Cmaj7
C · E · G · B
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A genre is a starting point. These curated examples use a specific musical context, rather than promising that one scale works over every song in that style. Beginner means a gentle introduction to this style after your first open chords.
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Your jazz starting point
Listen to the notes inside a seventh chord before adding extensions. Start with a gentle static major-seventh sound, then build a major-key ii-V-I. Shared notes and small movements make the changes easier to hear.
Use a comfortable acoustic volume and a relaxed fretting hand. The plan starts with standard shapes; change voicing if another shape fits your hand better.
Chords for this example
Play one four-beat bar per chord in the listed order. When just one chord is shown, stay on that chord. Compare voicings before choosing a comfortable shape.
Cmaj7
A scale to explore: C Major Pentatonic
Use this scale as a starting palette for the displayed progression. Begin or finish a short phrase on a note in the current chord; not every scale note is a resting note over every chord.
Notes: C · D · E · G · A
Your ten-minute practice plan
- 2 minutes · Find the pulse. Count four beats and play a light chord on beats 1 and 3. Leave space to listen to the notes decay; choose the strings deliberately.
- 3 minutes · Chord changes. Sound the major-seventh chord once, pick its notes slowly, then answer with two major-pentatonic notes. Rest often; clean notes come before more complex changes.
- 3 minutes · A few scale notes. Play slowly at 60 BPM or slower, then choose two or three notes for a short phrase.
- 2 minutes · Make music. Alternate the chord groove and your answer. Leave space, and stop if you feel pain.
This is an original practice example, not a transcription of a commercial song.
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