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Chord of the Week 54

By Andrew GreenNovember 24, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

Next is A-7, again with a 13th. Unlike the Bb-7 from “last week”, this voicing has the minor third in it, and as always, the melody on top. Will the […]

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Chord of the Week 53

By Andrew GreenNovember 24, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

The second chord change in Darn That Dream is Bb- (followed by Eb7). For this exercise, I have combined the two into a Bb-13 with the half step between the […]

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Chord of the Week 52

By Andrew GreenNovember 24, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

I created a little exercise for myself that consisted of playing the chord changes to the A section of Darn That Dream with a half step in every single voicing. […]

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Chord of the Week 51

By Andrew GreenNovember 20, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

 I mean, this is getting ridiculous. How many cool voicings can you get from one scale. Like, save some for other scales, dude. 

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Chord of the Week 50

By Andrew GreenNovember 20, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

If you just take the same scale, find a cool voicing and then just move up to the next scale tones you get more exceptionally cool voicings. It’s almost like […]

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Chord of the Week 49

By Andrew GreenNovember 20, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

If after playing this chord you think to yourself “these notes are just the next steps up an A myxolydian scale from the previous COTW,” you’d be soooo right.

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Chord of the Week 48

By Andrew GreenNovember 20, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

Here is a cool voicing for A13. You can play a big fat open A on the bottom also. Or maybe a big fat open E and call it E-9.

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Chord of the Week 47

By Andrew GreenNovember 20, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

Since a humanoid can never have too many ways to play an altered Db13 voicing, here is yet another. By all rights, you should have been able to play this […]

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Chord of the Week 46

By Andrew GreenNovember 20, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

“What took ya’ so long.”As if by magic six months or so hadn’t elapsed between the last COTW, we continue with more ways to play Db13+4. This one doesn’t have a […]

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Chord of the Week 45

By Andrew GreenNovember 20, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

Again, by special request, a chord that shows up fairly often, but can present a mystery. Notice that in the voicing for Db13+4 or (+11) there is no Db. Leave […]

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Chord of the Week 44

By Andrew GreenNovember 20, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

By special request, this month I’ll be answering the age-old question: “Where can I find a Job?” Not really. I will, conversely, answer a question about how to play voicings […]

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Chord of the Week 43

By Andrew GreenNovember 20, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

The Cluster is back… and this time it’s MOVABLE!    

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Chord of the Week 42

By Andrew GreenNovember 19, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

Another scary entry in the “Chord with No Name” series. Play this one enough and you might get elected Mayor of Carmel, CA.    

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Chord of the Week 41

By Andrew GreenNovember 19, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

There are only so many clusters that can be played on the guitar. Here’s another one that can be used whenever you need to take it “out”. It can also […]

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Chord of the Week 40

By Andrew GreenNovember 19, 2020Chords, Jazz, Lesson, Theorychords, jazz, lesson, theory

When you need to play something dissonant. I mean reallllly dissonant, may I suggest this week’s chord? It looks rather innocent. It’s just four notes. It’s very simple to play. […]

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