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Chord Tone Soloing Jazz Guitar Workout (Part 2: Exercises 5-9 on Solar by Miles Davis)


This video is a continuation of exercises to help you master chord tone soloing over progressions that change keys.
???? FREE Arpeggio Shapes PDF for targeting chord tones when soloing → https://bit.ly/3cw1RbA

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???? LINKS & LESSONS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
???? My website → https://www.soundguitarlessons.com/
???? Full playlist of this series → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF3yFCDePmeIjAITr8OcexOE
???? Chord tone soloing part 1 → https://youtu.be/RiYg9MZkzhI
???? Scales improvisation series → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF2X5wc28itw01Saq5Mo9di8
???? FREE Arpeggio Shapes PDF for targeting chord tones when soloing → https://bit.ly/3cw1RbA

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???? LESSON DESCRIPTION:
This is part two of my chord tone soloing series.
In part one, we did a series of exercises to memorize the arpeggio shapes for “Solar” by Miles Davis.
In this video, we finish my exercise series on chord tone soloing.
You can do this over any jazz tune.
In these exercises, we practice the arpeggios to a backing track, getting you closer to real improvisation.
This process will help you clearly visualize where the chord tones are, find voice leading, and improvise truly original music over any chord progression.
I hope you enjoy this lesson about chord tone soloing and find it beneficial.
Let me know what you think in the comments.
Thanks! 🙂
– Jared

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???? RULES OF THE GAME:
• Play chord tones only
• Play constant notes
• Continue in the same direction within each arpeggio shape
• Always resolve by half step if possible
• If you can’t resolve forwards by half step, resolve backwards
• If you can’t resolve by step, resolve by step from the second to last note
• If you can resolve by half step in both directions, choose either one
• Don’t get caught in a rut
• No looking at the progression
• Graces notes are allowed, but don’t give chromatic notes their own rhythmic duration
• Pass each exercise x times in a row without mistakes
• If you can’t resolve by step from the last or second to last note, continue in the same direction
• When you make a mistake, finish the form out of time before starting over

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???? FREE Arpeggio Shapes PDF for targeting chord tones when soloing → https://bit.ly/3cw1RbA

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???? VIDEO CONTENT OUTLINE (WITH TIMESTAMP LINKS):
00:00 – About this video
00:47 – Video outline
03:48 – Review part 1
05:21 – Rules of the game
17:09 – Exercise #5
23:26 – Exercise #6
25:46 – Exercise #7
27:57 – Exercise #8
30:23 – Exercise #9
32:15 – Free arpeggio shapes download
32:44 – Bonus tip!

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Originally posted by UCjHMWH0YwQ1Fq3wvBc2ClAw at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKKSqHPDS14

8 thoughts on “Chord Tone Soloing Jazz Guitar Workout (Part 2: Exercises 5-9 on Solar by Miles Davis)

  • "If you can’t resolve forward by half step, resolve backwards"… just trying to understand the rules here… at about 19:30 in the video shouldn't the change from the Db note (on Dbmaj7) keep going 'forward' to the C note (on Dm7b5) instead of going 'backwards' to the D note? Great lesson, btw… thanks!

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  • Jazz has always been very intimidating to me, and it still is, but thanks to your videos now I know it's doable. I've watched hundreds of videos from different people on YouTube in English and Spanish and none comes even close to yours. All your teachings follow a very logical path , and your exercises seem hard as f***, but still doable if you put enough time and effort into it. Also, you never try to show off, while it is clear to all of us that you have the skills and knowledge for it. Thanks for all this great work.

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