
Focus your strumming (or finger-picking attacks) on the indicated strings. Use the edges of your fingers of your fretting hand to mute unwanted strings. Some tips for getting a good chord sound: Take special care to play the notes requested and to leave out, or mute the strings with the x symbol above them.
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Strive to play these chords with a solid time feel, a full tone, and attacks with your picking hand that match the level of intensity of the music you re attempting to play.


With time, you will hear the chords before you play them. This material will help you to map out the sounds on your fretboard. These chord blocks will show you the right shapes, but as a musician, you owe it to your audience and yourself to hear the music before you play it. The following diagrams indicate what notes you should use for each chord voicing. Diatonic Exercises 0 B% Major on 0 E% Major on F Major on B% Major on F Harmonic Minor on F Melodic Minor on G Major Bebop Scale on G Minor Bebop Scale on About the Authorĥ Introduction The Berklee Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary is a resource for th-chord voicings and other frequently encountered jazz chord shapes on the fretboard. Quartal Voicings Exercises C Dorian Voicings. Inversions (each on ) Major Dominant 0 Minor Minor % Major Minor Part II. Triads over Bass-Note Voicings with Roots on V/I %VII/I Other Common Voicings: (III/I, II/I, #IV/I, VI/I, VII/I). Guide Tone Chords Root (Major, Dominant, Minor, Minor %, Major, Minor, Diminished ) Root (Major, Dominant, Minor, Minor %, Major, Minor, Diminished ). Dominant th Chords with Alterations: two versions each, with roots on and Dominant % Dominant (#) Dominant (, #) Dominant # Dominant (%, %) Dominant (altered): %(%), %(#), #(%), #(#). Moveable th Chord Shapes (each on ) Major Dominant Minor Minor % Major Minor Diminished Dominant Minor Minor Dominant. Green Senior Designer: Robert Heath Editorial Assistants: Rajasri Mallikarjuna, Jonathan Whalen ISBN-: ISBN-: Boylston Street Boston, MA 0- USA () - Visit Berklee Press Online at Visit Hal Leonard Online at Copyright 00 Berklee Press All Rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the Publisher.Ĥ Contents Introduction iv Part I. I hope they are as useful to you as they were to me! Note: I only review and discuss the books that I personally own.3 Berklee Press Vice President: Dave Kusek Dean of Continuing Education: Debbie Cavalier Managing Editor: Jonathan Feist Director of Business Affairs: Robert F.

I’m even starting to include personal development books that have helped me recently. In this section of the website, I will share with you reviews of the best jazz guitar books on the market (coming strictly from my experience). Some of these works are masterclass DVD’s or come with an audio CD, some others only with plain text and music notation. In my humble opinion, every aspiring jazzman should possess at least a few specific texts on music. They could, for example, consist of: a method for learning the instrument, technical exercises, a good fake book, transcriptions, a theory (or harmony) book, articles on practice routines, etc. Visitors can now review, discuss and share their favorite jazz guitar books here in the comments, at the bottom of the page. *NEW*: You are now encouraged to share YOUR jazz guitar book suggestions. Some teachers may say “don’t learn from books,” but I strongly believe you should get what you can from any source of information available (including books, DVDs and websites). Jazz guitar books and recordings are the two main sources of learning and growth for jazz guitarists. The Jazz Guitarist’s Library + YOUR Suggestions
