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p i c k u p j a z z . c o m
2Edition
nd
This Second Edition is an opportunity for me to add new material and fix a few
errors from the first edition, published two years ago. The new ideas and chord
shapes youll find come directly from my time spent in NYC studying my Master
of Music in jazz guitar. I was very lucky to learn from two masters; Paul
Bollenback and Lage Lund.
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Table of Contents
I. Key
II. Quick Start Guides
Top 10 Beginner Jazz Guitar Chords
Top 5 Modern Chord Voicings
III. Chords
(updated)
Major
- Most essential Major Chords *new*
- Major Chord Chart
Minor
Dominant
Altered Dominants
Suspended Dominant
Half Diminished | Diminished
I V. Understanding Chords
What is a Chord?
6 Fundamentals of Jazz Guitar Chords *new*
What are Rootless/ Multi-Function Chords?
How to Construct Minor Chords - Lesson *new*
V. Chord Formulas
VI. Useful Resources
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Part I Key
Root Note
Note
Dont play string
Root (dont play)
Numbers indicate which
finger to use
3
4
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Here are my top 10 jazz guitar chord voicings I recommend beginner jazz guitarists learn.
These chords will enable you to play almost any jazz standard. Awesome, right?
I recommend you have a basic understanding of bar chords before attempting these chords.
maj7
min7
min9
dom9
m7b5
or half diminished
dom13
dim7
dom7#5
or dom7b13
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m9 pinky stretch
5th fret
stretch that pinky (4th) finger!
dom13b9
min6
susb9
maj7#11
m7b5 add4
min b13
dom13
dom7#9b13
maj7 add9
maj13#11
min11
maj add4
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Major Chords
major = maj =
maj7
maj9
maj6
maj69
maj7#5
maj7#11
maj9#11
maj69#11
maj9
maj13#11
A
Quick
Definition
of
Major
Chords
A major chord is any chord with a root, major 3rd, and perfect 5th. Major chords may have an added 7th,
which must be a major 7th. Common extensions on major chords include a 6, 9, 11, #11, 13th. Common
major chords include: C, Cmaj7, C6, Cmaj9, Cmaj7#11, Cmaj69, Cmaj7#5
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Minor Chords
min7
min9
Bit of a stretch but totally
worth it.
min6
min69
Dorian mode
chords
min11
My favourite
minor voicing.
min-maj7
min-maj9
A
Quick
Definition
of
Minor
Chords
A Minor chord is any chord with a root, Minor 3rd, and Perfect 5th. Minor chords
may have an added 7th, which may be a Minor 7th or a Major 7th. Common
extensions on Minor chords include a 6, 9, 11, Common Minor chords include:
Cminor, Cminor7, Cminor9, Cminor11, Cm69, Cminor6
A minor chord cannot have a major 3rd.
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Dominant Chords
A
Quick
Definition
dom7
dom13
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dom7#11
dom13#11
dom7b9
dom7#9
HENDRIX CHORD
dom7#5#9
dom7#5
dom7#5b9
dom7b9#11
dom13b9
13b9 chords are awesome! Use them with the half-whole diminished
scale. You can always move 13b9 voicings up/down minor thirds (just
like dim7 chords).
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dom7#11#9
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dom13sus
dom9sus4
dom11
Susb9 Chords
susb9
sus13b9
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Half-Diminished Chords
m7b5
m7b5sus4
m9b5
Use with the Locrian #2
scale. (Way hipper than
normal m7b5 chords).
Note: any min6 voicing can be played as a m7b5 voicing (and vise versa). Just play a min6
chord a minor 3rd interval above your m7b5 root. e.g. Bm7b5 = Dm6
Diminished Chords
dim7
Note: any notes in a dimished chord can be a root note. Awesome, right?
You can also move any dim7 voicing up or down minor thirds (3 frets).
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The most important notes of any chord are the Guide Tones; the 3rd and 7th. Why? Because those two notes define
the chord as either major, minor or dominant.
If you keep stacking up notes in thirds onto any chord you create the full, complete chord with all available extensions.
Cmaj13 - full chord
Can you see the 3rd and 7th (your guide tones)?
What other extensions can you see?
As guitarists, we cant play this mega-chord so we pick, chose
and rearrange these notes to create jazz guitar chords. Extensions are our colour notes (9,11,13) which add flavor to our
guide tones (3,7) and core (root, 5th).
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min11
In this chord, you dont play the
root note (diamond), leaving your
fingers free to play the b3, b7,
9,11 - much more colorful notes!
These chords share the exact same notes therefore any voicing you know
for Am9 can be used for Cmaj7 and vise versa. Wow, suddenly your chordal
vocabularly just doubled!
Check it out: Amin7 = C6
Amin9 = Cmaj7
Am11 = Cmaj9
Am69 = G#7Alt, Bsusb9, F#m7b5
Amin-maj9 = Any A Melodic Minor chord
Adim7 = Cdim7, Ebdim7, F#dim7, Ab7b9, D7b9, F7b9
Am7b5 = F9, Cm6
Can you discover any others?
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In this segment you will construct a Minor from the ground up. Youll start with a single
root note, add a triad, add a 7th and finally add some color notes.
Step 1. Find Your Root Note
The root note is the tonic or home note of a given chord. For example the root note of
C Minor 7 is C. Unlike the piano, on the guitar we have many different places to play
the same C note.
For example:
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Adding the note Bb above our simple triad creates a Cmin7 chord. The note Bb is a
minor 7th interval above the root C.
What if you wanted to create a Minor 6 chord? For min6 chords, substitute a major
6th for the Minor 7th. For example, in a Cmin6 we would have the note A on top of our
triad.
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Bonus Material
Below you will find a collection of bonus PDFs on various
chordal topics. Enjoy!
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Maj7 Shape
Dbmaj7 = 4th Fret
m7b5 Shape
Dm7b5 = 5th Fret
7b13 Shape
G7b13 = 3rd Fret
Dom13 Shape
Ab13 = 4th Fret
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