Worth every penny
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This is a great little book, written with a sense of humour and a useful smattering of music theory. It doesn't aim to be a definitive guide to playing jazz guitar - chapters include "how not to be frightened by a chord sheet" and "how does he do that with only four fingers?" - but it *does* contain a lot of useful information; all the scary altered dominant chords are included, and the book shows how it's possible to play all the sharp/flat 5/9 chords by tinkering around with one easy-to-remember shape. There are plenty of examples in the style of different well-known jazzers and you learn something of how to play over changes. Everything is shown in TAB and notation, with chord boxes. The only thing missing is a CD containing the progressions and riffs in the book; that would have been really helpful for dumbos like me who don't read music. Unfortunately, they're not on the author's website either. That's my only criticism; I have found the book really helpful and will probably get his "it's easy to bluff music theory" book as well.
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If it had a CD, I'd have given this book 5 Stars!
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This is a great book if your looking to get into Jazz guitar, or at lest pass yourself off as a Jazz guitarist to the uninitiated. The book is insightful and humorous, the musical examples are for the most part excellent... in fact the only way to improve this book would be to include a CD with the various musical examples, especially the end "music store" piece. I'd say this book although only a bluffers guide, is enough for those wishing to dip their musical toes into the realm of jazz guitar, and possible inspire further study.
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