ProGuitar - 15 Jazz Lines

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The II V I chord progression probably the most common progression in Jazz, but we hear those
changes in all styles of music.
II V I means that we're playing the 2nd, 5th and 1st chord of the scale. So if we would be in
the key of C major, the II chord would be Dm7, the V chord would be G7 and the I chord would
be Cmaj7.

The reason that all jazz musicians practice playing over the II V I progression is because it can
be found in almost every jazz song ever written! So if you're comfortable soloing over that
progression, you'll be comfortable soloing on many many jazz standards already!

I've chosen to put all those Jazz lines in the same key (C major), so that it would be easier
to see the similarities betweent the examples. But when you learn a new line, you should not
only play it in one key, you should move it around and play it in all keys. That's how you really
learn the guitar fretboard, and you'll then remember the lines much better!

Let's get started!

Example 1 (80 bpm)

D‹7 G7 CŒ„Š7
10fr 8fr 8fr

° 4 Ó‰ j œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ #œ œ
œ œ œ #œ œ œ Œ Ó
& 4 œ bœ œ œ œ

9 8
9 7 7 10 10 7 8 9
7 10 10 7 8 9
¢⁄ 10 9 7 8 10

Example 2 (80 bpm)

D‹7 G7(b9) C%
10fr 9fr 7fr

° œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ
5

& œ nœ œ Œ Ó

13 10 10 13 12 9 9 12 10 8
10 10 10 10 9
12 12 9 7
¢⁄ 10

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Example 3 (90 bpm)

D‹9 G7½ C%
3fr

Guay

9
° Ó™ nœ œ œ œ #3
œ œ# œ b œ œ œ nœ #œ ˙
& ‰ j œœ œ #œ œ Ó
#œ œ
3

8 11 9 8
9 7 5 8 10 7 8 9
7 10 7 8 9
¢⁄ 9 10
8

Example 4 (80 bpm)

D‹9 G7(#5) CŒ„Š9

13
° #œj œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ #œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ n œ ˙
& ‰ J ‰ J Ó

4 5 5 6 6 7 7 10
6 6 7 7 8 8
7 7 8 8 9

¢⁄

Example 5 (70 bpm)

D‹9 G13(b9) CŒ„Š9/E

10fr 8fr 7fr

° Ó Œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ
17 œ #œ œ
& J œ œ œ œ œ bœ bœ nœ œ ˙ Ó
3 3

8 5 7 4
5 6 6 5
7 6 5 4 4 3
7 7 6 5 3 2
¢⁄
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Example 6 (70 bpm)

D‹9 G7(#5) C%

21 # œj œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ
° œ œ œ #œ œ n˙
& Ó
3

11 12 8 8 11 11 7 7
10 10 8 8
10 9 10 8 8 7

¢⁄

Example 7 (70 bpm)

D‹7 G7(b9) CŒ„Š7

5fr 3fr

24
° ‰ nœ œ œ #œ œ nœ œ
j
& #œ œ œ œ œ #œ nœ œ b œ b œ nœ œnœ œ œ ˙ Ó
3

3 6 4 5 3
2 5 3 4 3 4 4 2 4
2 3 5 6 5 2
¢⁄ 4 5

Example 8 (70 bpm)

D‹7 G7(b9) C%
5fr 3fr

28 bœbœ œ œ œ
° œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ nœ bœ bœ œ
& œ #œ n œ b œ Ó
bœ ˙

3 5 6 4 3
3 5 6 6 5 3
6 4 3
6 5 3 1
¢⁄ 2 1
4 3
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Example 9 (100 bpm)

D‹9 G7½ C%
Guay 3fr

31
3
° #œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ nœ #œ
& Ó Œ‰ j œ œ bœ bœ œ nœ ˙ Ó
œ œ
3

5 6 7 8 6
6 9 6 7 8
7 9 8 6 5
¢⁄ 5 8 8 7

Example 10 (80 bpm)

D‹7 G7 CŒ„Š7
10fr 8fr 8fr

35 œ œbœ œ œ œ œ œ œbœ œ œ œ œ#œ œ œ nœbœ

° Ó‰ J œ œ
& œ œ nœ œ Œ

12 15 14 13 12 11 10
13 15 X X 13 10 11 12 11 10 9 8
14 9
9 7 7
¢⁄ 10

Example 11 (120 bpm)

D‹7 G11 CŒ„Š7
10fr 10fr 8fr

œ œ œ œbœ œ
° œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ n œ
39 nœ œ œ
œ
& J ‰ nœ œ œ œ Ó

12 10
10 13 13 12 11 10 8 12 8
10 9 9 10 9
12 11 12 9 9
¢⁄
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Example 12 (100 bpm)

D‹7 G7(b9) C%
10fr 9fr 7fr

43 œ œ œ œ œ
° œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ #œ œ
& œ œ œ Œ Ó
3

12 13 12 10
13 10 9 8
10 10 10 7 8 9
12 10 9 12
¢⁄ 10

Example 13 (90 bpm)

D‹7 G9 CŒ„Š7
10fr 9fr 8fr

46
œ œ #œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ nœ
3 ˙
° ‰ j œ œ œ
& œ œ Ó
œ 3

i p i m p i m p i i p i p i p i p

5 8 6 7
6 8 10 8
5 7 7 7 10
7 10 9
¢⁄ 5 8

Example 14 (90 bpm)

D‹7 G7½ CŒ„Š7
10fr 9fr 8fr

49
° Ó Œ œ bœ œ
& œ œ œ œ bœ œ bœ œ bœ bœ bœ bœ œ nœ œ n˙ Ó

8 7 6 5
5 7 6 4 3 3
7 4 7 4 6 5 3 2
¢⁄ 6
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Example 15 (80 bpm)

D‹9 G7½ C%
3fr

53
3 œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ
° Ó Œ‰ j œ œ œ œ #œ œ bœ Ó
& œ œ œ bœ ˙

8 12 10 11
10 12
9 10 12 10 8
7 10 9 8
¢⁄ 7 8 11 10

Once you start to feel comfortable playing some of those lines in tempo, try them out on
a different place on the guitar neck. Move them around as much as you can, and also move
around in different keys!

Have fun!
/ProGuitar Team