Basic Jazz Guitar Chords
Chord Voicings based on E, A, & D
Basic jazz
guitar chords are typically 7th's. In
this lesson, we will use the E, A, and D
chord forms to build the qualities of Major
7, minor 7, minor 7 flat 5, and fully
diminished 7.
Jazz Chords for Right Handers
Jazz Chords for Left Handers
What to do with these chords...
Practice fretting each of these voicings. Then practice progressions.
In Jazz, the most common chord progression [stream of sequentially changing chords is 2-5-1 (ii-V-I)]. With the 7th's, the qualities will be iimin7-V7-IMaj7.
Some examples...
