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Jazz Guitar Chordal Vocabulary

Accompanying Exercises
PDF preparation: Lage Lund & Sören Führer

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 The Plan
Drop 2 Chords with Melody Example #1

E‹(Œ„Š7)

4
4

4
4

Drop 2 Chords with Melody Example #2

E‹7(b5)
3

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2 Developing a Chordal Vocabulary
Major: Switching 3rd and 9th

5 Cmaj9 (1,3,7,9) becomes Cmaj9 (1,9,7,3) CŒ„Š9 FŒ„Š9 B¨Œ„Š9

10 E¨Œ„Š9 A¨Œ„Š9 D¨Œ„Š9 CŒ„Š9

Major: Switching 7th and Root

14 CŒ„Š9 A¨Œ„Š9 D‹9

17 G9

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 Minor: Switching 3rd and 9th 3
20 C‹9 E¨Œ„Š9

24 G‹9 B¨Œ„Š9

Minor: Switching Root

and 7th
28 C‹9 E¨Œ„Š9

32 G‹9 B¨Œ„Š9

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 Minor (no 7th):
4 Switching 3rd and 9th
36 C‹9 E¨Œ„Š9

40 G‹9 B¨Œ„Š9

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 Getting More Mileage 5
Inversions
44 CŒ„Š9

Using a Single Chord over II-V-Is

49 F©‹7(b5) B7½ E‹7

(Cmaj9) (Ebmaj9) (Gmaj9)

2 Inversions per Chord

52 F©‹7(b5) B7½

3 Inversions per chord

55 F©‹7(b5) B7½ E‹7

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6 Creating Movement in a One Chord Situation
Inversions of Triad/4
59

63

Seeing it Come Together

Spread Voicings: Approach with 10ths Example #1
F‹7 B¨‹7 E¨7 A¨Œ„Š7

67

D¨Œ„Š7 G7 CŒ„Š7
69

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 Spread Voicings: Approach with 10ths Example #2 7
F‹7 B¨‹7 E¨7 A¨Œ„Š7
71

73 D¨Œ„Š7 G7 CŒ„Š7

Close Voicings: Approach with 3rds Example #1

E¨7 A¨Œ„Š7
F‹7 B¨‹7
75

D¨Œ„Š7 G7 CŒ„Š7
77

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 Voice Concept
8
Approach with Open Triads Example #1
E¨7 A¨Œ„Š7
80 F‹7 B‹7

D¨Œ„Š7 G7 CŒ„Š7
82

Approach with Close Triads Example #1

F‹7 B¨‹7 E¨7 A¨Œ„Š7

84

D¨Œ„Š7 G7 CŒ„Š7
86

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 Chords=Lines 9
7th Chords without 5th
88 E‹7 A7½
3 3

3 3 3 3
3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

90 DŒ„Š7 3

3 3
3 33 3 3

Spread 7th Chords without 5th

E‹7 A7½

3 DŒ„Š7

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