Jazz Guitar Lessons

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Lesson 1: The ii-V Progresson
Lesson 2: The Harmonic Minor Scale
Lesson 3: The Melodic Minor Scale
Lesson 4: The Bebop Dominant Scale
Lesson 5: Bebop Lines over the Minor 7 Chord
Lesson 6: Bebop Lines over the Min7(b5) Chord
Lesson 7: Guitar Shell Voicings
Lesson 8: Turnarounds
Lesson 9: Line Variations from Chord Substitutions
Lesson 10: More Bebop Licks
Lesson 11: Using the Tritone Substitution
Lesson 12: Exploring Tritone Subs
Lesson 13: Part 1: The 13(#11) Chord
Lesson 14: Part 2: The 13(#11) Chord
Lesson 15: Random Musings
Lesson 16: Handouts from Shell Lake
Lesson 17: Chord Melody Intro
Lesson 18: The Parallel Dominant Approach
Lesson 19: Theory Behind the Music

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