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Jazz Beginner Guitar Price:  $24.95 per year Format:  Online - SUBSCRIPTION     Other Formats:  No others yet.     No waiting! Buy and take the guitar course online now!

The basics of guitar apply across all styles. If you are a beginner whose goal is to play the cool sounds of guitar jazz, then this is the place for you. Basics of the instrument, warm-ups, hand positions, and more are discussed here. We'll teach you the most important open position chords and make sure you know every note on the neck from memory. Once you do we'll begin to drill scale structure which will eventually turn into the wild improvisations for which this art form is famous. We will also begin to teach you the skills which will make it possible to read charts and perform in bands and ensembles. A great place to start your jazz career!

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Chapter 1: Meet your Guitar
	Lesson 1: Getting Started in Jazz Guitar
	Lesson 2: Anatomy of a Guitar, Continued
	Lesson 3: Choosing the Right Guitar and Cables
Chapter 2: Tuning and Notes on the Guitar
	Lesson 1: Tuning the Guitar
	Lesson 2: The Names and Numbers of the Strings
	Lesson 3: The Notes on the Neck
	Lesson 4: Sharps and Flats - The Notes between the Notes
Chapter 3: Introducing the C Major Scale
	Lesson 1: Improvising: Positions and The Major Scale
	Lesson 2: Jazz Fingering - First Improvisation
	Lesson 3: First Three- and Four-Note Exercises in Jazz
	Lesson 4: Improvising Within a Major Scale
Chapter 4: More Guitar Lessons, Exercises and Higher Concepts
	Lesson 1: "Riffs" in the C Major Scale
	Lesson 2: Tougher Exercises: Improvisation on a Theme
	Lesson 3: Introduction to Intervals
	Lesson 4: Scales are Moveable!
Chapter 5: Introduction to Jazz Guitar Chords
	Lesson 1: Melody and Harmoney
	Lesson 2: First Position Chords for Jazz
	Lesson 3: Moving Basic Chords / More Notes on the Neck
	Lesson 4: Embellishing Chords: Beyond the 1-3-5
	Lesson 5: More on Chords: Moving and Transposing
Chapter 6: Dominant Chords and their Use in Jazz Guitar
	Lesson 1: Introduction to Minor and Dominant Chords
	Lesson 2: Dominant Chords Up and Down the Neck
	Lesson 3: Chord Keys and Families in Jazz
	Lesson 4: Creation of a "Key" in Jazz
	Lesson 5: The System of Numbering Chords
Chapter 7: Summary and Farewell to Beginner Jazz Guitar
	Lesson 1: The Study of Jazz
	Lesson 2: Farewell to Jazz Level A