A step-by-step approach to jazz improvising. Melody and harmony, introduced through exercises in modal jazz: the II-V progression; scales; standard notation; tablature; fingerings; chord diagrams.Learn the ins and outs of jazz soloing and comping through practical applications of melodic and harmonic concepts. If you have been frustrated by jazz methods that assume you are already a master player or that are inaccessible due to overuse of jazz theory jargon, then this book will open the door for you. Simple, progressive exercises-explained in easy-to-understand language-get you playing jazz right away. From simple chord substitution in a twelve-bar blues progression straight through advanced soloing over complex jazz changes "Improvising Jazz Guitar" gives you the concepts.

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