Dominant chord constructing and substituting chords to spice up your rhythms – 12:46 min   

In this lesson dave Nassie teaches some chord substituting or comping. This is a device to spice up your progressions and put a new spin on them. Here we teach in a very jazzy type feel but these principles can be crossed over to other genres of music. Dave starts with a basic progression in the key of C and teaches how to make any chord a dominant chord. Dave makes chords from all the chords in the key of C major and teaches how to alter them with some music theory thrown in to boot. Get creative with these new voicings and utilize them in your progressions. 

Octave playing in the GEORGE BENSON jazzy style 13:08 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie teaches some jazzy playing in the style of George Benson. Here you will learn all about adding octave rhythms and licks to your playing. These examples are played over a jazzy jam track in the key of Bminor. Be sure and check out the jam tracks to practice these devices – its the Bm jazzy jam in the jam tracks section of the site. Here Dave outlines the B minor pentatonic scale and the B natural minor scale to build the lick examples. Use these devices and techniques in your playing and get creative with them. Rock oN!

JAZZ RHYTHMS and CHORDS the 251 change 2516 and more pt1 13:15 min

In this lesson David teaches all about the meat and potatoes of the jazz change – the 251. Here you will learn all about the 251 change and lots of variations on the 251 change in the key of Eb. You will learn many variations on the 251 change and why these changes sound so good together. Learn a 2516 and 36251 change. All based off that 251 – which is like the I-IV-V is blues music – the meat and potatoes. Take your time getting the fingerings for these chords and changes down as some will take a while, especially if you are not used to them. But chip away at them and practice the changes back and forth practicing the mechanics of the changes till you get them smooth. This is part one of a two-part rhythm lesson  

JAZZ RHYTHMS and CHORDS the 2-5-1 change and chord comping part2 – 13:14 min

In this lesson David continues on from part one in this study of the meat and potatoes of the jazz change – the 251. In the previous lesson you learned about the 251 change and lots of variations on the 251 change in the key of Eb with the base chords being utilized. In this lesson you will learn all about chord substations or chords comps. Learn many altered chords and cool fingerings to really dress up your changes. Take your time getting the fingerings for these changes down as some will take a while, especially if you are not used to them. But chip away at them and practice the changes back and forth practicing the mechanics of the changes till you get them smooth. This is part two of a two-part lesson 

Learn all about a jazzy progression, comps, and lead playing with Dorian – 14:17 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie takes you through some cool jazz chords and progressions as well as some chord comping or chord subsitutions. We will be playing in a 2-5-1 progression in the key of C. Dave teaches all the ways to play arpeggios and scale shapes over the progression. Dave teaches about target notes as well as the Dorian mode for soloing.

Jazzy chord progression with tough changes – work on changing skills – 11:11 min

In this lesson David Taub teaches you a jazzy chord progression exercise with some challenges chord changes in it. This way you can get your chord changing skills to the next level while also learning some new chords and a hip cool progression. Learn a Major 6th chord, b9 chord and more in this cool exercise/progression – keep pushing yourself on the guitar and that will help moving you to the next level. 

More advanced ways to jazz up your blues with CHORD COMPING – 10:16 min

In this lesson Marty takes it to the next level with chord comping to spice up your blues rhythms. This will really jazz up your blues rhythms. Here Marty starts simple and goes through the lesson adding more and more things as he goes along. He also discusses lead playing over the rhythms. he chords and rhythms are writen out on the screen in text to make learning fun and easy – so start jazzing up those blues!

Jazzy minor 2-5-1 basic rhythm progression and solo opportunities – 10:42 min

In this lesson we have a very basic jazz 2-5-1 progressin in the key of Cminor. The progression is a Dm7b5 – G7 – Cm7. The minor 2-5-1 is a basic building block of many jazz and fusion progressions – can be considered the backbone so to speak. We also will teach you in this lesson how to play the harmonic minor scale over these chords. Learn all the chords and rhythm as well as what to use solo wise and improviastion wise over the changes.

GO TO THE JAM TRACKS SECTION OF THE SITE TO GET THE JAM TRACK THAT COINCIDES WITH THIS LESSON – AND THEN PRACTICE AWAY

Add jazzy touches to bluesy rhythms with chord embellishments and comps – 6:49 min

IN this lesson you will learn some more jazzy type progressions with some new chords and new strums. As well as new turnarounds and other ways to play and embellishyour rhythm playing. Here we go….

Learn a longer progression in Bminor with a jazzy feel – 9:41 minutes 

In this module you will learn a longer progression in the key of B minor. It will have some new chords and some new strums so you can really use this lesson to practice your rhythm and timing and strumming as well as to keep increasing your chord vocabulary. It is so important to continue to further your rhythm and timing skills as well as to keep learnin gand practicing new chords. Remember to keep using the new chords in progressions and songs to really ram them into your memory banks. This is also a great exercise to practice changing your bar chords. You will see all chords up close and personal as well as on screen text ties it all together.