The Art of Two-Line Improvisation - Softcover

Wyble, Jimmy; Oakes, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786694335 ISBN 13: 9780786694334

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc., 2015

Synopsis

This collection of etudes, written during the 1970’s, was composed as a result of Jimmy Wyble’s explorations into the musical worlds of counterpoint, harmony and chord melody improvisation for the jazz guitar. The right and left hand fingerings presented in this book were also developed as techniques needed to improvise jazz in two lines. Jimmy uses very standard jazz guitar chord shapes in these etudes; however, these shapes move through the harmony in lines rather than block chord structures. This broken chord technique creates a unique contrapuntal sound that separates Jimmy from the rest of the fingerstyle jazz guitar world. It is hoped that jazz and classical guitarists playing and working through these etudes will see many familiar chord shapes moving in new ways and creating new sounds. These new harmonic sounds combined with beautiful melodies will inspire any quitarist to new levels of musical creativity. Written in notation and tablature. 96 pages. Includes access to online audio.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0786694335
• ISBN 13: 9780786694334
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96