E-Jazz : Chords for Jazz Guitar app for iPhone and iPad

4.4 ( 4864 ratings )

Music Education
Developer: David Palmerio

1.99 USD

Current version: 5.1, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 15 Jun 2010
App size: 55.7 Mb

Mini-Method for Jazz Guitar

With this Guitar method you will understand the basics of Jazz chords along various sequences from Classic to Brazilian and Gypsy Jazz.

- Including 8 sequences of increasing level
- Theory, informations, tabs and video for each lesson
- Learn about chord embellishment, diatonic & tritone substitution
- Understand how to create your personnal Jazz progressions

Lesson 1: Jazz Chords
Major scales Jazz chords
Fingering and chords change for II V I in G and C progression
Walking bass

Lesson 2: II V I Progression
Use of the major scale
Chords embellishment
Diminished chord

Lesson 3: Tonality change
Learn to find II V I progression in multiple tonalities
Chords roots on the E and A strings

Lesson 4: More chords change
Diatonic substitution
Secondary dominant chord
Cycle of fifths
Tetrads and Triads

Lesson 5: Tritone substitution
Tritone substitution
11th and 13th chords
Fingering play

Lesson 6: Blues for Clara
From traditionnal 12 bar blues to a more complex structure
9th and 13th chords

Lesson 7: Gypsy Swing
Gypsy Jazz rhythm
Major and Minor 6th chords

Lesson 8: Sunny Bossa
Bossa Nova rhythm pattern
Using substitutions

Chords sequences have been extracted from some Jazz Standards but no melody is played because of copyrights.

Important: Please check that the sound is enabled (not muted) on your device and set it to high value, else youll not ear the audio/video content.

Pros and cons of E-Jazz : Chords for Jazz Guitar app for iPhone and iPad

E-Jazz : Chords for Jazz Guitar app good for

If you have basic musical knowledge, this app is a very good way to refresh and exercise jazz theory. The examples seems complicated at first, but once you give it a little effort, they become easy and will impress people around you ! Great app, great results and I just regret there is no sequel with even more examples - It would be worth paying. BTW, the app is designed for iPhone but works even better with iPad as it makes it easier to read the charts.

I love this app. I am teaching myself jazz guitar and have found it very useful. I think the explanations are clear and concise. Plus they give you tab and video demonstrations. I wish they had more jazz lessons and an iPad version. Excellent app!

This program is a great tool for those who have some familiarity with the jazz idiom.

Some bad moments

The app is a nice idea, and it is nicely implemented( except for the tab display which loses sync with the audio) but the contents are weak. The explanations are some times very cryptic or incomplete. Has a lot of potential, but without contents, it is just not worth it.

I find it very disappointing. I wouldnt recommend even if free.

This app doesnt work with iOS 5.0 so Ive never seen it work!!!!!

Ok, the functionality of this app is horrible it doesnt explain how to use it or where these 8 lessons are, and even as you figure it out there are other glitches such as the videos not downloading and the tablature that you can "follow along" with is blocked by the volume control... I want some updates or better yet a refund

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