Fretboard Roadmaps - Jazz Guitar: The Essential Guitar Patterns That All the Pros Know and Use (Bk/Online Audio)

I've had this title in my guitar library for a couple of years now and really appreciate how the author gives you just what you need to get started in the genre of music under study. (I also have Fred Sokolow's FR for Slide Guitar which is great). Without getting bogged down with heavy music theory, Sokolow presents important tips in a simple "what to do" and "how to do it" format that are easy to grasp. I especially appreciated his review on chord soloing and the F, D, and A relationships of the fretboard. (Now why didn't I pick up on that with the other self-study books?) While not being comprehensive, this book is a great starter and reference to the important concepts behind playing jazz guitar. Hey, it's a "Roadmap"!

Having always been a rock-based musician, I never really had to learn some of the standard and jazz chord progressions. This book has helped explain many of the basis of those progressions and has made it easier for me to figure out early-era standards on my own. Somehow, this book has made more sense to me than others I have tried over the years. Recommended for other 'don't really care, but would like to know' players. P.S. I had misplaced my original copy and purchased a replacement, I liked this so much.

Excellent learnimg tool. Shows what chords can b used in each chord family. A great.place to start jazz. I recommend fretboard roadmaps for guitar first. But you can start with this book because it covers some basics from the fretboard for guitar book. You will learn way more than you thought possible from one book. And fred doesnt waste time getting you playing some neat jazz stuff. Great when you start jazz at 62 like I did.

I have many instructional books for the guitar. Fred Sokolow's instructional books and CDs are excellent. I wish I had this information years ago and highly recommend this book and CD not only for the novice, but also for those with more playing experience.

I found this complicated not to play but understand not worded well and not very specific you have to guess and hope you got it!

Terrific instructor with easy to understand explanations and diagrams.

Very informative!

First, this book is likely too basic for a "serious" jazz student. I come from a rock/funk/blues/reggae background and have always wanted to expand my chord vocabulary and have some sort of grasp of where all those crazy jazz chords come from. Will this book turn you into a "jazz guitarist"? I guess that depends on how hard you work and what your expectations are. Because there's no magical switch to turn you into Pat Metheny or Wes Montgomery - it just takes countless hours of work mastering your knowledge of your instrument.What I really like about this book is that it seems like it's geared EXACTLY to who I am and what I want. It presents its info in short, well-laid-out chapters and presents concepts on a basic level. For the most part, what I like about it is that it will present you with, say, a dominant 7th chord, then branches out to show you which of the complicated "jazz" chords are based on that chord form. Generally Fred only deals with forms with the root on the 6th or 5th strings. But still, that's a great starting point and it translates well to those of us who are familiar with basic barre chord forms rooted on the E and A strings.The book also gets into circle of fifths, scalewise progressions, common jazz changes, passing chords, chord substitutions (on an introductory level), augmented and diminished chords...and a bunch of other stuff.I like to open the book and just play through some of the jazz standard progressions he's written out, then I try to understand where the harmony is coming from and how the chords relate to the key the song is in.Overall this is a great introduction to some heady subjects that can't be easily explained. So much jazz instruction assumes a tremendous amount of knowledge and it can makes things impenetrable at times. This book is a great starting point, and provides a lot to work on. I've owned it for a few years now and I still use it on a fairly regular basis.

Another excellent Book from the Fretboard series. Easy to understand and follow, and has definitely helped me improve my Jazz technique.

Another Good guitar roadmap book - more for the intermediate/advanced player than the beginner.

fabbulous,this guy fred sokolow never lets you down

I have the Fretboard roadmaps for slide guitar (which I thought was an excellent, easy to understand lesson book). The Fretboard Roadmaps for jazz guitar is a trifle more complicated (as jazz guitar is compared with slide guitar, I guess). These are terrific, well thought out books that don't dwell too much on theory but give you practical advice for learning jazz guitar. Highly recommended.

El formato es muy práctico, buen tamaño para leer con el atril. Ejercicios muy progresivos y muchos, muchos acordes de jazz. Además viene con un cd donde se pueden oir todos los ejercicios.Me encanta.