Matt Warnock: Jazz Guitar Chords

Jazz Guitar Chords: Voice Leading Major ii-V’s Video Lesson

As guitarists, we all know how difficult it can be to get enough chords under our fingers to play through our favorite tunes and not sound repetitive. While sitting down and learning inversions for all the different chord types can be helpful, it is also often boring and not conducive to practical application.

One of the best things to do when learning chords is to practice them in common chord progressions and with proper voice leading. Doing so will not only keep things more interesting and practical, but you will cut down the time you spend working on learning your fundamental chord shapes.

In the following video lesson we’ll look at one of my favorite voice leading tricks that can help you learn to comp, chord solo and build chord melody lines over iim7-V7 phrases both quickly and easily. more