The Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary
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    I'm very bad at reading someone's hand!

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    The Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary
     
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    Thanks for showing us that paulcw16. Another great teaching swing video is "Swing Guitar" taught by Mike Dowling distributed by Homespun Video

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    Whit explains the chords he uses, briefly. He's much better at playing than explaining, and at playing the exact same thing every time. I enjoy his playing, but I have a hard time watching his instructional videos.

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    I’m glad to hear others have problems with his dvds I love his playing but struggle to follow some of his chord shapes. I realise naming chords is not an exact science and always assume it’s me that not understanding but coupled with a dvd remote thats died and having to change glasses to pause the disc I’m getting nowhere with chordination 1 has anyone charted out his chords?

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    E7: 7x675x
    A7: 5x565x
    D7: 5x453x
    G: x5543x

    The diminished walk-up turnaround at 1:30 is
    5x45xx
    6x45xx
    7x57xx

    Then he plays a B-7: 7x777x

    Then a diminished; 6x56xx

    A-7: 5x555x
    A different D7 grip: 5x45xx (this grip seems familiar right? Some grips are many chords)

    Same grips from above again...
    E7: 7x675x
    A7: 5x565x
    D7: 5x453x

    Turnaround to B7 using chromatic movememnt
    6x56xx
    5x45xx
    4x34xx
    3x23xx

    Then he shows a few ways to turnaround to B7

    Then end the form with

    E7: 7x675x
    A7: 5x565x
    D7: 5x453x
    G: x5543x

    These are foundational grips, if you're struggling to follow them, consider spending a little time here learning the basic chords section.

    Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary (244 Chord Shapes)

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    Right or Wrong 1 sheet.pdf

    Trying to attach a chart, hopefully this works.