Mel Bay Publications
With notes and TAB

This book is complete in the sense that there is something for everyone: beginners, intermediate players and professionals. Along with learning the basics, this book teaches fingerstyle guitar players to play two-string harmonies, accompaniment styles and much more.

Alan De Mause has filled the companion audio to capacity with 90 examples of music from his landmark text. The recording features nylon-string guitar throughout in both solo and midi-accompanied settings.
A full range of jazz guitar stylings is offered, starting from square one and proceeding through advanced fingerstyle solo material. Includes access to online audio.


Index:

• Guitars, hand positions, fingerstye strokes
• Learning the Blues: fretted notes, rests
• Rhythming around
• The flow of jazz: eighth notes
• preparing to create a fingerstyle jazz solo
• Accompanying yourself
• Oom-pah power
• Marking major and minor
• Accompanying with arpeggios
• Harmonizing a melody with a third below
• Harmonizing with tenths
• Harmonizing with sixths
• Harmonic background
• Self accompanying
• Capable accompanist accoutrements
• Expressive devices of jazz
• Pedaling the cycle of fifths
• Intros, endings, turnarounds, tags and modulations
• Fun jazz