Jazz Chords For Rock Guitarists (MAIONE JOHN)

The transition from rock to jazz can sometimes be a bit intimidating to Guitarists young and old. Jazz Chords for Rock Guitarists by John G. Maione endeavors to take the 'mystery' out of jazzharmonies and make them accessible to every guitarist.More importantly this book logically progressively and practically builds on the knowledge attained by any guitarist competent in the rock genre and leads them in avery organized step-by-step way to learning and understanding the basic elements of jazz harmony and to using functional jazz guitar chord forms in their playing.Beginning with a review of basic power and 'bar' chords this text then proceeds to begin 'bridging the gap' to jazz by working on basic blues progressions usually familiar to all rock guitarists but this time using basic jazz chord voicings and forms.The student guitarist canthen build upon these newly discovered jazz forms learned through the blues by learning many more related jazz chord forms and voicings all built on the 6th string and 5th string roots the roots of learning rockguitar!This book is geared through logical step-by-step progression and clear explanations for any rock guitarist ready and eager to explore the exciting and unlimited world of jazz!

The Chord Scale Guide-Discover exciting new chords with linear harmonization! The Chord Scale Guide will open up new voicings for chords and heighten your awareness of linear harmonization. This will benefit jazz ensemble players rock guitarists and songwriters looking to create new and unique original music and understand the harmony behind chords. Each chord is presented with chord boxes tablature and standard notation.

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

Teach yourself Guitar chords today. Progressive: Beginner Guitar Chords contains all you need to know to become a great Guitarist in one easy-to-follow lesson-by-lesson book. You do not need any priorknowledge of music or the Guitar to learn using this method.Teach yourself:Every important Guitar chord shape and chord formula for playing like a pro.Open bar and Jazz Guitar chords for thousandsof well-known songs.How to read all Guitar sheet music and chord symbols to play in a band.Classic Pop Rock Blues Funk and Country Guitar progressions used by pro Guitarists.Tricks tips and shortcutsto get the most from practice sessions and learn faster.In Progressive: Beginner Guitar Chords the most useful open bar and jazz chord shapes of the most used chord types are covered and chordprogressions to practice and play along with are included.This book CD and DVD set features sections on tuning how to read sheet music transposing and the use of a capo as well as an easy chord table chord formula andchord symbol chart.Features include:Hundreds of Guitar chords.All important chord formulas.30+ examples and all notes on the Guitar fretboard.Easy-to-read Guitar music and chorddiagrams in full color throughout.Suitable for all types of Guitar including Electric Guitar Steel-String Acoustic Guitar and Nylon-String Classical Guitar.

with Online Video Lessons. From the Classic Hot Licks Video Series. In this re-transcribed and edited book with online video, Pass demonstrates techniques that will benefit not only jazz guitarists but rock and blues players as well. Topics include chord melody, substitutions, leading tones, chromatic chords, voice movements, and many more special exercises. This is your chance to study with an absolute legend of jazz guitar! All the guitar tab from the original booklets is included and using modern-day technology to provide you with the most accurate transcriptions ever created for this series. Plus, we've included tab for examples that were previously not transcribed, providing you with the most comprehensive Hot Licks guitar lessons yet! Each book comes with a unique code used to access the cloud-based video footage from any type of device.

Effortless Guitar Series-This DVD will introduce you to the world of octave playing in the style of Wes Montgomery George Benson Joe Pass and Pat Metheny. Learn how to dramatically musically and effortlessly expand your soloing using all of the touch taste tone time and above all tude as in ATTITUDE. Using octaves guitarists can kick-up the melodic possibilities of their soloing far beyond scales licks and chords – and give the player powerful new tools forimprovisation not just in jazz but blues pop and rock. Learn about octaves by learning easy to play contemporary jazz pieces in an effortless progression from the basics to some of the most advanced and expressive octave playingall in the course of one video! Sections include: Octave basics around the neck • using the thumb fingers and pick for maximum versatility • Chord solo concepts using octaves • blues licks scales and chromaticriffs in octaves • Play melodies expressively with octaves developing an awesome touch using right hand tonal techniques • developing a naturally expressive style using techniques such as expressive dynamic contouring• expressive devices such as slurs tremolo slides • additional harmony behond octaves • lots of solo ideas to develop and adapt into your own style.