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Jazz — Electric guitar

The warm hollow-body electric is a classic jazz voice, ideal for the rich chords that back a soloist in swing, though gypsy jazz keeps to its bright acoustic sound. Sophistication meets freedom: jazz pairs rich harmony with improvisation, so the same song never sounds the same twice. Here you'll find the ii-V-I — best understood as the genre's most-used three-chord chain — and the A section of rhythm changes, a short cycle that underpins countless tunes.

Grooves

Four-to-the-bar comping

Progressions

ii-V-I rhythm changes (A section)

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