Hi Sandra, I have been playing guitar since 1968 (mostly finger style acoustic and some blues/rock with a bit of Celtic thrown in every now and then) but am a complete beginner when it comes to jazz. I just want to complement you on your lessons. They are clear, articulate and easy to follow. Thank you so very much for putting these lessons out for us all to benefit.
Very good lesson! Your explanations and your approach to demonstrating these chords makes total sense. It is so easy to follow. You have a gift for teaching. You tell your students everything they need to know about the lesson and you stay on subject. I wish I would have had your teaching videos 30 years ago! Great job Sandra!
stringbender57 Thanks so much! I wish there were more videos too when I learned. I was self taught until I visited the university to study jazz guitar. But then again, a lot of people don't listen to originals anymore and learn just by watching YT vids. I think it's important to listen and transcribe a lot.
I'm really enjoying your lessons and have learnt a lot from watching your Chord melody series. Thanks for putting so much time and effort into producing these excellent tutorials. You're one of the best teachers on RUclips.
Wow... You teach this CHORD structure stuff in such a simple way! I am able to understand this chord tech for the 1st time! You are a legend, and so cool too! Thanks so very much for your totally fascinating and digestible lesson. It's an AHA MOMENT for me. Phew, I was always wondering HOW chords got their names... I only knew the flat 3 made a MINOR CHORD! Others seemed so damned complicated and just plain sorcery to me! I'd guess others agree! YES? SUBSCRIBED!
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman ok, thanks! I'm working on getting my fingers and head around Autumn Leaves... It's fun and tonically exciting. Thanks so very much again, your teaching style and knowledge is unlike any other! I just can't believe how hard and complex music theory is... Bad enough, but so called teachers make it worse than it needs to be! I have wasted so much time and energy with huge effort without meaningful progress! 🙉🙉🙉🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶 You have taken the mystery away from chords by showing how the patterns exist, which means it is now possible to understand the entire fretboard... 😀😀😀
I just discovered your channel, and have to say your teaching is amazing. Your explanation of chord construction is so clear and easy to follow. You're a wonderful teacher! Thank you.
Sandra, this is an enriching introduction into the complex subject of Jazz chords. As a beginner, I can follow your explanations very well, how you came up with the chord families, the E string and A string chords, the changes from major to minor and the difference between half diminished and fully diminished chords. This makes sense to me now - for the first time !!! It’s amazing how well you can explain. And your recommendations how to practice these chords are also very helpful, gave me new insights and are now my roadmap for practicing. To have a basis material for practicing, I bought your starter pack chord melody and starter pack II V I and I can highly recommend it to every Jazz beginner. Thanks a lot, Birgit
Oh that's so great to hear, that my system helps you! Make sure to check the Tension Chords video, once you've got the basic 7th chords under your fingers. Then I'd slowly start with chord melody. Enjoy!
I knew the chords. Now I know how they're formed. Your lessons are adding to my knowledge of the fretboard and how they may be applied. If you continue providing these lessons, in addition to Chord Melody songs, I might yet become a decent jazz guitar player with thanks to you. I'm looking forward to the next leson. My thumb is way up
As a beginner guitarist this is the most useful lesson I've seen on chord construction and quality. It also unpacks fretboard knowledge by association and gives you a jazz standard to practice. Biggest challenge now is teaching my fingers how to fret the most demanding positions. Big thanks.
Thank you, Marii, for your kind words! Play through as many standards as possible. you'll soon find that it's amways the same progressions. Yes, there are many chords, but they kinda always change to the same chords (keyword : 2 5 1 Jazz Cadence)
Fantastic and so clear! Most teachers I've had in the past weren't even capable to mix playing with theory at the same time, which is the only way to understand and remember it properly as I see it, and you're grrreat at teaching this! Many thanks from Sweden! Michel :) ❤
Theory is nothing without applying it. Use these chords right away and play a song with them only. Next step Tension Chords. Likw the numbering in the Comping Starter Pack.
Thank you for a very helpful lesson, Sandra. The way you showed the movement on frets to form the various chord voicing was fabulous - and intuitive to follow. The simplicity in your explanation made is easy to grasp and retain. Please keep these coming.
Mostly after playing rock and pop for almost 30 years I am now studying jazz. Thank you for your great channel. This lesson was great. It took me about an hour to finish the lesson. I was then able to apply these chords to a 3 note chord version of All Of Me and give many of it's chords four voices! Plus I learned part of a new song! Thank you!
