The Jazz Guitar Handbook: A Complete Course in All Styles of Jazz

The Jazz Guitar Handbook is a step-by-step guide to jazz guitar playing. It takes you from the basics through to advanced harmony and soloing concepts, and teaches you the music theory a jazz guitarist needs to know. Along the way it covers a wide range of styles, including jazzy blues, swing, bebop, modal, jazz-funk, Gypsy, and more. The handbook features over 120 exercises in notation and tab and includes a 96-track CD of examples, play-alongs, and backing tracks. It also presents the history of the jazz guitar and its great players. Easy to use and useful for players at various levels, this volume is a must-have reference for players looking to expand their jazz skillset.

Publisher: Backbeat Books
Published: 10/01/2013
Pages: 268
Weight: 2.58lbs
Size: 11.09h x 9.32w x 1.21d
ISBN: 9781480341043