Old Music Master

More than a method or exercise book, this guide challenges jazz guitarists to increase originality in their thinking and playing. Master player Larry Coryell takes readers deep inside the music to make connections between ideas and the guitar fretboard, helping them unlock their own creativity. This book/CD set builds logically from basic ideas to more advanced techniques, which Coryell explains in fine detail. He highlights musical ways to understand complex jazz concepts and presents his unique approach to improvisation by providing exciting new ways to play scales, intervals, arpeggios, melody and chords. Emphasizing group interaction and solos that sizzle, Coryell taps his decades of experience as a performer to offer insights into inventive, powerful ensemble playing. This book should open the door to a better understanding in our quest for advanced guitar playing. - Al DiMeola

This continuation from Jim's first book teaches guitarists more about how to improve their playing in rock, blues, jazz, funk, Latin and R&B styles, and how to play in the style of legends like Wes Montgomery, Jeff Beck, and other greats. Players will develop their own approaches using the helpful full-band and play-along tracks on the accompanying CD, and learn to phrase their own solos in new ways by using the techniques of master guitar players. Valuable to players at all levels, the strong melodies and chord changes Jim has written especially for this series are fun to listen to and learn. The book includes traditional lead sheet music notation and guitar tab for the songs, including style, tempo, form, fingerings, song description and commentary, hints, tips, approaches and practice ideas.

Publikacja zawiera biografie poszczególnych artystów i ich zespołów, m.in.: Jane's Addiction, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kiss, The Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains, AC/DC, and Soundgarden; opisy stylów i technik wykonawczych oraz lekcje prezentujące wykorzystanie tych technik w praktyce. Dodatkowo do publikacji dołączona jest płyta CD, na której znajdują sie prezentacje poszczególnych ćwiczeń.