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In this weeks lesson we will be taking a look at soloing with chords! Chords Chords
Approaches to Guitar
There are number of different ways of approaching this technique for the guitar. This
Scales
lesson will focus on the exercises required to create lines with both chords and
The CAGED System
single notes.
Be sure to check out the video lesson on this topic below as well.
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Soloing with chords on the guitar is an expansive subject that could cover volumes
and volumes of books. To approach such a large topic as this, we will break it down
to three primary exercises.
The first exercise anyone needs to practice if they are going to learn how to solo with
chords, is learning the chords itself.
It is important to be as specific as possible in your practicing when getting into chord
soloing.
The first step to practicing this technique is to isolate the voicings you wish to work
on, then select a chord quality. It is important to spend a great deal of time with each
grouping of voicing and chord quality you select. This type of focused practicing will
insure you are not forgetting as you build your vocabulary of chords and lines.
For this lesson, we will focus on the drop 2 voicings, and the major 7 chord quality
(Cmaj7).
Start by becoming familiar with all the inversions of the Cmaj7 chord below. Play
them up and down the guitar. After you are comfortable with the voicings, try playing
along with a metronome. You will want to start slowly with the metronome,
increasing speed over time.
Exercise #1: Inversions
Next, you should try playing them in a different order. The idea of this exercise is to
apply different patterns to how you play the inversions. The pattern we will use here
is simply skipping an inversion, going back to the next lowest inversion and skipping
another inversion from there. Be sure to experiment with other patterns and orders
to playing your inversions. With these four chords along it is possible to create a solo
with a little creativity!
Exercise #2: Skipping Inversions
Once you can play your chords both in order and with patterns, try adding single
notes between inversions. This exercise will give you a great method for building
interesting solos that include chords!
This exercise begins again with the first inversion of Cmaj7. The single note line
begins with the G note on the high-E string. The entire single line looks like this:
Up the neck of the guitar:
G–A–B–A–C–D–E–F–G
Down the neck of the guitar:
G–F–E–D–C–D–B–A–G
Each of the bolded notes above indicate where a chord will be played. If we look at
the notes in our Cmaj7 chord we get:
1–3–5–7
C–E–G–B
What you should notice is that all of the bolded notes correspond to the notes
contained in the Cmaj7 chord!
Here is the full exercise below, make sure to practice slowly and accurately.
Exercise #3: Chords and Line
For further practice, try playing these exercises using drop 2 chords beginning on
both the A-string and E-string. Below are the links to pdf’s that include this lessons
exercises from both the A-string and E-string drop 2 chords.
Skipping inversions exercise including all drop 2 major 7 chords
Lines and chords exercise including all drop 2 major 7 chords
Major 7 drop chord voicings
To be as thorough as possible in developing your chord soloing techniques, be sure

to take all of these exercises through different voicing types, like :
Drop 3
Drop 2 and 4
After that you can take a look at other chord quality types, check out:
Dominant 7
Minor 7
Minor 7b5
Diminished 7
Got a question or comment about this lesson? Be sure to leave it in the comments
section below!
Don’t forget to pick up a copy of your free 64-page e-book, the Jazz Guitar Primer
here.
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Intro to Soloing With Chords Jazz Guitar

Exercise #1: Inversions

Exercise #2: Skipping Inversions

Up the neck of the guitar:

Down the neck of the guitar:

Exercise #3: Chords and Line

Skipping inversions exercise including all drop 2 major 7 chords

Lines and chords exercise including all drop 2 major 7 chords

Major 7 drop chord voicings

To be as thorough as possible in developing your chord soloing techniques, be sure

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