IMPRESSIONS Guitar Lesson (tab, chords, melody, scales) | #3 of Top 25 Jazz Standards for Guitar
Mar 25, 2025▶️ Click here to watch on YouTube
In this Impressions guitar lesson, you will learn the melody, chords, and scales needed to improvise over this classic jazz standard.
🎸 FREE PDF: Download the most important scale diagrams for guitar
🔗 Links & Lessons Mentioned
- Full playlist of this series
- Supplementary Lessons for Playing Jazz Standards
- Listening List for Jared's "Top 25 Jazz Standards for Guitar Players" Lesson Series
- "So What" melody tutorial
- Comping in a modal context
- Improvising in dorian
- Explanation of tertiary chords
- Quartal harmony
- Shell voicings
- FREE PDF: Download the most important scale diagrams for guitar
💬 Lesson Description
This is video #3 in my series on the top 25 jazz standards for guitar players.
This week's lesson is on the tune "Impressions."
Here’s what we cover:
- Why Impressions is worth studying
- Melody (with notation and tab)
- Easy chord shapes and common chord shapes
- Scales to improvise over Impressions
- A tip to help you internalize jazz standards
- Impressions guitar listening recommendation
If you want to confidently play over Impressions and develop a comprehensive understanding of the tune, then this video is for you.
I hope you enjoy this Impressions guitar lesson and find it beneficial.
Let me know what you think in the comments.
Thanks! :)
~ Jared
🎸 FREE PDF: Download the most important scale diagrams for guitar
Impressions Guitar Melody
Complete Scales for Improvising on Impressions
Impressions Guitar Scale Diagrams
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