Jazz Guitar

Oleo - Theme & Chords / Backing Track Drum & Bass 120 BPM
Here you find the tabs and the chords to the jazz standard " Oleo ". Oleo is rhythm change. The chords can be variated in several ways. I have choosen those which were written in the realbook. The backing track is only drum and bass so you can also take alternative chords. The tempo is only 120 bpm so that you can practice this tune in peace. Professional normaly play this tune with 240 bpm but it also sounds nice with 120 bpm.
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Blue Moon - Jazz Guitar Tabs & Backing Track
Here you find the tabs and the chords of the jazz standard " Blue Moon " in the key of Eb. The backing track is with drum, bass and piano.
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Easy Jazz Blues Guitar Improvisation - Tabs / Audio & Backing Track
Here I wrote down a full chorus of an easy jazz blues guitar improvisation. It's a really cool way to keep a rhythm motiv going on during one chorus of improvisation. At the end of the tabs you find the modes which are attached to the chords of this blues. If you are an advanced jazz guitar player this might also be for you. Just because it's easy to play does not mean that it does not sound cool. The audio file show you how in fact it should sound. The backing track added is a jazz blues in F.
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Modal Jazz Guitar Backing Tracks
Here you find a selection of modal backing tracks where you can practice the main modes : ionian, dorian, phyrgian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian and locrian. You can use those backing tracks to practice only one mode to get more familiar with it. In the attached working sheet you find the modes and options which you can use on your soloing with these modal jazz guitar backing tracks.
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The Girl From Ipanema - Tabs and Backing Track
Here you find  the tabs of the melody of the famous song " The Girl From Ipanema " by Jobim. You find the melody, the chords which you can play and the modes which you can use in the improvisation. The audio files attached contain the melody with a click track that you can really practice it the correct way and a backing track with drum, bass and piano where you can play 3 chorus of this really iconic jazz standard.
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Jazz Guitar - Timing Essentials ( Tabs and Backing Track )
Here you find the timing essentials which are needed to play jazz guitar ( swing ). These are quarter notes, shuffled 8th notes, tripplets and quarter tripplets. I skipped the whole and half notes since these are also essentials in other genres. Here you can learn how they look like when they are written. In the files you find the tabs and the audio how it sounds when it is played and a backing track where you can practice those timing essential exercises. The backing track is in C major.
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Here you find 3 smooth jazz guitar figures which you can play in the mode of F# dorain. Pay close attention to the perfect timing - these 3 figures are very common in any smooth jazz guitar setting. The backing track is a modal smooth jazz track in the key of F# dorian.
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Autumn Leaves - Easy Jazz Guitar Improvisation ( Tabs & Backing Track )
Here you find the tabs of an easy way to improvise jazz guitar to the jazz standard " Autumn Leaves " in this case in the key of Gm. Autumn Leaves is a very standard jazz standard the the chord progression of the A - section is a really common and often used chord progression so it makes totaly sense to really work out a concept to improvise to the A section in specific. The backing track which you can download here starts with the theme in the first round and then you have 3 chorus to improvise and to learn improvisation related to the jazz tune " Autumn Leaves "
If you want to learn the theme of " Autum Leaves " please first learn this tutorial :
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II V Progression ( Major ) - Tabs and Backing Track
Here you find the tabs with the chords, modes, arpeggios and licks which are related to the chord progression Gm7 / C7. The simple licks which are displayed shall help you to develop your own idea to manage this very important jazz guitar modul. The II V modul in major. The attached backing track is a jazz trio with drum, bass and piano playing a vamp on Gm7 / C7
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If you want to play a solid bossa nova guitar it is important that you know the basic rhythm figures which are created and how they are played on the guitar. The tabs added here display 4 rhythm figures from very easy - advanced which help you to understand the complexity of bossa nova guitar. You can practice those figures with the bossa nova backing track added. The backing track is a vamp with the chords A-7 / D9.
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These are the tabs from the guitar part Bill Withers is playing on his original recording of his song " Ain't No Sunshine " from the 60's.
 

This is a selection of 3 jazz guitar licks with the mixolydian mode. The are written for the chord Bb7. You may transpose them to any other key. The backing track is the following chord progression Bb7 / Bb7 / Eb7 / Eb7
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These are exercises to learn the basics of jazz guitar rhythm. The attached backing track is on tempo 100 and in D minor so you can concentrate completly on the rhythm exercises.
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