Product Number:
31210EB
Format:
eBook
Skill Level:
Advanced
Notation Type:
Standard Notation and Tab
Pages:
32
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-5134-8457-5
ISBN13:
978-15134-8457-0
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
11/13/2025
An Advanced Approach to Practicing Jazz Guitar is for musicians who have a thorough understanding of jazz vocabulary and are looking for an approach to practice that allows for infinite growth.
This book is designed for the numerous jazz musicians who are essentially asking themselves, “What’s next?” That is, “What’s next after transcribing numerous solos?” or "What’s next after learning to play fluently on all of the complicated jazz standards?”
Many advanced jazz musicians reach a point where they feel as if their playing has flatlined. This book is for those musicians. Written in standard notation and tablature, it facilitates a practice routine that contributes to forward motion and musical evolution, including voice leading, sound and phrasing exercises, internal hearing processes, guide tones in improvisation, rhythmic exercises, and open improvisation exercises.
Building Lines From Melody Guide Tones
Voice Leading
Building Exercises
Sound and Phrasing
Melody Fragments
Scales
Long Tones
Rhythm
Working with Rhythmic Vamps
Cutting the Metronome in Half
Polyrhythm and Cross-Rhythm Metronome Settings
Internal Processes
Listening Games
Ear Training /Voice Leading Exercises
Bass Lines
Playing Along with Recordings and Continuing to
Improvise After the Recording Has Ended
An Introduction to Free Improvisation
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