HB3: Creative Chord Substitution for Jazz Guitar by Eddie Arkin
120 page book of jazz harmony written from a guitarist's perspective. Chord diagrams, chord substitutions, and theory for the intermediate/advanced guitarist. For the serious jazz guitar student.
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"I learned countless chord shapes and how to apply them from this book. One of the most important guitar books I've ever read." - Steve Krenz
For a jazz musician, being able to manipulate chords and progressions is an essential part of defining one's own personal musical style. This book is very effective in helping to develop this skill. Creative Chord Substitution for Jazz Guitar explains the technique of chord substitution as a tool to expand and vary existing harmonic progressions.
The theories of advanced harmony discussed here will enable any guitarist to have, at his fingertips, seemingly endless possibilities of chordal color -- possibilities that will take him far beyond the written page, and unlock an unlimited world of creativity as a player, arranger, and composer.
Topics Include:
- Harmonized major, minor, and pentatonic scales
- Chromatic alteration
- Secondary dominant substitution
- Tritone substitution
- Quartal harmony
- Using all 12 tones in every key
- Chord substitution as applied to 12-bar blues and standards
- The relationship between chromatic progressions and circle of fifths
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The importance of melody, voice leading, and root movement as applied to chord substitution
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