ISBN 9781619115125. 8.5 X 11 inches. Jazz Blues Styles presents guitar solos in the styles of Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rollins, and other jazz blues greats. Within the context of the blues, this book teaches: styles of jazz blues; jazz ideas, phrases, and licks; jazz syncopation, the rhythmic language of jazz; jazz phrasing, the breath of jazz; how to use the triplet, altered chords, and slash chords; how to reharmonize the blues; a new innovative vocabulary of jazz chord sequences; how to use fragments of the chords to outline the harmony and create interesting new sounds; and how to play walking bass lines with chords. Joe Diorio's "Right Brain Guitarist(R)" approach helps to direct your playing with your intuitive sense as opposed to your logical sense. The accompanying audio download available online will help convey the subtle nuances of the music.

ISBN 9781610653091. Joel Pena, a professional musician with many years of experience, has created the definitive method book for those interested in taking up the unique instrument known as the Cuban tres or three-course guitar. This bilingual book/audio method addresses everything from appropriate string gauges to creating authentic Latin tumbaos or groove patterns. Beginners and experienced players alike will appreciate the book's logic as each section features diagrams and exercises in standard notation to help the student understand the concepts being presented at any given point. The book includes many musical examples from the tres repertoire, and the audio download available online, recorded by an authentic tresero, erases any doubts about performance style. Includes access to online audio.Joel Pena, ein professioneller Musiker mit langjahriger Erfahrung, hat das definitive Methodenbuch fur diejenigen erstellt, die sich fur das einzigartige Instrument interessieren, das als kubanische Tres oder Drei-Gange-Gitarre bekannt ist. Diese zweisprachige Buch- / Audiomethode adressiert alles von geeigneten Saitenstarken bis zur Erzeugung authentischer lateinamerikanischer Tumbaos oder Groove-Muster. Anfanger und erfahrene Spieler werden die Logik des Buches gleichermassen zu schatzen wissen, da jeder Abschnitt Diagramme und Ubungen in Standardnotation enthalt, um dem Schuler zu helfen, die Konzepte zu verstehen, die zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt prasentiert werden. Das Buch enthalt viele musikalische Beispiele aus dem Tres-Repertoire, und der online verfugbare Audio-Download, aufgenommen von einem authentischen Tresero, beseitigt alle Zweifel am Performance-Stil. Beinhaltet den Zugriff auf Online-Audio.