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This is the first jazz lesson that didn’t make me feel stupid for not already knowing jazz. Thanks!

I was a photography instructor for 33 years until I retired several years ago. I know good teaching when I see it and you're it. Some of these guys who just play along (at full tempo) and 'say' the chord or play the melody - that's useless if you don't know how an A# flat 9 half diminished with a cherry on top...is played. I first found your A Train video and found the tabs, chords, etc. very easy to follow...for an old man learning jazz guitar. Please keep doing what you are doing.

This is an excellent example of a COMPLETE lesson! Delivered by a competent musician AND teacher! KUDOS!

Finally! A jazz guitar video that made some sense! Good work, thanks

The technical instruction and demonstration of clamping finger on each jazz chords is so nice. I am just learning how to play jazz guitar.

Really glad I found you, I think thanks to Jens. Your method is the best method. It’s taken me 30 years to get to the point where I can clearly build my own chords. If I’d had this from the start it would have been different. Please keep going. I think all your lessons I’ve seen are so far smashing. But if you build up chords in lessons, note for note, you’ll be doing something really unique. When people call out notes of chords, they’ll say the note (who cares what note it is) or the position. We need intervals, not notes. Your tone, style, and pace is super classy when you’re speaking as well my dude, and compliments what you’re doing. Excellent. My first real break through was when building chords, let’s say on the sixth string, I’d say ‘well fifth string would probably have my five. My major three lives here too. My sevenths live on my fourth string, also a major sixth. On the third string lives my…’ and so on. Your videos help strengthen this strategy. I have yet to do it going backwards, like taking a fourth string root and building back towards the lower strings. Cheers teach, and thank you.

Hi Greg, Thanks for your very inspiring and easy-to-understand teaching. I have spent many years with my guitar, but youbring new ideas to me. So great!

Voicing, mood, flow - key breakdown clearly explained and demonstrated using your simple dom, maj, min chord examples! Bravo!

I've been slowly adding some jazz flavors to my playing - this is super useful. I love your teaching method as well!

I can tell you right now Greg, this has added a geat dimension to my playing of jazz chords. ✔

There is such a wealth of information in this lesson and given in an easily assimilated manner. Great job !

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As a complete newcomer to jazz guitar I have been alternatey impressed/depressed by Gregg's lessons for several years. This is one of the best/most encouraging I have watched.

Best Jazz guitar lesson I've seen!!!! There are many amazing guitarists but very few can teach. You're an amazing instructor and I'm sure an amazing performer as well. Thanks!!!

As a rocker & middle of the road to ballad musician I have found this introduction to using Jazz chords to colour up my chord selections to my compositions very very helpful. Thank you for demystifying the Jazz Chords & helping me to understanding them in a very practical way that I will definitely be using in the future. Joe from Tasmania

Great lesson and a very friendly teaching style. I subscribed and look forward to more great lessons. Thanks!

Greg - Found the use of colours for the 3 chord types certainly aided my understanding . Thanks mate

Great Video...thanks so very much..!

Wonderful. Straight forward but very informative. Thanks so much...

Thank YOU!!

Great content. You are a really first class teacher Greg 👏👍

Terrific video. Thank you.

You are the best man! Subscribed right away

Great jazz music is the best

Fantastic lesson

Fab lesson! Learned a huge amount…thanks! Wonderful teaching style! Bobelvis

I’m a new subscriber, I love your teaching style, thank you for sharing..

Greetings from Perth Greg-🙏 Thanks for demystifying jazz for us-and in such a great teaching and laymans style--excellent stuff, ill certainly be getting your course

Incredibly interesting and helpful ! Thank you for sharing !

excellent teaching. Thank you.

Amazing video.. thank you

Thanks, very easy to understand.

Great system!

Tnks u mr 🙏🙏🙏

wonderful!

You are awesome teacher 👌

Brilliant lesson. Thank you

i dont' know why ? but this dude makes me feel good about chords 🤓

Awesome Lesson

Excellent lesson!

Marvellous lesson. Thamkyou

Really great simple lesson

Excellent video as i get into jazz , really clear perfectly done ! Thanks dude for the work of this video and to share that , god bless !

Jazz guy plays thousands of chords to three people Rock n roll guy plays three chords to thousands of people

I am an older player mostly played Country music and sixties rock...My first Jazz experience was the Great Howard Roberts...And I was kinda hooked...I have in the last few Years got into Gypsy Jazz...lots of listening and not playing as I am layed up

Thank you very much!

Nice jazz lesson👍

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Great lesson

great lesson

Its amazing 😍😍👍👍👍

Good advice there, Greg! 🙂

Thanks a lot I'm try now

Very useful

Wonderful Many Thanks.New Sub.

