Essential Jazz Lines: In the Style of Grant Green - Guitar Edition (Book + Online Audio)
Grant Green was one of the most innovative jazz guitarists of the 1960s. His horn-like lines, original tone, and superb sense of time elevated him to being one of Blue-Note Records first call session players as well as a respected bandleader. This book covers many of the techniques Grant used in his playing and provides many melodic lines in the style of Grant Green for minor, dominant seventh, short and long ii-V, major, and minor ii-V chord progressions. Chapters on double-slurs, double-stops, pentatonic ...more
Product Number:
99964M
Format:
Book + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Notation Type:
Standard Notation, Tab, Fretboard Diagram
Pages:
56
Binding:
Saddle Stitched
Size:
8.75 x 11.75
ISBN:
0-7866-9621-4
ISBN13:
978-07866-9621-5
Series:
Essential Jazz Lines
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
4/22/2016
Grant Green was one of the most innovative jazz guitarists of the 1960s. His horn-like lines, original tone, and superb sense of time elevated him to being one of Blue-Note Records first call session players as well as a respected bandleader. This book covers many of the techniques Grant used in his playing and provides many melodic lines in the style of Grant Green for minor, dominant seventh, short and long ii-V, major, and minor ii-V chord progressions. Chapters on double-slurs, double-stops, pentatonic and blues scales as well as chapters on the basics of the jazz language will help guitarists understand and play the music of Grant Green. Presented in standard notation, tab and fretboard diagrams. Includes access to online play-along audio that will assist guitarists in mastering this material.
Introuction
Guide Tones
Bebop Scales
3 to b9
Playing the Upper Structure of Chords
Targeting
Double Slurs
Pentatonic and Blues Scales
Double-Stops
Syncopation
Minor Chord Material
Dominant Chord Material
Short ii-V Material
Long ii-V Material
Major Chord Material
Minor ii-V Material
Play-Along Recordings
Short ii-V-I
Long ii-V-I
Minor ii-V-i
Turnarounds
Etude
Progression similar to "Misty"
Bb 12-Bar Blues
Progression similar to "Solar"
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Series: Essential Jazz Lines
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