Learn A Jazz Blues Chord Melody – How to play Solo Guitar

Playing Chord Melody solos when you are playing solo jazz guitar is something can seem very difficult. In this video I am going to go over an example of a Jazz Blues Chord Melody and how you might approach this, I think the easiest way to demonstrate this is to give you an example of how I do this and talk about what is going on and how to play it.

This lesson is made around a one chorus example of an improvised Chord Melody Solo. It is on a Jazz Blues in C with a fairly standard Jazz version of that chord progression. All the voicings are a pretty simple mix of Drop2, Drop3, and Shell-voicings.

🔴 Subscribe for more free Jazz Guitar Lessons and Videos: https://bit.ly/JensLessons

☑️ Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jenslarsen/

✅DOWNLOAD A FREE E-BOOK with 15 II Valt I licks!
Sign up for my newsletter:

Sign up for my newsletter – Get the II V I Ebook

▶️ Check out my latest video: https://goo.gl/G16gVx

🎸Join us in the Facebook Jazz Guitar Group Community: http://bit.ly/InsidersFBGroup

Download the PDF: https://jenslarsen.nl/learn-a-jazz-blues-chord-melody-how-to-play-solo-guitar/

Content:
0:00 Jazz Blues Solo Chorus
0:34 Intro
1:20 What I Cover in the Breakdown of the solo
1:49 Is this a good lesson format? Leave a comment
2:10 Shell Voicings and Call-Response
2:22 First 4 bars
4:24 Improvising in a Solo Guitar Setting
5:06 Lines in this type of setting.
5:35 Make Melodic Statements not rows of chords
6:07 First 4 bars with Tabs
6:20 Second 4 bars
8:08 Right Hand Technique
9:30 Diminished chords and inversions
10:07 Same voicing different fingerings
11:15 Repeating Bass notes
12:57 Second 4 bars slowly with sheet music
13:34 Last 4 bars – A Bebop Line and more walking bass
16:13 Walking bass and solo line
18:12 The Final 4 bars slowly with tabs
18:29 Let me know what you think about this format?
18:44 Like the video? Check out my Patreon Page!

If you like this video and want to help translate it into your own language you can do so here: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?v=YStKvDWkqSc&ref=share

Edited by Luciano Poli

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenslarsenYTlessons
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JensLJazz
Snapchat: jenslarsenjazz
Instagram: https://instagram.com/jenslarsenjazz/
Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JensLarsen/posts/p/pub
Tumblr: http://jenslarsenjazz.tumblr.com/

My Gear:
Sono Core Vintage 13-53 Strings: http://www.sono-tone.com/products.html
Powered Monitor: http://amzn.to/2iPKMza
Audio Interface: http://amzn.to/2iPKGrd
Headphones: http://amzn.to/2iPKqbQ
Camera: http://amzn.to/2hXxBfJ
Notation Software: http://bit.ly/GuitPro
Notation Software: http://amzn.to/2iLCZQk
Web hosting – Siteground: https://www.siteground.com/index.htm?afcode=77f5392e5577969ff5e82a3484f8aff8
John Daw Custom picks: http://dawmanpicks.com/