Jazz Rhythm Guitar

Comping In The Freddie Green Style. Par CHRISTIANSEN COREY. Every jazz guitarist needs to be familiar with the accompaniment style of Freddie Green. Freddie Green was the guitarist for the Count Basie orchestra for decades and his sound and comping technique were defining aspects of this legendary group. Four-to-the-bar strumming, essential chord voicings and voice leading ideas are covered in this informative 58-minute DVD and accompanying chart. A must have for any aspiring rhythm guitarist. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Jazz - Rhythm/Backup / Accessoire / Guitare

These two pieces for classic Guitar duo were composed for the Hanser-McClellan Guitar Duo.Two to Tango is a tango rhapsody for two Guitars using mainly tango rhythm combined with that of the milonga anotherArgentinean dance closely related to the tango. The interaction of the two Guitars playing single lines at times and then changing roles between the melody and the rhythm makes it more interesting for bothplayers.Millennium Duet was written as a homage to Chet Atkins. The piece opens with a brief reflection of country and western rhythmic ideas with a melody of a different character. It later moves on to otherpatterns at times combining some Latin American rhythms with a little touch of jazz harmony.This book includes two separate Guitar parts and a combined score written in standard notation only. The companion CD features thepremiere recording of the pieces by the Hanser-McClellan Guitar Duo.

Classically trained jazz guitarist Diego Barber presents five well-developed themes and a 3-movement solo sonata transcribed from his outstanding commercial CD recordings: Calima One Minute Later Tales and The Choice. Two of the tracks “Elvira Maria” and the 3-movement Sonata “Banc d’Arguin” are strictly guitar solos while “Richi” is a solo accompaniedby light percussion. “Kilian’s Mountain” is a reduced score of an extended duet with a pianist and “Desierto” and “Virgianna” include expert sidemen on saxophone bass and drums.The music ventures from complex melody-chord textures to hard-swinging grooves all played with spontaneity and a heightened awareness of time dynamics color technique and tone. Even seasoned guitarists will find thesepieces rhythmically and technically challenging but they provide a roadmap to the recordings and rare insight to the workings of a unique musical mind. Diego Barber’s Compositions for ClassicalGuitar are written in standard notation only with online access to stellar solo and ensemble recordings. About Sonata “Banc d’Arguin” … Diego Barber is a native ofLanzarote in the Canary Islands just off the northeast coast of Africa; in writing Sonata “Banc d’Arguin ” the main solo piece in this collection he was inspired by the major cities Nouadhibouand Nouakchott the Banc d’Arguin National Park and the desert of the West African country of Mauritania.

Par BAY MEL. Communément appelée la 'bible du guitariste rythmique', cet ouvrage novateur est un système de formation de corde de guitare qui maximise l'accordage de puissance tout en minimisant le mouvement de la gauche ! Initialement écrit par Mel Bay en 1947, cette publication phare a été rééditée dans sa composition originale en 1973 pour devenir le texte définitif sur les accords de jazz dans les studios de l'enseignement privé et départements de guitare jazz universitaires du monde entier. Analytique approche la baie de m. pratique à la touche produit ce système complet pour l'apprentissage des accords de guitare jazz orchestrale de pleine consonance. DVD inclus. Minutes de 90:14 de DVD. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Jazz - Chord Book / Etude / Guitare

Par BOLING MARK. Pianistes sont les principales sources d'inspiration pour de nouveaux développements dans la compilation de la guitare jazz. Pourtant les guitaristes ont été lents à développer un vocabulaire comping avec sophistication harmonique, voiceleading subtil et rythmique de la flexibilité au niveau des meilleurs pianistes contemporaines. Cet ouvrage vise à remédier à la situation en articulant un vocabulaire comping dans le contexte de six des airs plus souvent jouées dans le jazz : 12-bar blues, les changements de rythme, blues mineur, une mélodie modale et un couple de normes. Les comps sont écrites en notation et tablature et comprennent des rythmes avec mouvement avant, chords construits en quatrième intervalles voicings structure constante parallèle, polychords, barre oblique chords, etc.. Le focus est sur l'élaboration d'une approche contemporaine de la rythmique, phrasé, voicings chord, voiceleading, substitution de la corde et reharmonization. Un enregistrement de CD ainsi que de jouer de la guitare comps avec basse et batterie aide à obtenir les sons et les rythmes dans votre oreille. La théorie de la façon dont les concepts comping sont appliqués... / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Jazz - Rhythm/Backup / Recueil / Guitare

