Jazz for the Curious Guitarist

Name: Jazz for the Curious Guitarist
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Complete jazz guitar course. Jazz guitar theory, chords, scales, arpeggios. Improvisation, rhythm, soloing. All levels.

Created byDan Dresnok

Last updated 9/2025

English

What you'll learn

Jazz chords.
Solo using every arpeggio.
Extensive music theory.
Play & construct any scale that exists.
Relative modes across the fretboard.
All guitar basics.
Advanced scales & soloing techniques.
Chord progressions & practice jam examples.
Tablature and reading music.
Altered theory.

Course content

7 sections • 45 lectures • 12h 29m total length

Welcome to the Course11:20
Guitar Fundamentals19:03
Learn the string names, how to read tab (tablature), and how to find any note on your guitar.
Open Chords14:42
Learn all of your open chords including major, minor, 7th, and minor 7th.
Barre Chords - Basic18:44
Learn your major & minor barre chords each in two different positions.
Arpeggios - Basic22:57
Learn your major & minor arpeggios throughout the fretboard.
Rhythm Study28:32
Learn to count all rhythms in both duple & triple time and learn to tap, strum, and pick using this new skill.
Major Scale in C17:56
Learn the most popular scale in jazz - and the world.
Techniques18:38
Learn the guitar techniques that will make your playing special, such as hammer ons, pull offs, slides, bends, and vibrato.

Types of 7th Chords29:49
Learn multiple positions of dominant 7, minor 7, major 7, m7b5, and diminished 7th chords.
Relative Chords18:15
Learn how & what chords work well together in relation to the major scale notes.
Relative Modes19:46
Learn all of the relative modes, the seven shapes of the major scale that traverse the entire fretboard. This is a wonderful awakening for your guitar solos.
Relative Chords with 7ths20:36
We will expand on our relative chords grid by including the respective 7th chords for each scale degree.
Arpeggios - 7ths20:23
Learn the extended 7th arpeggios to solo over any 7th chord perfectly.
Jam - Relative C Chords24:02
Use all of your skills to solo throughout the relative C chords in this tutorial. Modes, arpeggios, and various chord combinations are fully explored.

Types of 6 and 9 Chords19:02
Learn the variations and positions of 6th and 9th chords.
Relative Chords to the 9th Extension15:56
We continue to expand on our relative chord grid using all extensions to the 9th degree.
Arpeggios - 6s and 9s16:55
Learn to arpeggiate all variations of 6th and 9th arpeggios to solo over them with perfection.
Various Types of Chords15:15
Learn the shapes & theory of various chord types, such as sus, add, and slash chords.
Chord Numbering17:16
Take a deeper look at the Nashville numbering system and a full workup of the notes for all 12 music keys.
The ii V I Change14:44
Learn the most common chord change in jazz.

Intervals22:27
Learn how to decipher notes, scales, and chords using intervals.
Relative Chords to the 13th Extension26:35
Learn the shapes of the remaining extended chords, the 6/9, 11th, and 13th variations and how they work within the relative chord grid.
Arpeggios - 6/9, 11, 1317:02
Learn to arpeggiate the remaining extended chords to create perfect solos over those chords.
Chord Tones & Dyads19:53
Learn one of the best-kept secrets of jazz soloing - chord tones. Also, learn about using dyads to create mini chords within your soloing.
Reading Music28:52
Learn to read music the traditional way - using the standard notation staff. I will teach you a simple method to get you reading music for the guitar immediately.
Cycling 4ths11:08
We will use a cool jazz concept to arrange our scale chords in an interesting way for us to practice soloing all of our arpeggios & scales/modes.

Altered Chords20:03
Learn all about altered chords and how & when to use them, as well as a practice jam with altered chords.
Altered Arpeggios17:14
Learn the arpeggios for altered chords and how to construct them in the moment.
Whole Tone Scale9:25
Learn the whole tone (or augmented) scale and how & when to use it to solo over altered chords.
Super Locrian Mode13:12
Learn the most versatile scale for soloing over altered chords - the 7th mode of the melodic minor scale.
Diminished Scale14:34
Learn the diminished scale and how to use it, including all basic diminished theory.
Passing Dim7 Chords15:34
Learn how to add passing diminshed 7th chords chromatically beside any other chord, as well as a great trick for passing 9b5 descending chords.

Passing Dominant Chords19:28
Learn to pass dominant & altered chords chromatically approaching any chord.
Tritone Substitution & Secondary Dominants17:26
Learn about tritone substitution and how to pass a secondary dominant over any chord.
Advanced Pentatonics19:31
Get a crash course in major & minor pentatonic scales, then learn how to use them in extreme ways to solo over major, minor, & dominant chords.
Bebop Scales10:04
Learn how to construct these 8-tone scales (based on the major scale) to access some interesting new tones for a jazzy sound.
Jazz Progression 18:21
Use chords, arpeggios, & scales to play through this progression of jazz chords.
Jazz Progression 212:26
Use chords, arpeggios, & scales to play through this progression of jazz chords.
Honorable Mention9:18
Congratulations on completing this course! Great work, well done! I will be giving you some final thoughts on what you can do next for playing and listening to jazz. Thank you for going through this course with me!

Backing Track - C 116 bpm10:12
Solo over these backing tracks. Be creative, push yourself to come up with new melodies, and have fun!
Backing Track - Cm 72 bpm10:06
Solo over these backing tracks. Be creative, push yourself to come up with new melodies, and have fun!
Backing Track - Eb 88 bpm10:11
Solo over these backing tracks. Be creative, push yourself to come up with new melodies, and have fun!
Backing Track - C 100 bpm9:59
Solo over these backing tracks. Be creative, push yourself to come up with new melodies, and have fun!
Backing Track - Bb 140 bpm10:03
Solo over these backing tracks. Be creative, push yourself to come up with new melodies, and have fun!
Bonus Lecture2:15

Requirements

This course is for everyone - including complete beginners.
You only need a guitar - any guitar with six strings.

Description

Welcome to Jazz for the Curious Guitarist! If you're ready to play real jazz guitar, then this course is for you. You'll go from the basics of guitar playing to a high level of jazz in which you'll have knowledge of all chords that exist, basic & advanced scales, arpeggios, rhythm, and music & guitar theory. You'll also understand the jazz feel and how to improvise your own solos.

We'll start the course assuming that you're a complete beginner. The first section of the course - Guitar Basics - is all about teaching you the guitar basics to get you ready for the jazz lessons.

There are seven sections in this course: Guitar Basics, Beginner, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert, & Backing Tracks which total over 12 hours of video content.

Most lesson videos in this course include PDF attachments, which are the TAB & text lessons that you can download & print. Be sure to get all the PDFs. Some lessons have multiple attachments.

Any kind of six-string guitar will work well for this course - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, or classical guitar.

Many of the best guitarists in the world are jazz guitarists, so we have a lot of work to do!

I'm glad you're here! Let's begin.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to learn jazz guitar.
Complete beginners.
Intermediate guitar players.
Advanced guitarists.

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Guitar Basics8 lectures • 2hr 32min

Jazz Beginner6 lectures • 2hr 13min

Jazz Novice6 lectures • 1hr 39min

Jazz Intermediate6 lectures • 2hr 6min

Jazz Advanced6 lectures • 1hr 30min

Jazz Expert7 lectures • 1hr 37min

Backing Tracks6 lectures • 53min

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