Ukulele Chords
NEW This small (1/2 size) chord book is a great little book to carry with you. Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.
A Guide to Ukulele Chords
This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced Òoo-koo-leleÓ) chords. Covering basic ukulele chords that ALL uke players MUST know, movable chord forms, rock uke chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and an introduction to 4-part ÒjazzÓ chords and more...
Ukulele For Guitar Players
Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele.
A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z
Covers the key of C major and C minor, including a detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and the chord substutitions.
Exploring "Jazz" Chords on Ukulele
Exploring "Jazz" Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.
A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele
If your goal is to expand your chord vocabulary, The Advanced Guide to Ukelele Chords Series is your answer. Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords
Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
Harmonic Analysis For Scale Selection And Chord Substitution
Harmonic Analysis is the understanding of the functional sequence of chords. It is the process used to analyze the harmonic structure of a progression, song or composition. This analysis is then used to make scale selections for improvisation and chord substitution.
Ukulele - Reading Music Series
Reading Music in Open Position, Single Note Studies- Primer. Reading music is not as hard as one might think. It may be new and unfamiliar to you but is not hard when you have a proper plan of attack.
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Jazz Guitarists
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The guitar has a long and honorable history in jazz. Historically, the guitar played the same role in jazz as in country music, blues and other forms of folk music, as an instrument easy to acquire financially and with an ability to provide an individual performer with basic and advanced chords. As an instrument in an ensemble, however, the guitar had first to supplant the banjo as the standard "string tenor" rhythm instrument. Even as late as the early 30s such sophisticated orchestras as Duke Ellington's still used a banjo. In the late 30s, however, there were five important developments, or, more accurately, five important individuals: Lonnie Johnson (1894-1970), Eddie Lang (1902-1933), Charlie Christian (1916-1942), Django Reinhardt (1910-1953), Freddie Green (1911-1987) WidipediA link |
For a listing of over 500 Jazz Guitarists visit my www.JazzGuitarResources.com web site.
Favorite Jazz Guitarists
There are a wealth of jazz guitarists that we have to draw on. Here are a few my favorites and artists that have influenced me over the years.
All Time Greats and My Favorite Jazz Guitarists *
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- www.howardalden.com
- Concord Records Bio: www.concordrecords.com/bios/aldenbio.html
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"He may be the best of his generation," writes Owen Cordle in JazzTimes. George Kanzler of the Newark Star Ledger proclaims that he is "the most impressive and creative member of a new generation of jazz guitarists." And Chip Deffaa of the New York Post observes that he is "...one of the very finest young guitarists working today."
It seems that the only thing regarding Howard Alden on which the critics have debate is whether the remarkable jazz guitarist is one of the best or simply the best.
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As a JAZZ GUITARIST, Chuck broke into the Philly Jazz Scene with the Chuck Anderson Trio in 1973. The group featured Al Stauffer on bass and rotated Tim Paxon, Ray Deely and Darryl Brown on drums. The trio played concerts throughout the east coast and recorded its first album in 1975. the album, originally titled Mirror Within a Mirror is included in a compilation CD titled The Vintage Tracks. This CD, released in 2005, contains all of the trio recordings from the 70's.
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"The greatest jazz guitar player I ever heard is George Benson. He'll scare anybody to death in this world. But you see the stuff he plays? George Benson, wherever you are, come out of that stuff and play some Harold Arlen tunes and Duke tunes. - Ruby Braff
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Jimmy Bruno returned to the six string guitar in 2002 after many years on the 7 string guitar. He endorses Sadowsky Guitars and plays the Sadowsky Jimmy Bruno model guitar and a custom Sadowsky solid body. He also endorses and plays Sadowsky strings--a custom Jimmy Bruno set.
Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute
The JBGI is a progressive, self-paced video course which teaches jazz guitar. It is intensively focused on developing the student's ear and sense of music. Jazz improvisation (soloing) is systematically presented. Students are invited to submit videos to Jimmy Bruno for his evaluation at various points in the method.
A Few YouTube Videos
- Jimmy Bruno Plays "Our Love Is Here To Stay"
- Jimmy Bruno Plays "Joy Spring"
- Jimmy Bruno - No Nonsense Jazz Guitar DVD, I'll Remember April
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- Professor, Director of Jazz Studies Program, Department of Ethnomusicology, UCLA
- Kenny Burrell
- ClassicJazzGuitar.com
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"There's no finer guitar player. There may be somebody else who is as good, but you can't play finer guitar than Kenny Burrell." - George Benson
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- Charlie Christan - Legand of Jazz Guitar
- ClassicJazzGuitar.com
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Charlie Christian was born in Bonham, Texas, USA but his family moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA when he was a small child. Both of his parents were musicians and he had two brothers, Edward, born 1906 and Clarence, born 1911 who were both musicians, all taught music by their father, Clarence Henry Christian. The elder Christian was struck blind by fever and in order to support the family he and the boys would work as buskers, on what the Christian's called "busts." He would have them lead him into the better neighborhoods where they would perform for cash or goods. When Charles was old enough to go along he first entertained by dancing. Later he would learn guitar, and inherited his father's instruments after his death when Charles, as the family called him, was 12. He attended Douglass School in Oklahoma City, and was further encouraged in music by instructor Zelia Breaux. Charles wanted to play tenor saxophone in the school band, but she insisted he try trumpet instead. After learning you get a disfigured upper lip from playing trumpet, he quit, and pursued his interest in baseball, at which he excelled. Clarence Christian told Charlie Christian biographer Craig McKinney in an interview in 1978 that in the 1920's and 30's Edward Christian led a band in Oklahoma City as a pianist and had a shaky relationship with trumpeter James Simpson. After a rivalry with a certain girl, Simpson had the urge to get even with the egotistical Christian. Around 1931, he took guitarist "Bigfoot" Ralph Hamilton and began secretly schooling the younger Charles on jazz. They taught him to solo on three songs, "Rose Room," "Tea for Two," and "Sweet Georgia Brown." When the time was right they took him out to one of the many after hours jam sessions along "Deep Deuce," Northeast Second Street in Oklahoma City.
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- Official Site: www.jimhallmusic.com
- ClassicJazzGuitar.com
- AMG
- NEA Jazz Masters Jim Hall
- Lushlife
- Europe Jazz Network
- Interview with Jim Hall at Dave Gould's Guitar Pages
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Jim Hall endorses Sadowsky Guitars and plays the Jim Hall Signature Model guitar. He also endorses and plays Sadowsky strings, specifically, the SGF11 set.
This is one of my favorite artists with great musical taste.
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Steve is one of my all time favorite guitarists. I really love his chord work. Check out his previous work with the Caribbean Jazz Project. Visit Dave Samuels web site.
Here are Steve's latest CDs
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Pat Metheny was born in Kansas City on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the-bandstand experience at an unusually young age. Metheny first burst onto the international jazz scene in 1974. Over the course of his three-year stint with vibraphone great Gary Burton, the young Missouri native already displayed his soon-to-become trademarked playing style, which blended the loose and flexible articulation customarily reserved for horn players with an adv