Jazz

Learn How to Play Jazz Turnaround on Guitar

Hey, how’s it going this is Jon McLennan with Guitar Control, we’re looking at a chord progression that moves through a jazz turnaround with a walking bass line. So I have the chords, tabs and then the bass line keeps walking through everything. The turnaround is one of the most common chord progressions in jazz.

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How to Do Jazz Piano Style Chords on Acoustic Jazz Guitar

If you like Jon´s playing and teaching, click in the link below to check some of his best courses CLICK HERE TO ORDER How’s it going, guys? This is John McClennan and I’m here with guitarcontrol.com, and I want to show you some great jazz voicings here on acoustic and show you some new ways

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How to Play Bebop Jazz Guitar Lick in Charlie Parker Style

Hey, how’s it going this is Claud Johnson with Guitar Control, today’s lick is from a Jazz tune called “Anthropology” by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, two of the greatest Jazz improvisers by Horn Players. This song has just a lot of really crazy BEBOP licks that kind of go in the key out of

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How to Play Jazz Harmony Guitar on II V I Chord Progression

How’s it going, guys? This is John McClennan and I’m here with guitarcontrol.com, bringing you this lesson. What I want to show you today is just some nice, spread-out, II V I voicings and I call them more orchestral sounding voicings just because of the spread and the distance in the notes. So check this

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How to Harmonize Jazz Guitar on II V I Chord Progression

How’s it going, guys? This is John McClennan and I’m here with guitarcontrol.com, bringing you this video lesson. II V I, it’s one of the most common chord progressions in jazz. What I’m going to do is show you two great stock voicings that you have to know, in two different positions on the guitar,

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How to Do Jazz Voicing Exercise on Guitar

How’s it going, guys? This is John McClennan and I’m here with guitarcontrol.com, excited to bring you this lesson. Here’s a quick exercise just filling-out your jazz voicings here on the lower strings. We’re going to play in the key of F and we’re just going to go up diatonically through all the chords in

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How to Use Chords Voice Movements in Jazz Guitar

How’s it going, guys. This is John McClennan with guitarcontrol.com, bringing you this video lesson. What we’re going to talk about today is a series of jazz chords that move in contrary motion. So the bass notes go down and the The melody on top goes up. Check it out. What we’re doing here is

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How to Use Tritone Substitution on Guitar

Tritone Substitution Check out this Guitar Lesson on Tritone Substitutionfrom Guitar Control instructor Jon MacLennan.How’s it going, guys. My name is John McClennanand I’m here with guitarcontrol.com,bringing you this video lesson.Today’s topic is tritone substitution.What I’m going to do is show you somenice voicings you can use to startapplying this concept right away. If we

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How to Play A Jazz Lick in C Minor

How’s it going, guys. This is John McClennan and I’m here with guitarcontrol.com, showing you a great lesson today on II V I licks, this time in the key of C minor. You’ll want to take this lick and practice it in all the keys, but we’re going to start, which is 10, 10, 10,

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