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Jazz Guitar Studies ( Basic I VI II V Major )
If you want to learn serious jazz guitar improvisation you can not skip your studies on progressions, chords and arpeggios. Here we start with jazz guitar studies around a I VI II V progression in G. This means that we are talking about this chord progression here : Gmaj7 / Em7 / Am7 / D7. I will explain the theory to you and then give you some basic examples of how you can learn to follow the chords, the modes and the arpeggio's in your jazz guitar improvisation.
This tutorial is a " MUST HAVE " for any upcoming jazz guitar player !
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The Girl From Ipanema - Jazz Guitar Lesson
Here you can learn the melody and the chords of the world's most famous bossa nova tune by Jobim - The Girl From Ipanema. I will show you how to play the melody exactly as it is written in the real book, some basic chords and I will give you some tips, tricks and modes for the improvisation at the end of this tutorial.
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Here I show you the main blues improvisation concept in blues with question / answer / resolution and how to use this method over the entire fretboard in an easy way. Even though this is a beginners tutorial you need to know all 5 positions of the minor pentatonic to follow this tutorial. This tutorial is a " MUST HAVE "
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Smooth Latin Jazz Licks - Guitar Lesson
Here you can learn some really cool and professional smooth latin jazz guitar licks which you can use in any dorian mode situation such as this vamp which I am using here. It’s Am7 / D7 which is repeated all over. That's called a vamp.
First I show you the chords which you can use, then the scale patterns and then start showing you a selection of guitar licks. This tutorial is about those licks but also about the philosophy of guitar improvisation im smooth latin jazz. Use those licks to get into the vibe and the feeling of this genre.
Smooth Latin Jazz Licks.pdf
Smooth Latin Jazz Licks.gp
smooth latin jazz licks.mp3

HP -like this easy jazz phrasing.  Lots of possibility for improv!!  Simple but sounds great.

In Jazz guitar the phrasing is a very important part of your groove and your laid back feel which makes even simple melodic motives sound smooth and cool. In this tutorial I show you the main tricks which are needed to start to sound smooth and cool on a jazz guitar. This tutorial is a " MUST HAVE " for all fans of jazz guitar.
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Here I show you the theme of Joe Zawinul's song " Mercy Mercy Mercy ". I made an easy arrangement for the guitar. At the end of the tutorial I give you some simple tips what you can play on the solo vamp which is Bb7 / Eb7
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