THE COMPLETE JAZZ GUITAR METHOD. MASTERING JAZZ GUITAR IMPROVISATION. CD TABLATURE
Expand the boundaries of your knowledge and improvisation skills with this exciting book, which picks up where the improv lessons in Intermediate Jazz Guitar leave off. Topics include improvising over altered dominant chords, the diminished scale, the whole-tone scale, targeting the altered chords, revamping licks, modes of the minor scales and more! Loaded with easy-to-read scale diagrams and example phrases, this book is packed with essential information for the improvising jazz guitarist. All music is shown in standard notation and TAB, and the CD demonstrates the examples in the book. 64 pages.
Complete Jazz Guitar Method: Mastering Jazz Guitar, Improvisation
By Jody Fisher
Item: 00-14129
UPC: 038081128351
ISBN 10: 0739025910
ISBN 13: 9780739025918
Category: Guitar Method or Supplement
Format: Book & CD
Instrument: Guitar
Expand the boundaries of your knowledge and improvisation skills with this exciting book, which picks up where the improv lessons in Intermediate Jazz Guitar leave off. Topics include improvising over altered dominant chords, the diminished scale, the whole-tone scale, targeting the altered chords, revamping licks, modes of the minor scales and more! Loaded with easy-to-read scale diagrams and example phrases, this book is packed with essential information for the improvising jazz guitarist. All music is shown in standard notation and TAB, and the CD demonstrates the examples in the book. 64 pages.
INTRODUCTION
Guitar students typically spend a lot of time looking around for information that will take
them to a higher level. When I was growing up, it was very difficult to learn how to play
jazz. There were no instructional videos, and the books that were available were just not
very helpful. There were no guitar schools. Most students were self-taught and some
took lessons, but really good teachers were very hard to find. I was lucky-I've had some
great teachers.
Today, there are videos, books, guitar schools, tapes, CDs and very talented teachers all
over the place. But there is still something missing: books that give a complete overview
of what you need to know to become a proficient jazz guitarist. Hopefully, this series fills
that gap.
Any student who starts with Beginning jazz Guitar and proceeds through the entire series
will be exposed to most of what they nee-d to know to play jazz guitar. You will
find some complex subjects in this book, as well as some very simple ideas that you can
start to use immediately. Chapter I begins with a discussion of improvising over altered
dominant chords.
This book is not for beginners. It is for guitarists that have worked through Beginning jazz
Guitar and Intermediate jazz Guitar, or have received the same sort of information elsewhere.
To get the most out of this book you should be proficient with the pentatonic
scales, blues scales, the major scale, diatonic harmony and chord scales, transposition,
diatonic arpeggios, neighbor tones, triads, licks and formulas for extended and altered
chords.
Each lesson in the first two books had two seperate sections. The "A" sections dealt with
harmonic principles and chord work while the"B" sections handled the topic of single-line
improvisation. This entire book concerns itself with single-line improvisation. It starts
right where the "B" sections in the intermediate book left off. Mastering jazz Guitar:
Chord/Melody starts where the "A" sections of the intermediate book left off. You may
want to go through the book in order, or you may want to use it as a sourcebook of
concepts and techniques to investigate in your own way.
The concepts and exercises in this book are intended to inspire you for a lifetime of study
and enjoyment. Since jazz improvisation is an ever expanding field of information, one
never really finishes doing this work. Enjoy the journey.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jody Fisher has worked professionally in virtually all styles of music during his career,
from straight-ahead and contemporary jazz, to rock 'n' roll, country, pop and show tunes.
He taught Guitar and Jazz Studies at the University of Redlands in Southern California and
at the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (ISOMATA). An active performer in the
Southern California area, he still maintains a private teaching practice, serves on the faculty
of the University of La Verne, and as an associate director of the National Guitar
Summer Workshop's California and Nashville campuses. Jody Fisher is also the author of
the Guitar Mode Encyclopedia, also published by the National GuitarWorkshop and Alfred.
TABLE Of CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR .
INTRDUCTION .
Chapter I-Improvising Over Altered Dominant Chords
Lesson I: The Diminished Scale .
Train
Lesson 2: The Whole Tone Scale .
Once
Lesson 3: The Super Locrian Mode (Diminished Whole Tone Scale) .
Moon .
Lesson 4: Using the Altered Scale Over a ii-V7-1 Progression .
Lesson 5: Targeting the Altered Chords-The Altered Clusters .
Lesson 6: Revamping Licks .
Chapter 2- The Minor Scales and Their Modes
Lesson I: The Melodic Minor Scale .
Lesson 2: The Modes of the Melodic Minor Scale .
Lesson 3: Arpeggios in the Melodic Minor Scale .
Lesson 4: The Harmonic Minor Scale .
Lesson 5: The Modes of the Harmonic Minor Scale .
Lesson 6: Arpeggios in the Harmonic Minor Scale .
Lesson 7: The ii min7b5-V7b9-i min7 Progression .
Chapter 3-Using Arpeggios
Lesson I: Chord Superimposition .
Lesson 2: Melodic Patterns Based Around Arpeggios .
Lesson 3: Melodic Patterns Based Around Chord Shapes .
Chapter 4 -Eight-Tone Scales
The Eight-Tone ii-V7 Scale .
The Eight-Tone IScale .
Chapter 5 ConnectingYour Ideas .
Lesson I:The Chromatic Connection
Lesson 2: Accentuating the Difference Between Keys
Lesson 3: Repeating an Idea in Different Octaves
Lesson 4: Rhythmic Motives
Lesson 5: Melodic Connection
Lesson 6: Diatonic Connection
CODA-A Medley of Suggestions and Musical Concepts
Playing on the Extensions Using Advanced Pentatonics
Playing on the Extensions Using Tones From 13 Chords
PlayingWith Wider Intervals
Octave Disp lacement
Symmetrical Motives
Track. A compact disc is available for each book in this series. These discs can make learning with these books easier and more enjoyable. This symbol will appear next to every example that is on the CD. Use the CD to help insure that you are capturing the feel of the examples, interpreting the rhythms correctly, and so on. The Track numbers below the symbols correspond directly to the example you want to hear. Track I will help you tune to the CD. Have fun!
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