The Guitarist's Introduction to Jazz

Part one: rhythm guitar voicings - Chapter 1: three-note ‘shell’ voicings - Chapter 2: four-note rhythm guitar voicings Part two: comp voicings and melody voicings - Chapter 3: converting rhythm voicings to comp voicings - Chapter 4: some examples of comping using the voicings Part three: developing vocabulary for soloing from melodies - Chapter 5: riff melodies on 12-bar blues; bags’ groove; blues in the closet - Chapter 6: riff melodies on tunes that are not 12-bar blues; lester leaps in; seven come eleven; a smooth one; salute to charlie Christian - Chapter 7: using quotes from popular melodies - Chapter 8: using vocabulary from bebop tunes; swedish pastry; crazeology; mayreh; quicksilver; room 608 Part four: basic theory and techniques for jazz guitar - Chapter 9: introduction to scales - Chapter 10: arpeggios - Chapter 11: modes - Chapter 12: wrap-up Appendix a: some definitions Appendix b: chord names and chord symbols primer Appendix c: chord types primer Notes: further notes