JAZZ GUITAR "MINI LESSONS"
Mini lessons are very short videos i do for Youtube and Instagram.
The concept is simple : I play a short musical phrase, based on a specific topic such as triads, pentatonics, voicings...
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 1
On a basic V7alt / I -, a phrase using some of the triads coming from the altered scale, resolving on a A-7/13
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 2
On a Cmaj7 chord,
a phrase based on triads to get different kinds of colors.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 3
On a II V I in D, a two notes voicings etude using seconds et seventh. . The voicings are coming from these modes : E dorian, A altered et D lydian.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 4
On a G- vamp, an example of out playing with what we sometimes call "side-slipping", using the pentatonic of G- et Ab-.
(a half step above )
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 5
On a A 7/13/b9 chord, a phrase based on major and minor triads coming from the half tone-whole tone scale.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 6
Short etude using modal voicings from the lydian and Phrygian modes, over an E pedal..
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 7
A phrase demonstrating the use of open triads, on a II V I..
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 8
On a Maj7#9 chord, a phrase using the augmented scale and some of its possible superimpositions
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 9
On the bridge of a rhythm changes type of tune, two phrases, same beginning, but different harmonic choices to play on the dominant chords.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 10
A short etude around the use of 4th voicings and their inversions, on a II V I in Dmaj.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 11
A phrase based on the interval of 4th, over a C dorien vamp.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 12
A phrase demonstrating the use of pentatonic scales over II V I.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 13
An example of substitution on a -7 chord, using the whole tone half tone scale. More precisely in this phrase, playing a major triad a half step below our tonic. (here the Gb triad over the G-7 chord)
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 14
A "chord-melody" on the standard "My Ideal". I tried to use more specifically open strings voicings.. Also a few open triads and some smaller (and dissonant !) voicings.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 15
10 examples of "constant structure" voicings on a II V I in Cmaj.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 16
On a minor II V I, 4 phrases using substitutions from the minor melodic scale. . More precisely here for E-7b5 : G- Mel, and for A7 Alt : Bb-mel.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 17
A short etude with three notes voicings (and inversions), on the John Coltrane standard "Giant Steps". In example 2, the 9ths on dominant chords are replaced by b9. In example 3, the 9ths on dominant chords are replaced by #9
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 18
A phrase based on the minor 6 pentatonic, over a Ab dorien vamp.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 19
A study of different Drop2 voicings, based on D-7 as the extension of Bbmaj7.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 20
A study based on voicings from the diminished scale,
more specifically the half tone/whole tone, in G.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 21
5 phrases built around minor triad pairs, in different harmonic contexts..
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 22
Few melodic ideas based on the whole tone scale (five examples).
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 23
An Etude using the Maj9/omit3 voicing,
over the chord progression of Autumn Leaves.
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 24
Another etude using only one chord over a whole tune,
this time with the 6/9 voicing and inversions.
Over the chord progression of Blue in Green
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 25
Few ideas of exercices with the metronome, to work on your innerpulse
and get a better time feel
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 26
3 short etudes, based on a chordal approach using either the root and the 7th, or the 3rd and the 5th.
Playing here on the standard "Solar".
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 27
5 ideas to practice bebop heads and develop your creativity while learning the language
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 28
50 of my favorite open string voicings (with at least one open string)
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Jazz Guitar Mini Lesson # 29
Harmonization of the A lydian scale : 28 chords, 4 for each possible top notes.
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