Product Description 
This is the ultimate jazz guitar reference book! It contains detailed explanations and exercises on virtually everything a guitarist needs to start playing jazz with others: For example ** different categories of chord voicings ** comping tips for being in a rhythm section ** scale and chord construction ** charts for classic jazz tunes to work on ** developing solo chops by using riffs and pieces of familiar melodies ** ways to approach practicing jazz ** right hand picking techniques ** overall jazz theory ...and much more! 
 Review 
I loved the book! Beautifully laid out and executed and fun to go through. For example, you present a great angle on how to get folks just starting out playing lines and improvising by using quotes, riffs, etc. instead of just using scales and arpeggios. This makes a lot of sense. Congratulations! PETER SPRAGUE --Personal correspondence\nI have dreamt of this book existing for years a thoughtful and clear exploration of what it means to dive into jazz guitar when you already have a background in other styles of music. Randy is masterful in breaking down so many topics that often feel so daunting and inaccessible, making them approachable, enjoyable, and furthermore, helping the student to create a foundation for mastery within the jazz domain. JULIAN LAGE --Personal correspondence 
 About the Author 
Randy Vincent is the author of five jazz guitar method books, which have been endorsed by Pat Metheny, Jim Hall, Mike Stern, Kenny Burrell, etc. He has performed and recorded with Joe Henderson and Bobby Hutcherson, among many others. A world-class player and educator!

The Guitarist's Introduction to Jazz

Randy Vincent

Humor & Entertainment

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Major is Harmonic (and Other Essays)

Arts & Photography

Music

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Have you ever wondered how guitarists like Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery and George Benson find such full, luscious voicings for their chord melody playing? Well, much of that sound is based on the Drop 2 principle of chord voicings and this book explains exactly how you can get that same sound too!This book has sections that cover: 1) All the basic principals of drop 2 melody harmonization including passing tones and extension tones as well as basic chord tones. 2) Practical, guitar-friendly methods for creating hip, modern sounds by tweaking the basic drop 2 voicings. 3) Clear methods for soloing and comping in drop 2, including melodic enclosures, special guitar-oriented chromatic effects, and a system of modal drop 2 harmony. 4) An organized practice routine, including fingerboard diagrams as well as standard notation, to fully develop all the concepts mentioned above in a hands-on approach, with a minimum of theory.You will find that this book covers this essential material in a unique way unlike any other guitar book available today. Book includes 2 CDs of the author demonstrating each exercise.

Jazz Guitar Voicings - Vol.1: The Drop 2 Book

A complete guide to three-note jazz guitar voicings and related topics for everyone from intermediate newcomers to jazz guitar up to very advanced players. The book develops a unique dynamic concept of harmony where three independently moving lines team up to create beautiful harmonies that are valuable for comping, chord melodies and chordal jazz improvisations. Topics include: Three-note shell voicings and special derived comp voicings - Compete triad review including all close and open inversions on all strings - A section on developing walking guitar voicings, harmonized bass lines perfect for accompaniment in situations where no bass or keyboard is present - Sections on triad applications such as slash chords, Upper Structures, hexatonic triad-pairs and special hybrid voicings - Quartal and Secundal voicings perfect for modal comping and soloing - Drop-2 reductions perfect for melody harmonizations - Envious of pianists using lush Shearing-style block chords? Here's a complete method to develop a realistic simulation on guitar.- Plus much more! Hundreds and hundreds of examples in both music notation and guitar grids.

Three-Note Voicings and Beyond

Do you wonder why lots of practice on scales and arpeggios hasn't made you feel fluent and creative when soloing? If so, then this book is the missing link for you!---LINE GAMES is an organized series of practical studies for the development of single-note guitar technique and jazz vocabulary simultaneously.---Many examples are transcribed from the recorded solos of great jazz guitarists (Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Joe Pass, etc.) and then the book gives you the tools to develop complete fluency in creating similar lines on your own.---Topics Covered Include:---Basic six-note scales commonly used by the jazz greats--- How to use all of the chromatic notes to make playing inside the chord changes sound more interesting and melodic.---Triad pairs for modern-sounding lines, as used by all the great players from Coltrane on--- Exercises that will give you the tools to create many interesting chord extensions from a few simple arpeggios--- How to build long lines across many chord changes--- How to use thematic development for more cohesive solos--- Fingerings often given to aid in getting these lines under your fingers--- Plus much more!

LINE GAMES: An In-Depth Study of Single-Note Lines for Guitar

Jazz Guitar Soloing: The Cellular Approach by Randy Vincent is a thorough, detailed look at how to create long, flowing solo lines based on short, 4-note 'cells' derived from solo phrases by jazz masters like Joe Pass, Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, etc. Randy gives the reader hundreds and hundreds of exercises to incorporate this process into your subconscious so that they will appear on their own as you perform. Fingerings and string choices are often given too, making it particularly valuable to guitarists who want to actually master their instrument. For serious musicians, this will be an invaluable resource!

Jazz Guitar Soloing: The Cellular Approach

Based on an earlier guitar method book, Building Solo Lines from Cells makes Randy's deep knowledge of jazz available to players on any instrument. . . . . . . This is a practical method for developing the ability to create convincing jazz solos in a wide variety of playing situations II-V-I progressions, Coltrane changes, turnarounds, etc. etc. . . . . . A thorough approach to mastering your instrument, the book takes actual lines recorded by the jazz greats and then slices them up into small cells that can be re-combined into longer lines to fit almost any harmonic situation. This enables the player to improvise his or her own solos that sound just as interesting and melodic as the masters, without resorting to simply copying them. An invaluable resource for the serious musician!

Building Solo Lines from Cells

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