Beginning Jazz Guitar: The Complete Jazz Guitar Method Paperback – July 1, 1995

Liked the format. I am learning about jazz guitar.

This book is amazingly well thought out. It really covers a lot of ground and gives you a solid understanding of the basics of jazz. The six major scales 6/1, 5/1, 6/2, 5/2, 6/4, and 5/4 are very helpful in learning the fretboard. Some of the chords have ridiculous stretches, but overall the majority of chords given are useful and easy to master. The book focuses equally on both chords and single-note playing. There is a lot of theory that is easy to understand and very helpful in learning the jazz music style. I can hardly wait to master the basics and move on to Book Two, but that is going to take at least a year, maybe two.I highly recommend this extremely useful and practical book. It's the best jazz guitar book I have ever seen. Jody Fisher is an accomplished teacher. The Mickey Baker jazz guitar book is also useful, but Jody Fisher's book is much better overall. I am currently working out of both books. I am a very experienced rock guitarist and that really helps. I wouldn't want to be just starting out on guitar and trying to use either of these books.Buy this book and be prepared to work hard and have a ball doing it.

This is a complete, logical approach to scales, chords and music concepts. To bad there is no CD to help with the chord and note arrangements. It would have been helpful for a guitarist at my level.

If you're looking to begin playing Jazz guitar, and are already familiar pentatonic scales, open chords and barre chords, this a great book! NOT for the absolute beginner (but then again, neither is playing Jazz).

Because music is perceived aurally, being able to hear the examples is most important. The Amazon description of this book mentions accompanying CD, but there is NONE! The following link is to the combo -  Beginning Jazz Guitar (Book & DVD)

Great beginning jazz guitar teaching tool!

bought for my daughter who is teaching herself guitar. She already plays the upright double base and has not trouble transitioning to the guitar.

it covers the basics, I used it to help fill in gaps in my study, good book, would help a beginner a lot

Nice book but no cd as advertized or link to downloadeble cd.

If you are into Jazz this is the book to start with. This book is the first of four part series by Jody Fisher. It also nicely gives fingering for extended scale positions along the guitar fret board. The learning curve for Jazz is steep so you definitely need lots of patience for working through the exercises given in the book. The book does not come with audio CD.

A good clear introduction with step by step theory. it's a little early to offer a complete overview but it seems like the perfect way to learn what can be a complex musical genre.

Cette méthode ne s'adresse pas à des débutants en guitare mais plutôt à des guitaristes ayant déja une certaine pratique de l'instrument et qui sont désireux d'étudier l'improvisation. Elle aborde les accords sous diverses formes, les gammes majeures ainsi que les modes qui en découlent, avec de nombreux exemples.Le double systéme portée/tablature et les diagrammes d'accords facilitent le déchiffrage.L'organisation progressive de l'étude rend cet ouvrage attrayant. Si vous ne lisez pas l'anglais il est préférable d'acheter cette méthode en français avec le DVD, mais elle est plus chére.

Excellent pour faire ses 1er pas en guitare jazz ou étendre ses connaissances musicales.