Chords & Progressions for Jazz & Popular Guitar


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(Music Sales America). Practical examples and exercises take guitar players from basic theory and simple accompaniment patterns to advanced chord soloing and comping in this book. A complete survey of chord theory and technique!




Understanding Chord Progressions for Guitar


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(Music Sales America). Learn some of the most frequently used progressions in folk, blues, pop, and jazz.




Fretboard Basics


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A terrific book for the serious guitarist. This comprehensive text contains 92 articles written by Arnie Berle for Guitar Player Magazine. Arnie answers many questions, shows you great approaches to practicing the suggested techniques, and provides the guitarist with motion-saving fingerings. Includes articles on improvisation, blues scales, chords, arpeggios, fingerings, modes, common chord progressions, and much more! Written in standard notation and fretboard diagrams. An encyclopedia of useful guitar information!




Modern Chords


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One of the world's great jazz guitarists, Vic Juris shares his insight into the wonderful world of harmony in this book. Not for the fainthearted, Vic teaches polychords and intervallic structures derived from the major, minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor and harmonic major scales in this must have jazz guitar book. Each section has etudes that will help students integrate each concept into their own playing. Includes access to online audio that gives students the opportunity to hear and play along with these cutting edge concepts




The Jazz Guitar Chord Bible Complete


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The Jazz Guitar Chord Bible Complete solves one of the greatest problems in jazz...the knowledge and use of chords. It is a complete guide to three- and four-string guitar chords. Every application is covered including passing chords and altered chords, but only the most logical, practical and applicable chord voicings are presented.




Linear Expressions


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(Stylistic Method). Legendary guitarist Pat Martino shares his personal formula for chord conversions with you. This uniquely simple system allows you to think melody, not theory. Amply illustrated with some of Pat's favorite lines.




Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar


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Graded exercises take you from the fundamentals of fingerpicking to five authentic blues tunes. All exercises and pieces printed in the book are played in addition to some extra explanation of the concepts and techniques presented.




Theory & Harmony for the Contemporary Musician


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(Music Sales America). This essential guide is a full course for today's musician. It covers everything from the fundamentals of sound and music notation to popular song forms and chord scales for improvisation.




Ted Greene: Chord Chemistry


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Ted Greeneā€™s Chord Chemistry was originally published in 1971 and has become the classic chord reference book for two generations of guitarists. Whether you are just beginning to search beyond basic barre chords or are already an advanced player looking for new sounds and ideas this is the book that will get you there. Designed to inspire creativity this book is a musical treasure chest filled with exciting new ideas and sounds.