Jazz Blues Soloing for Guitar: 176 authentic musical examples. Practice to succeed with 15 backing tracks to supercharge your progress 2 hours of audio so you can hear and master jazz blues language Never have 12 bars of music been treated to such detailed, logical study. Do you want to move from playing traditional Chicago blues to playing stylish jazz blues? Do you struggle to find the vocabulary and lines to sound jazzy and authentic? Wouldn't it be great to find a straight-forward method to help you develop and understand how jazz blues guitar language is built and played?!? Jazz Blues Soloing for Guitar helps you to develop an authentic jazz blues language built from the essential chords, arpeggios, scales and approaches that real jazz guitarists use. Reviews: "... this book is the best I've found for getting a player into the jazz ..." "... There is plenty of material here to enrich the study of players at any level of expertise..." "Joseph Alexander has a great way of breaking fairly complex musical concepts into easy to understand, bite sized bits, then bringing [it] all together as a cohesive whole". Beginner or Intermediate Jazz Guitarists: Whether you already play jazz, or are trying to expand your melodic horizons from the traditional blues, Jazz Blues Soloing for Guitar is a step by step method that breaks down the 12 bar jazz blues into its most essential musical elements.You will build and develop essential vocabulary from arpeggio-based ideas, and incorporate chromatic approach notes, passing notes, bebop scales and altered scales to build stunning vocabulary and theoretical understanding that will form the rock solid basis of a unique jazz language.Each concept is instantly made musical, with hundreds of lines and practice ideas based on real world music. Authentic Jazz Guitar Language The emphasis of Jazz Blues Soloing for Guitar is on creating smooth, flowing blues lines that are constructed from each concept taught in the book.Plenty of examples are given for every playing situation; however, the book focuses on teaching you to build your own musical lines from the fundamental principles of jazz theory. Every Essential Jazz Blues Guitar Topic is Covered: Learn: Arpeggios Scales Bebop Scales Chromatic Passing Notes Substitutions Turnarounds and Much More... Twenty Detailed Chapters Chapter One - The Jazz Blues Structure Chapter Two - Chord Voicings for the Jazz Blue Chapter Three - Soloing on the First Seven Bars Chapter Four - Smooth Transitions between Arpeggios Chapter Five - Targeting Specific Intervals Chapter Six - Using the Mixolydian Bebop Scale Chapter Seven - Chromatic Passing Notes Chapter Eight - Chromatic Approach Note Patterns Chapter Nine - Adding the bV Diminished 7 Chord Chapter Ten - 3rd to 9th Extended Arpeggios Chapter Eleven - Soloing on Bars Eight to Twelve Chapter Twelve - Using the Phrygian Dominant Bebop Scale Chapter Thirteen - Moving from G7 to Cm7 Chapter Fourteen - Using the Dorian Bebop Scale Chapter Fifteen - Soloing on F7 Chapter Sixteen - The F Mixolydian Bebop Scale Chapter Seventeen - The F Altered Scale Chapter Eighteen - Practicing Quick Changes Chapter Nineteen - Pentatonic Scales Chapter Twenty: Jazz Blues Solo Example Conclusions, Practice Tips and Further Study With over 100 pages on just 12 bars of music, this is the most detailed and practical guide to the jazz blues available