Essential Jazz Lines: Style Of Wes Montgomery Bk
With Online Audio
Subtitle | With Online Audio |
Composer | Corey Christiansen |
Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
Instrumentation | Guitar |
Text language | English |
Product Type | Book and Audio Online |
Instrument Group | Guitar |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Genre | Jazz |
Style | Jazz |
ISBN | 9780786693757 |
Series | Essential Jazz Lines (Mel Bay) |
No. Pages | 112 |
No. | MB99905M |
Release Date | 11/21/2017 |
Wes Montgomery is considered by many as one of the great pioneers of Jazz Guitar. Following in the footsteps of Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian, his unique playing style and unmistakable sound have earned him aplace in Jazz history, influencing many contemporary musicians heard today.
This Essential Jazz Lines title offers in-depth explanations into Montgomery’s improvisational techniques as well as his approach todifferent chord progressions found in many Jazz standards. The accompanying audio includes several play-along tracks featuring the chord progressions discussed in the book, giving the student an opportunity to improvise and honein on Montgomery’s sound.
For guitarists of an intermediate skill level, this title offers a great opportunity to instil some jazz ornamentation into their improvisational arsenal.
- All lessons provided in tablature and musical notation
- Audio available online
- The Essential Jazz Lines series features other artists such as John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Cannonball Adderley
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1. Wes Montgomery Introduction
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2. Wes Montgomery and Charlie Parker
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3. Guide Tones
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4. Bebop Scales
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5. Mixolydian Bebop
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6. Dorian Bebop
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7. Major Bebop
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8. 3 to 9
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9. Fingering Charts
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10. Playing the Upper Structure of Chords
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11. Targeting
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12. ARPEGGIOS
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13. Transposed Arpeggio Examples
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14. Playing Octaves
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15. Block Chords