Jazz Guitar

In any music style, there are essentials – scales, licks, chords, etc. Jazz Guitar Chords teaches you the must-know chords that will get you swinging in no time. You won't get bogged down with tons of details. Rather, you'll be armed with many chord shapes that have been used throughout jazz guitar history. The included DVD demonstrates each chord and all the song examples are accompanied by a full band, so you can hear these chords in the proper context. Covers: seventh chords, 6 and 6/9 chords, extended chords, altered dominant chords, full song examples, and more. You don't need to learn how to read music to play jazz guitar. But you do need to know these chords!

Guitar ace Sid Jacobs provides a step-by-step tutorial to help you develop the knowledge and skills you need to improvise Jazz guitar, in this DVD from the prestigious Musicians Institute! Jacobs carefully guides you through several different aspects of Jazz soloing, giving you the chance to understand and master the harmonic demands of this complex playing style. Lessons include: Three-octave diatonic scale patterns, Triads and triads pairs, Common Jazz phrases, Guide tones and non-chordal tones, Harmonised fourths.

Jazz Portraits presents The Jazz Guitar Vol. 4. Wes Montgomery, Tal Farlow, Billy Bauer, Lee Konitz, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Jim Hall and others.