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If you’re wanting to expand your chord volcabulary and work on many different Jazz standards and progressions, get a fake book or Real Book. Chances are, if you can play through the chords in The Girl From Ipanema, you could tackle 90% of the standards out there. We do just over 200 gigs a year now, but why not add some music that makes us more diverse and prepared for different types of venues and of course… this stuff is just fun to play.Īs a guitar lesson, you’re getting what most would agree to be 7 really essential and useful chord shapes that you may not have come across or used in other types of guitar music. no matter what kind of band you’re in, whether its a beginning garage band or corporate pop band doing 300+ shows a year, at some point you will be forced to play something your either don’t like or is outside of your comfort zone on the instrument.Ī few weeks ago the singer from my acoustic duo asked me about adding some Jazz standards and more lounge type music that she thought would be good for us getting more corporate and resort type gigs.

Increasing your overall guitar and music vocabulary.

Learning an uncomfortable song or piece for your band or musical group.

Adding new chords, scales, arpeggios associated with them can only make you a better musician and guitarist.

Learning new techniques that enhance what you’re already good at.

So why put myself (or yourself) through it? Obviously, anything you can add to your guitarist toolbox is good for you but there are other reasons as well. Thats where the research and study comes in. I love to improvise and its a huge part of what I do performance-wise at all of my gigs, but I often lack the “jazz” vocabulary required to sound convincing in the genre. I was bred a rock, metal and later classical guy.

I’m not a Jazz guitar player, but I play some Jazz. Whenever I’m forced to play anything on the guitar outside of my comfort zone, I do my best to research and learn any new techniques I may need to get it under my fingers as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Soloing and Improvisation Ideas – The Essential ScalesĮvery once in a while I need to write a lesson for myself as well as for my readers and students.

7 Essential Jazz Chords and Scale Study – The Girl From IpanemaĪn analysis, lesson and study of a really classic Jazz / Pop tune, The Girl From Ipanema.