First, thank you very much! Finally, I found the systematic and step by step way to start playing jazz music with guitar. It is a long journey to find it. I have started with some books those I bought from Amazon and Hal Leonard. However, I made very slow progress. Then, on parallel, I start searching in RUclips for learning jazz guitar. A lot of information, and I found near all of them, are good and amazing. But the problem is that I need to find one from all available that is suitable for me, who has a slow learning phase. I found you are the best. It is motivated me a lot. Thank you very much. From today, I can stop searching for other methods and focus learning from your channel. My hope, I can make significant progress ❤.
Welcome to the jazz ride on my channel 🤗. I have laid out a learning path for my RUclips videos, accessible to all paying members. With as little as $5 or €5 per month you not only support my work, but also get access to it plus 130 Mini Lessons. You can cancel your membership anytime from within RUclips. Just click the Join button below any of my videos.
Wow! Thank you for the beautiful explanations; Giving your patience to help others clearly see and hear the differences in these voicings!! I think I can dooooo this!!
Sandra, I have learned from you more than I thought I could learn from any other instructor. For a long time I have been stretching out my fingers by putting my opposite hand in between them and open them almost to break them. Now I can play anything, I can reach any hard chord easily. And you have become my favorite instructor in this jazz style.
Oh, but that sounds cruel on yourself. It's usually not the finger sketch, but the angle of the wrist, why people don't reach far. Great you solved it and are free to play whatever you like now! 👏
Sandra, thank you! I played guitar a lot when I was young, and loved it. You’re too young to remember the ‘60’s, but I played the usual R&R garage band crap (pardon me, please). I haven’t played at all for 40 years, but decided to pick it up again, and try to learn something more sophisticated. I have always loved and wanted to learn jazz chords, but they seemed difficult and elusive. But they’re not-when you explain them. If you, and RUclips, had existed back then, I could have been playing, and enjoying, elegant chords like Gm7, and Cdim7, 35 years ago. I’m elated that I found you. Keep doing what you do. As you say, “Greetings from Kansas City”.
Mike McGuire Thanks Mike for the compliments (and particularly the "too young" phrase 😄. I'm 46.) Nothing wrong about good ole Rock n Roll. But it's always good to open ones mind for other genres. I'm glad to be of help. Greetings to Dorothy and the wizard back home in Kansas 😊
I was lucky to chance upon your videos Sandra. Your approach to teaching is exceptional and comprehensive. I have not found any lesson explained so well as yours and i am grateful for finding my perfect teacher to transition me to jazz comprehension finally. I am an instant fan, subscriber and paying client. Thank you so much.
Sorry folks,but this nice lady has the best explanation of jazz chords,from all of you on the entire You Tube.Thank you Sandra great job,i’m learning something finally.
Sandra I can only reiterate what other commenters have said. Jazz is complicated to learn but your lessons open the door to the this wonderful world for thick headed learners like me. thanks!!
thanks...a refreshing combination of talent, knowledge, personality, femininity, communication, an ability to simplify stuff, lack of condescension, and just the right amount of humility, really great effort on all counts! keep 'em coming!
You are hands down the best tutor I have discovered in my years of playing - I couldn't recommend any one as strongly as you for anyone wanting to get started in Jazz guitar....
Hi Sandra, thank you very much for this great lesson. It reveals the secrets behind this kind of guitar chords!!Every week i am looking forward to a new lesson from you. Keep on going with the good work!! Your lessons with the "Jazz Standards"are also superb!! Greetings,Ron
Sandra - Greetings from Florida. Kudos for the outstanding videos you posts. I have always loved Jazz and in high school played my lap steel guitar in our Jazz Band in the middle 1950s. We placed first place in many event with Glen Miller's In the Mood (lead on the steel guitar). After high school, I basically didn't play again until 2011 and since have been relearning the Steel and the Standard Guitar. At age 78 I am still learning. I ordered your "All of Me" and will be working on that, but first I plan to become proficient with all of the chords in this video. Just playing those chords makes some beautiful sounds coming out of my Godin 5th Ave CW Kingpin II Cognac guitar (Thomastik strings). You are tops!
Thank you, Ray! What a great life story! Love that you found back to active music again. The Godin Kingpin is a great guitar. If you're interested in chords, please check out my two videos "Jazz 7th chords" and "Tension Chords", where I explain how they are constructed. Enjoy the jazz ride, my friend!
Very helpful, Sandra! I am playing lots of the songs you are putting up but I feel like a blind person following a trail because I don't really understand the Jazz theory underlying the chords so this is awesome.
As a long time metal/rock guy I thought I would learn some chords with more than 2 notes ;) In searching for intro to jazz chords/voicings this has been a great video. Thanks!
Sandra, your logical approach to building chords and patience with which you teach is excellent and extremely effective. Thanks for generously sharing your knowledge and talent. I have learned so much from your videos, just finding them today. Cheers from IL, US.
