21st Century Pro Method / Jazz Guitar - Swing to Bebop

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Summary: Breakthrough in Jazz instruction Books
Review: I have been working through several jazz guitar instruction books over a number of years, even with one dating back to the 1950's by Mel Bay. Well I can honestly say that the hype surrounding this book is for once well justified. It truly is a modern and professional approach to jazz guitar instruction and is made all the more effective with the attached CD which opens up the student to a whole new dimension in music instruction. The book is very detailed in the presentation of scales, arpeggios, chords,and solos as well as the theory behind music in general and jazz music in particular. I have made great leaps in my learning because of this book. The title of the book may be slightly misleading as many of the jazz guitar styles and examples Munro draws upon come from outside of the Swing to Bebop period. One annoying drawback to the book,and it seems to be an affliction of just about every other guitar instruction book I have worked through, is the "hip" language used by Munro, which throws him back to the era of Mel Bay. Still, if you can manage to put his sometimes stilted lingo aside, as I easily did,it is a brilliant book and I eagerly await the second volume.

Rating:
Summary: Breakthrough in Jazz instruction Books
Review: I have been working through several jazz guitar instruction books over a number of years, even with one dating back to the 1950's by Mel Bay. Well I can honestly say that the hype surrounding this book is for once well justified. It truly is a modern and professional approach to jazz guitar instruction and is made all the more effective with the attached CD which opens up the student to a whole new dimension in music instruction. The book is very detailed in the presentation of scales, arpeggios, chords,and solos as well as the theory behind music in general and jazz music in particular. I have made great leaps in my learning because of this book. The title of the book may be slightly misleading as many of the jazz guitar styles and examples Munro draws upon come from outside of the Swing to Bebop period. One annoying drawback to the book,and it seems to be an affliction of just about every other guitar instruction book I have worked through, is the "hip" language used by Munro, which throws him back to the era of Mel Bay. Still, if you can manage to put his sometimes stilted lingo aside, as I easily did,it is a brilliant book and I eagerly await the second volume.