The Practical Jazz Guitarist

The Practical Jazz Guitarist
Author: Mark White
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1480351946

(Berklee Guide). Learn the essential tools and skills for playing jazz guitar. This practical guidebook will help you master the theory, technique, and conceptual framework for how to play jazz: comping chords, soloing, and playing with expression, facility, and good hand health. The accompanying audio tracks provide demonstrations of key technical concepts with play-along tracks to help you develop phrasing and location concepts on the fingerboard. It also provides examples to train your ear with call-and-response exercises similar to what you might be asked to perform at an audition or jury. A unique section on audition preparation for colleges and professional music programs, with an extended interview with Berklee College of Music's director of admissions, will help you advance in your career.

The Advancing Guitarist

The Advancing Guitarist
Author: Mick Goodrick
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 122
Release: 1987
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0881885894

General Reference

The Great Jazz Guitarists

The Great Jazz Guitarists
Author: Scott Yanow
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2013-04-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1480354902

B&W photos throughout

The Total Jazz Guitarist

The Total Jazz Guitarist
Author: Jody Fisher
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2007
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739038482

The Total Jazz Guitarist is an exciting journey through the diverse world of jazz guitar playing. You start with basic lessons on the major scale and end up playing intricately beautiful chord melodies and soloing over tricky jazz chord progressions. This wide-ranging study is for all players from beginning to advanced. The beginning-to-intermediate student will find all the tools needed to become a great guitarist, while the more advanced player will find lots of useful tips and a fresh perspective on jazz guitar. Whether this is your first jazz guitar book or you've been studying for years, this is the one place to get everything you need to make you a great jazz guitarist. A CD demonstrating the examples in the book is included.

The Guitarist's Introduction to Jazz

The Guitarist's Introduction to Jazz
Author: Randy Vincent
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-02-19
Genre: Guitar
ISBN: 9780997661743

"This book is for guitarists who are new to jazz, but not beginners on guitar."--page 3.

Complete Jazz Guitar Method: Beginning Jazz Guitar

Complete Jazz Guitar Method: Beginning Jazz Guitar
Author: Jody Fisher
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total 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.

Forward Motion

Forward Motion
Author: Hal Galper
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2011-01-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1457101394

The same notes can sound square or swinging, depending on how the music is phrased. This revolutionary book shows how many people misunderstand jazz phrasing and shows how to replace stiff phrasing with fluid lines that have the right jazz feeling. In this book, master pianist Hal Galper also shows how get that feeling of forward motion and also how to use melody guide tones correctly, how to line up the strong beat in a bar with the strongest chord notes, and much more!

Linear Expressions

Linear Expressions
Author: Pat Martino
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1989-05
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781423460893

(Stylistic Method). Legendary guitarist Pat Martino shares his personal formula for chord conversions with you. This uniquely simple system allows you to think melody, not theory. Amply illustrated with some of Pat's favorite lines.

Jazz Guitar Voicings -

Jazz Guitar Voicings -
Author: Randy Vincent
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2011-01-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1457101378

Have you ever wondered how guitarists like Joe Pass, Jim Hall and Wes Montgomery find such full, luscious voicings for their chord melody playing? Well, much of that sound is based on the "Drop 2" principle of chord voicings. In this book, veteran guitarist Randy Vincent explains exactly how you can get that same sound too. Endorsed by Julian Lage, John Stowell, Larry Koonse, etc.

Hip Guitar Lines

Hip Guitar Lines
Author: Rodney Jones
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2020-06-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1513455133

The Hip Guitar Lines book is a window and a gateway into learning and applying advanced jazz vocabulary on the guitar. It is intended to be a resource that a jazz guitarist of any level can use to take another step. Each line is laid out clearly with its application and TAB fingering. If you have wanted to know the secret lines that the Master musicians know...if you have been looking for a way to grow your ears and musical vocabulary.... if you have wondered how to take a musical leap....this is your moment. The key to rapid and amazing musical growth is in your hands. Now, go to work and have fun. I wrote this book for you. I am here to help.