SOLO GUITAR, insights, arranging techniques & classic jazz standards, HOWARD MORGEN. Those were the days -it might be you -in your own sweet way -santa claus is coming to town -it don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) -you stepped out of a dream -stompin' at the savoy -invitation -misty -take five -Laura -ohhh! Susanna. SHEET MUSIC BOOK WITH GUITAR TABLATURE
LIBRO DI MUSICA JAZZ.
SPARTITI PER CHITARRA CON:
ACCORDI, PENTAGRAMMA, TABLATURE.
12 classic jazz standards
Tips for transcribing, arranging and personalizing your arrangements
Conterpoints and harmonizing the melody
Artificial harmonics, "harp" effects and harmonic cascades
Fingerboard insights
Chord progressions, substitutions and chord embellishments
Insights, Arranging Techniques, & Classic Jazz Standards Compiled & Edited by :Bill Gerrity Howard Morgen's Solo Guitar is the perfect book to help you acquire technical skills through the use of clever musical examples and twelve classic Jazz standards. Learn valuable tips for transcribing, arranging, and personalizing your arrangements. Discover technical devices such as artificial harmonics, "harp" effects, and harmonic cascades. Learn melodic concepts including counterpoint and how to harmonize the melody. Build the solid harmonic foundation every solo guitarist needs through the thorough overview of chord progressions, substitutions, and embellishments.
FOREWORD
A few years ago my good friend Harry and I took the opportunity to catch a live performance by guitarist Robben Ford. The very next day, still impressed and excited about the show, Harry took out a Guitar Player magazine from September 1988 with Robben Ford on the cover. While paging through the magazine searching for the cover story, Harry stopped and asked, "Haveyou ever read these incredible columns on chord progression?" I looked at the columnit was Part III of the Guitar Player Master Series called "AllAbout Chord Progressions" by Howard Morgen and Jim Ferguson. I knew I had this issue of Guitar Player, but I was not familiar at all with the material. As I flipped through the pages of Harry's copy, I noticed he had highlighted, circled, and marked up the article as if it were a college text. He expressed to me how valuable and informative this series proved to be for him and how he grew as a musician. I soon found myself dusting off my back issues and going through the material in each of the "AllAbout Chord Progressions" articles. Fortunately, this material was presented in a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand manner by two of the most respected and knowledgeable experts in the guitar world. Soon after the chord progression articles appeared, Howard began writing a monthly column for Guitar Player and I have been hooked ever since. In addition to the aforementioned groundbreaking material, which now contains references to specific arrangements within this book, much of the material in Howard's columns is reprinted here offering insights into the guitar from one of its masters. Each chapter in this book contains hands-on applications of techniques for solo guitar such as comping, harmonics, transcribing, and arranging. Many times an arrangement of a standard or popular tune will accompany a specific chapter to demonstrate how to apply the material being covered. This book ends with possibly one of the most important articles Howard has ever written throughout his prolific career-"Putting the Ohhh! ... in 'Oh Susanna. '" Originally appearing in Fingerstyle Guitar magazine, this article is an easy guide to understanding the complex subject of substitution and reharmonization. "Putting the Ohhh!" follows a step-by-step procedure for reharmonization that can be used for any song imaginable. Solo Guitar is designed to help every player grow as a guitarist and musician, regardless of style. I sincerely hope you will find that I have presented this unique material in a manner that is as enjoyable as it is informative.
By Howard Morgen
Jim Ferguson
SERIES: Jazz Masters Series
CATEGORY: Guitar Method or Supplement
FORMAT: Book
Solo Guitar is a musical approach to understand the techniques and concepts of solo guitar. Topics include arranging, transcribing, chord progressions, and chord substitutions. Also included are tips for maximizing practice time. Howard demonstrates every subject with arrangements of some of the most memorable songs of any serious musician's repertoire.
Includes the Following Selections:
Title - Composer - Year
IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY - DAVE BRUBECK - 1955
INVITATION – MUSIC: KAPER BRONISLAU - LYRIC: PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER – 1944
IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING) - DUKE ELLINGTON / LYRIC: IRVING MILLS – 1932
IT MIGHT BE YOU (THEME FROM "TOOTSIE") - LYRIC: ALAN BERGMAN – MUSIC: DAVE GRUSIN, MARILYN BERGMAN – 1982
LAURA – LYRIC: DAVID RASKIN / MUSIC: JOHNNY MERCER – 1936
MISTY (VOCAL) – MUSIC: ERROLL GARNER – LYRIC: JOHNNY BURKE - 1954
SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN (VOCAL) - LYRIC: HAVEN GILLESPIE – MUSIC: J. FRED COOTS – 1934
STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY – MUSIC: BENNY GOODMAN, EDGAR SAMPSON, CHICK WEBB - LYRIC: ANDY RAZAF – 1936
TAKE FIVE - PAUL DESMOND – 1960
THOSE WERE THE DAYS (from "All in the Family") – MUSIC: CHARLES STROUSE, - LYRIC: LEE ADAMS - 1971
YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM – MUSIC: NACIO HERB BROWN - LYRIC: GUS KAHN – 1940
OHHH! SUSANNA – Stephen Foster - 1848
Table Of Contents:
Foreword
Part I - Tunes. Tips. and Techniques
Arranging Techniques for Guitar (Sixths and Tenths)
Counterpoint and More
Those Were the Days (About the Arrangement)
Those Were the Days
Transcribing
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (About the Arrangement)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
No Pain, No Gain - by Howard Morgen
Interpreting Chord Symbols
It Might Be You (About the Arrangement)
It Might Be you
Interpreting Standard Chord Symbols
It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That "Line"
(About the Arrangement)
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Chord Fragments
In Your Own Sweet Way (About the Arrangement)
In Your Own Sweet Way
Stompin' at the Savoy
Chord Embellishment. Substitutions, and Additions .
You Stepped Out of a Dream (About the Arrangement)
You Stepped Out of a Dream
Harmonics
Invitation (About the Arrangement)
Invitation
Artificial Harmonics
Harp Effects
Harmonic Cascades and Chords
Misty (About the Arrangement)
Misty
Laura
Fingering Considerations
Personalizing Your Arrangement
Take Five (Worksheet)
Take Five
Part II -Theory and Insights
All About Chord Progressions I
Roman Numeral Symbolization
Root Movement
Cycle-Based Patterns
Secondary Dominants
Circle-Based Chromatic Patterns
All About Chord Progressions II
Seconds-Based Patterns
Non-Circle-Based Chromatic Patterns
Thirds- Based Root Movement
Tonic-Subdominant -Tonic Patterns
All About Chord Progressions III
Line-Dependent Patterns
Minor Patterns
Rock Progressions
12-Bar Patterns
Harmonic Sequences
Personal Progressions
Putting the Ohhh! in "Oh, Susanna" (Insights Into Chord Substitution)
Reharmonization Technique No. 1-Backcycling
Reharmonization Technique No. 2-
Relative Majors and Minors
Reharmonization Technique No. 3-
Tritone Substitution
Experimenting With Chord Qualities and Embellishments
Personalizing the Arrangements
Ohhh! Susanna
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