Thank you 🙏 for this lesson, it means a lot for most of us who has this endless curiosity to try to understand the mystery, the complexity of this genre! I decided to watch and exercise all your videos! Will take time but I can’t give up!
Your will for sure! Just immerse yourself in the jazz field and stay curious. If you want the free chord sheet, just email me (address in my YT channel info)
This was an extremely useful lesson and I have already asked for the PDF. I didn't realize that it was a lesson from three years ago. If the PDF is no longer available I will understand, the videos are great.
i have just found YOU! what a teacher...you are so very clear, what a pleasure to listen and to study with YOU! than you..the date is 2019 dec, 15..happy hoildays..
So glad you found me! Welcome to the channel, my friend ❤️. Have lots of fun here, suggest songs, ask questions and keep swingin'. Hatoyama holidays 🎄❤️
Excellent lesson Sandra! Your teaching skills are remarkable and the suggested exercises are very useful. You are helping so many people around the world and I consider myself so blessed to be one one of them. Your channel is a wealth of musical knowledge!
Thank you for the best lesson I have seen for learning to play jazz chords all over the neck, now I finely feel I can move forward and make some real progress with this.😀
I love this channel, you're a terrific guitar teacher. Been playing for a long time but needed some help getting started in jazz - this has been super helpful!
Thank you and welcome to the jazz world! Check out the video on Tension Chords too. It will open a whole new, fascinating world. Enjoy the jazz ride on my channel 😊
This is exactly what I have to say about Sandra , and this website ! What comes to mind is the old adage " when the learner is ready , the teacher will materialize" . Well that's pretty close , I reckon .
You probably aren't checking comments on this lesson anymore, but just in case, I wanted to say thank you! Very well done and I've printed the pdf for future reference. I am not an aspiring jazz player, but am always looking for "different" sounds (and to improve on reading chord charts). This helps immensly. Thanks again!
Thanks Russell. I'm glad that you look into other genres and playing styles for new impulses. There's so much to be learnt. I have a very eclectic music taste and it influences all my playing. Enjoy experimenting with the new sound, my friend. Btw, I read every single comment 😉
Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry (most important jazz chord book) talks about noticing "chord synonyms". I noticed the Cmaj7 is also am Em/C chord. You're a great teacher. Thank you!
hi sendra m yayah from south africa .. i jst need to say thank u for making this jazz guiter thing easy i ve been always srugling with playing jazz bt bcz of u ur knowledge now m a better guiter jazz player thank u sendra i love u
Nicely done! You get a lovely tone out of the instrument, and the overall tone is reassuring. I wish I lived closer to get lessons in person, but as it is, thank you for this.
I have been playing a very long time and still found this lesson informative and learned a refreshing approach to chord building.As long as you keep playing and sharing you keep learning new ways to play the guitar.Definite thumbs up.
Thanks so much, Keith. I know a lot and still find some interesting stuff in colleagues' channels sometimes. Intriguing, isn't it? The music road is wide open.
Thanks... Went through it and played along. I liked the way you went through it logically. I knew the chords already but the way you explained them made the theory and practical applications easier to understand.
Just discovered this channel. The explanations are so well structured, and moving from one explanation to the next with the technical differences made a whole world of sense. You've got a new subscriber, keep up the good work, it's really nice.
Welcome to the jazz ride on my channel 😊. Check out the Black Friday Tabs Deal. I don't offer bundles throughout the year. So it's a one time chance! www.sandrasherman.com/black-friday-bundles-email.html
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E string:
Maj7 : 2:26
Dom7: 4:06
Min7 : 5:42
Min7b5: 7:58
Full Dim: 9:20
A string:
Maj7 : 12:00
Dom7: 12:53
Min7 : 13:37
Min7b5: 14:04
Full Dim: 15:10
I took music theory in high school and college. I never had this material so clearly explained....in a useful fashion. Thanks.
Thanks, Jim! I like teaching :-)
just the best to get me adding this to my blues
Hi Sandra, I have been playing guitar since 1968 (mostly finger style acoustic and some blues/rock with a bit of Celtic thrown in every now and then) but am a complete beginner when it comes to jazz. I just want to complement you on your lessons. They are clear, articulate and easy to follow. Thank you so very much for putting these lessons out for us all to benefit.
Thank you for your lovely words and your support, John! Well then, let's teach a Blues guy new tricks 😊.
You give so much. Thank you.😇
So nice of you, thank you! ❤️
Sometimes I really miss Vienna. I lived there for a few years.Hope to return once again. Servus!@@GuitarversumSandraSherman
Call me if you ever get here and we'll meet!
