Joe Pass Guitar Style

This is the internationally acclaimed Joe Pass guitar method in which Joe displays his mastery of the jazz guitar. Part One/Harmony, is divided into five sections on chord construction, embellishment, substitution, connection, and symmetric chords. Part Two/Melody, is divided into twelve sections, including chord scales, altered scales, ear training, whole tone scales, chord resolutions, improvising, blues, minor blues, modern blues, rhythm changes, 3/4 blues, and includes a transcribed solo recorded by Joe on his album for Django.

(Guitar Method). A comprehensive, easy-to-understand intermediate approach to jazz guitar playing techniques, helps develop an individual concept of improvising by learning scales and their basic chord forms and further develops improvisation skills through the use of practice patterns. Utilizes transcriptions along with several original pieces by Joe Pass.

The art of improvising chord-style solos is an important part of any musician's resources. This book has been written to improve that art for guitar, vibes and all keyboard instruments. A careful study of these solos will give you a thorough understanding of chordal playing and substitutions. It is great for voicing as well as improvisation.

One of the world's great jazz guitarists, Vic Juris shares his insight into the wonderful world of harmony in this book. Not for the fainthearted, Vic teaches polychords and intervallic structures derived from the major, minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor and harmonic major scales in this must have jazz guitar book. Each section has etudes that will help students integrate each concept into their own playing. Includes access to online audio that gives students the opportunity to hear and play along with these cutting edge concepts

(Jazz Transcriptions). Transcribed guitar solos from over 30 Pass classics, including: All the Things You Are * But Not for Me * Cavalerie * C.E.D. * Chlo-e * Django * 500 Miles High * For Django * Giant Steps * Have You Met Miss Jones? * I Love You * In a Mellow Tone * Just Friends * Limehouse Blues * Love for Sale * Love Is Here to Stay * Meditation (Meditacao) * Night and Day * The Night Has a Thousand Eyes * Oleo * Robbin's Nest * Rosetta * Satin Doll * Soon * Speak Low * Stella by Starlight * Stompin' at the Savoy * Tricrotism * Watch What Happens * Windows * Yardbird Suite * You Stepped Out of a Dream.

This book is designed to teach any guitarist to compose chord melody arrangements for the guitar, at a pace which is comfortable for both the beginner and the advanced student. Every method used is discussed at length with over 50 musical examples given. The accompanying audio will assure the student that he or she is playing the examples correctly. Topics include: harmonization and re-harmonization methods, analyzing melodies, dealing with extensions, creating slash chord harmony, etc. This book is a must- have for anyone interested in performing as a solo guitar player. Two full-length arrangements are included which cover the material presented. Written in notation only with chord symbols and fretboard diagrams. Access to audio available online

Two Joe Pass videos, Jazz Lines and An Evening with Joe Pass packaged together in an attractive slipcover.

(Jazz Transcriptions). The Jazz Guitar Omnibook features transcriptions of solos as played by some of the world's leading jazz artists. This collection includes 30 songs: Airegin (Wes Montgomery) * Honeysuckle Rose (Django Reinhardt) * Just Friends (Pat Martino) * Night and Day (Joe Pass) * On Green Dolphin Street (Barney Kessel) * Rose Room (Charlie Christian) * Royal Garden Blues (Herb Ellis) * Yardbird Suite (Tal Farlow) * and more.