Complete Johnny Smith Approach to Guitar

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Mel 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

INTRODUCTION TO BASIC FORM MAJORMINOR CHORDS AND SCALES
5
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
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