Chords for Block Chords Wes Montgomery lesson 1

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_ _ _ _ _ Hi, today I want to play some block chords.
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I give [E] you five chords and you can harmonize lots of melodies.
_ And we [G] start with this chord, A minor [Am] 7. _
_ _ _ _ Here is the 7, here is the 3, B3, here is the 5, here is the octave, the 8. _ _
_ _ _ _ Then we take this little finger and play A minor 9. _ _
Here is the 7, here is the 3, here is [Em] the 5, and here is the [Am] 9.
_ _ _ So we have two chords, we have the _ root and we have the 9. _
_ Now we move to the next chord, it's A minor 7.
_ _ _ _ A little bit difficult to finger _ with _ [D] this [Am] small varie.
A minor 7, A minor 3. _
_ _ _ _ _ This is the minor 3rd, so it's A minor 7.
_ Now we put the little finger here, so then we have the 11, A minor 11.
_ [A] _ Or A11. _ _
So we have four chords [Am] now, we have A minor 7, _ minor 7 9, _ _
minor 7 with the 3rd, _ _ [Gb] minor 7 with the [E] 11.
_ _ _ _ [Am] Four chords.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And now comes the fifth chord, it's A minor 7. _ _
Drop two.
_ _ And now we have the fifth on top.
_ _ _ _ Five chords now, 1, _ 2, 3, _ 4, _ 5. _ _
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Up and down. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Practice that whole step [Gm] below. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Ab] Whole step below, F, _ [Ab] _
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_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [E] _ [Am] A minor. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ You can just play the 1, the 3 and the 5. _ _ _ _
_ _ You get the arpeggio. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] G [Gm] minor. _
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[Ab] You can play along with this.
You can make melodies [Am] like, _ _
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_ _ _ _ you can use this for comping [Ab] like
songs [Am] in A minor, A minor blues. _ _ _
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