OMG! Such a wonderful suggestion.That'd be so cool! I'd like that. Thank you Sandra. Viel zu netz. Danke.@@GuitarversumSandraSherman
Seriously one of the most useful guitar videos I've seen in a long time! Thank you! Subbed.
Alan Fitzgerald Thank you for your kind words ❤
Very good lesson! Your explanations and your approach to demonstrating these chords makes total sense. It is so easy to follow. You have a gift for teaching. You tell your students everything they need to know about the lesson and you stay on subject. I wish I would have had your teaching videos 30 years ago! Great job Sandra!
stringbender57 Thanks so much! I wish there were more videos too when I learned. I was self taught until I visited the university to study jazz guitar.
But then again, a lot of people don't listen to originals anymore and learn just by watching YT vids. I think it's important to listen and transcribe a lot.
That Looks Like A Gibson ES-175 Guitar There-A Great Jazz Guitar
@@kjchicago1 no,it's a Howard Roberts model. Slightly smaller body than the ES 175.
0:41 7th Chords Root on E String
10:28 7th Chords Root on A String
16:29 Practicing 7th Chords Horizontally
20:45 Practicing 7th Chords Vertically
Absolute best tutorial on jazz entry chords. Basic knowledge explained clearly and comprehendible. Best teacher on RUclips!
I'm really enjoying your lessons and have learnt a lot from watching your Chord melody series. Thanks for putting so much time and effort into producing these excellent tutorials. You're one of the best teachers on RUclips.
Tan Gerine Wow, thank you so much! It makes me very happy when people enjoy the lessons.
Enjoy the jazz ride and keep on swinging 😊
Wonderful explanation for complex chords. You are a great teacher!
Wow... You teach this CHORD structure stuff in such a simple way! I am able to understand this chord tech for the 1st time! You are a legend, and so cool too!
Thanks so very much for your totally fascinating and digestible lesson.
It's an AHA MOMENT for me. Phew, I was always wondering HOW chords got their names... I only knew the flat 3 made a MINOR CHORD! Others seemed so damned complicated and just plain sorcery to me!
I'd guess others agree! YES?
SUBSCRIBED!
Thanks, pal, and welcome to the jazz rüde! Obwohl you für the 7th chords under your fingers, check out the Tension Chords tutorial 😊
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman ok, thanks! I'm working on getting my fingers and head around Autumn Leaves... It's fun and tonically exciting.
Thanks so very much again, your teaching style and knowledge is unlike any other!
I just can't believe how hard and complex music theory is... Bad enough, but so called teachers make it worse than it needs to be!
I have wasted so much time and energy with huge effort without meaningful progress! 🙉🙉🙉🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶
You have taken the mystery away from chords by showing how the patterns exist, which means it is now possible to understand the entire fretboard... 😀😀😀
I just discovered your channel, and have to say your teaching is amazing. Your explanation of chord construction is so clear and easy to follow. You're a wonderful teacher! Thank you.
Thank you, Jon! Enjoy the jazz ride 😊
Awesome 👌 l enjoyed this lesson.You just opened a can of wonderful opportunities for me,no more using chord chart!.
That's exactly what it's able. Knowing how the chords work. With that knowledge you can make up your own voicings as well btw.
This is an excellent lesson Sandra. It was good to go back over some theory and then put it all together!
Next stop Tension Chords video 😊
Sandra, this is an enriching introduction into the complex subject of Jazz chords. As a beginner, I can follow your explanations very well, how you came up with the chord families, the E string and A string chords, the changes from major to minor and the difference between half diminished and fully diminished chords. This makes sense to me now - for the first time !!! It’s amazing how well you can explain. And your recommendations how to practice these chords are also very helpful, gave me new insights and are now my roadmap for practicing.
To have a basis material for practicing, I bought your starter pack chord melody and starter pack II V I and I can highly recommend it to every Jazz beginner.
Thanks a lot, Birgit
Oh that's so great to hear, that my system helps you! Make sure to check the Tension Chords video, once you've got the basic 7th chords under your fingers. Then I'd slowly start with chord melody. Enjoy!
I knew the chords. Now I know how they're formed. Your lessons are adding to my knowledge of the fretboard and how they may be applied. If you continue providing these lessons, in addition to Chord Melody songs, I might yet become a decent jazz guitar player with thanks to you. I'm looking forward to the next leson. My thumb is way up
abejacgot You always have such kind words for me. Thank you so much ❤
abejacgot She is the best.
I'm gaining so much from your lessons, yet you're thanking me! Maybe there is hope for this world...
