The Total Jazz Guitarist Reviewed

This wonderful review was recently printed in Guitar Teacher Magazine and reprinted with their permission here:

Jody Fisher, The Total Jazz Guitarist
Book and CD, National Guitar Workshop Publications/Alfred, www.alfred.com.
This instruction book is perfect for intermediate to early-advanced students who want to start playing jazz, and can be used as a supplement to lessons. Part 1 covers the chords, scales, and basic theory needed to get into jazz playing. In Part 2, a few well-known songs are taught in great detail, allowing readers to apply the concepts learned in Part 1.

The book starts small, teaching basics such as how to read notation, tab, and chord and scale diagrams. From there, it moves into the handful of open chords students need to know if they’re intent on playing jazz: major, minor, and sevenths. Next come the movable chord forms and fingerings for the pentatonic scales. In the rest of Part 1, students learn major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads, as well as inversions and extended chords. They also unlock the mysteries of the modes and altered scales. Finally, they learn the ii–V7–I progression and its paramount importance in jazz.

Part 2, titled Learning Tunes, is where it all comes together. Students learn three songs in depth: “I’m in the Mood for Love,” “Over the Rainbow,” and “Blue Moon.” Melodies are taught first, in tab and notation. Next, the author tackles the subject of chords for each song. He divides the fretboard into regions, and rather than offer a couple options for each chord, he provides numerous options for each chord type in each region of the fretboard. This treatment is very effective, and if students repeat the songs, selecting different chords each time, they should come away with a much greater understanding of how to choose and apply different chords in a jazz context.

The Total Jazz Guitarist does an excellent job of teaching jazz basics in a logical, methodical fashion. Students who work diligently from cover to cover will not only learn to play some jazz, they’ll have a true understanding of how jazz works.
—Jason Garoian
Guitar Teacher Magazine

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