Joe Pass On Guitar

by Pass, Joe

• ISBN13: 9781576234372
• ISBN10: 1576234371
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: Warner Bros Pubns

Summary

In this book, Joe explains his musical and guitaristic approach to the process of jazz improvisation. Includes 50 musical examples and three complete transcriptions, all of which are contained on the included CD. There is also a complete overview of "The Three Harmonic Families" and the lines, scales, and chord superimpositions and substitutions that comprise this view of Joe's jazz language. (Related to the video An Evening with Joe Pass).

Table of Contents

Blues Intro	p. 3
Tuning Notes
"Caged"
Examples 1-3	p. 8
Right-Hand Technique
Examples 4-5	p. 10
Left-Hand Technique
Example 6	p. 12
Harmonic Families: Maj7, Dom7, Min7
Diminished 7 and Augmented Subfamilies	p. 14
Major 7
Examples 7-19	p. 16
Example 20: Major Etude	p. 22
Minor 7
Examples 21-31	p. 25
Superimposing Major Triads Over Minor Chords
Examples 32-33	p. 20
Dominant7
Examples 34-38	p. 32
Altered Dominant Lines
Examples 39-42	p. 38
The Diminished Scale For Altered Dominant Chords
Examples 43-45	p. 40
The Tri-Tone Substitution For Altered Dominant Chords
Examples 46-48	p. 42
Scales For Altered Dominant Turnarounds
Examples 49-50	p. 49
Performance Section
All The Things You Are	p. 53
Joe's Blues	p. 65
Stella By Starlight	p. 81
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