Jazz Guitar: How to Create YOUR Licks - Part 1 - Jazz Guitar Lesson Here's how to get more material into your playing without having to memorize lick after lick... The three jazz guitar licks in this video constitute a basis for the vast majority of jazz lines in history. They're the foundation to most of the music ... from Bach to Tom Harrell (no kidding!) Learn those easy II-V-I licks so you can create thousands of your own and make sense out of your favorite jazz licks and solos on recordings. The three chords found in this video (played around the beginning) are | Dm7 / G7 / | Cmaj7 / / / | I like to use those voicings Dm9: x5355x G13: 3x345x Cmaj9: x3243x Just keep in mind ... 1- Descending Scale 2- Descending Scale + Arpeggio Up 3- Descending Arpeggio then Arpeggio Up The video sequel (we do the same stuff in minor!) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjizW0A8uJ0 Also, make sure you check out Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony here : http://www.jazzguitarlessons.net/connecting-chords-with-linear-harmony.html This is, in my humble opinion, the quickest way to learn and understand the language of jazz... word by word! See you on http://www.JazzGuitarLessons.net