Christiansen: Guide to Guitar Chord Progressions: Guitar: Instrumental Tutor

Gig Savers Complete Edition-Corey Christiansen: Jazz Guitar Essentials combines nine of the author's previous editions into a comprehensive book that explains the key concepts of jazz Guitar in an accessible approach. Each chapterincludes melodic/harmonic examples with fretboard diagrams standard notation and tablature. Part 1 includes lessons on jazz lines with chapters on digital patterns guide tones and targeting. Part 2 presents thebasics of chord construction and voicing techniques. Triads seventh chords and chords with tensions/embellishments are covered including their inversions drop and quartal voicings. Part 3 presents comprehensive warm-upand technical exercises. Studies begin at the most basic level and progress in difficulty. This chapter provides guitarists with tools for constructing their own technical exercises. Part 4 presents accompaniment patternsfor a wide variety of pop styles such as folk rock/blues country/bluegrass jazz and some Latin styles including bossa nova and samba. Basic fingerstyle accompaniment patterns are taught with rhythmic notation and stringnumbers. Part 5 presents alternate changes and substitutions for the blues that can be easily transposed. (Chapters 3 4 and 5 also are presented in Rock Guitar Essentials: Gig Savers Complete Edition). Part 6includes lessons on common jazz chord substitutions. Topics include chord embellishment alteration degree substitution (iii for I vi for I ii for V) tritone substitution and many other tricks for spicing up chordprogressions. Part 7 covers jazz Guitar comping an essential role in accompaniment. A number of chord shapes and rhythms are taught in the style of Freddie Green bebop and more modern styles. Blues progressions and anetude are included for practicing your comping. Part 8 presents a wealth of information about playing over the last two measures of jazz tunes. The method breaks down the harmonic structures frequently found at the end of

Gig Savers Complete Edition-Corey Christiansen: Rock Guitar Essentials combines the author's five previous pocket-sized editions. This comprehensive Gig Savers book contains everything the beginning guitarist needs to master the rockstyle. Part 1 of this guide gives aspiring rock guitarists a working knowledge of the most basic scales commonly used to improvise rock solos and write rock melodies. A discussion on how each scale can be used over a set ofchords is provided to help guitarists use these scales when performing. Charts provide the names of the notes on the fretboard and a section on sequencing scales makes it possible for guitarists to easily master rock scales.Part 2 teaches the rock guitarist how to play any barre chord providing insight on how to play them with ease and agility. Moveable chord shapes and practice etudes are especially useful for beginners. Part 3 presentscomprehensive warm-up and technical exercises. Studies begin at the most basic level and progress in difficulty. This chapter gives guitarists the information needed to continue constructing their own technical exercises.Part 4 presents accompaniment patterns for a wide variety of pop styles such as folk rock/blues country/bluegrass jazz and some Latin styles including bossa nova and samba. Basic fingerstyle accompaniment patterns aretaught in a simple manner presented with rhythmic notation and string numbers. This chapter pays special attention to the blues covering alternate changes and substitutions in a method that provides easy transposition.

A Basic Guide. Par CHRISTIANSEN COREY. Apprendre à jouer tout corde dans n'importe quelle touche avec barre chords. Cette brochure fournit des idées sur comment conquérir ces cordes et de rendre le jeu plus facile. Plusieurs formes de corde mobiliers pour presque tous les types de corde et etudes de la pratique aident les élèves à commencer à jouer la barre chords quelques minutes. / Niveau : Débutant / All Styles - Chord Book / Etude / Guitare

Par CHRISTIANSEN COREY. Clifford Brown was one of the most influential jazz trumpeters and was a true master of jazz. His fantastic tone, time, feel and command of the jazz language have been inspiring jazz musicians on all instruments for decades. This book breaks down many of the one and two-bar phrases played by Clifford and helps students apply them to their own playing. Lines played over minor, dominant, and major chords as well as short, long and minor ii-V material can be mastered by practicing with the accompanying play-along CD. Chapters on Guide Tones, Bebop Scales, Targeting, and Playing the Upper-Structure will help students analyze and memorize the lines presented in the book. There is also a chapter with further insight in Clifford's style which discusses his phrasing as well as other musical devices he used to get his sound. A must have for aspiring students wanting the master the jazz language. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Jazz - Improvisation / Recueil / Guitare

Written for the beginning guitarist who loves the blues this text will guide any student through the basis of playing guitar by using blues melodies and blues chord progressions. Students will learn open chords common strummingpatterns power chords blues scales and how to read standard notation and tab. An effective method for writing original blues lyrics is also provided. This text has lessons on correct posture caring for the guitar properright and left-hand technique and tuning the guitar to its self a pitch pipe or a piano. The accompanying CD and DVD provides students a professional recording of tunes and exercises that should be used as a practice tool. •

Comping Voicings and Grooves for the Serious Jazz Guitarist-This DVD is compiled from all of the DVDs originally included in the previously published 'In the Pocket' series of jazz Guitar chart/DVD sets. These lessons focus on many aspects of rhythm Guitar playing.Starting withfour-to-the-bar comping (ala Freddie Green/big band rhythm playing) and ending with more modern concepts such as quartal harmony this series of lessons will take any guitarist to the next level.Concepts covered are:Three-note voicings Four-to-the-bar strumming Creating interesting bass motion through chord changes Finding and playing in the groove Two-note voicings (rootless voicings) Guide tones Quartal harmony shapes Modalcomping.