An Advanced Approach to Practicing Jazz Guitar

An Advanced Approach to Practicing Jazz Guitar is for musicians who have a thorough understanding of jazz vocabulary and are looking for an approach to practice that allows for infinite growth.
 
This book is designed for the numerous jazz musicians who are essentially asking themselves, “What’s next?” That is, “What’s next after transcribing numerous solos?” or "What’s next after learning to play fluently on all of the complicated jazz standards?”
 
Many advanced jazz musicians reach a point where they feel as if their playing has flatlined. This book is for those musicians. Written in standard notation and tablature, it facilitates a practice routine that contributes to forward motion and musical evolution, including voice leading, sound and phrasing exercises, internal hearing processes, guide tones in improvisation, rhythmic exercises, and open improvisation exercises.

Building Lines From Melody Guide Tones

Voice Leading

Building Exercises

Sound and Phrasing

Melody Fragments

Scales

Long Tones

Rhythm  

Working with Rhythmic Vamps

Cutting the Metronome in Half

Polyrhythm and Cross-Rhythm Metronome Settings

Internal Processes

 Listening Games

 Ear Training /Voice Leading Exercises

 Bass Lines

 Playing Along with Recordings and Continuing to

Improvise After the Recording Has Ended

An Introduction to Free Improvisation