Stop Playing the Same Minor ii-V-i - (10 Progressions Every Jazz Guitarist Needs)

Same minor progression. Completely different world. If your minor ii-V-i still sounds like the same two voicings you learned years ago — the same shapes coming out every time you open Autumn Leaves or Blue Bossa — this lesson is for you. In this video I'm walking through 10 ways to play the minor ii-V-i on jazz guitar. We start with stripped-back shell voicings and work all the way through to modern reharmonisations that make other guitarists turn around and ask what you just played. Here's what we cover: 00:00 — Why your minor ii-V-i sounds the same every time 02:17 — Shell voicings (root, 3rd, 7th — what every great pianist does) 03:22 — Drop 2 voicings — fuller, more pianistic 04:24 — Drop 3 — the solo guitar sound 05:18 — Drop 2 and 4 — wide open harmonic texture 06:17 — Thinking melodically — shaping a chromatic line across the changes 07:20 — The natural 9 on the half diminished — one of the most beautiful sounds in jazz 08:17 — Open strings — Brazilian, classical, atmospheric 09:27 — Quartal harmony — the modern post-bop sound 11:00 — Smooth voice leading through inversions — stop jumping around the neck 12:19 — Modern reharmonization — dark, rich, transformed All 10 voicings are in a free PDF with chord diagrams — link below. Print it out and follow along. It'll make this lesson 10 times more useful. 🎸 Free PDF — all voicings with chord diagrams → nickinthegreenroom.kit.com/minor251 🎸 Score — Manhã De Carnaval → www.musicnotes.com/l/lMdgF If you want a follow-up on minor ii-V-I lines for improvisation, drop a comment and let me know.