Creative Chord Substitution for Jazz Guitar

by Eddie Arkin
Creative Chord Substitution for Jazz Guitar
Author: Eddie Arkin
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2004-05-13
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457490132
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For a jazz musician, being able to manipulate chords and progressions is an essential part of defining one's own personal musical style. This book is very effective in helping to develop this skill. Creative Chord Substitution for Jazz Guitar explains the technique of chord substitution as a tool to expand and vary existing harmonic progressions. The theories of advanced harmony discussed here will enable any guitarist to have, at his fingertips, seemingly endless possibilities of chordal color -- possibilities that will take him far beyond the written page, and unlock an unlimited world of creativity as a player, arranger, and composer.

The Advancing Guitarist

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

by Janek Gwizdala
Chordal Harmony
Author: Janek Gwizdala
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2019-02-27
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781798227701
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Chordal Harmony: Volume 2 is the long-awaited sequel to world-renowned bassist Janek Gwizdala's most popular book to date. Matching the original Chordal Harmony's innovative approach, rigorous and thoughtful exercises, and attention to detail, Volume 2 will take you far, far deeper into the new and challenging world of chords on bass. Travel through Janek's in-depth process for finding the most creative voicings, creating effective chord melodies, sparking and building upon new compositional devices, and even his best techniques for live performances and effective looping.

Berklee Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary

by Rick Peckham
Berklee Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary
Author: Rick Peckham
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2007-06-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476867410
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(Berklee Guide). This chord dictionary from the assistant chair of Berklee's guitar department includes 100+ chord forms, from basic 7th chords to guide tone chords and triads over bass notes. It is organized to reveal chord relationships and help guitarists learn voicings quickly and thoroughly. Includes notes, fretboard diagrams and tab for each chord.

Tim Miller 2-1-2 Arpeggio Technique

by Tim Miller
Tim Miller 2-1-2 Arpeggio Technique
Author: Tim Miller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2020-08-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781733209717
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Tim Miller's 2-1-2 Arpeggio Technique is an innovative method designed to give guitarists a creative and ergonomic way to easily and instinctively invent arpeggios for improvisation and composition. Includes step by step tutorial and hundreds of arpeggio examples for the most common scales used in contemporary music.

Chord-Scale Theory and Linear Harmony for Guitar

by Jonathan Pac Cantin
Chord-Scale Theory and Linear Harmony for Guitar
Author: Jonathan Pac Cantin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre: Guitar
ISBN: 9780615431116
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Chord-Scale Theory and Linear Harmony for Guitar: Creative Tools for Improvisation and Composition in Contemporary Music is a guide to music theory as it relates to the guitar fretboard. It covers topics such as intervals, scales and modes, chords and voicings, progressions, and melodic devices and how they are commonly used in contemporary Western music. It thoroughly explains basic harmony as well as the complex harmonies used in jazz. It contains examples in standard notation, guitar TAB, fretboard diagrams, and charts. Great for intermediate and advanced guitarists looking to expand their horizons and musical creativity.

Don Mock's Jazz Guitar Masterclass

by Don Mock
Don Mock's Jazz Guitar Masterclass
Author: Don Mock
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2009-07
Genre: Guitar
ISBN: 9780739057575
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This amazing three-section set of personal lessons with jazz guitar guru Don Mock features hours of personal audio instruction, play-along tracks, and demonstrations, with a complete accompanying book of music examples, exercises, and transcriptions in notation and TAB Section 1 covers the all-important, Wes Montgomery-inspired Octave Technique. Section 2 is devoted to the target tone concept, which simplifies the improvising process, enabling you to play sophisticated lines that resolve beautifully into the correct chord tones. Section 3 is devoted to turnarounds: short four-chord progressions often found at the end of tunes to setup and return to the beginning.

The Chord Factory

by Jonathan Feist
The Chord Factory
Author: Jonathan Feist
Publisher: Berklee Press Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780876390757
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(Berklee Guide). The Chord Factory is for all levels and styles of chord explorers, from professional-level guitarists in need of harmonic stimulation and to fill in some "gray areas," to the early-level guitarist just embarking on that fascinating and fun aspect of exploring chords and harmony. This added chord vocabulary and understanding will strengthen all areas of your musical world as a performer and composer.