Truefire - Chord Studies: Jazz Standards Vol. 1 (2015)

Theory and harmony instructionals filled with chord construction strategies and applications. The entire jazz standard songbook is built primarily on major and minor ii-V-I, major blues, minor blues and modal progressions. Learn how to comp over these types of progressions starting with these arrangements patterned after classic standards.

About the Chord Studies Series


If Forest Gump’s shrimp-loving Bubba played guitar, his take on chords might go something like this, ”You can strum ‘em, fingerpick ‘em, arpeggiate ‘em, mute ‘em, alternate tune ‘em, voice lead ‘em. Dey’s uh, barre chords, altered chords, extended chords, moveable chords, cluster chords, slash chords, inversions, triads, diads. There’s jazz chords, power chords, blues chords, cowboy chords, block chords, open chords…”

Bubba would be right — there’s a wide and wonderful world of chords for we guitarists to explore. But what’s the best way to do that? Chord dictionaries might be handy references but there’s no context (and really, when’s the last time you looked at one of those?).

Theory and harmony instructionals are filled with chord construction strategies and applications and we highly recommend digging as deep into the science of chords as your left brain will allow you.

However, learning new chords, progressions, applications and right-hand techniques in a musical context (songs, etudes, jamming with other players, etc.) is the most popular approach and that is the educational premise behind Brad’s Carlton’s Chord Studies course seres.

Each edition of Chord Studies features 15 play-along and jammable chord studies, which are focused on a particular chord type, chord progression or chord application. While Brad does touch on rhythmic qualities, this is not a rhythm guitar course — these studies are specifically designed to significantly expand your chord know-how and vocabulary.

Brad covers a range of styles, levels , chord types and progressions across 10 editions: CAGED Chords, Jazz Blues Progressions, Open String Chords, Rock and Pop Progressions, Slow Blues Progressions, Evolving Blues, Evolving Triads, Slash Chords, Power Chords and Beginner Chords.

Each of the 15 Studies within an edition includes an overview from Brad followed by a performance and play-along of the chord study over a rhythm track. Chord grid charts and a chord lead sheet accompanies each study. Plus, you’ll get all of the practice rhythm tracks to work with on your own.

Reference the chord charts to become familiar with the voicings and their fingerings, and then use the lead sheet to play-along with Brad’s video performance. Try different rhythmic patterns over the supplied rhythm tracks and then take it all to your own playlist of songs and jam tracks.

Table of Contents
32 Total Video Lessons

Chord Studies: Jazz Standards Vol. 1
Jazz Standards Vol. 1
Blue Minor
Blue Minor
Bossa Nova Girl
Bossa Nova Girl
Fall Foliage
Fall Foliage
Garden Beverage
Garden Beverage
Desensitized
Desensitized
Night Shift
Night Shift
100 Percent
100 Percent
Girls Blues
Girls Blues
Have a Cigar
Have a Cigar
You Are Everything
You Are Everything
From Sky to Midnight
From Sky to Midnight
Hang 10
Hang 10
My Deadbeat Fred
My Deadbeat Fred
Noir Greek
Noir Greek
Kramden Special
Kramden Special

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