Modern Chords Advanced Harmony for Guitar
Vic Juris Book/CD Set 4/01/04

One of the world?s great jazz guitarists, Vic Juris shares his insight into the wonderful world of harmony in this book. Not for the fainthearted, Vic teaches polychords and intervallic structures derived from the major, minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor and harmonic major scales in this must have jazz guitar book. Each section has etudes that will help students integrate each concept into their own playing. The companion CD gives students the opportunity to hear and play along with these cutting edge concepts. Chapter one: harmonic syllabus Chapter two: triads & stock seventh chords Root position First inversion Second inversion More root position Triad applications: voice leading Spread triads Compound triads The big five / stock seventh chords Chapter three: intervallic structures / modal chords Structure 1 Structure 2 Structure 3 Structure 4 Structure 5 Structure 6 Structure 7 Creating three-note structures Chapter four: pedal point comping Chapter five: chords containing open strings A chords E chords Other chords Comping and soloing tips