Complete Jazz Guitar Method: Intermediate Jazz Guitar, Book & CD

by Jody Fisher

This book is great for guitarists who have learned the basics of jazz harmony and improvisation. Topics include the ii-V-I progression, creating solo lines, altered chord formulas, and comping in different jazz feels such as Latin, swing, ballad, and even funk. Continuing in the format of Beginning Jazz Guitar, every new concept is accompanied by etudes and songs for practice, and every chapter is clearly divided into lessons on harmony and improvisation. Packed with literally hundreds of chord voicings and improv ideas, this book is a must for any serious student of jazz guitar. All music is shown in standard notation and TAB, and the CD demonstrates the examples in the book. 96 pages.

Genres: Music

Paperback

First published August 1, 1995

Reviews

[Andy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the second book of four by Jody Fisher on jazz guitar. Most of this book covers ii-V-I progressions. A lot of interesting altered chords are introduced like 7#9, b5b9 chords, etc. Fisher gives several examples of ways to play the chords, some of which are a bit too difficult for most practical playing. I prefer to have a diagram of the entire fretboard with a chord and its various inversions all laid out so you can see where the chord occurs up and down the neck.

My other complaint with this book is there's too much space given to chord lick examples -- they're worth investigating but for someone like me who's more interested in writing music, and in theory opposed to improvisation this was less interesting to me.