Jazz Chord Dictionary?

[acrofts]

Hi Everyone,
I am brand new here, so I hope I am posting this in the right place, since I looked around and couldn't find a specific answer. I have played string bass (mostly jazz) for a long time now and recently decided to try something on the other end of the size / tuning spectrum. I am have become fully obsessed with the mandolin over the last month and I am hoping to find a resource to help me start playing jazz standards right away. I am not a sight reader; when playing bass I just follow the chords on the lead sheet and try to walk around within my knowledge of what makes a major, minor, 7th, etc. I have been working on different arpeggios on mandolin but need to learn some chords so I can comp along with "all the things", "autumn leaves", blues changes and so forth.

To get to the point, I have found some good info about chord inversions at jazzmando.com, but the majority of the chord charts I have found online seem to have very folk-oriented rather than jazzy chord shapes. Do any of you know of a good resource for non-"white" chords online or in print? Thanks in advance and I look forward to joining you all in mandolin utopia.

[pickloser]

Really quick, I found this: http://www.donjulin.com/Lessons_files/3%20note%20mandolin%20chords.pdf

Go to Don Julin's website. Pete Martin's website has some downloads too. A search here will give you Don's 300 (or whatever number) chords in 4 (or whatever number) minutes video on mandolin chords.

Good luck and happy playing.

[hhold]

learn the theory - it's basically math- and make up your own

[hhold]

if you're looking for a book to start with the Madolin Chord Finder published by Hal Leaonard can help.
Also Andy Statman's guide to Jazz Mandolin. He teaches 3 (double) string chords which leave the top course of strings (E). You'll also find out that the Root and 5th are often omitted in Jazz mandolin chords. After that you can pretty much come up with your own chords, inversions and substitutes.

[onassis]

IIRC, there's a good chord dictionary available on the home page of this very site.http://www.mandolincafe.com/cgi-bin/chords/ch.plAlso this one, which hnas a format that I really like.http://www.mandolincafe.com/pat.html

[Pete Martin]

My Jazz Chording for Mandolin pdf book is available free here

http://www.petimarpress.com/books.html

["Umm, fish?"]

But basically, moveable four note major chords (from G string up to E):

Root
1 (Root), 1 (5th), 3 (3rd), 3 (7th)

1st inversion (I hate this in major, but it makes a great dominant chord)
2 (3rd), 2 (7th), 3 (5th), 1 (Root)

2nd inversion
3 (5th), 1 (Root), 5 (7th), 3 (3rd)

3rd inversion
3 (7th), 1 (3rd), 2 (Root), 2 (5th)

From there, you can make minors and dominants and start figuring out how to add in alterations and tensions.

[swinginmandolins]

I put together two YouTube videos showing and explaining some movable extention chords. There is a link in my signature to my channel or look for Mandoswinger. They are also on my website www.mandolinjazz.com on the instructional video page.

[ubiguitar]

I can confirm that theory is best answer to your question, but if you're really interested in a book with jazz chord position I can suggest this one:
- Mandolin Chord Book (http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/mandolin-chord-book/11929283)
and for scales and licks this one
- Mandolin Scale and Lick Book (http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/mandolin-scale-and-lick-book/15839026)

Have fun :mandosmiley:

[mando.player]

Pete's book is a great resource. You can also check out this page at JazzMando.com:
http://jazzmando.com/tips/archives/001479.shtml