Customer Reviews:
 Lots of useful information in 64 pages December 24, 2007
David J. Simmonds (Poway, CA United States)
38 out of 39 found this review helpful
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.
Great Jazz Guitar Book May 3, 2009
Bob Hightower (El Monte, CA USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've been playing guitar for more years then I care to think about. This book is helping me move on to my next phaze of being a guitarist.
Great information October 9, 2009
L Michaels (Las Vegas)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has useful information that will increase your chord melody skills tremendously. The information is accurate, well written and organized in a sequence that makes sense to the user.
 Great for chord melody fundamentals January 1, 2010
cincinnatislim (Cincinnati, Ohio)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
 The title is a bit deceiving... August 18, 2009
Chris Carter (East Coast)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is actually an intermediate/advanced music theory manual for guitar. Strong on theory, but a bit short on practical application. Don't consider this a "101 course" book, it's more of a "music theory 301".
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