Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary
(by Rick Peckham)
Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary by Rick Peckham is another great book from Berklee press. It's a great reference (and exercise tool) to help you
memorize a lot of must-know movable chord shapes on the
fingerboard. If your chord playing is already fluid then this could only help it with some new ideas and refreshers. (I personnally get it out once in a while to review!)
The first section will have you go through most useable chord shapes for jazz guitar (approximately a hundred of them).
The second section of the book will then make you practice the voicings with specific sets of exercises.
After going through this book, you'll never be intimitated by a jazz lead sheet ever again!
The best thing about learning "standards" chord grips like this is that you can also create countless variations on them (partial chords, more extensions, different fingerings, etc.) Having a solid foundation certainly helped me go further into a highly personal sound for comping.
To sum up : the Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary is cheap (under 10 bucks), content is clear and it can help just about ANY jazz guitarist out there.
Staff notation, chord diagrams and tabs (oh yes!) Highly recommended.
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