Lage Lund Jazz Guitar Chordal Vocabulary Accompanying Exercises.pdf

JazzHeaven.com Lage Lund Jazz Guitar Chordal Vocabulary Accompanying Exercises PDF preparation: Lage Lund & Sören Führer Please note that this PDF is not meant to be a “stand-alone ebook”, but rather is “only” accompanying material to the video content. The more basic exercises in the video are NOT written out in this PDF. Hence, this PDF does NOT contain ALL exercises covered in the video. It may be helpful to you to print out these pages and have them handy while watching the video. The titles of the exercises in this PDF correspond exactly with the chapter names in the video.

The Plan

Drop 2 Chords with Melody Example #1

4 4

E‹(Œ„Š7)

4 4

3

E‹7(b5)

Drop 2 Chords with Melody Example #2

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Developing a Chordal Vocabulary

2

Major: Switching 3rd and 9th

5 Cmaj9 (1,3,7,9) becomes Cmaj9 (1,9,7,3)

10

E¨Œ„Š9

CŒ„Š9

A¨Œ„Š9

FŒ„Š9

B¨Œ„Š9

D¨Œ„Š9

CŒ„Š9

Major: Switching 7th and Root 14 CŒ„Š9

A¨Œ„Š9

17

G9

D‹9

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Minor: Switching 3rd and 9th 20

24

28

32

C‹9

G‹9

C‹9

G‹9

E¨Œ„Š9

B¨Œ„Š9

Minor: Switching Root and 7th E¨Œ„Š9

B¨Œ„Š9

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3

Minor (no 7th): Switching 3rd and 9th

4 36

C‹9

40

G‹9

E¨Œ„Š9

B¨Œ„Š9

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Getting More Mileage 44

Inversions

CŒ„Š9

Using a Single Chord over II-V-Is 49 F©‹7(b5)

(Cmaj9)

B7½

E‹7

(Ebmaj9)

(Gmaj9)

2 Inversions per Chord 52 F©‹7(b5)

B7½

3 Inversions per chord 55 F©‹7(b5)

B7½

E‹7

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5

6

Creating Movement in a One Chord Situation Inversions of Triad/4

59

63

Seeing it Come Together

Spread Voicings: Approach with 10ths Example #1 F‹7

B¨‹7

E¨7

A¨Œ„Š7

67

D¨Œ„Š7

G7

CŒ„Š7

69

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Spread Voicings: Approach with 10ths Example #2 71

73

F‹7

B¨‹7

D¨Œ„Š7

G7

E¨7

A¨Œ„Š7

CŒ„Š7

Close Voicings: Approach with 3rds Example #1 75

F‹7

D¨Œ„Š7

E¨7

B¨‹7

G7

CŒ„Š7

77

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A¨Œ„Š7

7

Voice Concept

8 80

Approach with Open Triads Example #1 F‹7

D¨Œ„Š7

B‹7

E¨7

G7

A¨Œ„Š7

CŒ„Š7

82

Approach with Close Triads Example #1 F‹7

B¨‹7

E¨7

84

86

D¨Œ„Š7

G7

CŒ„Š7

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A¨Œ„Š7

Chords=Lines

88

E‹7

9

7th Chords without 5th A7½

3

3

3

90 DŒ„Š7

3

3

3

3

3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3

3

33

3

3

3

Spread 7th Chords without 5th E‹7

3

3

A7½

DŒ„Š7

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3

3