Ever wonder what those chromatic notes are that jazz, rock and fusion guitar players use when they are not playing scales and arpeggios? Want to get that jazz sound where you can play a melody without chords and hear the chord progression go by just based on the melody? Look no further. The 24 chapters of this book cover all aspects of using this more advanced way of playing called approach notes. It gives you a way to organize your practice of these approach notes but it doesn't stop there. It gives you all the fingerings for 13 different arpeggios in 4 positions on the guitar. If includes...

The New York Guitar Method series is structured to enable a total beginner to learn the tools necessary to become a master musician from the ground up. This Primer Book One should be used as a first step toward New York Guitar Method Primer Book Two and Primer Ensemble Book Two. All three books are prerequisites for students entering NYU as a jazz guitar major and for students wishing to go to the New York Guitar Summer Program at NYU.

Do you want to finally clear up any misunderstandings about the Major, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian scales? Do you want to see how they fit with chord progressions and see a step by step process for applying them to the guitar? Here is the book that will demystify these modes for you through simple targeted exercises that apply these scales directly to the guitar. You will also learn about the diatonic chords contained in all these scales which will greatly help your ability to understand chord progressions and get you on the path to writing your own progressions....

"Set Theory for Improvisation Ensemble Method" is a series of books exploring the relationships of post tonal theory to contemporary improvisation. The series includes a theory book and several ensemble books. The theory book gives the underlying information on how each pitch class set can be applied to contemporary improvisation while the ensemble method gives examples of applying this information in the form of etudes.

"Time Transformation" is designed to take the application of odd meters to another level of mastery. Etudes are presented in 12 keys using the time signatures of 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 and 7/4. There are a total of 60 highly syncopated studies that are presented using various combinations of eighth note and sixteenth note rhythms. In addition, each exercise also has corresponding MP3 files files which can be downloaded free of charge from the muse-eek.com website. One set of files contains chord progression backing tracks that the studies can be played over. This allows the student to hear each...

The exercises presented here are the same that great teachers and world class music schools give to their advanced students. This is the first book to present them formally, and is a milestone of its kind. This book contains hard-core information and exercises that are plainly difficult; only dedicated musicians need apply. But if you are serious about your instrument, learning how to read on it, and learning where the notes are without looking at it, you've come to the right place. This book works in tandem with audio examples that can be downloaded form the internet, which will greatly aid...

Studies for the master or master-in-training are presented here. A continuation of the course presented in Single String Studies Volume One, this will lay the foundation for truly virtuosic technique and performance. The exercises presented here are the same that great teachers and world class music schools give to their advanced students. This is the first book to present them formally, and is a milestone of its kind. This book contains hard-core information and exercises that are plainly difficult; only dedicated musicians need apply. But if you are serious about your instrument, learning...

A music instruction book designed for pianists, stick and touchstyle guitarists, percussionists and anyone who wishes to develop the rhythmic independence of their hands. This volume concentrates on quarter, eighth and sixteenth note rhythms and is a thesaurus of rhythmic patterns. The exercises in this book gradually incorporate more and more complex rhythmic patterns making it an excellent tool for both the beginning and the advanced student

In order to be prepared to read through any piece of music, the serious musician must be able to recognize, read and play rhythms fluidly. This volume concentrates on eighth note rhythms and is a thesaurus of rhythmic patterns. Each exercise uses one pitch which allows the student to focus completely on time and rhythm. Exercises use modern innovations common to twentieth century notation, thereby familiarizing the student with the most sophisticated systems likely to be encountered in the course of a musical career. All exercises can be downloaded from the internet to facilitate learning....

The exercises in the second volume concentrate on sixteenth note rhythmic patterns, touching upon modern innovations commonly found in twentieth century classical music and preparing the student to deal confidently with complex rhythmic situations. Additionally, the Muse-Eek Publishing Company hosts two online resources in conjunction with this book. There is a free "members' section" where book owners can download files related to this text plus other help files. This book is a required text at New York University and Princeton University.