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This Blue Monk guitar tutorial will teach you the melody, chords, and scales to improvise over this classic jazz standard. Tab and sheet music provided.

🎸 FREE Arpeggio Shapes PDF for targeting chord tones when soloing

🔗 Links & Lessons Mentioned

• Full playlist of this series
• Supplementary Lessons for Playing Jazz Standards
• Listening Playlist for This Series on YouTube
• Listening Playlist for This Series on Spotify
• Comping lessons
• FREE Arpeggio Shapes PDF for targeting chord tones when soloing

💬 Lesson Description

This is video #5 in my series on the top 25 jazz standards for guitar players.

This week's lesson is on “Blue Monk.”

Here’s what we cover:

• Why Blue Monk is worth studying
• Melody (with notation and tab)
• Easy chord shapes and common chord shapes
• Scales to improvise over Blue Monk
• A tip to help you internalize jazz standards
• Blue Monk guitar listening recommendation

If you want to confidently play over Blue Monk and develop a comprehensive understanding of the tune, then this video is for you.

Let me know what you think in the comments.

Thanks! :)

~ Jared

🎸 FREE Arpeggio Shapes PDF for targeting chord tones when soloing

Blue Monk Guitar Melody (tab and notation)

Blue Monk Guitar Chords - Common

Blue Monk Guitar Chords - Easy

Complete Scales for Soloing Over Blue Monk

Simplified Scales for Soloing Over Blue Monk

Blue Monk Guitar Scale Diagrams