Chords

How to Expand Our Knowledge of the Guitar Chords

How’s it going guys. John McClennan here and I’m bringing you this video with guitarcontrol.com. I’m excited to show you some great new chord voicings just to expand your chord vocabulary and hopefully show you something you haven’t done yet. So here we go. We’re going to start on the 3rd fret, and be sure

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Blues Guitar Lessons

Easy Way To Make A Jazzy Sound Using A Minor Pentatonic Link

Hey, how’s it going everybody. My name is John McClennan and here with guitarcontrol.com, What I want to show you today is a cool way to break-up your pentatonic scale and get a little bit more, almost a jazzier sounding line in a typical rock motive. I got this from “Cliffs of Dover”, Eric Johnson

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Jazz

Jazz Chords in the Style of Barney Kessel

In this Guitar Control video lesson instructor Jon McLennan, will show you how to play “Jazz Chords” in the style of Barney Kessel, the “chord master”. Man this guy is so good and this is a way he will move through a II, V, I, sort of that style, that I’ve picked up from him,

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Jazz

Giant Steps – How to Get Through The Difficult Jazz Lines

How’s it going, guys? This is John McClennan and I’m here with guitarcontrol.com, bringing you this video blog. Today we’re looking at “Giant Steps”, John Coletrane’s tune. And I’m showing you some lines that will get you through probably the hardest changes of the tune. So this song is pretty heavy and you’ve got to

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Chords and Rhythm

Easy How To Play “Come Together” By The Beatles Guitar Lesson

Hey, how’s it going this is Jon McLennan with Guitar Control, bringing you this video lesson and we’re looking at the Beatles tune called “Come Together”. This is an excellent tune to know and practice and a great example of how blues guitar riffs and sort of blues cliches are used in the rock and

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Jazz

Jazz Lick Over Giant Steps

Hey, how’s it going this is Jon McLennan with Guitar Control, we’re looking at some lines over “Giant Steps”, John Coletrane’s standard, today. These will be some licks that will get you through those first four bars. They are original lines here that I wrote and I want to have you practice them and it

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Jazz

How to Play The Jazz Guitar Chords Using the Thumb

Hey, how’s it going this is Jon McLennan with Guitar Control, excited toshow you this lesson. This is our third installment on thumb chords and sort of some exercises, I’m here to help you develop efficiency using your thumb. We’ve got the 3rd fret, 4th fret, 4th fret, 3rd fret. This is a G major

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Jazz

Giant Steps Jazz Guitar Lick

What’s happening, guys? My name is John McClennan and I’m here with guitarcontrol.com, bringing you this video lesson. Here’s lick number five. This is the last lick that we’re looking at for the “Giant Steps” first four bars, the changes to John Coletrane’s tune, “Giant Steps”. The chords that we’re playing this over — be

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Jazz

John Coltrane´s Giant Steps Chord Voicings | Easy Tabs with Video

Hey, how’s it going guys this is Jon McLennan with Guitar Control, excitedto bring you this lesson. We’re looking at the chord changes to the first eight or bars of “Giant Steps” by John Coletrane’s tune. I want to show you some great voicing for getting through those changes. Check the image above to follow

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