II-V-I Progression: Three Note Chords

Hello, fellow beginning guitarists (of which I consider myself a member of your august company). For my first posting in about five weeks (been keeping up the "Bass" end of this blog), I'm posting some simple triads in the standard II-V-I chord progression in key of C. The Chords are:

D Minor 7th

G Dominant 7th

C Major 7th

The first set of chord voicings are done on the upper position of the guitar, with the chords fretted as follows (forgive me, but I don't have tablature settings on my software anymore):
Dm7: E-10th fret; A-muted; D-10th fret; G-10th fret;
G7: A-10th fret; D-9th fret; G-10th fret;
Cmaj7: E-8th fret; A-muted; D-9th fret; G-9th fret;

The second set of voicings are in the first and second positions on the neck and the chords voiced as follows:

Dm7: D-3rd fret; G-2nd fret; B-1st fret (notice that this is an F major triad);
G7: A-5th fret; D-3rd fret; G-4th fret;
Cmaj7: A-3rd fret; D-5th fret; G-4th fret.

I've added text below the chords describing the parts of the chords being used for each triad. For example, on the Dm7 in the first measure, I used the root, flatted 7th, and the third on top; for the G dominant 7th in the second measure, I used the root, 3rd, and flatted 7th, etc.

This is a fun and simple way to introduce jazz voicings into your guitar practice. Take your time, get a feel for how the voicings sound, have fun, and I'll see y'all on the flipside next week.

Cheers,

GG