Nate's Jazz Guitar Lines - How to Get The Jazz Sound!

Have you been trying to figure out how to get the jazz sound so that you can compose and improvise your own authentic sounding jazz solos? If so, and if you happen dig the sound I'm getting on the following standard jazz chord progressions, let me know! We can do a virtual lesson or two and I will share some jazz secrets with you!

Rhythm Changes Bridge:

The following collection of jazz lines was composed over the bridge section of 'Rhythm Changes' for a great 'bite-sized' jazz lesson:

/D7/D7/G7/G7/

/C7/C7/F7/F7/

220 BPM

Here Is An Easy Jazz Guitar Solo To Get Started With: Jazz Guitar Solo #1

The following collection of jazz lines was composed over a classic 'two-five-one' jazz progression for a great 'bite-sized' jazz lesson:

/CMaj7, Amin7/Dmin7, G7/

150 BPM

All Of Me

The following collection of jazz lines was composed over a portion of 'All Of Me' for a great 'bite-sized' jazz lesson:

/CMaj7/CMaj7/E7/E7/

/A7/A7/Dmin7/Dmin7/

175 BPM

C Jam Blues

The following collection of jazz lines was composed over one chorus of 'C Jam Blues' for a great 'bite-sized' jazz lesson. Notice the addition of a 'quick IV' in the chord progression - it was added to generate a bit of extra movement during the solo section:

/C7/F7/C7/C7/

/F7/F7/C7/C7/

/G7/F7/C7/C7/

150 BPM

The Girl From Ipanema

The following collection of jazz lines was composed over a portion of 'The Girl From Ipanema' for a great 'bite-sized' jazz lesson:

/FMaj7/FMaj7/G7/G7/

/Gmin7/Gmin7/FMaj7/Gb7b5/

75 BPM On Half Notes

Giant Steps

The following collection of jazz lines was composed over a portion of 'Giant Steps' for a great 'bite-sized' jazz lesson:

/BMaj7/GMaj7, Bb7/EbMaj7/Amin7, D7/

/GMaj7, Bb7/EbMaj7, Gb7/BMaj7/Fmin7, Bb7/

/EbMaj7/Amin7, D7/GMaj7/Dbmin7, Gb7/

/BbMaj7/Fmin7, Bb7/EbMaj7/Dbmin7, Gb7/

200 BPM

Stay Tuned For More Jazz Content!

At this point, I believe that it's time to turn my attention to Jazz Improvisation. Through the above compositions, I have proven to myself [according to my own tastes], that this simple approach is capable of creating authentic [and fun to play] jazz lines. The next step is to create a simple approach for how to 'speak this same language' while improvising / composing right on the spot [which is something that I've already begun to make meaningful progress with]! Stay tuned!

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Bonus!

Funky On A Two-Five: Here is a standard ii-V7-IMaj-VI7alt chord progression that I turned into a funky little jazz tune!

/Gmin7/C7/FMaj7/D7#9/

85 BPM