Guitar Methods

Learn 12 great swing standards recorded by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, and the Quintette of the Hot Club of France. Play along with a great Gypsy Swing Rhythm Section and learn chords, compi...

Jazz music forces guitarists to learn their fretboards. There is no getting around it. In all of its harmonic complexities and demands for virtuosity, there is no choice but to head on down the bumpy...

Learn the art of fingerstyle jazz guitar with these 12 insightful lessons. With chapters aimed at building chord vocabulary, separating bass and melody voices, and improvisation in the style of jazz g...

Master the rich and varied world of mainstream jazz guitar. These 47 lessons and etudes present a comprehensive course of study to facilitate rapid progress with harmonic sensibility, fingerboard scho...

This innovative resource is designed to help the intermediate to advanced player gain more conrol over the guitar. This completely new approach to the instrument combines concepts derived from two dis...

Develop a fingerboard facility that fuses the great navigational conception of the classical guitar tradition with the improvisational, on-the-fly, solo content/language of the modern jazz guitarist,...

Influential fusion player Allan Holdsworth provides guitarists with a simplified method of learning chords, in diagram form, for playing accompaniments and for playing popular melodies in 'chord-solo'...

The concepts and fingerings in this book have been developed by analyzing the licks used by Charlie Christian. Chord shapes are moveable; thus one can play the riffs in virtually any key without diffi...

This book/CD pack shows guitarists how to transform basic jazz improv techniques into bebop figures in Bird's famous 'with strings' style by making chromatic and rhythmic alterations. Includes many mu...

Diatonic modal knowledge is essential to the guitarist as a tool for soloing. A solo should be a spontaneous improvisation. Modal Mastery can help store enough information to free yourself from having...

Start playing jazz guitar! This book will help you understand and master the essential concepts and techniques of jazz, whatever style you may already know. You'll learn jazz theory and harmony throug...

This bestselling classic book by jazz performer, teacher and bandleader Sal Salvador is a complete study of single string exercises for guitar, designed to build technique and control. This edition up...

To become fluent in the language of jazz and music in general, musicians must develop equality of all twelve keys. The goal of this book is not only to provide a reference for learning chord fingering...

Jazz Notes is your opportunity to take a lesson from a true jazz master. Mike discusses his background, the learning process, the importance of chord tones and embellishments, tension tones and lots o...

The world of jazz guitar is one that can be challenging, featuring a deep well of information and idea that can take years to learn. Wolf Marshall's Jazz Guitar Course is a comprehensive guide that is...

The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an inst...

Delve deep into the world of jazz guitar with this book of 10 extended lessons from master guitarist Sean McGowan. You'll learn vocabulary for soloing over essential jazz forms like the 12-bar blues a...

Develop your solo skills with this comprehensive method with online audio of 99 full demonstration tracks, plus 16 video lessons available online for download or streaming. Topics covered include: com...

The Hal Leonard Guitar Method has been a mainstay for students of the guitar for many years. In this latest installment, the Hal Leonard Gypsy Jazz Guitar Method, guitarist Jeff Magidson (Hot Club of...

Renowned jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli shares his take on the key elements of jazz guitar style. Filled with dazzling demos, insightful lessons and great anecdotes, this DVD is perfect for newcomers...

Jim Hall, the great jazz improviser, presents a jazz guitar master class for all guitarists. This DVD is unique because it not only provides a detailed approach to jazz improvisation by demonstrating...

The Jazz Guitar Handbook is a step-by-step guide to jazz guitar playing. It takes you from the basics through to advanced harmony and soloing concepts, and teaches you the music theory a jazz guitaris...

Jazz Runs, double stops, chromatic licks... learn the phrases that influenced a million jazz guitarists! Take your playing to the next level with an arsenal of George Benson style licks.

For the first time, the legendary Star Licks guitar instruction video series is being made available in book format with online access to the classic video footage, all of which has been digitally cle...

Akkordgriffe, Tonleitern und Arpeggios, mit 4 Stücken arrangiert für Gitarre und Bass, 110 S.