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    Mastering Drop2 Chords - Chord Melody Licks
    Mastering Drop2 Chords - Chord Melody Licks
    Mastering Drop2 Chords - Chord Melody Licks
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    Mastering Drop2 Chords - Chord Melody Licks

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    This book explores chord-melody licks with drop2 chords. Chord-melody is a technique used to enhance melody note with harmonized chords. It is very useful in solo playing to mix melody and harmony creating complete musical phrases. This book presents about 450 examples with typical jazz progressions in different tonalities to study how to approach chord melody only with drop2 chords. This is the last part of our journey in drop2 chord analysis following chord dictionary, chord-scale and voice leading applications for comping.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateAug 1, 2014
    ISBN9781312401839
    Mastering Drop2 Chords - Chord Melody Licks

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      Mastering Drop2 Chords - Chord Melody Licks - JazzGuitarMaster Media

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      Mastering Drop2 Chords

      Chord Melody Licks

      ISBN: 978-1-312-40183-9

      JazzGuitarMaster.com

      Any part of this book is property of JazzGuitarMaster.com.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the

      prior written permission of the author.

      This book explores chord-melody licks with drop2 chords.

      Chord-melody is a technique used to enhance melody note with harmonized chords. It is very useful in solo playing to mix melody and harmony creating complete musical phrases.

      This book presents about 450 examples with typical jazz progressions in different tonalities to study how to approach chord melody only with drop2 chords.

      This is the last part of our journey in drop2 chord analysis following chord dictionary, chord-scale and voice leading applications for comping.

      Whose this book is for

      This book is intended for intermediate jazz guitar player who wants to explore solo jazz guitar.

      How to use book material

      The best way to use this material is to play presented exercises and taste their sound selecting what best fit for you. The final step is to apply chord melody approach to jazz standards.

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      Contents

      Licks for maj7 chords

      Licks for 6 chords

      Licks for augmaj7 chords

      Licks for maj7(b5) chords

      Licks for min7 chords

      Licks for min7(b5) chords

      Licks for min7(#5) chords

      Licks for min6 chords

      Licks for mmaj7 chords

      Licks for 7 chords

      Licks for 7sus4 chords

      Licks for 7(b5) chords

      Licks for aug7 chords

      Licks for dim7 chords

      Licks for maj7 chords

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