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Music Instruments Guitar Chords

Jazz Chord Base: a new Approach for Jazz Chords on Guitar

Learn how to accompany Jazz Tunes on Guitar in a structured and logical manner.
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (281 ratings)
1,663 students
Created by Stefan Mens
Last updated 3/2018
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • To accompany jazz tunes on the guitar
  • To have an accurate orientation on the fretboard

Requirements

  • Basic Knowledge on Guitarplaying
  • You know how to play open chords
  • No need to read music
  • a bit of interest in harmony teaching helps

Description

Do you like jazz? But playing and understanding all these fancy chords seemed hard for you?

The Jazz Chord Base is a system to accompany jazz tunes in a way that will let you understand the chords quick and easy. The course is filled with explanations of the chords, many exercises and every once in a while Stefan tells funny stories of his life as a musician.
Learn the structure of chords, understand how they are developed and then practise them with the many exercises. All the exercises are demonstrated on video, include the lead sheets and come with files to use in iRealBook (an app (not included in the course) that plays a band on your computer with bass, drums and piano in your desired practising tempo). And if you don't own iRealPro: each exercise has an audiofile for download to play along.

Learn to find your way on the fretboard in a logical system and start playing these cool jazz chords from the scratch.

Completing the course will make you a great accompanist either as a single player with a singer/soloist or in a band. Also included is: Playing Chord solos and playing with a conductor.

Here are some statements from guitarists, who have taken the course:

P.O. writes: «… this course seems brilliant. Just enough simplification to make it pretty easy …”
T.T. writes: “… Simplified and broke down the complicated chord theory in to pieces, easy to digest, step by step exercises make the whole learning experience fun and achievable!! Excellent!!!”
C.B. writes: “I have learned more in the last three days than I did in six weeks!...”

This course is also available in German.

Who this course is for:

  • Students of guitar
  • Young professionals or amateurs who like to accompany jazz tunes
  • This course is also available in German!

Course content

8 sections • 121 lectures • 3h 22m total length

  • Preview01:48

  • Preview01:36
  • Short Video: How to install the exercise files into iRealPro
    03:08

  • The Basic Principle
    04:20
  • Common Knowledge: The Names of the Notes
    01:05
  • Preview00:38
  • Where are these Notes on the Guitar Strings?
    03:03
  • Exercise A: Find the notes
    01:16
  • Exercise B: Find the notes, including accidentals
    02:22
  • Test your knowledge about the notes on the guitars lowest two strings
    5 questions

  • Preview of Section 3: The Three Basic Chords
    01:25
  • The 7 (dominant 7) chord
    00:38
  • Exercise 1a: Blues in A
    01:10
  • Exercise 1b: Blues in A - starting with A-shape
    00:50
  • Exercise 2: Blues in D
    01:38
  • Exercise 3: Blues in B
    00:51
  • Exercise 4: Blues in Bb
    01:31
  • The Guitar as a Whole Band
    01:55
  • Exercise 5: Blues in Bb with Chord Walkbass
    01:03
  • The Minor7 - Chord
    02:07
  • Exercise 6: Minor Blues in A
    00:37
  • Exercise 7: Minor Blues in D
    00:45
  • Exercise 8: Minor Blues in A with Substitute-Chords
    00:37
  • Preview00:51
  • Exercise 9: Chord Progression with Major7-Chords
    00:33
  • Table of the Shapes of the 3 Basic-Chords including the Root
    00:11
  • Songs for the 3 Basic Chords
    00:43
  • Exercise 10: Song: Mack the Knife
    01:19
  • Beertime! The least trustworthy Prison Scene in the History of Theater
    02:14
  • Exercise 11: All of Me
    03:28
  • Exercise 12: All of Me with Walkbass
    01:23
  • Exercise 13: I got rhythm
    01:19
  • Beertime! How to play a Broadway Show
    02:56
  • The Rare Chords: The Minor7b5
    01:23
  • Exercise 14: Chord progression with Minor7b5
    01:16
  • The Diminished Chord (o7)
    01:45
  • Exercise 15: Chord Progression with o7-chords
    00:25
  • The Augmented 5th Chord
    00:57
  • Exercise 16: Chord Progression with Augmented Chords
    00:25
  • The 6 Chord
    02:22
  • Exercise 17: Chord progression with 6 chords
    00:26
  • Table of All Shapes, including the Root
    00:12
  • Extremely rare: The Minor-Major7-Chord
    01:08
  • Exercise 18: Chord progression with Minor-Major7 Chord
    00:25
  • Effective Practicing
    05:04
  • Change of the Left Hand's Position
    01:40
  • Exercise 19: The same Chord with different Shapes
    02:00
  • Exercise 20: Blue Bossa
    01:33
  • Exercise 21: Satin Doll
    02:30
  • Exercise 22: Confirmation
    02:34
  • Beertime! A little Philosophy of the Arts
    01:17

