Wes Montgomery's Block Chord Method: Transform Your Playing

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In this video, I'm showing you Wes Montgomery's Block Chord Method, an essential technique for any guitarist. This lesson will teach you how to play Block chords using Wes Montgomery's famous technique. This tutorial is designed for anyone who wants to improve their playing skills, and it's a great way to learn new chords and techniques. So whether you're a beginner or an experienced player, make sure to watch this video and learn Wes Montgomery's Block Chord Method!

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Passing Diminished Chords
04:37 - Wes's Concept on Minor 7 Chords
05:13 - Wes's Concept on Dominant 7 Chords
06:17 - Combining It All Together
09:21 - Demonstration of Concepts

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Passing Diminished Chords
04:37 - Wes's Concept on Minor 7 Chords
05:13 - Wes's Concept on Dominant 7 Chords
06:17 - Combining It All Together
09:21 - Demonstration of Concepts

[JBGWAlain]

This is really the key to Wes’ harmonic sound and while it is a simple concept, it takes years (lifetime) to master. The other very important part of the equation that not many people talk about is Wes’ incredible sense of rhythm and time. Anyone who has transcribed a Wes solo notices right away that his timing is hard to copy. By far my favorite player of all time. Nathan, you are a great player and an awesome teacher. It’s nice to see someone carrying the torch. Keep it up. You deserve way more subscribers.

[danieleviale]

Trust me mate, i m graduate here in Italy in jazz at college and this video Is the best lesson i have ever seen

[texaspete]

Now I see a link/practical application of those Barry Harris repeating 6th/diminished chords from the harmonized 6th diminished scale. You just opened a huge door in my musical progress. I've been stuck trying to figure out how to practically apply the Barry Harris basics. This lesson finally gave me the big AHA! moment. This is a gigantic rut-buster. Thanks Nathan!!!

[kayakkootenaybc]

2 years in Music school and this is the best lesson on block chords I've seen. Awesome job.

[yoachelinnocent]

Block chords this is the best lesson more of block chords please 🙏

[remielbox]

Every guitarist needs to watch this video! Thank you very much!

[ashwutrodriguez]

Maaan.. Thanks for this. I've been studying my drop two chords With the diminished passing tones for a long time now. Including side stepping has really helped me turn a corner on this style. Thank you so much again. I've been working at this for years.And this one concept really helped me out quite a bit.

[jz]

Great video! Good information density, no fluff or exposition, no unnecessary camera tricks, nice lighting sound and angles. and great playing and tone! Thank you very much, super work.

[yekri]

Great video ! First part is an incredible application of 6th diminished scale by Barry Harris. Thanks, you play great !

[jacksguitarplanet]

Thanks for the video. I have also heard of the idea of playing a chord scale and using diminished on the notes in between (b2, b3, b5, #5 and b7). I like this idea of inversions also.

[BlueFritzie]

Nathan I’ve always loved Wes since I was a kid, he was a genius. Your analysis of his playing opened my eyes to a few things I can incorporate into my playing thank you very much.

[seanslavin]

This is deep. Probably the reason I never gravitated towards jazz guitar playing is that it's too "heady" for my lazy arse. I know my theory but not at this level. This is an outstanding lesson. Thank you.

[TheEpochCompanion]

Great lesson! I think I noticed a couple minor errors, correct me if I'm wrong though: at 4:48 (and again at 5:00) the chord symbol shows a B° which is what you play, but the tablature shows a C°. Also the tab shows a D° which is what you play but the chord symbol is D-7.

[theshredguitarist]

3:45 wow Liked and subscribed. Thanks for the lesson

[AndyDemos]

Really appreciate this lesson! Always wanted to dip my toes into jazz and Wes’ style and this is a great foundation.

[Chai_K]

Nice and easy to understand, not too fast and overwhelming for some of us. Thanks 🙏😊

[notjonpeavey]

Hey! Great lesson! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[micrps]

Hey Nathan, this Michael from Michigan. Still getting better every day. Glad to see your videos popping up.

[jarediledundee]

Awesome lesson, great video production. Bravo and thank you!