Suite for Jazz Guitar (2006).

Intimate Solo Guitar paints a picture of two lovers.

What I've tried to do is apply some of the things I have learned about how classical composers tell stories without words, and tell my own tales, through the guitar, and based on the basic material of the songs. Hence - "A Suite for Jazz Guitar".

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This book was a major advance on the ideas presented in "Scales and Arpeggios and how to Play Them (1998)", Read about it here.

This book is out of print, but I have left free sample pages at www.thewholeguitarist.com" for your reference.

Introduction
Frequently asked questions about the book
The Whole Guitarist - special features
Alexander Technique and the Guitar

Introduction to Alexander Technique
UNIT 1 Lengthen the spine | Sit with the guitar | Strum
UNIT 2 Rhythm equals Movement
UNIT 3 Rippling... formerly known as PLUCKING
UNIT 4 Fretting: "The Tight Rope Walker" | One Coordinated Gesture

Notes on practicing

"Concentration"
What should I concentrate on during performance?
Left Hand techniques
Right Hand Scale Checklists
Using the Plectrum

OVER 45 PAGES OF MUSIC !

Scales on one string

Why practice them?
Fingerings explained
Left and Right Hands
Major Scales on 1 String
Harmonic Minor Scales on 1 String
Melodic Minor Scales on 1 String
Chromatic Scales on 1 String

Chords, scales and arpeggios in all Major keys

How to use the Material
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Excerpts from the notation:
C Major
A simple Chord
Arpeggio within the Octave
2 Octave Arpeggio | Right Hand
5 Finger Arpeggio
Starting the Scales: Doh to Soh
Scale to the Ninth
Scale in 2 and 3 Octaves
Dominant 7th Arpeggio in 2 and 3 Octaves
What is a Ballistic Movement?

Chords, scales and arpeggios in all Minor keys

Minor Chords and Minor Arpeggios
Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales in 2 and 3 Octaves
Dominant 7th Chords in 2 Octaves

Chromatic scales in all keys

Chromatic Scales in all keys

This information originally appeared in my publication "Scales and Arpeggios and How to Play Them" (1998). That book was superceded in 2003 by "Guitar Playing and how it Works", with twice the content and better organisation of topics. A 3rd and final edition of this work was published in 2007.

Durability:

• Ring bound
• Over-sized (13mm) comb binding so the book lays flat
• The pages won't fall out after a few months as happens when publishers use small bindings
• It can be folded open easily
• Designed to lay flat on your music stand
• Clear acetate cover front for longer life and protection from coffee stains!

Content:

• 152 pages
• 42 pages on the right hand alone
• Well illustrated with "string-cam" action sequences
• Format designed for daily use
• One concept per page or double page opening
• 50 pages of music
• ALL the scales are FULLY written out
• Practical chord voices shown with fingering diagrams included
• Relation of chords to melody is demonstrated
• How to practice and what to practice
• Alternate fingerings given
• Plenty of room in the margins for teacher's comments
• Plenty of space for fingerings to be annotated or changed by the teacher