Jazz Guitar Essentials: Gig Savers Complete Edition - Softcover

Christiansen, Corey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786697024 ISBN 13: 9780786697021

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc., 2016

Synopsis

This text presents 9 of Corey Christiansen’s popular books in one comprehensive edition. Many of the essential concepts of jazz guitar are presented here in an easy to understand fashion. Part 1 teaches jazz lines and includes chapters on Digital Patterns, Guide Tones and Targeting. All examples are presented with fretboard diagrams, standard notation, and tab. Part 2 is titled “Killer Chords” and presents the basics of chord construction. Many chord voicing techniques for guitar are presented. Triads, seventh chords, chords with tensions and embellishments and their inversions are taught using closed positions, Drop-2, Drop-3, Drop-2 and -4 and quartal harmony voicings. Presented in standard notation and tab. Part 3 presents comprehensive warm-up and technical exercises. Studies begin at the most basic level and move to an advanced level. This chapter gives guitarists the information needed to continue constructing technical exercises for a lifetime. Part 4 presents accompaniment patterns for a wide variety of pop styles. Included are folk, rock/blues, country/bluegrass, jazz, and some Latin styles including bossa nova and samba. Many basic fingerstyle accompaniment patterns are taught in a simple manner. Materials are presented with rhythmic notation and string numbers only. Contemporary music begins and ends with the blues. This chapter presents alternate changes and many chord substitutions for the blues in a way that allows them to be transposed into any key. (Chapters 3, 4 and 5 also are presented in the Rock Guitar Essentials/Gig Savers Complete Edition book.) Part 6 teaches the most common chord substitutions in a way that makes them easy to learn and transpose. Topics include chord embellishment, chord alteration, iii for I subs, vi for I subs, ii for V subs, tritone substitution and many other tricks for spicing up chord progressions. Part 7 teaches jazz guitar comping. The idea, when comping, is to make the other musicians comfortable while they play and to help their solos feel "complete." This book gives the guitarist a number of chord shapes and rhythms that can be used when comping in the style of Freddie Green and in bebop and later styles. There are also blues progressions and an etude to practice applying the concepts. Part 8 is titled “Killer Turnarounds” and presents a wealth of information about playing over the last two measures of jazz tunes. The method taught systematically breaks down the harmonic structures frequently found at the end of tunes and provides melodic ideas as well as harmonic ideas that will help improvisers sound like seasoned professionals. Presented in standard notation and tab. Finally, Part 9 teaches improvising on major and minor ii-V-I progressions. Each section contains harmonic ideas as well as melodic ideas presented in standard notation and tab.

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Corey Christiansen: Jazz Guitar Essentials combines nine of the author's previous editions into a comprehensive book that explains the key concepts of jazz Guitar in an accessible approach. Each chapterincludes melodic/harmonic examples with fretboard diagrams, standard notation and tablature. Part 1 includes lessons on jazz lines with chapters on digital patterns, guide tones and targeting. Part 2 presents thebasics of chord construction and voicing techniques. Triads, seventh chords and chords with tensions/embellishments are covered, including their inversions, drop and quartal voicings. Part 3 presents comprehensive warm-upand technical exercises. Studies begin at the most basic level and progress in difficulty. This chapter provides guitarists with tools for constructing their own technical exercises. Part 4 presents accompaniment patternsfor a wide variety of pop styles such as folk, rock/blues, country/bluegrass, jazz and some Latin styles including bossa nova and samba. Basic fingerstyle accompaniment patterns are taught with rhythmic notation and stringnumbers. Part 5 presents alternate changes and substitutions for the blues that can be easily transposed. (Chapters 3, 4 and 5 also are presented in Rock Guitar Essentials: Gig Savers Complete Edition). Part 6includes lessons on common jazz chord substitutions. Topics include chord embellishment, alteration, degree substitution (iii for I, vi for I, ii for V), tritone substitution and many other tricks for spicing up chordprogressions. Part 7 covers jazz Guitar comping, an essential role in accompaniment. A number of chord shapes and rhythms are taught in the style of Freddie Green, bebop and more modern styles. Blues progressions and anetude are included for practicing your comping. Part 8 presents a wealth of information about playing over the last two measures of jazz tunes. The method breaks down the harmonic structures frequently

About this edition

• Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0786697024
• ISBN 13: 9780786697021
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144