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Essential Books for Modern Jazz Guitar
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Chord ChemistryChord Chemistry by Ted Greene
Buy new: $12.20 / Used from: $10.69
Classic Guitar Text for all genres. Explains harmonic functions, how to create chords, and offers examples of many innovative voicings.
Modern Chord ProgressionsModern Chord Progressions by Ted Greene
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $12.54
Great extension of Chord Chemistry. Incorporates Voice-Leading techniques began in C.C.
Sheets of Sound for GuitarSheets of Sound for Guitar by Jack A. Zucker
Buy used from: $149.99
Perhaps the best text ever written for Left-Hand technique, as well as ear-opening melodic, harmonic, (arpeggios) and pentatonic ideas that develop speed and accuracy while buildling an advanced harmonic and melodic vocabulary.
Mel Bay Art of PickingMel Bay Art of Picking by Jimmy Bruno
Buy new: $21.86 / Used from: $21.68
Great Companion to "Sheets of Sound." While the basic technique sounds simple, the book/DVD will get your right-hand faster and more accurate than ever.
Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing, Volume 1Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing, Volume 1 by Ted Greene
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $9.70
Maybe the best book written on single-note improvisation, focusing on the guitar, but applicable to any instrument. Vol.1 & 2 create an incredibly comprehensive text that addresses major issues such as improvising melodic lines over moving harmonic structures, as well as smaller ones focused on articulation, embellishment, and decoration. A very well-organized, coherently-written set of books.
Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing,  Volume 2Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing, Volume 2 by Ted Greene
Buy used from: $43.60
Maybe the best book written on single-note improvisation, focusing on the guitar, but applicable to any instrument. Vol.1 & 2 create an incredibly comprehensive text that addresses major issues such as improvising melodic lines over moving harmonic structures, as well as smaller ones focused on articulation, embellishment, and decoration. A very well-organized, coherently-written set of books.