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Jazz Chord Tricks

Explore the II-V-I and I-VI-II-V sequences and some advanced jazz tricks to spice up your playing.

5 Lessons

II-V-I Chord Sequences

II-V-I Chord Sequences

The II V I chord sequence is by far the most common chord sequence in jazz so you need to learn some cool ways of playing it.  Because the V chord is functioning (going ...

Tritone Substitution

Tritone Substitution

Tritone substitution is a very cool jazz chord substitution. Before watching this you should have done the previous lessons in this series - without a solid understanding...

Diminished as a 7b9 Chord

Diminished as a 7b9 Chord

In this lesson we are going to check out a way to use the diminished chord as a 7b9 chord. Again this applies ONLY to functioning dominants. I wrote on the video it was a...

I-VI-II-V Chord Sequence Substitutions

I-VI-II-V Chord Sequence Substitutions

A great way to get using your chord extensions and substitutions is to apply them to the I VI II V chord progression. It forms the first part of "rhythm changes" (more on...

I-VI-II-V Chord Variation Exercise

I was shown this exercise by my teacher and friend, and awesome guitar player (one of the best modern jazz players I think I've heard) Carl Dewhurst (he's now back in Aus...