Jazz Guitar Improvisation Strategies (book/Audio Online)

Publisher: Berklee Press
Examples are presented in both traditional notation and tablature.

Learn to improvise fluently over common jazz progressions. Learn to use simple source material, such as four-note “cells,” and characteristic bebop motifs to help you make fast progress towards “making the changes” while developing creative, flowing, balanced solos, in the bebop and post-bop styles exemplified by artists such as Charlie Parker, Joe Pass, and John Coltrane.
You will explore many improvisation strategies, such as fingering guidelines, articulation (picking/legato, etc.), practice approaches, and more, and apply them to exercises and etudes. Audio is included for demonstrations and practice tracks.

You will learn to:
 • Develop simple “seed” concepts into extended solos.
 • Craft melodies and harmonies to create a sense of “flow.”
 • Organize scales and arpeggios for maximum creative and expressive effect, and in ways that suit the ergonomics of guitar playing.
 • Solo over common chord patterns and progressions, such as two-fives, rhythm changes, blues progressions, and multitonic chord patterns.
 • Develop your fingerboard knowledge and facility, matching your guitar technique with concepts of improvisational theory.