[Guitar Score with TAB Score] Charlie Parker Collection for Jazz Guitar [Reference Performance & Minus One CD Included]

Product Description

A perfect reproduction of the playing of modern jazz master Charlie Parker on guitar!

This book is a collection of songs that allows you to play the themes/improvisations of Charlie Parker's famous songs on the guitar.

Exposing yourself to the music of Charlie Parker, who created bebop (= modern jazz), is the best exercise for all jazz students. The music scores in this book are written in staff notation/TAB notation as well as fingering and picking symbols, so even guitarists who are not very familiar with jazz can confidently challenge the songs without being confused by the fingering and picking that are unique to jazz.

The accompanying CD contains reference performances of all songs, so you can listen to and check the small passages as you play. In addition, minus one (bass + drum track) of all songs is also included, so it can be widely used for training improvisation and guitar backing.

[Message from the author] The important thing in learning jazz guitar is to acquire the basics of jazz. Bebop themes, especially those composed by Charlie Parker, are packed with all the rhythm, phrasing, and technique that are the foundation of jazz. In other words, if you can play Charlie Parker's theme, you will have acquired the basics of jazz.

Once you have mastered the basics of jazz, you will be able to play phrases and improvisations that you have played so far in a more jazzy way. From the day you decide you want to play jazz, try to make it a habit to play Charlie Parker's theme as a warm-up or practice. By the time you finish this book, your playing will surely have improved. ​

*This book has the same content as "Charlie Parker Collection for Jazz Guitar (with TAB score) [Reference performance & minus one CD included] (ISBN: 9784636924961)".

■Grade: Advanced ■Songs included [20 songs in total] [1] BILLIE'S BOUNCE/ CHARLIE PARKER [2] CHERYL/ CHARLIE PARKER [3] RELAXIN AT CAMARILLO/ CHARLIE PARKER [4] BARBADOS/ CHARLIE PARKER [5] PERHAPS/ CHARLIE PARKER [6] BLOOMDIDO/ CHARLIE PARKER [7] AU PRIVAVE/ CHARLIE PARKER [8] K.C. BLUES/ CHARLIE PARKER [9] BLUES FOR ALICE/ CHARLIE PARKER [10] CHI CHI/ CHARLIE PARKER [11] THRIVING FROM A RIFF/ CHARLIE PARKER [12] MOOSE THE MOOCHE/ CHARLIE PARKER [13] AN OSCAR FOR TREADWELL/ CHARLIE PARKER [14] YARDBIRD SUITE/ CHARLIE PARKER [15] ORNITHOLOGY/ CHARLIE PARKER [16] DONNA LEE/ CHARLIE PARKER [17] DEWEY SQUARE/ CHARLIE PARKER [18] SCRAPPLE FROM THE APPLE/ CHARLIE P ARKER [19] CONFIRMATION/ CHARLIE PARKER [20] MY LITTLE SUEDE SHOES/ CHARLIE PARKER