Jazz Chord Shapes on the Top Four Strings, Part 2

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In Part 2 of the lesson on crosspicking, you'll learn the first part of Scott's arrangement of "Home Sweet Home," which mostly uses the traditional 3-3-2 roll. Since crosspicking is usually used to play song melodies, it's a good idea to learn the melody of a song before tackling a crosspicking arrangement, so Scott starts by making sure you know the melody to "Home Sweet Home" and then takes the arrangement apart phrase by phrase (or roll by roll).

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Jazz Chord Shapes on the Top Four Strings

Jazz Chord Shapes on the Top Four Strings, Part 1

Jazz Chord Shapes on the Top Four Strings, Part 2

In this video, Scott shows you how to play minor voicings with sevenths, ninths, and elevenths by modifying the “F” shape to be a minor chord. He also shows you how to modify a IV-chord shape just above the “F” shape with sevenths, ninths, etc., and points out that some of the shapes can be used for different chords, depending on which note in the voicing is the root. For example, G6 and Em7 are interchangeable depending on whether you want to make the G or E the root of the chord.

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