The Fundamentals of Jazz Theory is part one of a larger study entitled, ?Jazz, The Language of Music.? The first volume deals with all the necessary music theory one needs to improvise intelligently. Universities and conservatories have a normal two year program for just this study. This book deals only with the portions of music theory that is necessary to perform in a jazz venue.

This could be used in a class room situation or worked with privately by any jazz educator.

This book is for the serious student of jazz and will enlighten them to the necessary mechanics of music that they must know if they wish to pursue study in the art of improvisation.

ISBN 9781610651677. Written for the intermediate to advanced jazz guitarist, this book assumes an adequate knowledge of chord scales and jazz theory. The topics include playing modally, chord substitutions, Coltrane substitutions, diminished and melodic minor scales as well as dealing with pentatonics. Companion audio download available online.

La obra consta de 3 movimientos:1- Diadema2- Danza aerea3- SaltosEl lenguaje musical de la obra nos introduce en el siglo XX y XI, con reminiscencia al jazz, rock, flamenco, música clásica/contemporánea y rupturista, es ideal para los guitarristas que quieran incorporar nuevo material a su repertorio.(La grabación de youtube de la obra, pertenece a una versión anterior)www.nicomustillo.weebly.com.

ISBN 9781609740825.

This collection of new music, written by composers who are or who have been performing guitarists themselves, presents intermediate to advanced concert works that explore the musical and technical diversity of the contemporary guitar. Each composer offers a unique musical and technical perspective of what the contemporary guitar is. The harmonic language ranges from jazz to atonality, the styles vary from blues to minimalism, and the cultural influences span from Eastern European to Celtic. The composers include Delpriora, Gilardino, Hudson, Johanson, Kenyon, Marron, Mearns, Ourkouzounov, Piorkowsky, and Van der Veen. The music is standard notation only.