Simple ii V I progression on 6 string c6th

Ben Orgil · From: New York, USA

I'm trying to learn some basics and found this article:
http://www.jazzguitar.be/jazz_chord_progressionsd.html?utm_expid=3878535-7.v_po4ZkvTVG0aTMcAOKArg.3&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

How would you play the following chords: Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 C6 on c6th? Just a chord for each bar. I used this chord generator, but it seems like whenever I play a minor 7th in the context of a triad or double stop it just sounds wrong.

http://www.hawaiiansteel.com/chordlocator/generic.php

Jean-Sebastien Gauthier · From: Quebec, Canada

C6 work very well for diatonic chord change like ii-V-I and I-vi-ii-V-I.

The easier way I think of to play this chords is

---Dm7--G7-Cmaj7-C6
E---5---------------
C---5----5----7---12
A---5----5----7---12
G---5---------7---12
E--------5----7---12
C-------------------

Jean-Sebastien Gauthier · From: Quebec, Canada

If you play in an old school swing style with all dominant chord its easier

I-VI-II-V-I

---C7--A7--D7--G7--C7
E-------0----------
C--0---------2---2---0
A-------0---------2----
G--0----0----2-------0
E--0----------2---1--0
C--------------------

Jack Gentle Jr · From: Tennessee, USA

I use John Ely's chord finder a lot.

For: Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 C6

Maybe this

E |--5--10---|--7-------||
C |--5-------|--7--12---||
A |--5--10---|--7--12---||
G |--5--10---|-----12---||
E |----------|-----12---||
C |----------|----------||

or

E |--5--10---|--12------||
C |--5-------|--11-12---||
A |--5--10---|--10-12---||
G |--5--10---|-----12---||
E |----------|-----12---||
C |----------|----------||

or for triads only as:

E |--5--10---|--12------||
C |--5-------|--11-12---||
A |--5--10---|--10-12---||
G |-----10---|-----12---||
E |----------|----------||
C |----------|----------||

Jean-Sebastien Gauthier · From: Quebec, Canada

The minor chord slant is fun and I like to use it in a chord melodie, just like Jerry Byrd used it as a substitution. For example you play an F chord at the 5 fret with the first 3 strings and than you slide too an Cm so you use the v7 substitution, you can also slid up to the Dm for the vi7 substitution.

I avoid staying on this chord form too long because its very hard to have it in tune. I use it live but never on studio.

Jean-Sebastien Gauthier · From: Quebec, Canada

2 note chord are very handy for minor chord, I use the 6th interval with the root on first string a lot.

For example for a Em use the first string (E) fourth (G) open.

Jack Gentle Jr · From: Tennessee, USA

One problem I have using chord finders, incomplete chords, and chord substitutions:

Although a finder might indicate that

---7---
---7---
---7---

or
---12---
---11---
---10---

can be used as Cmaj7, in the context of how it is used in my post above, it functions as G7 leading into the home chord C.

Mike Neer · From: NJ

I wish I had time to spend on this topic today, but maybe I will post more about it later.

Anyway, to just play some form of a G triad or Dmin triad for the V7 (G7) is not really advancing the tune forward in a sense that it doesn't create much tension/resolution.

I would suggest using something like this (when the music tolerates it):

Ben Orgil · From: New York, USA

Thanks for the tips that really helps.

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