The Most Important Chord in Jazz
Jazz Guitar Techniques
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6m 49s
Whether you know it or not, you've probably already played a shape or two of the Drop 2 chord family. In this lesson, I'll show you how to construct any Drop 2 shape on the guitar neck with a simple formula. This lesson comes with tabs, so check them out below and incorporate these shapes into your repertoire.
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