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Master the art of blending melody and harmony on the guitar with this book/CD pack. It includes in-depth studies of chords and chord melodies as well as a CD containing 90 demonstration tracks. The lessons include: the five patterns, chord shells, inversions, voice leading, cadences, diminished chords, and more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of useful information in 64 pages
24 Dec 2007
By David J. Simmonds
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I was fortunate enough to study Chord Melody electives with Bruce at GIT recently and this book covers the underlying skills to create nice chord movements.
Note that no Jazz standard complete chord melodies are included and emphasis is more on the chord part than the process of adapting a melody.
Some of the material here is part of the GIT Rhythm Level III core class, which Bruce also wrote and this book could also be used as a nice follow-on to 'Rhythm Guitar - The Complete Guide'.
The material is intermediate/advanced and Chapter 14 - More Chord Voicings contains plenty of fingerings I had never seen before, but which sound great if you can play them.
Since there is no 'Look inside' on Amazon yet I will list chapters;An overall fretboard view, Shells, Inversions, Harmonized scales, Chord scales, Slash chords, Harmonic moves, Voice leading, Cadences, Moving Lines, Substitution, Diminished chords, Chordal Interpretation, More Chord voicings.
Note that no Jazz standard complete chord melodies are included and emphasis is more on the chord part than the process of adapting a melody.
Some of the material here is part of the GIT Rhythm Level III core class, which Bruce also wrote and this book could also be used as a nice follow-on to 'Rhythm Guitar - The Complete Guide'.
The material is intermediate/advanced and Chapter 14 - More Chord Voicings contains plenty of fingerings I had never seen before, but which sound great if you can play them.
Since there is no 'Look inside' on Amazon yet I will list chapters;An overall fretboard view, Shells, Inversions, Harmonized scales, Chord scales, Slash chords, Harmonic moves, Voice leading, Cadences, Moving Lines, Substitution, Diminished chords, Chordal Interpretation, More Chord voicings.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't buy this if you want a chord melody book
15 Nov 2010
By David Timmermann
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
It's really just a book of chords. If chord melody is what you want, newer players should look at "Building Guitar Arrangements From The Ground Up" by Muriel Anderson and more experienced players should check out "Through Chord-Melody & Beyond" by Howard Morgen
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great for chord melody fundamentals
1 Jan 2010
By cincinnatislim
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Check out my other reviews as I'm on the hunt for supplemental information to help learn chord melody approaches. This book has a great approach and several ways to view the fret board that I wish someone had pointed out some of this information to me earlier. Keep in mind that this is not a traditional "here are the chords, here is the melody, here's how to put them together" but a true fundamental approach to learning chords, inversions, understanding core triads and linking them to a guitar melody or bass line type movements. I can see that these are all core techniques when it comes to playing chord melodies -- so I'm excited about how this will combine and expand my current understanding and abilities of jazz improvisation and apply it to chord melody approaches. Looks like a very well done book. I will try to add more comments as I work through this book. The other one I have is Building a Jazz Chord Solo (Sokolow) which looks like a more traditional approach. I'm hoping for under the cost of a typical guitar lesson, I'll have some great information to be on my way. Watch for future updates.
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