Mel Bay Publications

This is the internationally acclaimed Joe Pass guitar method in which Joe displays his mastery of the jazz guitar. Part One/Harmony, is divided into five sections on chord construction, embellishment,...

One of the finest books available on jazz guitar chords. Joe covers all the bases with two sections on chord forms and chord passages. Chords are divided into six categories: Major, Seventh, Augmented...

Get that authentic, professional 'Texas' western swing sound with these all-time best western swing guitar licks from master guitarist Joe Carr. In this book/online audio combo, Carr breaks down 60 gr...

This is a very comprehensive text that combines theory, harmony and voicing material with emphasis placed on voice leading. Although this book's primary focus is on four-note chord voicings on the mid...

If you're getting into jazz or expanding your jazz chops, this comprehensive approach is for you. From comping and chord voicings to single-note soloing, you will learn, step by step, the tools necess...

An important addition to the improvising Jazz Guitarist's library, this thoughtful blend of text and musical examples focuses on the vocabulary of modern Jazz and some of the applications of modern ha...

A varied collection of masterpieces respectfully arranged for solo jazz guitar. From the readily playable to the fiendishly virtuosic, there are challenges for all ability levels including syncopation...

This book will teach guitarists how to construct and play the scales and modes used in jazz improvisation. Through the study of these scales, students will expand their musical vocabulary for jazz imp...

Take it Away! Unlock the secrets of hot take-off lead Guitar as played by the greatest players from the greatest bands. Western Swing master Joe Carr has transcribed the great Guitar solos from the Bo...

Joe Diorio is an accomplished guitarist and composer as well as a respected music educator. In this book hecombines his skills to present innovative "intervallic designs" for the guitar. Written in st...

Larry Coryell discusses and illustrates scales, modes, finger exercises, improvisation and chords. This book offers notation, tablature, and three audio CDs for the intermediate to advanced student.

This book is designed to teach any guitarist to compose chord melody arrangements for the Guitar, at a pace which is comfortable for both the beginner and the advanced student. Every method used is di...

Presents hundreds of improvised melodic lines played by Joe Pass. Each of the melodic lines are grouped in the harmonic situation in which they were originally played (i. e. all minor lines are presen...

In this book and the accompanying online audio, master jazz guitarist Frank Vignola has taken eight different jazz standard chord progressions and recorded rhythm Guitar parts so you can play along an...

Knowing your arpeggios is essential to becoming a complete guitarist. In this book you will find written out all of the arpeggios that you will need to learn and commit to memory. This book includes M...

Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This bo...

This Essential Jazz Lines title offers in-depth explanations into Wes Montgomery's improvisational techniques as well as his approach to different chord progressions found in many Jazz standards.

John 'Bucky' Pizzarelli is one of the best known 7-string players alive. For more than half a century, 'Bucky, ' as he is affectionately known, has been a part of the fraternity of musicians who have...

This book contains a study and breakdown of 'harmony in 4ths'. The introduction of quartal harmony in modern jazz began in the 1960's. Compositions by Miles Davis and John Coltrane such as 'Impression...

A comprehensive jazz chord dictionary containing essential barre chord and rhythm chord forms. Included are chord forms ranging from major, minor, and dominant 7th shapes to extensions such as minor 7...

Designed for beginning Piano students who are looking for fun, modern music to play, Jazz Piano For The Young Beginner includes an introduction to the theory behind playing the instrument as well as 3...

This book will give bassists insight into many of the scales used in jazz. Each scale is presented with standard notation, tablature, and fingering patterns for both one octave and two octaves. The bo...

Clifford Brown war einer der einflussreichsten Jazztrompeter und ein wahrer Meister des Jazz. Sein fantastischer Ton, sein Timing, sein Gefühl und seine Beherrschung der Jazzsprache inspirieren Jazzmu...

Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This bo...