Diatonic Chords Exercises - The Most Useful & Important

Learning The Diatonic Jazz Chords for any scale is an important part of exploring what harmonies and melodies are contained in the scales.

In this video I am going to go over how to construct diatonic 7th chords and a few exercises to help you learn and play them. This should help you get started playing songs like jazz standards.

It is also very important to realize that the diatonic chords are the same as the diatonic arpeggios and you need to know and use your solos.

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[JensLarsen]

I think Diatonic Chords and Arpeggios are one of the most important things to know and really have in your system. What do you think? 🙂

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Thanks for the great lesson and providing subtitles, it's easier to understand for me since English is not my primary language, you explained it very well and deserves more subscribers. Keep making great content Jens!

[jumemowery]

Jens, I love how your lessons are geared to different skill levels. It's nice to be able to pick up a few things from even a basic lesson like this. Thanks!

[joehernandez]

Thanks Jens. That’s the clearest explanation of secondary cadences I have seen. Very useful. I tried it and found some very musical ideas while practicing.

[sunburntaquaticape]

Some great practice exercises here, I really like the one where you are going through the cadences in the diatonic key. thanks Jens!

[dkwvt]

The second half of this video is fascinating, I'm not sure I've seen this information (set up this way) before. I learned another version of the diatonic chord scale with the root notes moving from strings 6-4 in a box. C-6, d-6, e-5, F-5, G-5, a-4, B-4, C-4. The scales and arpeggios were all built from the same major scale pattern working up through the box. Just a different approach but it set up several different chord shapes and emphasized the shifting intervals in the different scales. My teacher at the time felt staying in a playable box was a very efficient way to learn and play for a beginner, I was just sitting in the chair and I did what he told me to do... 😎. Thank you as usual for all your time and insights

[franckcebret]

Back to the fundamentals is always good ! Thanks for this sharing

[cbolt]

Your information has seriously improved my understanding. Thank you

[arvh]

I love this concept and i have seen an older lesson by u i believe. Fantastic stuff. Thanks Lars. DAMN Arpeggios. I want to be able to play them on the fly anywhere on the fret practice practice practice.

[ApplestKingofApples]

I was always upset that I could play the non-inverted or dropped voicing M7 shape, but couldn’t play the equivalent m7 shape. I wrote it off as being impossible to play unless I had a very small scale neck, but here I see you playing that shape along with the dom7 and diminished7 shapes too. I’m as impressed as I am jealous hahaha.

[petejandrell]

Great video lesson today Jens, all gold :)

[malorycouvet]

Really useful advices and knowledge thx!

[gerardogodinez]

Great lesson!! Thanks maestro, saludos from México city

[matteocoda]

Thank you. I am self teaching me this chord. Struggling to stretch my hand for some chords...

[dsargeant]

If you’re a guitar teacher, improvise chord changes while your students play their scales. You learn lots and most students find it fun.

[andruspain]

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[joachimfrings]

Hi Jens . Thanks for another useful lesson. Where is the link to the PDF, it's missing on your Web Page?

[brucerain]

How should I go about knowing all these chords? Do I just remember each shape, or remember the notes and build chords each time? Hope that made sense

[Danumurti]

251 for minor chord is : IIm7b5, V7b9, Im

251 for major chord is :
IIm, V79, Imaj7

What 251 for dominant and half dim chord?

[heathcampbell]

Hi Jens, or anyone who knows... why do you use a G7 rather than a Gmaj7? is it purely because it sounds better or am I missing something? Thankyou.