Complete Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar

This book is complete in the sense that there is something for everyone: beginners, intermediate players and professionals. Along with learning the basics, this book teaches fingerstyle guitar players to play two-string harmonies, accompaniment styles and much more. Alan De Mause has filled the companion online audio to capacity with 90 examples of music from his landmark text. The recording features nylon-string guitar throughout in both solo and midi-accompanied settings. A full range of jazz guitar stylings is offered, starting from square one and proceeding through advanced fingerstyle solo material. Includes access to online audio.

CONTENTS

• Guitars, hand positions, fingerstye strokes
• Learning the Blues: fretted notes, rests
• Rhythming around
• The flow of jazz: eighth notes
• preparing to create a fingerstyle jazz solo
• Accompanying yourself
• Oom-pah power
• Marking major and minor
• Accompanying with arpeggios
• Harmonizing a melody with a third below
• Harmonizing with tenths
• Harmonizing with sixths
• Harmonic background
• Self accompanying
• Capable accompanist accoutrements
• Expressive devices of jazz
• Pedaling the cycle of fifths
• Intros, endings, turnarounds, tags and modulations
• Fun jazz