Joe Diorio is an accomplished guitarist and composer as well as a respected music educator. In this book hecombines his skills to present innovative "intervallic designs" for the guitar. Written in standard notation and tab, these linear, often 12-tone flavored studies reflect Diorio's jazz roots and compositional mastery. Due to the harmonic ambiguity of these lines, the author recommends an experimental approach in applying these examples in various melodic and harmonic settings. The companion stereo audio features Diorio's performance of each of the 96 studies in the book. Includes access to online audio.

Introduction from Joe Diorio
Table of Contents
II–V Patterns
Overview of Chord Substitutions
II-V-I Substitution Examples
Chord Substitutions for Dm7, G7, Cmaj7 
Overview of 4th and 5th Shapes 
4th and 5th Chord Shapes for Lines and Comping 
4th and 5th Shapes for Lines
Overview of Remaining Lines and Arpeggios 
II-V-I 
Evolution Jazz I 
Cmaj7f5 Lines – In and Out
12-Tone Patterns 
Cm7 
Altered Dominants 
More 12-Tone Patterns 
Evolution Jazz II
Overview of Original Compositions 
Monk-ing
Blues for All Space Cadets