This is a systematic approach to jazz chord progressions that is perfect for any guitarist. Standard progressions and important chords are clearly explained. Learn about comping, bass notes, the jazz style, and the cycle of fifths.

Don Mock, master guitarist and educator, reveals his favorite chord voicings and comping concepts and demonstrates them in the context of soulful jazz and blues chord progressions that are easily applied to any situation. Includes: the "best" and most useful chord voicings, chord extensions and alterations, chord substitution and secondary dominants, powerful "half-step connections," and several complete 12-bar blues progressions. Includes tab booklet.

This study shows rock and folk guitarist's how to make the most useful jazz chords and jazz progressions in the easiest way possible without reading music.

Start Really Playing Jazz Guitar Today! Simplicity. Ease. Grace. Finally, a practical method that is neither too simple nor too complex. You won't be overwhelmed with a thousand chords, nor bored with not enough actual playing or examples. A Crash Course in Jazz Rhythm Guitar leads you step-by-step to being able to confidently play jazz rhythm guitar. No guesswork about how or what to practice, this course is student tested and audition-won approved. Be Versatile. Whether you're playing in a duo or in a big band, you'll have the foundation and confidence to hang with any group. Future books in the Crash Course Series cover advanced harmonies, drop-2 voicings, improvisation, rhythms, sightreading, chord-melody and more. Demystify the Fretboard A Crash Course in Jazz Rhythm Guitar is also a practical approach to learning the whole fretboard. It gives you a solid foundation which can be used in any genre of music. All done the Guitar Ninja Way. The Guitar Ninja way is to learn the essential and use the essential wisely. It is to simplify the complex, to make the complex simple. Simplicity brings speed, ease and grace. Even the most complex music is never more than layered simplicity.

This book focuses on the key elements of the Django Reinhardt Gypsy jazz or jazz Manouche guitar style. the information revealed here was gleaned from years of experience jamming with French Gypsies and studying with masters of the style. A native of France, Stephane Wrembel acquired his skills entirely by ear and has taught scores of musicians worldwide using the method that appears here in text and notation for the first time. Written in English, German and French with all musical examples in standard notation and tablature, Wrembel conveys his knowledge in a logical step by step manner, exposing the reader to the authentic Manouche style as it continues to evolve in France and Holland. Medium to advanced in difficulty, this method is designed for the guitarist who is already familiar with jazz harmony and note locations on the fretboard.

Learn modern jazz guitar and theory with virtuoso Jens Larsen

"The Herb Ellis Jazz Guitar Method is designed to take the mystery out of playing jazz guitar. Each book in the series--Rhythm Shapes, All the Shapes You Are and Swing Blues--is based on one of three pivotal chord progressions in the jazz guitarist's repertoire. Herb teaches single-note improvisation through a system of simple guitaristic "shapes" that are derived from chord fingerings you alread know."--Cover