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    Mastering Drop3 Chords - Chord Melody Licks
    Mastering Drop3 Chords - Chord Melody Licks
    Mastering Drop3 Chords - Chord Melody Licks
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    Mastering Drop3 Chords - Chord Melody Licks

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    This book explores chord-melody licks with drop3 chords.
    Chord-melody is a technique used to enhance melody note with harmonized chords. It is very useful in solo playing to mix melody and harmony creating complete musical phrases.
    This book presents about 500 examples with typical jazz progressions in different tonalities to study how to approach chord melody only with drop3 chords. Somewhere chord position is not reported due to its fingering complexity.
    This is the last part of our journey in drop3 chord analysis following chord dictionary, chord-scale and voice leading applications for comping.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateAug 1, 2014
    ISBN9781312401853
    Mastering Drop3 Chords - Chord Melody Licks

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      Mastering Drop3 Chords - Chord Melody Licks - JazzGuitarMaster Media

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      Mastering Drop3 Chords

      Chord Melody Licks

      ISBN: 978-1-312-40185-3

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      Introduction

      This book explores chord-melody licks with drop3 chords.

      Chord-melody is a technique used to enhance melody note with harmonized chords. It is very useful in solo playing to mix melody and harmony creating complete musical phrases.

      This book presents about 500 examples with typical jazz progressions in different tonalities to study how to approach chord melody only with drop3 chords. Somewhere chord position is not reported due to its fingering complexity.

      This is the last part of our journey in drop3 chord analysis following chord dictionary, chord-scale and voice leading applications for comping.

      Whose this book is for

      This book is intended for intermediate jazz guitar player who wants to explore solo jazz guitar.

      How to use book material

      The best way to use this material is to play presented exercises and taste their sound selecting what best fit for you. The final step is to apply chord melody approach to jazz standards.

      Contents

      Introduction

      Contents

      Licks for maj7 chords

      Licks for 6 chords

      Licks for augmaj7 chords

      Licks for maj7(b5) chords

      Licks for min7 chords

      Licks for min7(b5) chords

      Licks for min7(#5) chords

      Licks for min6 chords

      Licks for mmaj7 chords

      Licks for 7 chords

      Licks for 7sus4 chords

      Licks for 7(b5) chords

      Licks for aug7 chords

      Licks for dim7 chords

      Licks for maj7 chords

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