabs around the topic " jazz guitar in the ionian mode ". You find some chords which are connected to the position the ionian mode is played on the fretboard and you find some lick and solo ideas. The backing track is only in Gmaj so you can play the ionian mode over the entire backing track.
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Here you find some tabs for jazz guitar if you want to play a cool solo or some cool chords over a basic rhythm changes form in Bb. The backing track is in 120 bpm so that you can relax and try to give a cool jazz vibe to everything.
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Here you find some very basic but very important rhythm exercises specificly for bossa nova guitar. The key to fullfill the task is, that you at the end of this lesson are able to play notes on any on - or off beat.
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Here you find all positions of the minor and major pentatonics which you need to know to make combinations with the mixolydian mode in 2 positions on the fretboard. This is all you need to know to master the entire fretboard with the mixolydian mode. Beside those patters you find a little selection of mixolydian licks which work with the smooth jazz guitar backing track in D7.
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Here you find some very easy exercises to play chord notes on a I-7 / I-7 / IIm7b5 / V7 progression in Am. The goal here is that you know where the chord notes of each chords are and to learn to connect the chord notes with eachother. Work together with the backing track to train your abilities to follow the chord progression while you are playing. The backing track is as always a own production ( music-pictures.com ) where I played the piano.
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Here you find the modes which you can use in an advanced smooth jazz guitar improvisation on the tune " Sunny ". Beside that you find some cool licks and some line ideas which give you an idea how you can connect everything. The backing track is as always an own production ( https://www.music-pictures.com ) and 110 bpm.
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Here you find some tabes with ideas what you can play over a simple smooth jazz guitar track in the key of Ebm. The backing track is 77 bpm.
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Here you find some very cool tabs for a minor jazz blues guitar improvisation by using octaves, chords in combination with some single note lines. The progression which is used is the classic jazz minor blues progression with :
Cm7 / Cm7 / Cm7 / C7alt
Fm7 / Fm7 / Cm7 / Cm7
Ab7 / G7alt / Cm7 / G7alt
The backing track is drum, bass and piano. And as always I played the piano ( https://www.pianist.ch )
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Here you find some ideas which you can play to this emotional smooth jazz backing track with the very simple progression : Abm7 / Abm7 / Dbm7 / Dbm7
The backing track is from my own orchestral music production - also view https://www.music-pictures.com
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Here you find the chords and some improvisation examples of a very cool Neo Soul - LoFi production out of my ballpark of compositons for lofi music for synch ( https://www.music-pictures.com ). The improvisation works with the progression : Bbmaj7 / Fmaj7
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Here you find the tabs and the backing track of the popular christmas song " White Christmas " arranged for jazz guitar. The backing track is in 90bpm.
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Here you find a selection of basic jazz guitar chords in the key of F. There are 2 basic voicings available :
1 7 3 5
1 5 7 3

These voicings are enough to start working on any jazz standard by using basic chord shapes. Beside the chord charts you find 2 exercises where you learn how to work with those 2 types of voicings. This is a I II V I and a I VI II V progression.
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Here you find a very cool selection of intermediate smooth jazz guitar licks in the Wes Montgomery style. They fit perfect with the backing track with the chord progression : Gm7 / Gm7 / Ebmaj7 / Ebmaj7 / Cm7 / Cm7 / Fsus / F
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Here you find the tabs and the backing track of some easy mixolydian mode jazz guitar licks which you can use on the blues " Freddy Freeloader " as heard on the recording " Kind Of Blue " by Miles Davis. This is a great tune and example where you can use the mixolydian mode. The backing track is from " Fredy Freeloader " and is in 132 bpm.
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