25 jazz etudes is a book aimed at intermediate jazz students wanting something authentic to play over well known jazz standards.

It has long been recognised that to develop jazz vocabulary we should copy the masters of the music but what if our favourite player is simply too advanced for where we currently are in our musical development?

The 25 jazz etudes have been created with limited tricky passages, no high sustained playing but still uses great, authentic vocabulary.
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The book has 25 etudes and each etude is in concert pitch, Bb. pitch, Eb pitch and bass clef.

The etudes are -

Alfie ? 60 bpm
Almost like being in love ? 135 bpm
Bye bye blackbird - 135 bpm
Caravan ? 180 bpm
Doxy ? 100 bpm
East of the sun ? 135 bpm
Fascinating rhythm ? 160 bpm
Fly me to the moon ? 140 bpm
Four - 170bpm
Giant steps ? 185 bpm
Have you met miss Jones? 135 bpm
How high the moon ? 175 bpm
I remember you ? 165 bpm
I'll close my eyes ? 160 bpm
I'm coming Virginia ? 131 bpm
I've got rhythm changes ? 175 bpm
Line for Lyons ? 140 bpm
Makin' whoopee ? 90 bpm
Night in Tunisia ? 170 bpm
Scrapple from the apple ? 160 bpm
Song for my father ? 135 bpm
Star eyes ? 115 bpm
Summertime ? 105 bpm
Tempus fugit ? 200 bpm
There will never be another you ? 160 bpm
If you would like the backing tracks and demo recordings (free) you need to go here - https://www.jazzetudes.net/demo-backing-tracks-free

Blues in E-flat for solo classical or fingerstyle guitar. Explore the blues in a not-so-common key. Four-page score with tablature. Includes written solo section or optional improvisation.

ISBN 9781619117143.

This is the flagship book in Mel Bay's Achieving Guitar Artistry series. Herein you will find an extensive collection of linear pieces with interesting melodic content. Frequent performance of these etudes will not only enhance technique, but offer the guitarist a wonderful opportunity to improve tone, touch and lyrical phrasing.We suggest playing each etude at a slow tempo at first, the goal being to achieve a clear and beautiful tone on every note. The next objective is to develop a sense of lyrical completeness to each musical phrase. Make the phrases sing! Once you have achieved the desired quality of tone and expression, increase the tempo to work on the technique.Mel Bay's Guitar Journals - Mastering the Fingerboard: The Reading Book (MB20903) would make an ideal supplement to Linear Guitar Etudes as it presents etudes in all keys and positions.The pieces in Linear Guitar Etudes are multi-positional. That is, the player will be required to move from position to position on the fingerboard. The music is presented in standard notation only, with left-hand fingering included on the more complex passages, and circled numbers to indicate the strings where certainnotes and passages are to be played.These etudes sound good on both nylon and steel-string guitars, and will be a valuable addition to the music library of any guitarist, enhancing their abilities regardless of the style of music played.

New apoyando/picado exercises that I hope it will be interesting to play. Sincerely speaking, I don't like exercises because they are mostly for technique and there is no music. I wanted to create exercises that would be interesting for me, the musical exercises. I am satisfied with this work - now I have more good exercises for myself and I share it with you. Each exercise is made like a cycle. You can practice some important technique elements - left hand transitions that are common in flamenco guitar music, with p/h/glissando. These patterns are also useful as guitar licks for flamenco fusion improvisation. Enjoy!

Boureé in Twelve Keys is a harmonic and technical study for classical guitar based on transpositions of Johann Sebastian Bach's Boureé from Suite in E minor (BWV 996). Boureé in Twelve Keys presents 12 versions of the original piece, each in a different minor key, transporting the performer through the circle of fifths. An excellent resource for sight reading or for practice working in a particular key, the realization of each transposition poses unique challenges and leads the player to explore a range of possibilities for the guitar. Includes the original piece plus eleven transpositions with suggested fingerings and string designations. Note: Retuning required for two of the studies (6=D or 6=D# for the keys of D and D# minor). Some transpositions have been modified slightly to accommodate the range of the guitar.

ISBN 9781619117495.

Odd-time signatures are often an enigma to the Western musician and present specific challenges when it comes to phrasing and feeling. This book will improve any musician's ability to intuit odd-time signatures, through 48 etudes in 5/8, 7/8, 9/8, 10/8 and 11/8 time. Mixed etudes are also included, which feature different traditional and odd-time signatures within each piece. All of these studies will facilitate note-reading and position playing abilities, and are applicable to jazz, classical and contemporary guitar genres.The Mel Bay Achieving Guitar Artistry series is designed to condition and guide the developing guitarist to an advanced level of proficiency, regardless of the style of music performed.