Master cutting edge modern jazz guitar techniques with Jens Larsen
Modern Jazz Guitar Concepts provides an in-depth insight into the modern jazz guitar techniques you’ll hear in the music of Kurt Rosenwinkel, Adam Rogers, Jonathan Kriesberg, Gilad Hekselman, Lage Lund and others. In this book you’ll learn the essential building blocks of modern jazz guitar with a large number of licks and detailed descriptions of the theory in the back of each concept.
Popular YouTube teacher Jens Larsen teaches you how to apply triads, arpeggios and scales to create the sounds of contemporary jazz guitar. This creative method permits you to develop the knowledge you have already got, The usage of basic major and minor scales in a new way to create fresh sounds. This book contains a wealth of knowledge and provides a clear, easy to follow method for jazz guitar fans who need to access the modern style of playing.
What you’ll learn:
· The essential techniques of modern jazz guitar, with licks played over the familiar II V I progression
· How to apply the basic major scale to contemporary jazz guitar with clever use of triads and arpeggios
· How to use chromatics to create tension and interest in your solos
· The “Coltrane pattern” – break up boring scale patterns and learn how to improvise over quick chord changes
· How to apply the Harmonic Minor and Diminished scales in a modern jazz context
· Expand your jazz vocabulary with a collection of innovative modern licks you’ll be able to adapt to your style
Modern jazz guitar concepts
· Would you like a straightforward method that teaches you how to achieve a contemporary jazz guitar sound, without having to learn dozens of exotic scales?
· Would you like a jazz guitar method that shows how you’ll be able to re-think the scales and arpeggios you already know?
· Would you like a simple method that will help you create your own original melodic ideas?
A creative modern jazz guitar method
In recent years, many new modern jazz guitar players have emerged, many from the exciting New York scene. Jens Larsen has written the will have to-have guide to contemporary jazz vocabulary – but this isn’t merely a book of licks – the concepts in the back of the licks are explained in a thorough, detailed manner, enabling you to immediately apply them to your playing.
Here’s What You Get:
· A step by step guide that starts simple and adds layers of complexity
· Perfectly notated examples with tab and studio-quality audio to download for FREE
· A full-length blues with a solo analysis demonstrating all the concepts at work
A modern jazz guitar method that breaks down barriers
Modern Jazz Guitar Concepts cuts through the mystery that surrounds contemporary jazz guitar and explains the concepts in the back of the style in a clear and concise manner. The usage of the familiar II V I progression, Jens Larsen demonstrates how to get “that sound”, without learning dozens of exotic scales.
Hear it!
Modern Jazz Guitar Concepts contains a large number of supporting audio examples you’ll be able to download, so you’ll be able to hear exactly how each example will have to sound.