Complete Johnny Smith Approach to GuitarMel Bay Publications, 2010 M10 7 - 256 pages Jazz virtuoso Johnny Smith presents his complete system of chord analysis, scale and arpeggio study, and practical theory application. This is one of the most useful books to be found in any jazz guitarist's library! Lessons include 2-octave scales, 6th chord forms, alterations of chords, resolution exercises, scales and arpeggios, upper extensions from 9th to 13th chords, suspended fourth chords, voicing major and minor chords with a 4th step melody, alterations of upper extended chords, and much more. In order to represent the guitar in the octave it actually sounds, the bass clef is used when appropriate. Book is in actual pitch notation/grand staff notation (treble and bass clefs) per the author's preferences. |
Contents
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BASIC FORM TWO OCTAVE MAJOR AND HARMONIC MINOR SCALES | 16 |
MAJOR AND MINOR TRIAD INVERSIONS | 44 |
INVERSIONS OF ROOT POSITION MAJOR AND MINOR | 56 |
BASIC FORM MAJOR SIXTH CHORDS | 64 |
ALTERATION OF THE MAJOR SIXTH CHORD | 71 |
ROOT POSITION INVERSIONS OF THE MINOR SIXTH CHORDS | 78 |
INTRODUCTION TO THE SEVENTH CHORDS | 86 |
APPLICATION OF THE AUGMENTED ARPEGGIOS AND SCALES | 141 |
THE DIMINISHED ARPEGGIO STUDIES | 151 |
THE HALF DIMINISHED CHORD | 161 |
THE MAJOR ADD NINE CHORDS | 169 |
THE MINOR SIXNINE CHORDS | 175 |
THE AUGMENTED NINTH CHORDS | 182 |
THE DOMINANT NINTH FLAT FIVE CHORDS | 191 |
INVERTING THE SEVEN RAISED NINE CHORDS | 197 |
UPPER STRUCTURE INVERSIONS OF THE DOMINANT SEVENTH CHORDS | 92 |
AUGMENTED SEVENTH CHORDS | 98 |
MINOR SEVENTH MAJOR SIXTH INVERSIONS | 104 |
MAJOR SEVENTH CHORDS | 111 |
ALTERATIONS OF THE MAJOR SEVENTH CHORDS | 117 |
RESOLUTION EXERCISES FOR THE MINOR NATURAL SEVEN CHORDS | 123 |
THE AUGMENTED ARPEGGIO STUDIES | 131 |
ROOT INVERSIONS OF THE MINOR NINTH CHORDS | 205 |
UTILIZATION OF THE UPPER STRUCTURE OF THE MAJOR NINTH CHORD | 212 |
THE SUSPENDED FOURTH CHORDS MAJOR AND MINOR | 220 |
THE DOMINANT NINTH SUS 4 CHORDS | 227 |
ALTERATIONS OF THE ELEVENTH CHORDS | 241 |
ALTERATIONS OF THE THIRTEENTH CHORDS | 250 |
Common terms and phrases
Add Nine Chords arpeggio studies augmented arpeggio augmented chord Basic Form Major Basic resolution bass line bass note Bb 9 bIII chord forms chord structure Chord symbol example Chords Chord symbol Chords Root Position chromatic scale Db Major diminished chord diminished scale diminished seventh chord Dominant Ninth Chords dominant seventh chord E Major Eb Minor eleventh and minor Example II F G7 fifth flat nine chord following examples show following exercises fourth step melody G Major G Minor guitar half diminished half step Inside major and minor Major Form Major Ninth Chords major sixth melodic line melody note memorized minor chords Minor Eleventh Chords Minor Form minor seventh minor six-nine minor sixth chord minor third interval octave omitted Root Inversions sequence seven flat nine sixth inversions sixth string substitution sus4 thirteenth chord triad usually resolve VII VIII VIII VII whole step ΧΙ