Hanon Jazz Chord 'Mi'

Dave Stryker explains his approach to jazz improvisation with musical examples that he himself uses learned from years of playing with the greats - after learning how to play jazz from listening to players such asGrant Green Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino. Dave Stryker's Jazz Guitar Improvisation Method explains the minor sub approach using minor scales to play over dominant seventh chords and then includesseveral solos over often-played jazz standards using this approach. Also described are the use of the blues and pentatonic scales as well as be-bop ideas the melodic minor scale and whole-tone and diminished scales andpatterns. Hanon-type warm up exercises and Stryker's own fingerings shown in tab are also described. Perfect for intermediate-to-more advanced players Stryker's concise way of explaining his approachwill open up the students to developing their own improvisational ideas. Stryker plays the examples and solos on the audio including tracks with a rhythm only section for student play-along. Includes access to onlineaudio.

This one-of-a-kind book applies traditional technique exercises to specific jazz piano needs. Along with warm-ups etudes isolate each technical problem within a jazz context. This allows for improvisation directly addressing the needs of the jazz player. Practicing is not only pragmatic it's fun! Topics include: scales (major minor chromatic pentatonic etc.) arpeggios (triads seventh chords upper structures) finger independence exercises (static position held notes Hanon exercises) parallel interval scales and exercises (thirds fourths tritones fifths sixths octaves) and more! The CD includes 45 recorded examples.