Learn Jazz Guitar - why not to memorize chord charts and how to learn chords

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Published 2018-05-02

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This video is assuming that you know some voicings for your 7th chords already. Even if you only know one chord form this will help you get away from chord charts when trying to build chords with notes other than the root, 3, 5 and 7. Also with the voicings you already know you should know which scale degrees/chord tones are on each string. If you don’t, that info is out there and can be found with a quick google but if you are having problems with that part just let me know.

All Comments (7)

@udcvsean 6 years ago

Thanks again Paul for another extremely helpful video. I appreciate your focus on practicality in all of your lessons. I've got a lot of studying and practicing to do, you've posted quite a lot recently!
@jansteinbach2598 3 years ago

Thank you, very good advice. Never really thought about it like this, but it's very helpful for my playing !
@donlessnau3983 4 years ago

Excellent info. You do a great job of explaining in your vids. Clear, concise without all the blather and idiocy of so many others morons on Youtube. Well done. Thanks a lot. There are many layers to this which I can return to and re-watch.
@joerimland 6 years ago

Another excellent video lesson Paul!
@100happythoughts 2 years ago

Hi Paul. Thank you for making great content. I like a point you made in another video where you combine interval training with chord construction. That was a breakthrough key take away for me.
@michaelbrendzel7018 6 years ago

Solid stuff and great advice. After understanding chord construction, I very rarely refer to chord charts. The tangential aspects of this video were very dense. I'm going to watch it a few more times. Thanks for sharing this.