Jazz Guitar Chord Mastery: A practical, musical guide to all guitar chord structures, voicings and inversions (Learn How to Play Jazz Guitar)

There are plenty of books out there, but this one is special as it is all in context with what you'll need to play the variety of chords found in jazz. I found it particularly useful as it contains all the necessary tips and advice to really progress in this field. Highly recommended!

Although I'm not into jazz (maybe I should give it a listen) I've been looking into inversions and not really understood them i.e how they work. This book as explained to me how they do work. Although I'm not that far into the book, I'm already learning from it. So in my eyes that's money well spent. Since I stumbled across Joseph's books, about 18 months ago. My guitar playing and knowledge as really improved. So thank you Joseph. I would recommend this book to anyone that wants to improve their rhythm playing. And would recommend any of Joseph's other books as they have been a big help to me.

I'm a big fan of Joseph's publications. Always clear and he has a skill in discussing and explaining concepts - sometimes complicated - in ways which suit my brain much better than most authors in similar offerings. The topics are structured in a way which lends themselves to a workable practice routine, which is often difficult to prioritise and structure. This title attacks a subject which often seems like a black art and turns it into something approachable and usable without dumbing it down. Keep them coming please Joseph.

This was my first purchase from Joseph Alexander in order to improve my speed and technique of jazz chord progressions so as to play American standards with my friend who plays clarinet and loaned me his Jazz song book. I enjoyed the learning process and with the help of Sibelius software I am improving my memory and technique.

Great well thought out book but there is that much out there for people to get access too for free your don’t need books anymore but if your not into ebooks then check it out.

Like format and exercises for chord building and chord melody .

Straightforward approach to a perhaps daunting subject. A good reminder of chord structure/theory…very helpful

A very helpful guide and tool for understanding how chords really work if you have not ventured into inversions on different stringiest now is your chance and wow the doors it opens up!

I was feeling stuck, playing the basic chord shapes, with this book i start to understand new ways to change what I'm playing

The clearest, most systematic chord book I know. I wish I had this book much earlier. Be prepared for a lot of time studying to absorb this material.

This is THE book i was looking for! It's perfect for people who's trying to get over bar chords, and tired to using all the same chord patterns all the time. I would buy it again.

This book encompasses many easy to play jazz chord voicings including drop 2,3,4 on many altered chords as well. Many of the chord samples have a piano-like sound. Some are reminiscent of Eric Johnson in his chord solo noodling. There are no wide interval chords that are difficult to play, and there is nothing too exotic here. There are samples that include a simple playable bass line to provide context for common changes. Chords are also arranged as playable from the 6th string, 1st string, and middle strings. This allows one to pick a chord sound that would fit in well in a band scenario, or when composing a solo chord melody arrangement. A nice book of not-too-difficult chord embellishments with detailed explanations. Audio examples are available to download that accompany the book examples. Well done!

As with most other books of Joseph, this is also a nicely paced book, easy to read and play along. I would highly recommend it to intermediate players who are stuck in a rut with chord shapes and voicings and want to get more out of their chordal playing. It is not a must to start out with the first part of this book (this is part-2) unless you are a stickler for such modalities (though there are a few references to Part-1 like the "Diminished Substitution"). The book starts off on an even keel introducing you to Drop 2 voicings and the shapes that need to be gripped first in group 1 and then later in group 2 and 3 string sets on the guitar (G1 = strings 1,2,3,4) (G2 = strings 2,3,4,5) (G3 = strings 3,4,5,6), or what can be called as the Top, Middle and Bass string sets. The interesting things are the exercises he uses to practise playing the inversions like "connecting the inversions with walking bass lines from scales", "skipping inversions", "practising in P4's, P5's" etc. He goes through the four basic chord types (Min7, Dom7, Min7b5 and Maj7) before going to alterations and extensions. He then deals with Drop 3 and Drop 2+4 voicings. I liked the Cyclic Exercises that he mentions at the end for practising these chord families (and shapes) well. In fact these are recommended exercises in any chapter. He rounds it by addressing the other four basic chord types at the end i.e. (minMaj7, Dim7, Min6 and Maj6), and the different ways of viewing these chords. All in all, a great book!