Solving the Jazz Guitar Puzzle is spiral bound: Simply fold it over and place it next to any song… great for substituting chords and scales and seeing where new ideas fit. No more flipping pages… Designed with one idea per page and includes examples and practice ideas.
Easy-to-Follow Sequence
- Review your current skills and decide where you want to go musically.
- Reference info on musical notation, the Circle of Fifths, and modes.
- Discover new practice techniques and picking ideas.
- Explore chord intervals, triads, and inversions… discover how chords are constructed, develop your ear training… enhance your solos and comping.
- Improvise better in 10 easy steps, including Chords with Two Names.
- Find the secrets of diagramming a song. Discover why Tritone subs, Alternate Scales, and Modes work so well in solos.
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Helpful Practice Ideas
Examples of minor blues and ii–V–I progressions demonstrate how and where substitutions enhance the overall tone and interest when comping or soloing. Throughout Solving the Jazz Guitar Puzzle, we stress the importance of structured practice, especially using a metronome. Plus there are great exercises for Pentatonic scales and Three Notes per String.
“I really like how it is laid out, the detail, even down to the font and size and consistencies with chapters and objectives at the top of the pages. Each page is balanced and really is inviting to the eye.” Gail G., Michigan
Excellent Reference Tool
Remember shapes for chords, scales, and modes faster with our Root String Method. Chord intervals are named for easy alterations. Plus a great set of pentatonic scales and arpeggios for smooth solos.
Solving the Jazz Guitar Puzzle will prepare you for playing in an orchestra, a jazz trio, a praise band, or a solo performance.
