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Contains detailed explanations and exercises on virtually everything a guitarist needs to start playing jazz with others, including different categories of chord voicings, comping tips for being in a rhythm section, plus scale and chord construction. The ultimate jazz guitar reference book, it also features charts for classic jazz tunes to work on, ways to approach practicing jazz, right hand picking techniques, overall jazz theory and tips on developing solo chops by using riffs and pieces of familiar melodies.

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Part one: rhythm guitar voicings; Chapter 1 - three-note 'shell' voicings; Chapter 2 - four-note rhythm guitar voicings; Part two: comp voicings and melody voicings; Chapter 3 - converting rhythm voicings to comp voicings; Chapter 4 - some examples of comping using the voicings; Part three: developing vocabulary for soloing from melodies; Chapter 5 - riff melodies on 12-bar blues; - bags' groove; - blues in the closet; Chapter 6 - riff melodies on tunes that are not 12-bar blues; - lester leaps in; - seven come eleven; - a smooth one; - salute to charlie Christian; Chapter 7 - using quotes from popular melodies; Chapter 8 - using vocabulary from bebop tunes; - swedish pastry; - crazeology; - mayreh; - quicksilver; - room 608; Part four: basic theory and technique for jazz guitar; Chapter 9 - introduction to scales; Chapter 10 - arpeggios; Chapter 11 - modes; Chapter 12 - wrap-up; Appendix a: some definitions; Appendix b: chord names and chord symbols primer; Appendix c: chord types primer; Notes: further notes