Jazz Guitar * Learn To Improvise with CD

Jazz Guitar – Learn to Improvise with CD published by Santorella Publications is a melodic approach to improvisation written by a respected Boston based author & educator, Ed O’Brien. Learn to Improvise is the first in a series of jazz guitar books designed to familiarize students with fundamental techniques and concepts of jazz improvisation. The process of learning jazz improvisation is a vast area requiring much study and practice. Many books have been written on this expansive topic, but typically cater to a specific era or style; i.e., Swing, Bebop, etc. Jazz Guitar – Learn to Improvise takes a broadminded approach, and provides the student with concepts and examples that can be applied to jazz of any era. The performance CD contains every example, played at a moderate tempo, which allows students to not only read the exercise, but hear it as well. Scales, arpeggios, chord voicings, II/V7 progressions and chromatic voice leading are just a few topics covered. “This is truly a comprehensive approach to melodic improvisation; a must-buy product from Santorella Publications.” Section 1 – Scale Sequences – Relative Keys – Exercises 1-2 – Combining Sequences – Section 2 – Intervallic Sequences – Exercises 3-5 – A Study in 6ths – Chord Voicings – Section 3 – Harmonized Scales – Arpeggio Sequences – A Study in Sequences – Section 4 – II V7 Progression – Examples 1-10 – Minor Key II V7 – Examples 1-8 – Section 5 – Chromatic Approach – Chromatic Etude – Exercises 7-10 – Conclusion – Appendix – Harmonized Scales: Major – Minor – Harmonic Minor – Circle of Fifths.