10 Must Know Beginning Jazz Standards
10 Must Know Beginning Jazz Standards
10 Must Know Beginning Jazz Standards
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1. Major Blues
2. Minor Blues
3. Summertime
4. Bye Bye Blackbird
5. Autumn Leaves
6. Blue Bossa
7. Take the A Train
8. Milestones
9. Tune Up
10. Blue Seven
Rhythm Changes
Cherokee
All the Things You Are
Stella by Starlight
There is No Greater Love
Work the study on your own first, then jam with it over the
backing track as you get it up to speed in the woodshed.
Autumn Leaves
One of the most popular, and a definite must know,
jazz standard.
Often played in two keys, so it’s a good intro to
learning standards in multiple keys.
Features ii-V-I progression in both the tonic minor
and relative major keys.
The melody line has built in space that make it
perfect as a first chord melody arrangement.
Here’s a Blue Bossa chord study that you can learn to get
this song onto the guitar.
Now that you know why you should study this song, here’s
a Blue Seven chord study that you can work out in your
practicing.
Since these chords are hard on the ears for beginner jazz
guitarists, they’re written with a simple rhythm.