Smooth Jazz Chords
Guitar Latin Style
Hey guys, I hope you are having a fantastic Monday.
I want to start this week with a great fingerstyle guitar lesson that can keep you motivated and focus on your guitar goals.
The majority of people hate Monday, so I am gonna do my best to give you a reason to smile and play some cool stuff on your acoustic guitar.
Today I will share with you a bunch of “Smooth Jazz Chords” in the key of D minor.
These chords are perfect for Jazz and Latin style, so I am sure you will love the sound of each one of them.
It is also a chance for many of you to try something different.
Grab your guitar and play along. It is time to learn smooth Jazz chords!
Let’s get started.
The Video
The Min7add9 Chord
One of the Smoothest Chord I know.
One thing that you will learn today is how to make chords sound smooth.
There are a ton of artists you can listen to on the radio to familiarize yourself with this particular sound. I am thinking of Sting or Sade, jazzy blues (like Robin Ford or Larry Carlton) to Wes Montgomery style (like Ritenour’s tribute to Wes album or Norman Brown) to R&B or Motown (like Smokey Robinson), etc.
Start analyzing all these artists, and you will easily find the same type of smooth chords I am about to show you.
One of my favorites is the Min7add9 chord.
Why so Popular
One of the reasons I like this chord so much is probably that it gives you the ability to combine the chord and a bass line easily.
In this example, I am playing this chord, followed by a Latin bass line that sounds perfect over this chord.
This is the example on the tab.
The red square is the bass line, which is easily played around the chord.
The yellow square is the chord that will remain the same.
The Chord Progression
Let me show you the smooth Jazz chords we will be learning today.
| Emin7add9 | % | Gmin7add9 | Emin7add9 |
| Bbmaj7 | A7b13 | Dmin7add9 | % |
The E minor and G minor will share the same chord shape and bassline, while the Bbmaj7 and A7b13 are perfect chords that we can use to end the chord progression.
This type of chord and bass approach is only possible if you play in fingerstyle guitar style.
Final Thoughts
Everything you need is shown in the video lesson, so make sure you watch it several times.
I personally love to experiment with chords, and I found that smooth Jazz chords are among my favorite chords on the guitar.
I highly recommend that you listen to different artists that play this style of music so that you can train your ears to the sound of each chord.
Have fun playing these chords, guys!