The Art of Two-Line Improvisation
Note: on curriculum for the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles
Guitar - Sheet Music

Guitar - Intermediate

SKU: MB.93860M

Note: on curriculum for the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles. By David Oakes. By Jimmy Wyble. Squareback saddle stitch, Solos, Jazz. Style. Book and online audio. 96 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #93860M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.93860M).

ISBN 9780786694334. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

This collection of etudes, written during the 1970s, was composed as a result of Jimmy Wybles explorations into the musical worlds of counterpoint, harmony and chord melody improvisation for the jazz guitar. The right and left hand fingerings presented in this book were also developed as techniques needed to improvise jazz in two lines. Jimmy uses very standard jazz guitar chord shapes in these etudes; however, these shapes move through the harmony in lines rather than block chord structures. This broken chord technique creates a unique contrapuntal sound that separates Jimmy from the rest of the fingerstyle jazz guitar world. It is hoped that jazz and classical guitarists playing and working through these etudes will see many familiar chord shapes moving in new ways and creating new sounds. These new harmonic sounds combined with beautiful melodies will inspire any quitarist to new levels of musical creativity. Written in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.