Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Wes Montgomery (book/Audio Online)

Mel Bay Publications
Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Wes Montgomery
Series: Essential Jazz Lines Guitar

Wes Montgomery, Known for his fluid lines and his big jazz guitar sound, influenced thousands of guitarists in the styles of jazz, blues, and rock. This book will present some of the soloing techniques that Wes used as well has present many melodic ideas (lines) similar to the way he played over the chord progression in many jazz standards. Because the major and minor ii-V-I progression are the most widely used chord progression in jazz standards, the lines in this text will work over these progressions.

Audio download: many play-along tracks (vamps of one chord and vamps around the circle of fourths) that the student should use to practice the material in one key and then master it in all twelve keys. By learning the techniques used by Wes Montgomery, guitarists will add to their own improvising arsenal. As improvising musicians add to their collection of musical ideas, their ability to express themselves completely increases.

Table of Contents:

• Wes Montgomery and Ch. Parker
• Guide Tones
• Bebop Scales (Mixolydian Bebop, Dorian Bebop, Major Bebop)
• 3 to b9  (Fingering Charts)
• Playing the Upper Structure of Chords
• Targeting
• Arpeggios
• Playing Octaves
• Block Chords
• Chord Substitution
• Solo Development
• Minor Ideas
• Dominant Seventh Ideas
• Short ii-V Ideas
• Long ii-V Ideas
• Major Ideas
• Minor ii-V Ideas
• Short ii-V-I Progressions
• Long ii-V-I Progressions
• Minor ii-V-I Progressions
• Turnarounds
• Chord Progression (Etude,  Similar to "Misty", Bb 12 Bar Blues)