Jazz Guitar Chord System (Acoustic Guitar Magazine's Private Lessons)
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Composer: Scott HendersonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-01-01
ISBN: 0793591651
Number of pages: 16
Publisher: Musicians Institute Press
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Book Review: Not worth it.
Summary: 1 Stars
A student showed up at my place with a spare copy of this... er, book.
I must say I have rarely seen anything so needlessly complicated
and useless. The idea that any given set of tones can have different interpretations is of course nothing new, but if I am to learn a voicing that is irksome to grab, at least it should sound good. Few of these do.
What really gets me is the title: "The essential guide to Jazz chord voicings & substitutions". What nerve! It is no such thing!
This might have a potential audience among those who already know every common jazz chord, and are looking for a challenge, but if you are advanced and energetic enough to "do the work", you are certainly capable of coming up with a system of your own to top this. Doing so is also more fun.
Once I managed to grasp what the author was trying to say, I immediately spotted half-a-dozen ways to improve this mess, but I can't be bothered.
This could have served as a coaster, were it not for the aggravation I feel by looking at it. How anyone can give this thing five stars is beyond me. My copy goes in the bin.
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