"One of the worlds great jazz guitarists, Vic Juris shares his insight into the wonderful world of harmony in this book. Not for the fainthearted, Vic teaches polychords and intervallic structures derived from the major, minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor and harmonic major scales in this must have jazz guitar book. Each section has etudes that will help students integrate each concept into their own playing. The companion CD gives students the opportunity to hear and play along with these cutting edge concepts."

(Guitar Method). This practical, comprehensive method is used as the basic text for the guitar program at the Berklee College of Music. Volume One builds a solid foundation for beginning guitarists and features a comprehensive range of guitar and music fundamentals, including: scales, melodic studies, chord and arpeggio studies, how to read music, special exercises for developing technique in both hands, voice leading using moveable chord forms, and more.

One of the world's great jazz guitarists, Vic Juris shares his insight into the wonderful world of harmony in this book. Not for the fainthearted, Vic teaches polychords and intervallic structures derived from the major, minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor and harmonic major scales in this must have jazz guitar book. Each section has etudes that will help students integrate each concept into their own playing. Includes access to online audio that gives students the opportunity to hear and play along with these cutting edge concepts

(Guitar Chord Songbook). The Guitar Chord Songbook series features books with complete lyrics and chord symbols above the lyrics for dozens of great songs. Each song also includes chord grids at the top of every page and the first note of the melody for easy reference. These books are perfect for people who don't read music but want to strum chords and sing, and are equally ideal for more advanced, music-reading electric or acoustic guitarists who don't feel like wading thorugh note-for-note notation. This edition features 80 contemporary worship favorites, including: Amazed * Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) * At the Cross * Beautiful One * Everlasting God * How Can I Keep from Singing * I Am Free * Let God Arise * Let My Words Be Few (I'll Stand in Awe of You) * Made to Worship * Mighty to Save * Nothing but the Blood * Offering * Sing to the King * Today Is the Day * Your Name * and more.

A landmark book written by one of the greatest guitarists of the 20th Century, this text contains George M. Smith's own systematic study of chord technique, harmony and progressions. A large number of unique chord charts along with accompanying exercises makes this book unlike any other. The guitarist who works systematically through this book will develop the chord technique necessary for modern rhythm playing and will gain harmonic knowledge essential to the art of chord improvising. An excellent chord substitution chart is provided as a supplement to this text. Written in standard notation only with chord symbols and diagrams.

Master Advanced Modern Jazz Guitar Chords with this Creative Method "Every book I've seen from Tim Pettingale is so well done. Lots of wonderful information and always very clearly delivered." -MIKE STERN "This is the kind of book I've wanted to see for a long time. I strongly recommend it - it's excellent!" -ULF WAKENIUS In recent years, players like Kurt Rosenwinkel, Julian Lage and Jonathan Kreisberg have taken jazz guitar chord playing into new sonic territory - but until now, there has been no clear roadmap to help you develop these skills... If you've ever been puzzled by the advanced chord structures used in modern jazz guitar - how to play them, or where to use them - Modern Jazz Guitar Chord Concepts is your comprehensive guide. It's a creative method that gets you playing real music from page one, anywhere on the neck. An easy-to-follow guide to contemporary jazz guitar chords Modern Jazz Guitar Chord Concepts guides you through the most useful altered and extended major, minor and dominant chord structures while teaching you multiple voicings for each that can be used in actual musical situations. You'll learn how play and apply... Major 7#11, Major 7#5 and Major 7b5 chords Major 11s and 13s Minor 6/9, minor b6 and minor 11b9s Every type of altered dominant chord ... and learn how they work together to create great music. Master jazz guitar chords anywhere on the fretboard You'll also discover how to get unlimited mileage from a single chord shape by using it in different situations to create unique jazz chord voicings. Discover: How to visualize and play chords anywhere on the neck using a simple mapping technique How to reorder intervals to create fresh sounding voicings How to use voice leading ideas to connect chords together into beautiful phrases Learn advanced jazz chords and substitutions musically Every single chord in this book is taught in the context of a common chord progression. You'll begin by learning each new jazz voicing in the context of a ii V I progression before quickly applying it to dozens of must-know jazz standard tunes. You'll also learn some of the most sophisticated substitution ideas used in modern jazz harmony and discover some incredible chord substitution concepts.