New Jazz Series - Private Lessons

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Mel Bay's Private Lessons Series - all 8.5" by 11" books
Title CAT # Price
The Changes
Guide Tones for Jazz Chords, Lines & Comping for Guitar
includes companion CD
Intermediate to advanced levels
40 pages
Sid Jacobs
20410BCD 17.95
Jazz Intros and Endings
Over 60 Intros and Endings for songs in many keys and styles
Standard Notation with companion CD
Intermediate level
32 pages
Ron Eschete
20406BCD 17.95
Coltrane Changes - Advanced
Jazz Harmony for Guitar
Teaches tri-tonic systems found in Giant Steps and Countdown
Companion CD for practicing and mastering single note lines in all 12 keys
Intermediate to advanced levels
32 pages
Corey Christiansen
20407BCD 17.95
Advanced Jazz Guitar Improvisation
Assumes an intimate knowledge of chord scales and jazz theory
Companion CD included
Intermediate to advanced levels
32 pages
Barry Greene
20409BCD 17.95
Blues / Rock Improv for Guitar
Presents rythym guitar parts, turnaround licks, soloing exercises and a fully transcribed solo
Companion CD included
Intermediate to advanced levels
32 pages
Jon Finn
20411BCD 17.95
Jazz Pentatonics - Advanced Improvising Concepts for Guitar
Highly melodic approach to using pentatonic scales
Companion CD included
Intermediate to advanced levels
32 pages
Bruce Saunders
20416BCD 17.95
Creative Comping Concepts for Jazz Guitar
Articulates a comping vocabulary on six often played tunes
Includes guitar comps with bass and drums on companion CD
Intermediate to advanced levels
40 pages
Mark Boling
20414BCD 17.95
Guitar Arpeggio Studies on Jazz Standards
In depth approach to mastering arpeggios for guitarists
Companion CD included
Intermediate to advanced levels
40 pages
Mimi Fox
20623BCD 17.95
Modern Blues
Advanced Blues Harmonizations & Melodic Ideas for Guitar
New ideas for comping and soloing
Allows the student to develop a personal sound
Companion CD included
Itermediate to Advanced levels
48 pages
Bruce Saunders
20415BCD 17.95
Rock / Fusion Improvising
Bridges gap between rock and jazz
Over 75 examples of play along tracks
Companion CD included
Intermediate level
40 pages
Carl Filipiak
20408BCD 17.95
Jazz Ear Training Course
Learning to Hear Your Way Through Music
Companion CD included
Intermediate to advanced levels
40 pages
Steve Masakowski
20420BCD 17.95
Modern Chords
Advanced Harmony for Guitar
Teaches polychords and interval structures derived from major, minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor and harmonic major scales.
Companion CD included
Intermediate to advanced levels
48 pages
Vic Juris
20440BCD 17.95
The Art of Picking (w/DVD)
Accompanying DVD shows Jimmy Bruno demonstrating and explaining his legendary picking technique
Exercises for alternate and sweeping picking
Intermdiate level
40 pages
Jimmy Bruno
20402DP 29.95