101 Uptown Jazz Chord Progressions with Guitar Chord Frames
101 Uptown Jazz Chord Progressions with Guitar Chord Frames
Red Dog Music Books is proud to offer this superb and extensive collection of 101 important jazz progressions complete with guitar chord frames. If you are wanting to learn more about playing jazz chords and accompaniment, this book will be of great help. The generous wealth of examples provided here will allow you to confidently navigate the exciting world of jazz rhythm guitar. Specific chord fingerings are supplied for guitarists. No note reading is required. Blank treble and bass staves are included with each example for musicians and songwriters who wish to write melodies, licks, solos, and bass lines to the progressions. This is simply a great learning and reference tool for all creative musicians and writers who study, perform, or compose jazz music. The book is for serious students, teachers, performers, recording studios, composers, songwriters, advertising agencies, and any person or music company who desires a user-friendly, comprehensive reference guide to jazz progressions. Progressions covered include two-five-one, four-bar, eight-bar opening sections, eight-bar bridges, twelve-bar jazz blues, sixteen bar, and turnarounds. As with most of our Red Dog Music Books, valuable supplemental articles are included. The stereo companion CD includes a professional recording of each chord progression. Another invaluable Red Dog Music Book by veteran author Larry McCabe, who has thirty years experience in education, instructional design, and music performance.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Pretty cool stuff to play around with…
The complete book on Jazz rhythm… It is definitely an in-depth study on all there is with jazz rhythm, while almost. It has so many variations and chord substitutions that will keep you busy for years. I especially love the chord voicing. The chords are rootless and or played on the upper light strings, (strings 4 down to 1). That is the best location for comping along with a bass players and or piano players or for expressing the melody or for chord soloing style.
The patterns are 4 bars or so in length and Larry gives you indications as to where they can be placed as substitutions for the original arrangement. This will allow you to add variety to any arrangement.
An additional usage I found helpful is to start creating improvised lines over the patterns or in between them as fills to spark up your comping. I am not that good with it yet, but I am getting better. The key is to comp the first chord on beats 1 and 2 and then add mini fill for beats 3 and 4 and even on 1 and 2 for the next bar before playing the next chord in the pattern. To get a ideas of this playing, check out players like Joe Pass, Herb Ellis’ style of comping; then take any pattern from this book and try to mimic their style of playing.
But for you beginners, you will love this book for the simple reason that it will have you creating professional sounding arrangements, intros and ending. Pretty cool stuff in here, man
5 Stars An ideal instructional that is confidently recommended
Jazz is the authentically American music form that had its beginnings in the brothels of New Orleans and evolved to become an established musical genre appreciated and supported around the world. Larry McCabe draws upon his many years of experience and expertise as the author of more than eighty published instructional music books for children and adults to present “101 Uptown Jazz Chord Progressions With Guitar Chord Frames”, a spiral bound collection of jazz progressions for the guitar. specific fingers called chord frames are presented, along with blank music staves for each progression so that aspiring jazz guitarists wanting to write, perform, record, or teach melodies, licks, solos, and bass lines can do so with a professional competence. Of special note are the ‘Suggested projects for Students” and the accompanying CD which includes all 101 progressions covering two-five-one, four-bar, eight-bar opening; sections, as well as eight-bar bridges, twelve-bar blues, sixteen-bar, and turnarounds. “101 Uptown Jazz Chord Progressions With Guitar Chord Frames” is an ideal instructional that is confidently recommended for dedicated and aspiring jazz guitarists alike!
