Improvisational Techniques for Jazz Guitar
Title | Improvisational Techniques for Jazz Guitar PDF eBook |
Author | Jay Umble |
Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
Pages | 137 |
Release | 2011-03-11 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1610656261 |
This book/CD is a treasure-trove of improvisational techniques. Twenty-nine techniques are covered including: arpeggios, targeting, chromaticism, side-slipping, negative tonal space, poly-rhythms, resolution, melodic expansion and more. Anyone interested in the art of jazz improvisation, regardless of ability, will find this book indispensable. Jay guarantees something for everyone. All examples are presented in standard notation and tablature. Companion CD includes all examples.
Dave Stryker's Jazz Guitar Improvisation Method
Title | Dave Stryker's Jazz Guitar Improvisation Method PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Stryker |
Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
Pages | 57 |
Release | 2015-11-18 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1610653173 |
Dave explains his approach to jazz improvisation with musical examples that he himself uses, learned from years of playing with the greats - after learning how to play jazz from listening to players such as Grant Green, Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino. Explains the minor sub approach using minor scales to play over dominant seventh chords, and then includes several solos over often-played jazz standards, using this approach. Also described are the use of the blues and pentatonic scales as well as be-bop ideas, the melodic minor scale, and whole-tone and diminished scales and patterns. Hanon-type warm up exercises and Dave's own fingerings shown in tab are also described. Perfect for intermediate-to-more advanced players, Dave's concise way of explaining his approach will open up the students to developing their own improvisational ideas. Dave plays the examples and solos on the companion audio download including tracks with a rhythm only section for student play-along.
Complete Jazz Guitar Method: Beginning Jazz Guitar
Title | Complete Jazz Guitar Method: Beginning Jazz Guitar PDF eBook |
Author | Jody Fisher |
Publisher | Alfred Music |
Pages | 100 |
Release | |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9781457408281 |
Anyone with a knowledge of basic chords and guitar scale fingerings can dig right in and start learning to play jazz right away. Spanning from the major scale and basic triad theory all the way up to extended chords and the modes, this book features a full-length etude or song to go with every new concept introduced. Beginning Jazz Guitar breaks the age-old tradition of dry, intimidating and confusing jazz books, and provides an actual step-by-step and enjoyable method for learning to play in this style. Clearly organized into easily mastered segments, each chapter is divided into separate lessons on harmony or improvisation. All music is shown in standard notation and TAB.
A Listener's Guide to Free Improvisation
Title | A Listener's Guide to Free Improvisation PDF eBook |
Author | John Corbett |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 191 |
Release | 2016-03-13 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 022635380X |
In the first book of its kind, John Corbett's A Listener's Guide to Free Improvisation provides a how-to manual for the most extreme example of spontaneous improvising: music with no pre-planned material at all. Drawing on over three decades of writing about, presenting, playing, teaching, and studying freely improvised music, Corbett offers an enriching set of tools that show any curious listener how to really listen, and he encourages them to enjoy the human impulse-- found all around the world-- to make up music on the spot.
Introduction to Jazz Guitar Soloing
Title | Introduction to Jazz Guitar Soloing PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Elliott |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 2008-04-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780634009709 |
(Musicians Institute Press). Perfect for seasoned rockers seeking new challenges and jazz newcomers looking for a good start, this book/CD pack covers scales, chords, licks, techniques and other vital jazz improv concepts step by step. The accompanying CD features 65 full-band demo and play-along tracks.
Functional Jazz Guitar
Title | Functional Jazz Guitar PDF eBook |
Author | Ed Byrne |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2010-12-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0578020041 |
Functional Jazz Guitar (Perfect Binding) Learn the skills needed for playing in a jazz group with this fun 255-page method. Practice specific cadence & blues comps; guide-tone & bass lines; rhythms, voicings and licks in major & minor, in all 12 keys - with 185 pages of inter-related sound files. Print and e-book formats available.
Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony
Title | Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 1996-05-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1476863121 |
(Jazz Book). A study of three basic outlines used in jazz improv and composition, based on a study of hundreds of examples from great jazz artists.