As a beginner guitarist this is the most useful lesson I've seen on chord construction and quality. It also unpacks fretboard knowledge by association and gives you a jazz standard to practice. Biggest challenge now is teaching my fingers how to fret the most demanding positions. Big thanks.
Thank you, Marii, for your kind words! Play through as many standards as possible. you'll soon find that it's amways the same progressions. Yes, there are many chords, but they kinda always change to the same chords (keyword : 2 5 1 Jazz Cadence)
Fantastic and so clear! Most teachers I've had in the past weren't even capable to mix playing with theory at the same time, which is the only way to understand and remember it properly as I see it, and you're grrreat at teaching this! Many thanks from Sweden! Michel :) ❤
Theory is nothing without applying it. Use these chords right away and play a song with them only. Next step Tension Chords. Likw the numbering in the Comping Starter Pack.
Thank you for a very helpful lesson, Sandra. The way you showed the movement on frets to form the various chord voicing was fabulous - and intuitive to follow. The simplicity in your explanation made is easy to grasp and retain. Please keep these coming.
Buddhadev Mukherjee Thank you so much! Sure I'll keep em coming. The follow up (Tension chords) was shot two days ago. Pssst...secret 😄
I have been playing for 43 years and I pick up great things from your videos.
Glad to be of help and you enjoy my channel. Keep swingin'!
Mostly after playing rock and pop for almost 30 years I am now studying jazz. Thank you for your great channel. This lesson was great. It took me about an hour to finish the lesson. I was then able to apply these chords to a 3 note chord version of All Of Me and give many of it's chords four voices! Plus I learned part of a new song! Thank you!
Wow, you're quick! Makes me happy to see how well people progress 😊
Keep swingin!
First, thank you very much! Finally, I found the systematic and step by step way to start playing jazz music with guitar. It is a long journey to find it. I have started with some books those I bought from Amazon and Hal Leonard. However, I made very slow progress. Then, on parallel, I start searching in RUclips for learning jazz guitar. A lot of information, and I found near all of them, are good and amazing. But the problem is that I need to find one from all available that is suitable for me, who has a slow learning phase. I found you are the best. It is motivated me a lot. Thank you very much. From today, I can stop searching for other methods and focus learning from your channel. My hope, I can make significant progress ❤.
Welcome to the jazz ride on my channel 🤗. I have laid out a learning path for my RUclips videos, accessible to all paying members. With as little as $5 or €5 per month you not only support my work, but also get access to it plus 130 Mini Lessons. You can cancel your membership anytime from within RUclips. Just click the Join button below any of my videos.
Thanks!
Thanks so much for your donation! ❤
Wow! Thank you for the beautiful explanations; Giving your patience to help others clearly see and hear the differences in these voicings!! I think I can dooooo this!!
Sure you can do this! And next stop is the Tension Chords tutorial 😊
Sandra, I have learned from you more than I thought I could learn from any other instructor. For a long time I have been stretching out my fingers by putting my opposite hand in between them and open them almost to break them. Now I can play anything, I can reach any hard chord easily. And you have become my favorite instructor in this jazz style.
Oh, but that sounds cruel on yourself. It's usually not the finger sketch, but the angle of the wrist, why people don't reach far. Great you solved it and are free to play whatever you like now! 👏
Sandra, thank you! I played guitar a lot when I was young, and loved it. You’re too young to remember the ‘60’s, but I played the usual R&R garage band crap (pardon me, please). I haven’t played at all for 40 years, but decided to pick it up again, and try to learn something more sophisticated. I have always loved and wanted to learn jazz chords, but they seemed difficult and elusive. But they’re not-when you explain them. If you, and RUclips, had existed back then, I could have been playing, and enjoying, elegant chords like Gm7, and Cdim7, 35 years ago. I’m elated that I found you. Keep doing what you do. As you say, “Greetings from Kansas City”.
Mike McGuire Thanks Mike for the compliments (and particularly the "too young" phrase 😄. I'm 46.)
Nothing wrong about good ole Rock n Roll. But it's always good to open ones mind for other genres. I'm glad to be of help.
Greetings to Dorothy and the wizard back home in Kansas 😊
I was lucky to chance upon your videos Sandra. Your approach to teaching is exceptional and comprehensive. I have not found any lesson explained so well as yours and i am grateful for finding my perfect teacher to transition me to jazz comprehension finally. I am an instant fan, subscriber and paying client. Thank you so much.
Thank you, John. Welcome to the jazz ride 😊. Hope to see you around here a lot. Keep swinging 🎶 🎸
Sorry folks,but this nice lady has the best explanation of jazz chords,from all of you on the entire You Tube.Thank you Sandra great job,i’m learning something finally.
