Jazz Guitar
Jazz guitar is a different world from rock. Chord voicings use four or more notes, melodies follow the harmony rather than fighting it, and improvisation is expected over every section. The tone is warm, clean and round, usually from a hollowbody or semi-hollow guitar through a clean amp with the tone rolled way back.
Even learning one jazz standard will expand your chord vocabulary and fretboard knowledge enormously.
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Jazz Guitar Basics
Start with seventh chords: major 7, minor 7, dominant 7. Learn them in at least three positions on the neck. Then work on ii-V-I progressions, which are the backbone of jazz harmony. The right hand uses a thick pick with a light touch, or fingerstyle for chord melody.
The Girl from Ipanema is a beautiful entry point with its bossa nova rhythm and approachable chord changes. What a Wonderful World works as a chord-melody arrangement project.