  • Preview of Section 4
    04:22
  • The Basic Chords with Tension Notes: The 7/9 and the 7/13
    01:25
  • Exercise 23: Blues in A with Tension Notes
    00:45
  • Exercise 24: Blues in Eb with Tension Notes
    01:03
  • Exercise 25: Blues in Eb with Tension Notes and Walkbass
    01:20
  • The Minor 7/9, Minor 7/11 and Minor 7/13
    00:42
  • Major 7/9, Major7/#11, Major7/13 and the 6/9
    01:27
  • Exercise 26: IIm7-V7-Imaj7 Cadenza with Tension Notes
    00:53
  • Exercise 27: IVmaj7-V7-Imaj7 Cadenza with Tension Notes
    01:25
  • The 7/b9, 7/#9, 7#11 and 7/b13 Chord
    01:44
  • Exercise 28: IIm7(b5)-V7-Im7 Cadenzas in Minor with Tension Notes
    01:49
  • Table of the Shapes with Root and Tension Notes
    00:11
  • Exercise 29: A Girl from Ipanema
    01:29
  • Exercise 30: All the Things You Are
    01:29
  • Exercise 31: Misty
    02:56
  • Exercise 32: My Romance
    02:23
  • Beertime! Ze Italianne Radio Stationne
    01:19

  • Preview of Section 5
    02:06
  • The 7 without Root
    00:43
  • Exercise 33: The 7 Chord Progression
    00:30
  • Exercise 34: Blues in Bb without Root
    00:37
  • Minor7 and Major7, without Root
    00:33
  • Exercise 35: Minor-Blues in A with Substitute Chords
    01:02
  • Exercise 36: Connection of Minor7 and Major7, without Root
    00:58
  • Diminished and Half-Diminished Chords, without Root
    00:54
  • Exercise 37: Blue Bossa, without Root Notes
    01:24
  • Exercise 38: Satin Doll, without Root Notes
    02:03
  • Exercise 39: Let’s boost it! Confirmation
    02:04
  • Exercise 40: April in Paris
    02:07
  • Beertime! I'm playing in the rain!
    02:20

  • Preview of Section 6
    02:24
  • The 7/9, the 7/13 and 7/9/13 chord
    00:37
  • Exercise 41: Business First, Pleasure Second
    02:00
  • Exercise 42: Blues in Excessive Tenso
    01:40
  • The 7/#11
    00:36
  • Exercise 43: Blues with Tritone Substitute (#11)
    02:11
  • 7/b9(#9)
    01:57
  • 7/b13 = 7(#5)
    00:58
  • Exercise 44: Chord Progression with #5
    00:23
  • More 7 Chords with Tension Notes
    00:45
  • Exercise 45: Connecting Tension Notes
    01:28
  • How to memorize all these shapes?
    00:49
  • Minor-7/9 and Minor-7/11
    00:37
  • Exercise 46: Minor7 (IInd step) to 7(Vth step)
    00:56
  • Preview01:16
  • The Most Used Shapes for Major7 and the 6 Chord, with Tension Notes
    01:32
  • Exercise 48: Triste - Major7 in Exchange with the 6 Chord
    01:24
  • Shapes for Minor7(b5) with Tension b9
    00:34
  • Table of Shapes without Root, including Tension Notes
    00:12
  • Exercise 49: Autumn in New York – A Ballad with Many Tension Notes
    02:09
  • Exercise 50: But not for me
    01:15
  • Exercise 51: Hallucinations
    04:36
  • Beertime! A true Hare Krishna Monk.
    02:48

  • What to Play When – Accompaniment means Listening
    07:31
  • Exercise 52: A Foggy Day as a Duet
    01:40
  • Preview01:23
  • Exercise 54: A Foggy Day as a Duet with Fills
    01:53
  • Accompaniment with Small Band With You Playing the Only Harmonic Ins
    00:53
  • Exercise 55: A Foggy Day with Horns, Bass and Drums
    01:10
  • Beertime! James Last … But Not Least…
    01:42
  • Accompaniment in an Ensemble, with Multiple Harmony Instruments
    01:43
  • Exercise 56: A Foggy Day with Piano, Horns Bass and Drums
    01:47
  • Exercise 57: I’m in the Mood for Swing – Big Band Accompaniment with No Further
    04:27
  • Exercise 58: Accompaniment in an Orchestra. – Old Gumbie Cat from Cats
    07:43
  • Exercise 58: Conductor Video for Old Gumbie Cat
    05:37
  • Beertime! Musicians and Pilots
    01:20
  • Soloing with Chords
    02:25
  • Exercise 59: A Chord Solo Over “After You”
    02:32
  • Exercise 60: Bonus: Transcription of a Chord Solo by Wes Montgomery
    00:58
  • What's next?
    03:42
  • Bonus: The Jazz Chord Base as a printed book and find the Facebook JCB-page
    00:34

Instructor

Stefan Mens
Musician and Orchestrator
Stefan Mens
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 342 Reviews
  • 2,112 Students
  • 2 Courses

Stefan unterrichtet seit 30 Jahren Gitarre. Er zeichnet sich durch einen sehr persönlichen und klar strukturierten Unterricht aus. Dank seiner vielfältigen Tätigkeit als Musiker in vielen verschiedenen Kontexten schätzen die Studenten seinen breiten Erfahrungsschatz.

Stefan teaches Guitar since 30 years. He teaches very personal and well structured. His students appreciate the big experience as a preofessional musician in different stiles and musical surroundings.

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