Here are four C Major chords. Try playing these:



Take a look at the chords at the 3rd (III) and 8th (VIII) frets. If you move them up, one fret at a time, they will form the Db, D, Eb, E, F, Gb, G, Ab, A, Bb, and B chords, then back to C. Moving the C chords down one fret forms the Bb chord. Try playing them all. Jazz sheet music doesn't have chord diagrams, so you should learn these before continuing. Use any chord inversion you wish.

Now try this:

F ///
F //
Gb /
G ///
G ///
D //
Eb ////
Gb /
B ////
Eb /
B ///
B /
E ////
D //
A /
Gb /
Eb //
Db ////
F ///
D /
G ////
Ab //

Practice these until you know them. The slash marks (///) mean you should play three downstrokes. Next lesson, we will be studying the Seventh chords.





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