Excelente

Thank you

Really a nice approach.. I will spend some time then maybe sign up

As most others had put them gud positive comment.... SURE do me..... ITS' among A good one💪 🙏🙏🙏tq for sharing.

I got the 6th, thanks

Great content sir.I am a metal guitar player but,I wanna spice things up you know🤘🏻

Thanks for a lesson that left me thinking "I can do this" rather than I've got an impossible mountain to climb.

3 minutes 40 seconds to get started. i like that.

Just the sound I've been looking for! thanks.. only I can't move my pinky like you did..it seems to not want to leave my ring finger

Good

Thank you so much. So clever teaching Jazz simplified. Truly appreciate your video. How do I get back tracks to practice

Not to be picky, but wasn't that last chord Gmi6??? Love your presentation. I'm gonna check out more. oops

I remember the Joe Pass Hotlicks video that used to be on KZfaq. There was so much info in it.

As professional guitarist with limited theory who plays lots of standards mostly by ear, I often decide on a minor 7 b 5 when a minor 7 doesn't sound like enough and a dim. sounds like too much. Works for me. (Sometimes lol)

Oy, mate, Boston,, thanks!!! Vegimity

21:25 is not Gm7 - you have G Bb D E, you need F instead of E

Great teaching. Thanks for taking it slow on us jazz newbies. This explanation is very clear and concise and the finest teaching i have seen on jazz. i am retired and watch guitar instruction videos all the time and this is the most helpful one i have seen. I think your likes are going to go way up when you get more exposure on YT.

muy buen video!! que guitarra es la que usas?

nice lesson thank you! what model ibanez is that?

Great Video. I used to be a metal-head and I am thinking I want to learn some smooth jazz guitar. I am looking for a more suitable guitar- I think I want an acoustic/electric that plays like a well set-up electric, if that makes sense. What model is that Ibanez you're playing? I tend to like wide fretboards so I have more room to cram my fingers in on those tight chords, Thanks!

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Hi. Thanks for your lesson. It is very helpful for me. May I ask you a question? I find that in minute 21:23 you write Gm7 but you are playing Gm6, am I wrong?

Hi Greg, do i get this lesson and more if i join your online class? Tq

What about dim and aug chords? They are types of chords too.

Nice guitar you have! Is that an older model Ibanez Emperor?

hi

The first cord is using the b7 not 7??

Five fingers, you can of course use your thumb as well.

Nice. Thank you. Yet, this is not really sufficient to play any progression, as one would need also the chords where the root of the ii and I are played on 5th string, and the root of V played on 6th string.

Hi, what is this for a Ibanez Guitar? which Model

what scale would you use for soloing

One thing I can not understand as a new jazz learner, if it’s in the key of G why does the progression start with Am7? It’s different in classical or pop music at list on the keyboard. If the song is in the key of G should it start in G?

Guitar instructors need to name the fingers- index, middle, ring, little or pinky. Reference Hand Surgery Society 8:47

I'm lucky I guess my hands are big so I can bar 2 strings with just my finger tip I play a lot of chords that way

Father Dougal.

Great lesson, thanks. BUT - Why is a dominant chord a dominant chord? Isn't it a major chord like the others? So basically it's just two categories, right? Major and minor.

the dominant 7th is = to the flat 7th, not the natural 7th. the natural 7th belongs to the major family, like the I OR 4 chord of the diatonic scale. i understand what your saying or meaning, but the diagram is labeled wrong. just saying

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there is nothing easy with jazz chords ... seriously massive finger pretzel chords !

A C9 what⁉️

Your description of the system confuses terminology in regard to chord type, you conflate it with chord function. You are correct to describe major and minor as chord types, and the terms don't necessarily describe function nor define their roots in a diatonic key. However dominant is not descriptive of a chord type, when referring to a chord it is only descriptive of the position of a chord's root note. Same as the words tonic, mediant etc However, SEVENTH chords of the dominant, by virtue of their uniqueness within each key of the diatonic key system, are chords that are strongly functional (in this case requiring resolution), and along with their resolution serve to define both a key and their position within it . It is therefore often helpful, as your system does, to consider them as a group, in terms of their function and construction. Summary: There are not three chord types: major minor and dominant. There are four basic types: major, minor, diminished and augmented. Others types, such as those known as altered, are less common. SEVENTH chords of the dominant are so highly and uniquely functional, that they can be regarded as a functional family, particularly for the practical reasons required in anyone's jazz chord repertoire. Finally, extensions can be added to any of the chord types according to convention.

20 minutes this guy sits on one chord

Uh, hello...Diminished?

Too much info cramped in a video titled "easy"