Par CHRISTIANSEN COREY. Harmonie quartal traite de formes de corde de guitare et de voicings de corde qui sont construits en quartes plutôt que de tierces. Ce type d'harmonie est utilisé par les pianistes et guitaristes alike et utilise voicings qui peuvent être utilisés dans de nombreux milieux. Voicings Quartal et leurs inversions, sont affichées dans les charts accompagnant du DVD avec diagrammes très claires rend très facile à apprendre et à comprendre ce type d'harmonie. Non seulement le DVD de 69 minutes présente du matériel d'enseignement, mais fournit également une essence le long de jeu qui permettra aux étudiants d'entendre comment appliquer ces voicings grande corde. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Jazz - Rhythm/Backup / Accessoire / Guitare

Par MURDICK KENT. Grâce à des exemples, affectations de l'écriture et du texte clair descriptifs, cet ouvrage historique enseigne le novice ou musicien professionnel de créer des accords solos de guitare jazz fingerstyle. Le livre est divisé en trois sections principales : commençant fingerstyle guitar solos jazz de création fingerstyle et professionnel fingerstyle guitar. Kent Murdick présente systématiquement des explications claires de fingerstyle technique, bases de blues, échelles harmonisés, avancé harmonie jazz, divers concepts d'organiser et d'accompagnement, une discussion des dispositifs expressives utilisé dans le jazz et plusieurs solos album. En outre, l'auteur communique cette information avec un sens farfelue, autodérision attachant de l'humour. Ecrit en tablature et notation standard. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Jazz - Rhythm/Backup / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures

The At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each book/DVD features several lessons pertaining to one topic and the hi-def DVD features on-screen music. The lessons are loaded with valuable tips and information and popular song examples help to demonstrate the concepts in action. Jazz Guitar At a Glance features four lessons: Beginning Jazz Rhythm Guitar Jazz-Blues Progressions Beginning ii-V-I licks and Jazz Phrasing. Includes 20 hit songs: B.B.'s Boogie • Billie's Bounce (Bill's Bounce) • I'll Remember April • Moonlight in Vermont • St.Thomas • Speak Low • This Masquerade • Yardbird Suite • and more.

As one of the most emulated blues players of our time Robben Ford's impeccable soloing techniques phrasing and tone have been the subject of several books and videos but for the first time Robben brings his smooth and tasty rhythm playing to the forefront in this DVD. He explains and demonstrates dozens of blues rhythm concepts and techniques from 12-bar shuffle blues rhythms to mixing in jazz chords to blues comping. Robben also takes you through several of his tunes showing his chord voicings rhythms and right-hand picking/finger techniques. Robben also answers questions about double-stops his guitars recording and road gear. Also includesa 39-page printable PDF with examples and transcriptions. Robben has been offering masterclass clinics for several years to a very select and limited number of students. We're happy to present this DVD to allow guitarists everywhere to be a part of this unique experience.

of Guitar Solos-Laurindo Almeida (1917-1995) belongs to an elite group of Brazilian/American guitarists who by composing important works for the guitar reinstated the instrument in his native country as worthy of serious musical study.Stylistically his compositions synthesize his classical background Afro-Brazilian rhythms traditional Brazilian music and American jazz. This collection presents Almeida's solos preserving the original left and right handfingerings. The fingering is unique and tells us something about his skills as a professional guitarist. It also reflects the Brazilian school of guitar technique in the 1930's. Written in standard notation only.

Learn 12 MORE great Gypsy Swing/Hot Club standards (see song list below left) in the style of Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli and The Quintette of the Hot Club of France. Just like with the original set you\'ll play along with a great Gypsy Swing Rhythm Section and learn chords comping and melodies then let the band back you up as you practice chords and soloing. You play all the leads while the band backs you up. Beginners can practice basic skills while more advanced players can hone their improvisation chops each at their own individual learning pace. You\'ll learn moveable closed position swing/jazz chords and practice playing them with the swing guitarcomp. We\'ve also included information on basic chord substitution along with exercises on transposing melodies and chord progressions to different keys. These are essential skills for any swing/jazz musician. You\'ll also explore some basic chord melody passages! Book/CD set includes standard notation tablature chord diagrams lyrics playing tips and more. Each song is presented on the CD at slow and regular speed. First youâ??ll hear the melody played on guitar at a slow speed with just guitar backup then it\'s repeated at regular speed with the band. The back up band is a classic Hot Club- style rhythm section with two acoustic rhythm guitars string bass. Songs may be repeated at slow or regular speed as many times as you wish in order to perfect phrases melodies and solos in a band context.

Guitar Lore is a compendium of techniques considered essential for the virtuoso guitarist. It first covers left hand position and then right hand pick hold and stroke. Topics covered are the development of a system of jazz chords, chord scales, rhythm studies, sequences both diatonic and chromatic, arpeggios through extensions, scale fingerings in multiple octaves, interval studies, exotic scales, and technical studies of all different types including double stops. Chuck Anderson took dictation from master of modern guitar Dennis Sandole to create this volume.