Thanks, Ned! ❤️ Next stop Tension Chords video 😊
Sandra I can only reiterate what other commenters have said. Jazz is complicated to learn but your lessons open the door to the this wonderful world for thick headed learners like me. thanks!!
Thanks so much! ❤️ Glad you find it helpful.
thanks...a refreshing combination of talent, knowledge, personality, femininity, communication, an ability to simplify stuff, lack of condescension, and just the right amount of humility, really great effort on all counts! keep 'em coming!
Paco C Wowzers, what a compliment! Feels good, thank you so much ❤
you're welcome...any chance of posting some Christmas songs? "the Christmas Song", "let it snow", etc.? thanks again..
Paco C Seems we had the same idea 😉
You are hands down the best tutor I have discovered in my years of playing - I couldn't recommend any one as strongly as you for anyone wanting to get started in Jazz guitar....
What a beautiful comment. I feel blessed to have wonderful people like you on this channel. 🙏❤️
Best jazz teacher on the tube by a country mile.
Danke!
Thanks so much, Matthias, for your donation! I'm glad you find this video helpful. Next stop Tension Chords :-)
I love the way you teach step by step. It helps me a lot who is a slow learner. Thanks you so for for great lessons 🙏👍
Glad I have the right pace for you, Ruben. Keep swinging 🎶 🎸
SUPER lesson for those of us who are musically challenged! This makes so much more sense to me now!
I'm glad the lesson helped you improve! Enjoy the jazz ride on my channel 😊
Best video. Explained in a few moments what has taken me years to try and learn. Thank you so much!
Yay, mission accomplished! Next stop Tension Chords! Keep swingin 🎶 🎸
Thank you so much Sandra. You're an awesome teacher!
Thank you so much! ❤️
Its always a great pleasure to learn jazz the right way, like climbing stairs and not skipping any, that way you have a solid foundation...thx 🥰
What a great comparison! Thanks for the compliment ❤️. Enjoy the jazz ride, my friend!
Hi Sandra, thank you very much for this great lesson. It reveals the secrets behind this kind of guitar chords!!Every week i am looking forward to a new lesson from you. Keep on going with the good work!! Your lessons with the "Jazz Standards"are also superb!! Greetings,Ron
Ron Meijer It really makes me happy, that people consider my lessons valuable. Thank you for tuning in every week ❤
Sandra - Greetings from Florida. Kudos for the outstanding videos you posts. I have always loved Jazz and in high school played my lap steel guitar in our Jazz Band in the middle 1950s. We placed first place in many event with Glen Miller's In the Mood (lead on the steel guitar). After high school, I basically didn't play again until 2011 and since have been relearning the Steel and the Standard Guitar. At age 78 I am still learning. I ordered your "All of Me" and will be working on that, but first I plan to become proficient with all of the chords in this video. Just playing those chords makes some beautiful sounds coming out of my Godin 5th Ave CW Kingpin II Cognac guitar (Thomastik strings). You are tops!
Thank you, Ray! What a great life story! Love that you found back to active music again. The Godin Kingpin is a great guitar. If you're interested in chords, please check out my two videos "Jazz 7th chords" and "Tension Chords", where I explain how they are constructed. Enjoy the jazz ride, my friend!
Very helpful, Sandra! I am playing lots of the songs you are putting up but I feel like a blind person following a trail because I don't really understand the Jazz theory underlying the chords so this is awesome.
I don't have many theory lessons online, but I throw in a lot of theory into my tutorials, so maybe you can pick up something there.
Dear Sandra - this is exactly what I was looking for after noodling around for many years without any real results. Thanks a lot.
Glad it's helpful 😊
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Hence, I also bought your 5 bundle starters package. Can't wait to begin! Thanks again😎
As a long time metal/rock guy I thought I would learn some chords with more than 2 notes ;) In searching for intro to jazz chords/voicings this has been a great video. Thanks!
Welcome to the jazz world 🤗
Finally I understood some things, explained so nicely. Thank you!
You are such an excellent, fantastic teacher! Thank you so much for these posts.
Oh, tahnk you so much, David! I'm glad I was able to help you with this little tutorial. Keep swingin'!
Sandra, your logical approach to building chords and patience with which you teach is excellent and extremely effective. Thanks for generously sharing your knowledge and talent. I have learned so much from your videos, just finding them today. Cheers from IL, US.
Welcome to the jazz ride, my friend! I'm glad to be part of your learning path 😊 ❤️
Love your methods. I’m learning tons of stuff here.thanks sandra
That makes me really happy! ❤️
Thank you 🙏 for this lesson, it means a lot for most of us who has this endless curiosity to try to understand the mystery, the complexity of this genre! I decided to watch and exercise all your videos! Will take time but I can’t give up!
