Serious Jazz Book II

The Harmonic Approach

Starting where his Serious Jazz Practice Book left off, guitar legend Barry Finnerty has created another woodshed classic for all jazz soloists, showing how to become a better improviser by melodically mastering the individual chords used in jazz, how they connect with each other, and how they are used in various song forms. Sections of the 200-page book focus on all the possible uses and harmonic functions of a single note, how to achieve melodic command of all the possible extensions and alterations of chords and variations of common chord progressions, the practical application of the harmonic knowledge presented in the first part of the book, and featuring a wealth of melodic examples using all the chords and progressions previously learned.