Download or read book Mel Bay's Complete Book of Jazz Guitar written by Sid Jacobs and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2002-07-24 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important addition to the improvising jazz guitarist's library, this thoughtful blend of text and musical examples focuses on the vocabulary of modern jazz and some of the applications of modern harmony. With examples written in standard notation and tablature, Jacobs offers instruction on bebop style phrases, playing fourths, inside-outside playing, pentatonic, whole-tone and symmetrical scales, slash chords, polychords, hip lines, fingerings and much more. The companion CD presents the material in the text played with chord accompaniment.