Thank you, Roberto! ❤️ It's exciting to learn new things. Enjoy the jazz ride on my channel 😊
I love the way you explain chord structure, your playing is beautiful. I feel like I might actually be able to do this someday!
Your will for sure! Just immerse yourself in the jazz field and stay curious. If you want the free chord sheet, just email me (address in my YT channel info)
Thank you Sandra, I'm so happy I found your channel, now i can really advance my playing to a new level because of the way you teach. 12/7/ 2020
Hey, welcome to the jazz ride 😊. Makes me happy and proud you let me be a part of your learning path.
Next stop Tension Chords 😉
Excellent, step by step and easy to follow! Thank you!
Thanks, Sandra. You have such a great way of illuminating the guitar! I'm looking forward to watching more...
That's a nice expression, "illuminating the guitar". I might steal it 😊.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman ❤
Superb.Finally a lesson on the jazz chords that makes sense with an explanation of 5ths 3rds etc your an angel
Heather Deline Thanks so much, Heather ❤
This is such an amazing channel! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
You're very welcome. Thanks for writing a nice comment ❤️
This was an extremely useful lesson and I have already asked for the PDF. I didn't realize that it was a lesson from three years ago.
If the PDF is no longer available I will understand, the videos are great.
It is still available!
Great lessons.helps me out to visualize root positions and easy to understand lessons.well done.
Thank you! Glad it's helpful :-)
i have just found YOU! what a teacher...you are so very clear, what a pleasure to listen and to study with YOU! than you..the date is 2019 dec, 15..happy hoildays..
So glad you found me! Welcome to the channel, my friend ❤️. Have lots of fun here, suggest songs, ask questions and keep swingin'.
Hatoyama holidays 🎄❤️
This is an absolutely wonderful lesson. Brilliant. Thank you so much!
So happy it helps you! ❤️ Keep swinging 🎶 🎸
You opened up the way to jazz guitar chords. Thank you, sister.
Thanks Sandra, great stuff and super helpful. I love your teaching style. Hello from New Jersey
Thanks so much!
Fantastic lesson, I’m new to these chords. Great place to start. Many thanks.
Welcome to the jazz ride on my channel 😊. Next stop Tension Chords 😊
Explaining the notes helped a lot
sometime I prefer video with tab, but you explained so well, I addicted to your channel, vielen Dank
You can actually download the chord sheet for free from the link in the info box!
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman I know, I just meant on screen 😊 you are awesome, thanks for taking time to reply
Excellent lesson Sandra!
Your teaching skills are remarkable and the suggested exercises are very useful. You are helping so many people around the world and I consider myself so blessed to be one one of them. Your channel is a wealth of musical knowledge!
Thank you so much, Luis! It feels really good to know I can help people a little through the jazz jungle.
Excellent video. Finally, a clear step by step approach that's easy to follow!
Thank you! Enjoy the jazz ride an my channel :-)
Thank you for the best lesson I have seen for learning to play jazz chords all over the neck, now I finely feel I can move forward and make some real progress with this.😀
Wonderful! Next stop Tension Chords Video! 😊
I love this channel, you're a terrific guitar teacher. Been playing for a long time but needed some help getting started in jazz - this has been super helpful!
Thank you and welcome to the jazz world! Check out the video on Tension Chords too. It will open a whole new, fascinating world. Enjoy the jazz ride on my channel 😊
This is exactly what I have to say about Sandra , and this website ! What comes to mind is the old adage " when the learner is ready , the teacher will materialize" . Well that's
pretty close , I reckon .
Outstanding ! Your teaching is the clearest and most direct that I have encountered. Thanks for your clarity !
That's so nice of you and makes me happy 😊! Thanks so much!
An excellent lesson, so well explained and demonstrated, and the pacing was perfect. Vielen Danke Fr Sandra.
So glad it helped you 👍
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Yes, I've already written my first song. Lots of luck, stay safe and happy.
Thank you for this thorough explanation. You make things clear where they were cloudy (sorry my english). Love your tutorials!!!!!
Glad it's helpful. PS. Your English is great!
Super presentation. Very well organized, informative and enjoyable. Kudos and thanks.
Glad to be of help :-)
Your approach to teaching is easy to understand and I enjoyed the lesson. Liked and subscribed. Thank you :)
PrettyflyforaFryguy Hello and thank you so much for your kind words and for watching! ❤
Sandra you are a great teacher, so easy to understand your lessons. Keep um commin'. Thanks Tom :-)
Tom McMurtry Thank you so much ❤
Great lesson. You do a wonderful job, thank you!
