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Octave playing is a big part of jazz

guitar language, this technique has
been popularized by guitarist Wes
Montgomery one of the greatest
improvisers and jazz genious of all
times. Theoretically, the principle is
quite easy to understand. You just
have to play lines using two
simultaneaous notes separated by
twelve semitones. In practice, it is
more difficult because of the
fingerings. Indeed, you have to move
two fingers at the same time while BLOG CATEGORIES
keeping the same hand position. This
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semitones. It is the
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Scientific Pitch
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lowest E is E3 and
the highest E is E6.
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Any guitar player should be able to
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find easily the notes across the neck.
You will reach that point by learning 11 blues jazz studies
the octaves shapes below. Each
Mastering the altered scale
shape below shows an octave, the
two notes in the diagram share the 40 Blues Dominant patterns
same name. In other words, one note
is higher or lower than the other. This 25 Soul Jazz Guitar Licks
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2
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These first two
shapes have their
lowest roots on the
sixth string.
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string. For
example, if you
take the first
diagram and
place a finger on
the 6th string at
the fifth fret you
get an A. So, the
note on the fourth
string is the same
note an octave
higher.
The second shape

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of the fourth. Locrian Mode Guitar Cheat Sheets - PDF
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The lowest root on
the third and Mixolydian Mode Guitar Cheat Sheet -
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on the fifth string, Lydian Mode Cheat Sheet - PDF and JPEG
the highest on the
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ways of playing an
octave. The two What's An Inverted Chord - Open and
forms have the Close Voicings
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string is 10 Best Jazz Drummers Of All Time
represented by
the diagram 7.
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How To Play Octaves in The

Style of Wes Montgomery?
The most common way to play
octaves on guitar is to use the
diagrams 1, 3, 4 and 7 previously
seen. The most effective execution of
octave playing technique is to play
the two notes simultaneously
using the first finger and the little
finger of the left hand (or right hand if
you are left-hande) on the
following string sets : 6 and 4, 5 and 3,
4 and 2, 3 and 1. You can eventually
use the third finger in place of the
pinky finger to play the highest note
of the octave. Wes Montgomery wich
is considered the best representative
user of octave playing technique
used to strike the string with his
thumb, but you can of course use a
pick.
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Octave Exercise 1 - Diatonic
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covering all the guitar neck. Please
note that the G major scale interval
pattern is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 giving
the notes G - A - -B - C - D - E - F#. The
positions used in the tab on the right
are related to the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th
octave shapes above.
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Octave Exercises 2 & 3 - Circle

of 4ths
The two examples below show how to
play octaves following the circle of
4ths aka cycle of fourths. The
progression is C7 | F7 | Bb7 | Eb7 | Ab7 |
Db7 | Gb7 | B7 | E7 | A7 | D7 | G7.
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Octave
Exercises 4 -
Diatonic
Arpeggios
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arpeggios used
are built from the
G major scale:
Gmaj7 (G-B-D-
F#)
Amin7 (A-C-E-
G)
Bmin7 (B-D-F#-
A)
Cmaj7 (C-E-G-
B)
D7 (D-F#-A-C)
Emin7 (E-G-B-D)
F#m7b5 (F#-A-
C-E)
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Octave
Exercise 5 -
Minor
Patterns
This YouTube video
provides 10 easy
octave patterns in
D minor. These
lines in the style of
Wes Montgomery
are mostly based
on the Dorian
mode and the
minor blues scale.
Once you're
comfortable with
these lines, try to
play them in 12
keys and try to
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Exercise 6 -
Dominant
Patterns
Another video
providing ten easy
dominant patterns
to play over a Bb7
chord. Once again
try to transpose
them in twelve
keys
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Octave
Exercise 7 - II
V I
progression
Here is an easy
octave line to play
over a classic II V I
sequence in C
major.
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from D dorian (D-
E-F-G-A-B-C)
and G Mixolydian
(G-A-B-C-D-E-F). It
ends on a C69
chord (C-E-A-D)
(1-3-6-9).
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Octave
Exercise 9 - II
V I
progression
Two scales are
used here, D
Dorian over Dm7
and G altered (G-
Ab-Bb-B-Db-Eb-F)
over G7alt.
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Octave
Exercise 10 -
Jazz Blues
Line
This guitar line
is transcribed
from an Emily
Remler solo, it
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b7 (Ab) and
root (Bb) of
Bb7. You can
play it over the
rst four bars
of a Bb jazz
blues tune.
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Octave Study
Blue Monk (Thelonious
Monk) Octave Study
Lastly, to conclude this lesson let's
take one of the 10 jazz blues tunes that
every guitarist should know. Blue
Monk is a 12-bar blues in Bb
composed by the great pianist
Thelonious Monk. The tune is
characterized by the use of four-note
chromatic scales in bars 1,2,4 and
5. Blue Monk is an interesting variation
of the basic blues progression. There
is a IV chord (Eb7) in the second
measure and a diminished seventh
chord (E°7) in measure 6.
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The only option to Three Kinds Of Minor Blues Scales

How To Play Octaves in The

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