Here are six studies  to practice hearing and feeling chord progressions. They are based on chords found in jazz standards. For the most part, I followed the chords found on lead sheets, though I occasionally made adjustments to what was written. I was concerned with the sounds of the chords and the chord shapes on the guitar. I was not concerned with creating melodies or melodic studies, and I varied the right hand patterns just enough to keep the studies interesting without having the right hand technique become the main focus.

The studies in “Contrafact Studies for Guitar, Volume I” are based on chords found in the following jazz standards:

I. “It Could Happen to You” by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke
II. “Have You Met Miss Jones” by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart
III. “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise” by Sigmund Romberg and      Oscar  Hammerstien III
IV. “On Green Dolphin Street” by Bronislaw Kaper and Ned Washington
V. “Days of Wine and Roses” by Henry Mancini
VI. “Alone Together” by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz

I will post “Contrafact Studies for Guitar, Volume II” next week.