Jazz Guitar Intros And Endings

There are mutliple ways of taking an intro or ending a jazz tune, the truth is that you can playwhatever you want.

You can start from the V of the key, simply play the last 4 or 8 bars of the tune, try to incorporate a turnaroud and its several variations, the list is long....

You''ll find in this lesson 10jazz guitar progressions with tabs, standard notation and audio files that workboth asintros and endings for any jazz standards in C major.

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Altough all these exercises are in the key of C major, it is possible and very importantto transpose them in any key.

This first chord progression is quite simple, it implies two major triads -Cmaj (G - C - E) and C#maj (G# -C# - F) with G in the bass as a pedal note. This progression is very interesting, particularly C#/G which sounds a little bit dissonant because of the #11.

Indeed, G (the bass note) is actually the #11 of C#maj. As you hear in the audio file below, the rhythm is played freely from the tab. Don't hesitate to experiment your own comping rhythms.

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The second intro takes the previous harmony trick wich is to play the Imaj7 chord (Cmaj7 in the example) followed by the

Once again we will play the Imaj and the I#maj chords. Please not thatthere are two main types of chords used in this exercise :

The chord sequence used in this exampleis a wellknown progression in jazz music. Here is how it looks in Roman numeral :

Jazz Intros And Endings

This jazz ending/intro needs the use of three major triads : G major (G - B - D), F major (F - A - C) and A

One basic intro and ending progression you can use on jazz standards is the turnaround (I VI II V). The turnaroud offersmany possibilities of variations as you will below.

Let's start with the turnaroud sarting with a major seventh chord (Imaj7), including two minor chords (ii and vi) and a V7

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This chord sequence is a variation of the previous basic turnaround containing some approachtones, a short an easy walking bass lineand an Em7 chord (iiim7), diatonic substitution for Cmaj7.

This is another and last variation of the turnaround. Unlike the previous exercise, the ivm7 chord is replaced with a VI7 chord (A7

This jazz ending/intro needs the use of three major triads : G major (G - B - D), F major (F - A - C) and A

One basic intro and ending progression you can use on jazz standards is the turnaround (I VI II V). The turnaroud offersmany possibilities of variations as you will below.

Let's start with the turnaroud sarting with a major seventh chord (Imaj7), including two minor chords (ii and vi) and a V7

Iconic Jazz Guitar Solos Everyone Should Know

This chord sequence is a variation of the previous basic turnaround containing some approachtones, a short an easy walking bass lineand an Em7 chord (iiim7), diatonic substitution for Cmaj7.

This is another and last variation of the turnaround. Unlike the previous exercise, the ivm7 chord is replaced with a VI7 chord (A7

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