Advanced Jazz Guitar Concepts

In Advanced Jazz Guitar Techniques jazz guitar virtuoso Jens Larsen provides more deep insights into the techniques and theory of contemporary jazz guitar. You'll discover a practical, no-nonsense guide to jazz guitar topics that have mystified even experienced jazz musicians - such as effective soloing with triad pairs, applying quartal harmony, how and when to use altered scales, and much more! Master the advanced guitar techniques and melodic concepts you've heard in the music of everyone from Charlie Parker and Wes Montgomery, to Kurt Rosenwinkel, Michael Brecker and Mike Moreno. Jens Larsen gets to the heart of modern jazz guitar playing to focus on the techniques and theory that will set your playing apart from the crowd. His new jazz guitar book teaches how to create quartal arpeggio licks that combine the old-school cool jazz vocabulary of McCoy Tyner and John Coltrane with the modern sounds of Gilad Hekselman, Jonathan Kriesberg and Mike Moreno.

Learn modern jazz guitar and theory with virtuoso Jens Larsen

General Reference

The most complete method for the modern jazz guitarist. This book explores advanced, modern jazz, and bebop concepts and techniques, including music theory, scales, modes, chord voicings, arpeggios, soloing, and comping concepts. More than 170 music examples and 13 complete solos in the styles of many jazz greats are used to place all concepts into a practical musical context. A CD with all the music examples is included! The book comes with a metal spiral binding for ease of use and to ensure many years of durability.

The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published! Over 500 pages of comprehensive, but easy to understand text covering every aspect of how jazz is constructed---chord construction, II-V-I progressions, scale theory, chord/scale relationships, the blues, reharmonization, and much more. A required text in universities world-wide, translated into five languages, endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, etc.

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.

(Musicians Institute Press). Perfect for seasoned rockers seeking new challenges and jazz newcomers looking for a good start, this book/CD pack covers scales, chords, licks, techniques and other vital jazz improv concepts step by step. The accompanying CD features 65 full-band demo and play-along tracks.

Presents twenty, four-bar exercises written by Jimmy Wyble followed by exhaustive harmonic, rhythmic, and scale permutation of the four-bar exercises by Ron Berman. Accompanying CD contains recordings of exercise permutations. This text gives insight to the vast melodic and harmonic possibilities available to composers and arrangers of guitar music. Examples should be used as ideas for improvisations, compositions, or springboards for new original material. Any musical idea, as shown in this book, may be permutated to create almost limitless original ideas. Exercises are presented in standard notation only.