Just knowing how to play a chord is never enough to make good music. Voice leading - moving individual chord voices smoothly from one chord to the next - is an essential skill for jazz guitarists. This book/CD pack by Berklee associate professor of guitar John Thomas shows you how to voice lead both chord tones and tensions, and will help you add a new level of sophistication to your music. This book is designed for intermediate to advanced guitar players. The accompanying CD features jazz tunes, blues and rhythm changes that you can play along with.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
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Good book for a particular style of learning,
By a superintelligent shade of the color blue (minneapolis) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Voice Leading for Guitar: Moving Through the Changes (Paperback)
If you're the kind of guitarist who likes books full of scales and chords to study, this is definitely for you. It consists mostly of page after page of carefully voice-led chord sequences, following the important ii-V-I variations and explaining other types of changes as well. It's great for drills. However, as a theory book it's not particularly deep. If you're familiar with Mick Goodrick's "The Advancing Guitarist", this book is almost the exact opposite. Goodrick forces you to think to get anything at all from his lessons. This book invites you to turn off thinking and start memorizing. Both are valid, useful approaches.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Looking to smooth out your playing?,
By Jeremy Blaska "psalmisterblaska" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Voice Leading for Guitar: Moving Through the Changes (Paperback)
This is a very comprehensive work that explains how voices move from chord to chord. Have you ever wondered how some of the greats of the guitar make their transitions sound seamless no matter how difficult the progression? Voice leading is the key and John Thomas makes it very understandable with a multitude of examples.
10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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The best of its kind,
By Erstwhile (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Voice Leading for Guitar: Moving Through the Changes (Paperback)
And you thought you knew some chords! Hah! This book is intended for the intermediate to advanced guitarist. It assumes a basic knowledge of harmony. The extensive, carefully graded exercises will increase your chord vocabulary and understanding of voice leading immensely. Doing this book justice requires a lot of work over a long period of time, but it is worth it.
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In jazz, you will encounter only seven kinds of diatonic seventh chords (from major, melodic minor, or harmonic minor keys). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chromatic Exercise, Ist Chord, Smell Catastrophe, Medium Fast, None of the Things You Were, Turn On Your Headlight, Tune Measures New!
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In jazz, you will encounter only seven kinds of diatonic seventh chords (from major, melodic minor, or harmonic minor keys). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chromatic Exercise, Ist Chord, Smell Catastrophe, Medium Fast, None of the Things You Were, Turn On Your Headlight, Tune Measures New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Blues Improvisation Complete: C Treble Instruments by Jeff Harrington in Back Matter
- Berklee Practice Method: Guitar by Larry Baione in Back Matter
- A Guide to Jazz Improvisation: Bass Clef Instruments by John LaPorta in Back Matter
- Melodic Rhythms for Guitar by William Leavitt in Back Matter
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