Comments on: Jazz Progression In F And Bar Chord Positions

By: A.

A. — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:39:54 +0000

Nice work, this is exactly the sort of thing you should be working on. But a few things to think about:
- rather than thinking about this as an “F progression”, think about it in terms of roman numerals and diatonic chords…then transpose to every key. This will hurt your brain but it’s a necessary exercise.
- keep in mind that while this may be sort of a jazz progression (sort of), these are not at all jazz chords – jazz chords are chunkier, rely on a bit of string muting for the strings you’re avoiding, and rarely use 5 or 6 strings. Try learning “drop 2″ voicings for maj7, dom7 and min7 chords (ask your teacher).

Good luck, keep at it.

By: Mark Counts

Mark Counts — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:11:06 +0000

I found your site a few weeks ago and have to say it is easily one of the most interesting and insightful sites I’ve seen. I appreciate that you are a beginner (well, you haven’t seen me play, so you clearly have forgotten what a beginner is…).

Keep posting… love the videos. I would sign up for a guitar print, but it would just inspire me to spend money I don’t have… so I think i”ll pass on it (but what a great idea!) You do beautiful work.. having the eye to see that woodgrain as a backdrop for the goldtop was brilliant.

By: C.E.G.

C.E.G. — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:31:09 +0000

I just found your site from GuitarWorldBlips… very cool. Never Too Late is a great theme and I look forward to practicing along with you.
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Practice – Bar Chord Locations | Never Too Late To Learn Guitar — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:14:27 +0000

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Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:50:38 +0000

[...] we mostly covered the Jazz In F progression again (I posted about this earlier in the week). This time my instructor had me playing the chords in a different position on the neck. So [...]

By: nevertoolateguitar

nevertoolateguitar — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:02:11 +0000

The action and intonation are good because I just had the frets leveled and the guitar setup. The strings are .11 gauge, so they are heavier.

I think I just need a hand workout regimen.

Finger lube? They make such a thing?

Thanks!

By: Bob B

Bob B — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:46:15 +0000

re: Thumb and finger killing me….

Buy lighter strings, or check your action and intonation and use finger lube.

By: nevertoolateguitar

nevertoolateguitar — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:33:53 +0000

Thanks for the comment. Check back tomorrow because I’m going to actually going to start posting lesson recaps after every lesson.

Glad they are of some use!

By: nevertoolateguitar

nevertoolateguitar — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:32:33 +0000

I think this is pretty funny… This translates to (according to Babel Fish):
“Some grids of Jazz. The video is well but the guy is not at all in the rhythm.”

I agree… I am not at all in the rhythm.

By: Jason F

Jason F — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:12:23 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to post about your lesson. It is great to see how an instructor is going about things and being able to see enough detail to try it as well is a bonus too.