5 Jazz Chord Techniques You'll Use Every Day!

You will sound 100 times better if you focus on what you can do with the jazz chords you already know instead of trying to memorize complete books of chord shapes and learn complicated music theory for substitutions.  I'll show how it works you using 3 basic Jazz chords because, surprisingly, Less is More when it comes to Jazz chords.

3 Basic Jazz Chord Exercises That Will Change Your Playing in 2024

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Content:
00:00 Jazz Chords: Less Is More
00:34 How The Chords Should NOT Sound
00:54 #1 Bending Chords?
01:47 #2 The Natural Split
03:23 #3 The Simplest Melodic Split
04:22 Flexible Chords Outside Jazz
05:31 #4 Stay In Your Lane
08:05 #5 Neighborhood Chords
09:41 Let's delve deeper into jazz comping!
10:04 Like the video? Check out my Patreon page!

My name is Jens Larsen, Danish Jazz Guitarist, and Educator. The videos on this channel will help you explore and enjoy Jazz. Some of it is how to play jazz guitar, but other videos are more on Music Theory like Jazz Chords or advice on practicing and learning Jazz, on guitar or any other instrument.

The videos are mostly jazz guitar lessons, music theory, song analysis, and videos on jazz guitars.

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[JensLarsen]

Which techniques are essential for Jazz chords?
3 Basic Jazz Chord Exercises That Will Change Your Playing

[MrMont-uekh]

Thanks so much, Jens! I think I got the most out of those rhythms between the root and the other notes in the chord. Stuff I can use right away to spice things up!

[cbolt]

Another superb lesson that im sure ill return to time and time again...

[simonwiltshire]

This is one of the best things I have seen on YouTube for guitar! Thank you :)

[adampecsek]

Cant believe I'm seeing a John Squire shoutout in a Jens video. I listened to Second Coming endlessly in high school :)

[AaronLS.]

This was very accessible for beginners. Thank you.

[CoenBijpost]

I love your creative editing, man. Cracks me up every time, because your laid back style and attitude actually makes it a bigger surprise! Your videos are a kind of jazz in and of themselves in that way. Swingy, soft, yet surprising at the same time.

[slawekgorzynski]

Jens, You do great job. I love your lessons so much.
Thank You

[TheChillennial]

Really appreciate your work. Been online looking up music stuff for a couple decades. You're one of the best out there.

[ricklaino]

Always helpful and informative mentioned "comping " in the comments of a previous video and it is...!!! Thanks

[gregorwirth]

Hey Lars, it's amazing better. Thank you.

[DadPhone-vroq]

Very insightful! Jens' video made me want to get my guitar and try out these ideas!

[benkatof]

Great as always Jens. For me be able to play (essentially) the same chord in the same position on different string sets has been important, as has being able to move the same chord up and down the neck.

[RS-xord]

Rather than playing small group jazz, I've ended up as the guitarist in two big bands. I'd love to hear if you have any experiences or tips that would help those of us doing this. Rootless voicings are de rigeur, of course.

[chrisegonmusic]

I too use any excuse to use an Yngwie quote 🧐

[thirdlegstalliano]

How can less be more? It's impossible. More is more
- Malmsteenius Swedish God of the Arpeggio

[rillloudmother]

I'm a sucker for those yngwie quotes that unleash the F'n fury.

[hermiasvisser]

Hi Jens,
Do you do teaching online?
One on one?

[damien_gvibes]

Please Sir what's that jimmy's song (Concert) at 7:01

Excellent video's on your chennel by the way... They helped me alot to progress on my guitar learning jurney.

[damonshanabarger]

5:08 Sometimes, I feel that I need to bash 5 chords all over the fretboard just to re-program my brain.