At over three hundred & sixty pages, Upper Structures, Synonyms & Slash Voicings For Jazz Guitar takes a wide ranging & in-depth look at the subject of upper voicings & their application with respect to the guitar. Slash voicings & synonyms are also cover in great detail with numerous examples showing how these musical concepts connect & work together.
From individual examples both played & explained in text & narration to lick ideas & then full blown solos, this book covers a huge amount of material that will help you understand how upper structures work.
WHAT LEVEL OF GUITAR PLAYER SHOULD CONSIDER THIS BOOK?
This book is aimed at experienced guitar players & will act as a practical reference & technical guide for players, teachers, educationalists & music conservatoires.
With hundreds of musical examples, chord progressions, music & chord diagrams, lick ideas & solo examples as well as in depth theoretical explanation, this book is a must for every aspiring jazz & contemporary guitarist.
SECTION ONE - FOUR CHAPTERS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
Stacking Chords, Chord formulae, Chord extension & alteration, Triads as upper structures, Pseudo scales, Inferring altered dominants, Generating chords across the neck, Chord & line superimposition, Voice leading, Vagrant harmony, Inferring altered dominants, Single line solo ideas, Tri-tones & flat five concepts, Chromatic movement, Deconstructing altered dominants, Synonyms, Movable solo lines, Cascading chords, Motif development, Sidestep line movement.
SECTION TWO: A three chapter lick library of 70 original lick ideas that demonstrate each upper structure voicing category. All licks are offered in mp3 format as well as including narration from the author on the points of interest & technical challenges of the line.
Each lick is provided in musical & TAB notation. Every chord type includes arpeggio patterns across the fretboard with large format easy to view chords included with each lick example.
SECTION THREE: Three chapters offering original jazz guitar solo examples over three well known jazz st&ard progressions. Full analysis from a comparative, melodic & harmonic viewpoint is included. Solos are fully notated in music & TAB with chords provided in large easy to view format.
SUPPORTING DOWNLOAD
Over 1 & a half hours of mp3 files. Section 1 music examples, Section 2 demonstration licks with author's technical narration & Section 3 which includes complete solo demonstrations & backing tracks.