Essential Jazz Lines: Style Of Grant Green Book
With Online Audio
COMPOSER:
Corey Christiansen
PUBLISHER:
Mel Bay Publications
PRODUCT FORMAT:
Instrumental Tutor
Grant Green was one of the most innovative jazz guitarists of the 1960s. His horn-like lines, original tone, and superb sense of time elevated him to being one of Blue-Note Records first call session players as well as a respected bandleader. This book covers many of the techniques Grant used in his
Specifications
Composer | Corey Christiansen |
Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
Instrumentation | Guitar |
Difficulty | Intermediate |
Product Format | Instrumental Tutor |
Genre | Jazz |
Style | Jazz |
ISBN | 9780786696215 |
No. | MB99964M |
Number of pages | 56 |
Series | Essential Jazz Lines (Mel Bay) |
Text language | English |
Description
Grant Green was one of the most innovative jazz guitarists of the 1960s. His horn-like lines, original tone, and superb sense of time elevated him to being one of Blue-Note Records first call session players as well as a respected bandleader. This book covers many of the techniques Grant used in his playing and provides many melodic lines in the style of Grant Green for minor, dominant seventh, short and long ii-V, major, and minor ii-V chord progressions. Chapters on double-slurs, double-stops, pentatonic and blues scales as well as chapters on the basics of the jazz language will help guitarists understand and play the music of Grant Green. Presented in standard notation, tab andfretboard diagrams. Includes access to online play-along audio that will assist guitarists in mastering this material.
Songlist
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1. Introuction
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2. Guide Tones
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3. Bebop Scales
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4. 3 to 9
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5. Playing the Upper Structure of Chords
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6. Targeting
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7. Double Slurs
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8. Pentatonic and Blues Scales
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9. Double-Stops
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10. Syncopation
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11. Minor Chord Material
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12. Dominant Chord Material
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13. Short ii-V Material
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14. Long ii-V Material
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15. Major Chord Material