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

A comping vocabulary in the context of six of the most often played tunes in jazz: 12-bar blues, rhythm changes, minor blues, a modal tune, and a couple of standards. The comps are written out in notation and tablature and include rhythms with forward motion, chords built in fourth intervals, parallel constant structure voicings, polychords, slash chords, etc. The focus is on developing a contemporary approach to rhythm, phrasing, chord voicings, voiceleading, chord substitution, and reharmonization.

A play-along CD recording of the guitar comps with bass and drums helps get the sounds and rhythms in your ear. The theory of how the comping concepts are applied to the music is explained, with ideas on how to use them creatively.

• Rhythm
• Phrasing
• Texture
• Chord Voicings
• Voiceleading
• Chord Substitution & Reharmonization

• Guitar Arpeggio Studies on Jazz Standards
• Modern Chords: Advanced Harmony for Guitar
• Jazz Ear Training 
• Modern Blues
• Art of Picking
• Jazz Intros and Endings
• Jazz Pentatonics
• Comping Concepts for Jazz Guitar
• Advanced Jazz Guitar Improvisation
• Blues/Rock Improv