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Mel Bay Six Essential Fingerings for the Jazz Guitarist (The Jimmy Bruno Jazz Guitar Series)

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You will do MUCH better with this little book if you buy the No Nonsense Jazz Guitar video, they really go together. These positions are worth the effort to internalize and kick those bad playing habits. This book gives six fingerings for major scale, 6 for dorian mode (scales), 6 for Mixolydian mode (scales), 6 for natural minor, 6 for harmonic minor, 6 for melodic minor. The book does not give arpeggios which would be useful but they are easy to plug in with these fingerings. It is tough to drop those bad fingerings but these are probably better than whatever you are using. Mr. Bruno graciuosly gives his personal email address for any questions (how cool is that?).

Jimmy Bruno's Fingerings for the Jazz Guitarist is the greatest and most uncomplicated way to learn Jazz on the guitar. Definitely, becoming a pro is a reality if you do this exercises. In a month, my technique has improved more that in ten years of earlier practice. I highly recommend it.
Rafael

If scales are your thing, this book is for you! It reduces the number of fingerings you need to use for most things and helps you remember them.

If you want to learn all 6 scale patterns and a system to cover all the pentatonics and modes - this is a simple book that does the job. But you can do even better by also buying Jimmy Bruno's DVD to go with this book. Jimmy Bruno: No Nonsense Jazz Guitar All the scales will be explained on the DVD so you'll get much more from the book after listening and watching Jimmy.

What a great book from Jimmy Bruno and Mel Bay. Although some of the fingerings seem to be a little odd almost every page of this book is filled with useful information that I will use for years to come.
Worth every penny!

This book outlines the six essential fingerings that Jimmy Bruno discusses at length in his video. It is a short book but that is a good thing. He gets straight to the point and there is no fluff about modes, and theory. This is information that you can actually use. If practiced regularly you will feel and hear the improvement in your knowledge and use of these scales and subsequent arpeggios. This is good stuff.

I wish I could meet Jimmy and personally shake his hand and say thank you so much for this book! 6 shapes and your done fussin around with scales. You can get on to the real work, which is playing your own way and sounding good!

This inexpensive 32 page book supplimented with Jimmy Bruno's DVD, "No Nonsense Jazz Guitar", (and a whole lot of hours of practice), will give you a significant jumpstart on the long road to playing credible jazz guitar. I wish this book had been available to me years ago.

The material is clearly and compactly presented. It's easy to understand and apply, and if you have any questios remaining, another musician, not even necessarily a guitarist, can head you in the right direction. Don't just buy this book. Resolve to yourself that you'll tackle its contents seriously. Vow to work through it and to master the fingerboard "pictures" that Jimmy Bruno shares with you.

If you're interested in jazz guitar, this should book shouldn't just be in your library, it should be on your music stand.