Chord Tone Soloing for Jazz Guitar: Master Arpeggio-based Jazz Bebop Soloing for Guitar

by Joseph Alexander, Tim Pettingale (Editor)

Overview

There are many different bebop chord progressions, but in essence they can be broken down into just thirteen simple structures. Chord Tone Soloing for Jazz Guitar teaches you to how to use arpeggios, extensions, chromatic ideas and substitutions over each of the thirteen essential jazz sequences, and how to combine these building blocks into authentic, melodic solos.

Each progression is approached both logically and methodically to build articulate guitar solos from the fundamental principles of jazz guitar. By applying arpeggio-based techniques, and learning to decorate your solos with chromatic ideas, you will quickly learn how to 'play the changes' in a musical and creative way.

Chord Tone Soloing for Jazz Guitar helps you build an articulate jazz language around the most important sequences in jazz.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789330588
Publisher:	WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com
Publication date:	04/30/2019
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.26(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

Get the Audio 9

How to Use This Book 10

Chapter One: ii V I Major 12

Chapter Two: I vi ii V7 (7b9 Substitution) 25

Chapter Three: I7 VI7 II7 V7 35

Chapter Four: I (ii V7 I) i 44

Chapter Five: I (i V I) 51

Chapter Six: I II7 iim7 V 60

Chapter Seven: I7 IV7 V7 IV7 66

Chapter Eight: ii V I Minor 73

Chapter Nine: The Minor Blues 83

Chapter Ten: I biiDim7 ii biiiDim7 90

Chapter Eleven: Descending ii Vs 96

Chapter Twelve: The Tritone Substitution 102

Chapter Thirteen: III7 biii ii bII7 I 110

Chapter Fourteen: Further Progressions 116

Chapter Fifteen: Exercises to Practice Changes 118

Conclusions 120

Other Jazz Guitar Books from Fundamental Changes 122

Editorial Reviews

"I wish I had this book 40 years ago when I was cutting my jazz teeth. Horn players have known this stuff for eons, but somehow guitarists missed the boat. Even the great classic jazz guitar tutors didnt spend much time on topics like voice leading. Possibly because the guitar was primarily regarded as a rhythm instrument in the early days of jazz.
I believe that if someone had given me this book 40 years ago it would have shaved years off my practise time. I eventually did learn the subject matter but I made a lot of mistakes along the way and spent a lot of time playing the wrong things

I would highly recommend this book to students of jazz guitar, and teachers alike. I am a teacher and I find this book to be a great resource."

"Arpeggios are the building blocks of jazz improvisation (soloing) and this book is a masterwork on how to build the necessary skills to master them. It is not a book you can sit down and rush through, and that is a good thing. Follow the instructions the author sets out in the beginning and over time you will begin to see the wisdom of the method he recommends in this volume."

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