Melodic Jazz Guitar ii-V-I Licks
All 267 lines from Tim's ii-V-I book, long and short, in major and minor
$24.99
This is the full lick content of Tim’s book Melodic Jazz Guitar ii-V-I Licks: 267 lines across four lick packs, long and short ii-V-Is in C major and C minor. Each pack has Tim playing the lines on video with the notation alongside, plus a PDF in notation and tab.
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The whole book in one place
Long major, short major, long minor and short minor: the four parts of Tim's book, each with its own video lesson and PDF. Work on one cadence at a time, or move between them as your tunes ask.
One key, so you hear the line
Every lick is in C, on purpose. Without the clutter of changing keys you hear what makes each line different: its intervals, its phrasing and the chord shapes underneath. Then you take it into other keys.
Altered sounds with a source
Over the V you hear A♭ melodic minor, the diminished scale and C harmonic minor, and Tim's notes say where the color comes from. You learn why a line works, not only which notes to play.
What's inside
- Short Major ii-V-I Licks: 91 licks, 11-minute video, 22-page PDF
- Long Major ii-V-I Licks: 88 licks, video lesson, 38-page PDF
- Short Minor ii-V-i Licks: 32 licks, 9-minute video, 11-page PDF
- Long Minor ii-V-i Licks: 56 licks, 14-minute video, 28-page PDF
- Every lick numbered, in notation and tab, in the key of C
- Tim's written notes on the licks, on each lesson page
- Tim's three-stage guide to learning, moving and varying a lick
A look inside...
Is this for you?
Yes, if…
- You know your seventh chords and want real ii-V-I vocabulary
- You play standards in major and minor keys, slow and fast
- You can learn a line from tab or notation
- You like a large set of ideas to work through over months
Maybe not, if…
- You want every lick explained at length on video
- You want the licks printed in all twelve keys
- You are still learning your first seventh chord shapes
The most important cadence in jazz...
The ii-V-I turns up in almost every standard, at every tempo, in major and minor. Melodic Jazz Guitar ii-V-I Licks is Tim’s answer to it: 267 lines, each one a complete melodic statement that resolves clearly into the I chord.
Here the whole collection comes together on the Workshop, as the four lick packs it is built from. Each has its own video lesson, with Tim playing the lines and the notation alongside, and a PDF in notation and tab.
Four ways the cadence comes round
In a long ii-V-I the ii and V get a bar each, so there is room for a full phrase: diatonic lines with a touch of color, or chromatic ones into an openly altered V. In a short ii-V-I they share a bar, and Tim often hears the whole bar as one dominant sound. The minor packs give the half-diminished ii a voice of its own, then pull hard into C minor with harmonic minor, diminished and A♭ melodic minor sounds.
Every example is in C. Tim’s method is to learn a lick, find new fingerings and move it around the neck, then change it: new rhythm, new direction, more or fewer ornaments. With 267 lines there is plenty to work on.
Questions, answered
Is this the same as Tim's book?
It has all 267 licks from Melodic Jazz Guitar ii-V-I Licks, organized as four lick packs, each with a video lesson and a PDF in notation and tab. Here they live on Tim's Guitar Workshop, so you study them on the lesson pages with the notation alongside the video.
Do I need to read music?
No, tab is enough. Every lick is in notation and tab in the PDFs, and the videos play with the notation on screen, so you can hear a line, see it and follow along at the same time.
Can I buy the packs one at a time?
No. The four parts of the book now come together in this one collection: Short Major, Long Major, Short Minor and Long Minor ii-V-I Licks. Each keeps its own lesson page, video and PDF, and all four appear together on your My Courses page.
How do I get the lessons?
At checkout you create a login for Tim's Guitar Workshop, and all four lessons appear on your My Courses page. The videos play on the lesson pages with the notation alongside (they are not video downloads), and the PDFs download from the same pages.
Meet your instructor...
Tim Lerch
Tim has played jazz and blues guitar for more than 50 years. He is a member of the Northwest gypsy jazz group Pearl Django, leads the Tim Lerch Trio, plays in a duo with Jamie Findlay, and is an Emmy award-winning composer.
His teaching comes from the players who taught him. Joe Diorio was one of his mentors at GIT, and he learned his approach to chord voicings directly from Ted Greene. Those ideas run through every lesson in the Workshop.
His books include Melodic Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary, Melodic Jazz Guitar Chord Phrases and Melodic Blues Guitar Soloing. He has recorded ten master class courses for TrueFire and taught at jazz guitar camps in the US and UK.
- Emmy-winning composer
- Member of Pearl Django
- 50 years performing
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