Authentic Brazilian Bossa Nova Guitar Arrangements (Guitar Solo) Review

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(More customer reviews)Unfortunately the book comes with a chord chart fingering explanation (inside front cover) which is a bit ambiguous. i was really hoping for a finger/fret position chord chart diagram over each chord but that's not the case. So, i would recomend this more for an intermediate and up guitarist.

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Featuring the solos of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Laurindo Almedia, and Luiz Bonfa.

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Berklee Basic Guitar - Phase 2: Guitar Technique (Guitar Solo) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have recently just started playing the guitar and I have found Berklee Basic Guitar, Phase 1& 2 to be extremely helpful. In phase one I was helped to learn the basics of chords. Now in Phase 2 I am really beginning to develop my own personal style. I have enjoyed reading and discovering new techniques in Phase 2 and my playing abilities are soaring to new heights. This is a must-have for all beginners.

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A continuation of Phase I, this volume is ideal for beginning to intermediate guitar students or classes ready to progress beyond the basics. It includes solo, two-part, and three-part ensemble arrangements of traditional and contemporary music to help players create a unique and personal sound.

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Jazz Masters Series: Creative Chord Substitution For Guitar Review

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(More customer reviews)I had the original edition of this book from what must have been the late 70's or early 80's. From the look of the sample pages, it hasn't been revised.

Pre-tab, it uses plentiful "chord diagrams" along with some non-standard "Johnny Smith-style" notation - meaning the guitar is scored in two staves like a piano, reflecting its actual pitch rather than transposed to treble clef as it is traditionally. I recall feeling a bit hemmed in by that notation at the time; I guess I wasn't as fluent in bass clef back then; I can appreciate the approach more today.

It was the first book I had that explained quartal voicings for guitar, and some of the blues substitutions were pretty advanced - at least I couldn't hear them back then which made them advanced to me. I always regreted the book didn't come with a recording and unfortunately it still doesn't.

Still, one of the reasons I like picking up copies of older books I've worked with is for the "aha factor" of recognizing some sound or idea that you recall being way beyond you back then. It's one way of measuring progress, I guess.

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As a jazz musician, being able to manipulate chords and progressions is an essential part of defining one's own personal musical style and this book is very effective in helping to develop this skill. Creative Chord Substitutions for Jazz Guitar explains the technique of chord substitution as a tool to expand and vary existing harmonic progressions. The theories of advanced harmony discussed here will enable any guitarist to have, at his fingertips, seemingly endless possibilities of chordal color -- possibilities that will take him far beyond the written page, and unlock an unlimited world of creativity as a player, arranger, and composer.

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