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Summary: Lyrical Rhythm Section, 5 to 16 Jazz chords per tune
Review: Tired of trying to get people to play more than three cords or trade solos? This small booklet and CD work great to expand your imagination and explore more complex changes than some modern blues. The booklet has some real Jazz chords and scale ideas - such as E-flat mixolydian over E-flat 9ths. The changes are like most mainstream Jazz with a modern flavor. One caveat -- you need to be somewhat experienced as a guitar player to get something out of this CD and book. Things go by too quickly for someone just starting out. While practicing with the CD won't make you into Howard Roberts or even entertain friends much, it is a great way to stretch one's imagination beyond the old 3 chord blues. Has tablature if you can't read music, sounds good through a portable CD player and headphones - so nobody will ever need to know your secret admiration for Jazz guitar style. No help playing those solos either - you're in charge of picking which notes to play and how to play them. If you sit in with Jazz combos on the weekend, you're probably beyond Jazz JamTrax ( after all, you read the charts and play it in your head before you even touch your guitar, right? ). For the rest of us, for whom no band would have enough patience while we learn, this is a dream come true. My girlfriend liked the CD when I played it in the car (without my guitar work!) - it's more interesting than a plain guitar class. I still enjoy the CD after many plays. 5 stars for price and value overall, -1 star for a couple of corny tracks that would even embarrass the producers of old CHiPs television show. Fun overall and worth the money.
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Summary: Lyrical Rhythm Section, 5 to 16 Jazz chords per tune
Review: Tired of trying to get people to play more than three cords or trade solos? This small booklet and CD work great to expand your imagination and explore more complex changes than some modern blues. The booklet has some real Jazz chords and scale ideas - such as E-flat mixolydian over E-flat 9ths. The changes are like most mainstream Jazz with a modern flavor. One caveat -- you need to be somewhat experienced as a guitar player to get something out of this CD and book. Things go by too quickly for someone just starting out. While practicing with the CD won't make you into Howard Roberts or even entertain friends much, it is a great way to stretch one's imagination beyond the old 3 chord blues. Has tablature if you can't read music, sounds good through a portable CD player and headphones - so nobody will ever need to know your secret admiration for Jazz guitar style. No help playing those solos either - you're in charge of picking which notes to play and how to play them. If you sit in with Jazz combos on the weekend, you're probably beyond Jazz JamTrax ( after all, you read the charts and play it in your head before you even touch your guitar, right? ). For the rest of us, for whom no band would have enough patience while we learn, this is a dream come true. My girlfriend liked the CD when I played it in the car (without my guitar work!) - it's more interesting than a plain guitar class. I still enjoy the CD after many plays. 5 stars for price and value overall, -1 star for a couple of corny tracks that would even embarrass the producers of old CHiPs television show. Fun overall and worth the money.
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