In this book, Joe explains his musical and guitarist approach to the easily over-complicated process of jazz improvisation. The book includes 50 musical examples and 3 complete transcriptions; all of which are contained on the included CD. All the music is written in standard notation and tablature

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Right-Hand Technique

Left-Hand Technique

Harmonic Families: Maj7, Dom7, Min7

• Diminished 7 and Augmented Subfamilies
• Major 7
• Minor 7
• Superimposing Major Triads Over Minor Chords
• Dominant 7
• Altered Dominant Lines
• The Diminished Scale for Altered Dominant Chords
• The Tr-Tone Substitution For Altered Dominant Chords
• Scales For Altered Dominant Turnarounds

Performance Section

• All The Things You Are
• Joe’s Blues
• Stella By Starlight