10 Major7 Jazz Chord Licks That Work
Major chords should be easy to play, but don’t make them dull and uninteresting.
Coming up with good ideas on your major chords is sometimes a challenge.
You should be able to approach this from many different angles.
Here is how you can add more jazz line options to your major 7 chords.
In this tutorial
00:00 10 jazz solo ideas on major chords
00:45 Don’t play the root
02:08 Licks from the root
03:01 Dexter Gordon major7 lick
04:25 Become versatile – Chord lick exercise
06:23 Hitting the 5th, adding Charlie Parker
07:53 The magical 6th degree
08:35 The 7th as a target note
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