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Basic Jazz Guitar Chords

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, & fully diminished 7.

Righty

basic jazz guitar chords

basic jazz guitar chords for left handers

To Do

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.

Examples

2 5 1 in C G F

 

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