Ever wanted to know how to comp on a jazz standard?
Ever wanted to know how to connect 2 chords or how to play more spiced progression?
Ever wanted to know how to use altered dominants?
Are you interested in voicing for chord melody?
Are you looking for a book that will show for each chord position best scale and arpeggio to use?
This is a 12 volumes opera on guitar chord positions: by far, the most complete ever published. For each position are presented dozens of cases of harmonic progressions used in jazz standards (ii-V-I for major and minor tonality, altered and secondary dominants, chromatic cliche and so on).
Furthermore, for each voicing, are presented the most common arpeggios and scales.
These books are really oriented to practice session than to theory. In fact they are full of applications and samples you can play immediatly without any knowledge of music score or anything else.
These books are very useful for developing comping skills, chord melody techniques and voice leading.
If your are looking for something that will enable you to play as a professional jazz guitar player, then you have found it.
$Every book is focused on a specific chord family or voicing type, but it presents many different chord types in each sample section.
- (New Release!!!) Drop2 Chord Positions will introduce drop2 chord voicings for all 7th chord families. Drop2 chords are the most used voicing in jazz comping. This book you will explore most used progressions (diatonic and chromatic) progressions, diminished passing chords and major chromatic cliche.
- (New Release!!!) Drop3 Chord Positions will introduce drop3 chord voicings for all 7th chord families. Drop2 chords are the most used voicing (with drop2 voicings) in jazz comping. This book you will explore most used progressions (diatonic and chromatic) progressions, diminished passing chords and major chromatic cliche.
- Major Tonic Chords will introduce maj7 chord family with all extensions and alterations normally used as Tonic or Lydian sounds. This book you will focus on ii-V-I, II-bII-I (diatonic and chromatic) progressions, diminished passing chords and major chromatic cliche.
- Minor Chords Pt. 1 will introduce min7 and min6 chord families with all extensions and alterations normally used as Dorian chord or Aeolian Tonic sounds. In this book you will focus on ii-V-I, II-bII-I (diatonic and chromatic) progressions and minor chromatic cliche.
- Diatonic Dominant Chords will introduce dominant 7 chord family with all extensions normally used as Dominant and secondary Dominant chord sounds. In this book you will focus on ii-V-I (diatonic) progressions, Dominant sequences (II7 V7 I7) and major chromatic cliche.
- Altered Dominant Chords Pt1 will introduce altered dominant 7 chord family with a single alteration normally used as Dominanthttp://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6103184059485068698 and secondary Dominant chord sounds. In this book you will focus on ii-V-I (diatonic amd chromatic) progressions, Dominant sequences (II7 V7 I7) and major chromatic cliche.
- Minor Chord Pt. 2 will introduce minmaj7 chord family with all extensions and alterations normally used as Tonic Minor chord sounds. In this book you will focus on IImin7b5-Vb9-iminmaj7 (diatonic and chromatic) progressions and minor chromatic cliche.
- Suspended Dominant Chords will introduce 7sus4 chord family with all extensions and alteration normally used as suspended Dominant chord sounds. In this book you will focus on II-V-I (diatonic) progressions, Dominant sequences (II7 V7 I7).
- Altered Dominant Chords Pt2 will introduce uncommon altered dominant 7 chord family with a single alteration normally used as Dominant and secondary Dominant chord sounds. In this book you will focus on II-V-I (diatonic amd chromatic) progressions, Dominant sequences (II7 V7 I7) and major chromatic cliche.
- Altered Dominant Chords Pt3 will introduce altered dominant 7 chord family with double alterations (on 9th and 5th) normally used as Dominant and secondary Dominant chord sounds. In this book you will focus on II-V-I (diatonic amd chromatic) progressions, Dominant sequences (II7 V7 I7) and major chromatic cliche.
- Diminished Chords will introduce dim7 chord family with all extensions and alteration normally used as Vb9 or passing chords. In this book you will focus on II-bII°-I and other progressions.
- Half-diminished Chords will introduce min7b5 chord family with all extensions and alteration normally used as Locrian chord sounds. In this book you will focus on IImin7b5-Vb9-Iminmaj7 progressions.
Other books are suggested to advanced players who want to go deeper on a specific chord family.