Topic: A Great Jazz Guitar Trick: Patterns and the Power of 3! Ready to learn a great jazz guitar trick? The ear recognizes patterns - patterns in chords, patterns in notes.  You can use patterns to create incredible sounding progressions just by moving identical chord shapes to different parts of the neck - particularly three frets apart. Here's a great lesson on a wonderful concept of patterns and their use in threes.  I know it sounds odd but, trust