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#1
11-13-2008, 01:23 AM
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 Top Ten, Must Have Jazz Guitar Books Ok. I'm in the shopping mood. I already own the Jazz Bible, I love it. I'm looking for a strictly Jazz guitar book. Something for the beginners who know close to nothing about playing Jazz guitar. I'm interested in something someone without a teacher (like me) can use to begin, and progress a little. Hope the experienced forumites can come up with a Top Ten...of course I will only be buying number one, but will need more in the future! Thanks~ Joe 1. ?
__________________ Learn to live poor yet dedicated, forever. J. Bannon     |
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#3
11-13-2008, 10:25 AM
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| You might want to investigate the Jody Fisher jazz books - search on Amazon. Beginning Jazz Intermediate Jazz Mastering Improvisation Mastering Chord Melody I have the intermediate jazz (there is a beginning jazz too) and the Mastering Chord Melody books. There is also a Mastering Improvisation book. These are fairly small books and quite easy to follow. One thing that is useful in Jody's approach is that he covers single note improvisation, chord melody, and comping styles all at the same time, in manageable chunks. |
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#4
11-13-2008, 11:03 AM
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| Check out the David Baker bebop books, though they're not guitar specific they're great jazz books. Also check out Ted Greene's books on single line improv and chord voicings/progressions. MW |
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#6
11-13-2008, 04:41 PM
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| i really like ted greene's books, esp. "chord chemistry" levine's "jazz theory book" is excellent. as far as transcription type books, i dig the barry galbraith books (solo jazz classics 1 and 2) great peek into the mind of a cat who knew his chord melody. |
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#7
11-14-2008, 06:14 AM
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| The Joe Pass Guitar Style...Ike Issacs Jazz Guitar School...Howard Roberts Guitar Improvisation...keep looking......pierre |
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#8
11-15-2008, 06:52 PM
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| Here are my two cents: Beginners. The Chord Factory . Jon Damian. An excellent exploration to jazz chords before you want to dig in Chord Chemistry. Mel Bay's Complete Jazz Guitar Method. Mike Christensen. Really comprehensive and easy to follow (includes DVD). The Jody Fisher series already mentioned. Intermediate Chord Chemistry/Modern Chord Progressions/Jazz Guitar Solo. Ted Greene. (Excellent stuff). The Guitar Cookbook. Jesse Gress. An excelent compendium of Theory. The Advancing Guitarist. Mick Goodrick.Pure wisdom. DVD's. Jimmy Bruno's No Nonsense Guitar. Joe Pass.Solo Jazz Guitar. CD ROM Mimi Foz. Jazz Anatomy. good luck! |
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#9
11-17-2008, 03:53 AM
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| The jazz style of Tal Farlow, elements of bebop guitar. By: Steve Rochinski All the best! Johan |
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#10
11-19-2008, 08:06 AM
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| Howard Roberts "Monster Chops" Vincent Bredice "Jazz Guitar Lines" Vincent Bredice "Guitar Improvisation" vols I & II Melodic Rhythms for Guitar...Berklee School of Music Sal Salvador...5 or 6 volumes covering all aspects of playing Jamie Abersold has many books.... Mel Bay has many books... .....time on your instrument.......pierre....... |
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#11
12-14-2008, 07:02 PM
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#12
12-14-2008, 07:56 PM
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| I here this one called the Real Book is handy to have  |
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#13
12-15-2008, 02:06 AM
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| favorite books 1) The Ted Greene Books are very thorough with almost all the info you will ever need for improv. 2) "Chordal bebop Lines" for guitar I & II) are great for modern chord melody studies. 3) the Jazz Bible by Levine is the most thorough, comprehensive jazz study I have seen in my 50+ years of study. Every concept in the book has specific examples taken from actual recordings from master jazz musicians. wiz
__________________   Howie |
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#14
03-11-2009, 11:50 AM
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| +1 for The Joe Pass Guitar Style book (AKA "the red book"), this would be my desert island book. Ted Greene was a great teacher and player, but I didn't get much out of his books initially so I gave up on them. Les Wise wrote some good books, great player too. Adrian Ingram has a great explanation of the Wes Montgomery style, this is highly recommended for all jazz guitarists. I did look at the Mickey Baker books in my lifetime. I wouldn't bother with them much anymore except as a historical reference. Teaching aids/techniques have been improved upon immensely since the 50s. Check out the Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute. The Mimi Fox stuff is good, especially "graduated solo's", whole lot of info there. Jim |
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#15
03-11-2009, 12:43 PM
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| vincent bredice books are from the beginning to upper intermediate.. scales and arppegios in all keys....over the entire fingerboard....riffs and runs...scale patterns...extended chords using upper partials... rhythm studies and position studies... time for... nose in book...guitar in hand...eyes and ears open...play and listen..............pierre |
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#16
03-11-2009, 01:09 PM
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| Hey Pierre, any motivation to spend time on the guitar without technique? eyes and ears open - o god - left hand doesn't know the "right one" what the hell guitar, give me one, and I try to make an alphabet out of a gibson or somewhat else - it doesn't depend on a brand or a luthier, a challenge, my dear, like a trumpet with six voices combined--- a wonderful instrument!! oh why must someone like me always be frustrated? Pierre, tell us, how you motivate your students! time on the ears... |
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#17
