The "Piano Secret" Wes Montgomery Used to Master the Fretboard
This video is part of the series:
"VoiceLid Jazz Guitar: The Diagonal Harmony Series 🔶 Wes to Django"
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🎸 What if Wes Montgomery’s “Wes Line” wasn’t the beginning — but the continuation of another legend’s idea?
In this lesson, Junewon Choi (VoiceLid Jazz Guitar) uncovers *Wes Montgomery’s second secret: The Django Line* — a diagonal logic that began with Django Reinhardt’s two-finger technique and evolved into Wes’s melodic phrasing.
You’ll learn:
• How Django’s limited technique led to limitless harmonic invention
• How Wes built his diagonal “Wes Line” on Django’s foundation
• The A-form / B-form shapes both players used across the fretboard
• Why this diagonal harmony connects guitarists and pianists alike
• How this logic became the root of the *Functional Diagonal Approach*
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🕒 *Chapters*
00:00 Intro — What is the Django Line?
01:15 Django’s Two-Finger Fretboard Logic
03:10 A-Form and B-Form: The Two Diagonal Shapes
05:25 Wes Montgomery’s Connection to Django’s Movement
08:40 Applying the Django Line on ii-V-I Progressions
11:20 Voice-Leading Across the Neck (Diagonal Motion)
13:45 How Pianists Like Bill Evans Used the Same Structure
16:00 Practical Routine: Turning Harmony into Melody
18:30 Recap & Next Episode Preview
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🎶 Lesson Highlights:
– C minor 7 → F7 → B♭ minor 7 → E♭7 (2-5 chains on “Four on Six”)
– E♭ Maj7 Drop 2 to Shell Voicing linkage
– Understanding A-form / B-form on the fretboard
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🎬 *Next in the Diagonal Harmony Series:*
👉 [The Other Side of the Wes Line: How Wes Montgomery Completed Diagonal Logic • How Wes Montgomery Plays ii–V 🔶 The Hidden... ]
🔁 Watch the full playlist: [VoiceLid Jazz Guitar: The Diagonal Harmony Series 🔶 Wes to Django • VoiceLid Jazz Guitar: The Diagonal Harmony... ]
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https://voicelidjazzguitar.com/buildi...
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