The celebrated tutorial method presents your complete guide to learning the Jazz guitar, complete with a CD of demonstrations and play-along jam tracks. Discover the playing styles of the great Jazz guitar stars, including Wes Montgomery, Tal Farlow, Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell and many more with this easy-to-follow and fully comprehensive method.
Aimed at the elementary guitarist with some knowledge of basic picking and simple chords, this method covers everything you need in progressive steps that allow you to work at your own pace. The lessons themselves include:
- Chords and progressions
- Scales and melodic licks
- Comping and soloing styles
- Voice-leading
- Intros and endings
- Characteristic techniques
- Equipment choice and sound set-up
All music is provided in both notation and tab where appropriate, and you'll find a host of classic standards to learn, including
Satin Doll,
Ornithology and
Honeysuckle Rose. The method is ideal not only for Jazz fans, but also for those wishing to make the transition from rock or blues playing to Jazz.