INTRODUCTION TO JAZZ GUITAR SOLOING, A Comprehensive Improvisation Method. Musicians Institute Press. CD TABLATURE
Introduction to Jazz Guitar Soloing
A Comprehensive Improvisation Method
Series: Musicians Institute Press
Publisher: Musicians Institute Press
Format: Softcover with CD - TAB
Author: Joe Elliott
Perfect for seasoned rockers seeking new challenges and jazz newcomers looking for a good start, this book/CD pack covers scales, chords, licks, techniques and other vital jazz improv concepts step by step. The accompanying CD features 65 full-band demo and play-along tracks.
Inventory #HL 00695406
ISBN: 9780634009709
UPC: 073999998580
Width: 9.0"
Length: 12.0"
104 pages
A COMPREHENSIVE IMPROVISATION METHOD
• Key Center Soloing
• Chord Tone Soloing
• The Connecting Game
• Situation Playing
• Acquiring Vocabulary and Repertoire
• Scales
• Arpeggios
• Color Notes
• Chromatics
• Harmonization
• Solo Shaping
• Writing and Using Licks
• How to Practice
• Much More!
Whether you're a seasoned rocker seeking a new challenge or a jazz newcomer looking for a good start, this book and CD pack will provide the vital concepts you need to begin your journey into jazz improvisation. Includes loads of step-by-step information, scales, licks, and techniques, plus the accompanying audio CD features 65 full-band demo and play-along tracks!
Introduction
If you're like me, your first experience playing a guitar solo was in your friend's basement or garage. You probably learned the A minor pentatonic scale in fifth position, learned a few repetitive "didlee-diddies," a couple of bends, and had a great time jammin'. When I figured out what key a song was in, I would move my minor pentatonic shape, didlee-diddles, and bends to the place on the neck that seemed to fit and-jam. The soloist in me didn't really seem to care that I didn't know too much. Well, this was how I played for quite some time. I gradually expanded my knowledge by learning more patterns of minor and major pentatonic scales. I played with this amount of scale knowledge until I got into college and was introduced to some jazz guys. Playing tunes with them, I continued this basic approach but had to adapt to the songs changing keys more often. My solo approach, however, was still basically the same: figure out the key and wander around the pattern hoping I'd get lucky and play something good. This is called key center soloing, and there is nothing wrong with it. It's a wonderful way for us to break into the world of soloing early on in our musical development. It's great that we guitarists can learn to make good music with a small amount of information. But I knew there had to be more. Most guitarists live in this stage of development for a long time with a growing sense that they are missing some important element that would make them sound better. They're right. What's missing is the knowledge of how to make your solo fit the chords the band is playing. How do the great players pick those great notes in their solos? Some people might refer to these notes as "sweet notes," but they are really just chord tones. Chord tones are simply the notes of the chord that the band is playing. This very simple concept, which is called chord tone soloing, is the basis for the technical side of playing jazz. The vehicle for playing chord tones is the arpeggio. Understanding the concept is simple; implementing it requires some special and organized efforts. This book is designed to do just that: organize and gradually build your fretboard knowledge to a level where chord tone playing becomes as natural as wandering around the minor pentatonic scale. This book is based on the jazz improvisation method I've taught at G.I.T. since 1988. It works for the seasoned rocker who is ready for a new challenge or the jazz newcomer looking for a good start. The essence of the book can be summarized by the following statement.
As a developing player, you have two simple goals:
• To acquire a vocabulary (licks you know)
• To acquire a repertoire (songs you know)
(For a song to be "in your repertoire" you must be able to play the melody, improvise a solo, and comp for another soloist-all from memory.)
This book will cover the following general topics to help you develop vocabulary:
• key center soloing
• chord tone playing
• arpeggios
• organizing arpeggios
• situation playing-the concept of extracting common chord progression fragments from tunes and learning vocabulary to play over them
• colorful note options
• writing licks (developing vocabulary)
• inserting the licks into songs
• acquiring and developing repertoire
• other melodic devices
• solo shaping
A Comprehensive Improvisation Method by Joe Elliott
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Organizing Arpeggios in Major Scale Patterns
Chapter 3: Organizing Arpeggios in Minor Scale Patterns
Chapter 4: Situation Playing
Chapter 5: The Connecting Game
Chapter 6: The Connecting Game in More Patterns
Chapter 7: Expanding Note Options with Added Color Tones
Chapter 8: Introducing the Melodic Minor Scale
Chapter 9: Adding Altered Tones
Chapter 10: Referencing and Worksheets
Chapter 11: The Connecting Game with the Altered Scale
Chapter 12: The Locrian #2 Scale
Chapter 13: Writing Licks
Chapter 14: Inserting Licks
Chapter 15: Disguising Licks
Chapter 16: Harmonizing the Melodic Minor Scale for Altered Dominants
Chapter 17: Harmonizing the Melodic Minor Scale for Minor 7 (b5)Chords
Chapter 18: Turnaround Licks in Major (1I1-VI-II-V-I)
Chapter 19: Turnaround Licks in Minor (I-VI-II-V-I)
Chapter 20: The Lydian b7 Scale
Chapter 21: Harmonizing the Melodic Minor Scale for Non-Functioning Dominants
Chapter 22: Non-Resolving II-V Progressions
Chapter 23: The Bebop Bridge
Chapter 24: Chromatic Connections
Chapter 25: Other Melodic Devices
Chapter 26: Putting It Together
Chapter 27: Solo Shaping
Chapter 28: How to Budget Practice Time
Conclusion
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