I should have bought this sooner. If you don’t understand it initially read it again.

I should have bought this sooner. If you don’t understand it initially read it again.   Read Less

This is an extremely dense book, which covers modern advanced jazz harmony. The voicings are based on the drop 2 concept, which...  Read More

This is an extremely dense book, which covers modern advanced jazz harmony. The voicings are based on the drop 2 concept, which takes the 2nd note from the top in a closed voicing and drops it an octave down. We are instructed to play these voicings on the middle four strings of the guitar, to avoid ambiguity in terms of fingerings. Given these precepts, the author deems it sufficient to only notate the top note of each voicing. That means one has to figure out the rest of the notes to be played from the chord symbol. Since the voicing is already specified as drop 2, there is only one correct way of playing the chord. But it's a lot of work compared to working through books with chord diagrams! I think it's part of the point that you have to put in quite a bit of effort to work your way through this. Particularly for guys looking to improve their session chops, I can imagine this book would be a nice woodshedding tool. Personally, I found it a bit too heavy-going. Working through 8 bars of chord progressions took me over 30 minutes, and apart from finding that the progression sounded rather like a Zawinul composition, I can't really imagine I'll get much use for a load of maj7#5 and 7sus4 substitutions...In short, it seems to be a great book for serious jazz guitarists. For those simply looking to get a little more jazzy flavour in their chord repertoire, this is probably not the place to start.   Read Less