Jazz Guitar Comping
by Andrew Green
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Author: Andrew GreenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-07-28
ISBN: 0970057644
Number of pages: 136
Publisher: Microphonic Press
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Book Review: Andrew Green has done it again
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the third book in Andrew Green's spectacular series, and it is becoming increasingly evident that Mr. Green is one of the most lucid and effective instructors of jazz guitar in print. As with "Technique" and "Structures," Mr. Green offers multiple chapters that can be used chronologically or as independent resources.
Unlike "Structures," which focused the reader more on the learning process than on the content of the book, "Comping" offers an enormous amount of content on every single line, but leaves it to the reader to figure out how to best internalize the ideas. As such, I find that I will study a page for an hour or more at a sitting, moving back and forth between the concept in the book (e.g. voice leading using chromatic motion on the top voice of the chord) and my Real Book.
As with the other books in this series, the reader should have some music reading ability. While many of the chords are diagrammed, most are not. Moreover, thinking in terms of fingering without a concept of the larger harmonic picture probably doesn't work when it comes to much of the book's subject matter. That said, my music reading was just terrible when I started using these books, and I have been able to get to the concepts with less frustration than I would have felt studying the writing of a lesser teacher who used tablature.
If you truly want to expand your musical horizons and see immediate rewards for your efforts, I advise you to buy every book in this series.
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