03-11-2009, 01:36 PM
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| why sure...I posted a lesson plan eleswhere on this forum... one day out of seven you just play......not thinking about should I play this scale over this chord or should I augment the fifth and such... play the songs that you know and can play well..it's good for the ego....could you play this tune last month?...progress takes time....we have to take our time... I have students over the years who give up before they get to a level of some intermediate level of playing...they want to play for all the wrong reasons...it's not just something to do...but for me a part of my life...some of the jazz greats say a "way" of life...total devotion...but alas..most of cannot afford three or more hours a day on our instrument...play when we can and for how long we can and make the most of it... time on the instrument is the path to advanced ability...pierre |
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#19
03-11-2009, 08:20 PM
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| you have to answer that question yourself... are you trying too hard or not hard enough?? what are you trying to learn? a few questions you have to find the answers for... maybe they don't like you.... |
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#20
03-13-2009, 02:00 PM
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| I find an interesting way to learn how a melody works is to give each note its relevant number of the key it is played in eg Take 5 would be i ii III iv v VI VII 1 3 6 4 5 6 #6 7 2 7 5 3 4 #4 5 6 1 6 4 2 3 4 #4 5 #4 5 6 7 b7 7 #7 This way i can work out a chord for each note play it in any key and makes it easy to analyze , works for me .... |
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#21
03-13-2009, 02:50 PM
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| Jamey Abersold Vol 20 and 22 I think... uh. The Jimmy Raney Etude ones. Go learn those and you'll have enough Bebop vocabulary and chops to do just fine for the rest of your life.
__________________ Jake Hanlon - Jazz Guitarist, Composer and Educator Website - Buy Music - Youtube - STFXU - Thomastik-Infeld |
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#22
03-16-2009, 11:24 AM
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#24
03-30-2009, 09:11 AM
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| Try Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more, www.jazzbooks.com and Sheet Music Plus - World's Largest Selection of Sheet Music, Scores, Songbooks, and Guitar Tabs those three usually have every book you'd ever want. MW |
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#25
03-31-2009, 02:43 PM
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| Matt, bought that book by glen kurtz 'practicing'. what a lovely book it is. it was a really nice read. very nice to have something like that written by someone in his 80s. It kind of digresses into a bit of a history of the guitar which was nice to read as well. anyway, i'll second this recommendation! also as a curve ball i'll add Allan Holdsworth 'Reaching for the Uncommon Chord' just because most of the books I have already are mentioned. The book goes through a few of the heads for his tunes and gives and interesting explanation of what is going on in them. Not essential but hey! John |
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#26
06-04-2009, 03:08 PM
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| Here's my favorites divided up into categories... Theory: The Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine - Contains well explained theory on practically everything! Guitar Style by Joe Pass - Good info on chord construction and lots of stuff. (requires sight reading ability) Comping: Jazz Anatomy by Mimi Fox (video)- Teaches you the 5 basic jazz forms (Major Blues, Minor Blues, Modal, II V I Major, II V I Minor). Getting these down will help you comp/play through tunes much easier. I wish I had started my jazz guitar learning with this video...but I got it a little later in the game. Jazz Guitar Comping by Andrew Green - Covers everything about comping except for 4 to the bar stuff. Comping Styles, Chords & Grooves by Jim Ferguson - Covers 4 to the bar comping but not as much other stuff as Andrew Green's book. Arpeggios: Guitar Arpeggio Studies on Jazz Standards by Mimi Fox - Learn your arpeggios and how to play them through tunes. Jazz Guitar Structures by Andrew Green - Breaks down arpeggios and other stuff into smaller pieces. Teaches how to impose lines over other chord types (for example: minor arps over major chord). This book could also fit under the 'Lines' category I guess. Lines: Linear Expressions by Pat Martino - Shows the forms Pat uses and how to go about using them. Jazz Lines by Joe Pass (video) - Shows Joe's favorite lines based on chord type. Essential Jazz Lines In The Style Of ... by Corey Christiansen - This whole series is great. My favorite is the one in the style of Joe Pass. The Pass one divides the lines by chord type. |
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#27
06-04-2009, 03:55 PM
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I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but maybe Brett Willmot's 'Complete Book of Harmony Theory and Voicing' would be useful to some of you. It's a systematic study of drop-2 voicings on guitar, and the enharmonic possiblities when you start subbing and adding tensions. Last edited by RyanM : 06-04-2009 at 03:57 PM. |
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#28
06-04-2009, 05:35 PM
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I've read on amazon that this book contains much errors (wrong chord diagramms and so on). Is that true? I'm asking cause I wanted to buy one, because many people recommend it, but I'm afraid after I read that review on amazon. kind regards from Austria, Tobias |
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#29
06-04-2009, 07:45 PM
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Hmm, it's been a little while since I've gone through the book. But I don't remember any errors. Perhaps if there were any, they were so minor I was able to correct it in my head and still completely get the point/lesson. You can view excerpts of the book on his website, maybe check that out. Here's the link: ChopsFactory-Jazz Guitar Chords |
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#30
06-05-2009, 08:11 AM
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From what I've read now on that page, I'll buy the book. So thanks! all the best,..Tobias |
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