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The Serious Jazz Book II

Harmonic Possibilities of the Improvised Line

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The Serious Jazz Book II


    Price: $32.00

The Serious Jazz Book II is the long awaited follow-up of Barry Finnerty's first book, The Serious Jazz Practice Book

This extremely thorough book teaches you how to play better and more creative solos.

Barry Finnerty, the author of this book, has been playing and recording with Miles Davis, The Brecker Bros., THe Crusaders and many more.

In this book he teaches you how to be a better improviser by exploring the melodic posibilities of individual chords, how chords connect and how they are used in jazz.

The Serious Jazz Book II has 4 sections:

  • What a "c" Can Be: here you'll learn all harmonic possibilities of a single note.
  • Mastering The Changes: you'll learn how to melodically master all variations of chords and chord progressions.
  • Playing on Tunes": how to apply the harmonic theory presented in section 1 of the book.
  • Harmonic Vocabulary: a wealth of melodic examples.

Some Sample Pages (pdf):

200 pages filled with material that will take your guitar playing to the next level. Highly recommended!
Price: $32.00