A Guide to Chord-Melody Jazz Guitar: Guitar Solo: Instrumental Tutor

Guitarist and composer Andrew York presents the ultimate guide to jazz for classical guitarists. The first two sections of this three-part book cover jazz harmony and chord/melody, focusing on comping, chord voicings, voice leading, and arranging for solo guitar. Part three looks at improvisation, which may be the most exciting---yet foreign---aspect of jazz for classical guitarists. York shows you that improvisation is a skill that can be learned and practiced just like any other. By practicing the ear training and visualization exercises in this book, you will learn how to turn the music you hear in your 'mind's ear' into imaginative, great-sounding jazz solos. The CD contains the exercises and examples performed by the author. / Guitare

Learn Unlimited Ways to Harmonize Melody Lines and Progressions-Discover the approach that Jazz players have been using for years and open up a virtually unlimited world of harmony through chord substitution. The topics covered in this comprehensive guide include:Harmonised major minor and pentatonic scalesChromatic alterationSecondary dominant substitutionTritone substitutionQuartal harmonyUsing all 12 tones in every keyChord substitutions as applied to 12-bar bluesTheories of advanced harmony are presented here in a manner that is both practical and accessible to the guitarist wishing to extend their playing and improvising vocabulary enabling you to have seemingly infinitepossibilities at your fingertips! The manipulation of chords is an essential part of the Jazz approach but this book has plenty to offer the composer and arranger as well as the performer. Every lesson is covered by a generous number of exercises examples and even short pieces all of which will fire your imagination and inspire your playing.

Featuring in-depth lessons and 40 great jazz classics the Hal Leonard Jazz Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning jazz guitar. This book uses real jazz songs to teach you the basics of accompanying and improvising jazz guitar in the style of Wes Montgomery Joe Pass Tal Farlow Charlie Christian Jim Hall and many others. Lesson topics include: chords and progressions; scales and licks; comping and soloing styles; chord-melody; intros and endings; technique; equipment and sound; and more! Songs include: Satin Doll · Take the A Train · Billie's Bounce · Impressions · Bluesette · MyOne and Only Love · Desafinado · Autumn Leaves · Watch What Happens · Misty · Song for My Father · and more. The online audio includes 99 tracks for demonstration and play-along.

Par EMMANUEL TOMMY. Mel Bay Publications presents a collection of arrangements and original compositions from Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel's 2005 CD, Endless Road. Not for the faint of heart, this outstanding collection of intermediate to advanced solos includes two pop standards ('Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and 'Mona Lisa”) plus thirteen of Tommy's incredible compositions. You'll gain insights into Tommy's playing style through note-for-note notation and tablature transcribed by Mark Pritcher who has added suggested chord progressions to each tune to serve as a harmonic guide to the player. In addition, detailed performance notes and select chord grid diagrams further enhance accessibility to the works of this masterful guitar tunesmith. Tommy's music incorporates thumbpicking, jazzy single lines, chord-melody arranging techniques, complex use of harmonics and more. Playing through this collection will give you a whole new appreciation for your guitar! / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Acoustic Music - Solos / Recueil / Guitare

Ten stylish ?performance ready? chord-melody arrangements in standard notation and tablature by Jake Reichbart, one of the busiest freelance guitarists in the business. This unique package also includes an instructional DVD, featuring him performing and teaching each song, to guide you through. Songs: Afternoon in Paris ? Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) ? Footprints ? Four ? I Remember You ? St. Thomas ? So Nice (Summer Samba) ? Very Early ? Watch What Happens ? Yesterdays.

Rhythm Section-(Sample solos by Mike Steinel) At last a jazz play-along book for developing players! In addition to being a perfect introduction to some of the best-known jazz standards Essential Elements Jazz Standards includes hints for improvising on each tune a guide to jazz articulations a scale/chord correlation chart and biographical sketches of key jazz figures. And if that wasn't enough each tune comes with its own sample solo for reference or performance! The professionally recorded audio CD has tempo adjustment software for use in your computer. Includes: Now's the Time Killer Joe Blue Bossa C-Jam Blues Footprints Song for My Father Autumn Leaves FreddieFreeloader St. Thomas and Blue Train. · Play-along CD with choice of full recording (with melody) or rhythm section only · Tempo adjustment software (computer required) · Sample written solos and improvising hints · Rhythm book includes bass lines piano voicings and drum patterns