Trying my best 😊. Thank you ❤️
Great lesson, as always. Love your style and how you explain everything so well. You make playing jazz so fun. Love it! Thank you so much!
Thank you for your kind words! Enjoy the jazz ride 😊 ❤️
Thank you so much for the wonderful lesson, you make an excellent teacher.
You probably aren't checking comments on this lesson anymore, but just in case, I wanted to say thank you! Very well done and I've printed the pdf for future reference. I am not an aspiring jazz player, but am always looking for "different" sounds (and to improve on reading chord charts). This helps immensly. Thanks again!
Thanks Russell. I'm glad that you look into other genres and playing styles for new impulses. There's so much to be learnt. I have a very eclectic music taste and it influences all my playing.
Enjoy experimenting with the new sound, my friend. Btw, I read every single comment 😉
So glad came across your channel. Pure gem.
Welcome to the jazz ride on my channel 😊 🎶 🎸
Vielen Dank! Das ist sehr nett von Ihnen! Sie sind eine sehr gute Lehrerin und mit Ihnen, lerne ich viel!
That makes me very happy 😊
Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry (most important jazz chord book) talks about noticing "chord synonyms". I noticed the Cmaj7 is also am Em/C chord.
You're a great teacher. Thank you!
Absolutely. These are also called Superimpositions. Play an Em7 arpeggio over the Cmaj7 to get a Cmaj9 overall sound.
Best explanation I have ever seen. At last I now know how to quickly work out the 5 and 7 notes are in a chord.
Thanks a bunch! That's a really nice compliment ❤️
Great lesson. Very useful. Thanks a lot Sandra.
Glad to be of help!
I'm a beginner jazz guitarist. Dig your lessons and more importantly, your technique. Helping me immensely. Thx so much!
Very cool! Enjoy the jazz ride, my friend!
hi sendra m yayah from south africa .. i jst need to say thank u for making this jazz guiter thing easy i ve been always srugling with playing jazz bt bcz of u ur knowledge now m a better guiter jazz player thank u sendra i love u
Hello to South Afrika! Makes me really happy to see you enjoy my channel and to be of help. Hang in there, jazz sister ❤️
Eu amo essa pessoa ... viva a Sra. Sandra!
Awh, that is so sweet of you! Muito obrigada! ❤️
I wish I could take lessons from you. This is amazing. Thank you so much for all of your amazing videos!
You can! I give Skype Lessons these days. Just email me to shermanlessons@gmail.com
Nicely done! You get a lovely tone out of the instrument, and the overall tone is reassuring. I wish I lived closer to get lessons in person, but as it is, thank you for this.
Got can take Skype lessons with me 😉
Hi there
Your teaching is GREAT.You are a pro.i'm catching up fast Keep it up man.I'd love to see your complete playing( a song)
Thank you Sandra🎸
Glad you found it useful 😊. Next stop Tension Chords video 😊
I have been playing a very long time and still found this lesson informative and learned a refreshing approach to chord building.As long as you keep playing and sharing you keep learning new ways to play the guitar.Definite thumbs up.
Thanks so much, Keith. I know a lot and still find some interesting stuff in colleagues' channels sometimes. Intriguing, isn't it? The music road is wide open.
Just discovered your page, absolutely LOVE IT!!! Your lessons are very detailed and easy to follow, Thank You! Following from New Mexico : )
Welcome to the jazz ride on my channel 😊
Thank you for your teaching patience.
Thanks... Went through it and played along. I liked the way you went through it logically. I knew the chords already but the way you explained them made the theory and practical applications easier to understand.
Thanks! I saw you also watched the Tension chords. Glad you visited them in their tiny little apartments :-D
Very good lesson, you did a most excellent job both explains and demonstrating, thank you.
Frank Mayer Thank you Frank ❤
Thank you so much for this! Your pace and style of teaching are superb.
Great stuff, well described and illustrated in a simple and easy to understand format.
Thanks so much, Mick! ❤
Greeeetings from Mainz! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Just started the Jazz-Jouney..and I'm hooked! Love this lesson.
Freu mich, dass es für gefällt. Next stop Tension Chords Video 😊
Just discovered this channel. The explanations are so well structured, and moving from one explanation to the next with the technical differences made a whole world of sense.
You've got a new subscriber, keep up the good work, it's really nice.
Welcome to the jazz ride on my channel 😊. Check out the Black Friday Tabs Deal. I don't offer bundles throughout the year. So it's a one time chance!
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Great lesson ! Very simple to understand and easy to adapt !
Glad it was helpful!
Very beginner friendly. Cool!