Introducing the sounds of jazz into your playing can expand your musical horizons and enrich you as a performer. Jazz Sounds for Guitar presents a clear and easy working knowledge of the types of chords associated with jazz, providing practical, hands-on experience in applying these chords harmonically, melodically, and rhythmically. All the music is shown with chord frames, standard notation, and…

This book is a supplement to Any Guitar Method. Do you find yourself reaching for the same chord shapes again and again when you pick up a guitar' What if someone asks you to 'play something bluesy' on a G chord' How would you like to spice up your rhythm guitar playing make your parts more authentic or maybe just get some new ideas' RHYTHM RIFFS is a unique book designed to increase your playing…

The Herb Ellis Jazz Guitar Method is designed to take the mystery out of playing jazz guitar. Each book in the method is based on one of the three pivotal chord progressions in the jazz guitarist's repertoire. Herb teaches single-note improvisation through a system of simple shapes that are derived from chord fingerings.

You know those cool jazz-tinged rhythm guitar chords and moving bass lines you've heard played behind Western Swing songs Texas fiddle tunes and old standards? Well if you like that sound and want to learn to play like the guys in Bob Wills' band or Asleep at the Wheel play backup in a Texas-style fiddle contest or jam with friends on old country standards here's where you start!Nick Forster p…

This Mel Bay Gig Saver gives aspiring guitarists ideas about jazz guitar accompaniment in a brief affordable yet informative fashion. In jazz the term 'comping' means to accompany and in some cases to complement. It is thejob of the harmonic instrument (guitar) to provide a background for other musicians to improvise against or a singer to sing against. The idea when comping is to make the …