Mel Bay Publications
Level : Intermediate-Advanced
Series : Private Lessons Mel Bay

"Moderm blues - Advanced Blues Reharmonizations and Melodic Ideas for Guitar" is for intermediate to advanced players wishing to expand their melodic and harmonic vocabulary. The music is in standard notation as well as tablature and a CD audio Online is included in which the more difficult exercises are played at a slower as well as faster tempo.
The CD was recorded with live drums, acoustic bass and guitar. All the exercises are included on the CD as well as many practice tracks that enable the student to play with a rhythm section. The book covers such topics as reharmonization, exotic chord/scale combinations, intervallic and triadic exercises, alternate pentatonic suggestions and exercises and many other topics.

Chapter One: simple harmonic ideas
Chapter Two: fourths
Chapter Three: minor blues
Chapter Four: more complex harmonic ideas
Appendix A: practice tracks
Appendix B: alternate vertical elements