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Guitarists: Get on the Path to Musical Fluency"Dennis Roberts' . . . approach follows a conceptual straight line that finds the shortest distance to musical fluency." - Award-winning jazz guitarist Alex Goodman (Foreword) "A clear and concise point of view that will be helpful to guitarists whether you're just starting out or an experienced improviser." - David Goodrich (multi-instrumentalist, performer, and guitar instructor) Improvisation is the art of composing in the moment with freedom of expression.Do you feel like you're learning non-stop and getting nowhere, trying to put all the vast theory and exercises together to make it work and sound great, but your jazz lines are still not coming together and you're constantly overthinking when you really just want to play?The Master Arpeggio System for Jazz Improvisation teaches you just 10 master arpeggios and how to use them in 10 simple steps to help you generate endless jazz lines for massive gains with minimal effort.Learn how to improvise using triads and arpeggios, target tones and voice leading, quartal arpeggios, pentatonic scales, superimposition, chromaticism, side-slipping, tri-tone substitution, and more without all the endless exercises and complex music theory using an innovative method that's easy to learn and apply.Play with your intuition without the high costs of tuition; The Master Arpeggio System is designed to fast-track guitarists to playing and improvising sophisticated jazz lines as fast as possible using simplicity to generate complexity.So much time and effort can be invested in the intensive learning process with relatively little results. MAS4JI is the shortcut through the forest that you can take without wandering down the wrong path and getting lost.The Master Arpeggio System is versatile and can be easily applied to blues, rock, metal, progressive, fusion, and jam band playing styles to bring new dimensions of expression to your solos!Remember, the music came first and all the analysis and theory came later to describe what's happening. The Master Arpeggio System for Jazz Improvisation distills the intricate language of jazz lines into one you can speak comfortably so you can play now, think later. This expanded second edition adds helpful new material, including a new chapter that applies all the techniques to a 24 bar solo over a 12 bar jazz blues, tying everything together and preparing you to expand your playing in new directions. Prepare to visualize and navigate your fretboard in a new way and let your fingers do the walking while the music does the talking! Intermediate and advanced players, take your guitar playing to the next level now! An excellent method for guitar teachers, designed for self-motivated and self-taught guitarists. The Master Arpeggio System is an easy, visual step-by-step method that uses chunking (for memory aid), key center playing, and an inherently melodic system for fast learning and fretboard mastery. Learn: ArpeggiosTriadsInversionsTarget tonesVoice leadingSuperimpositionQuartal arpeggiosPentatonic scalesMajor scaleAltered scale (super Locrian, jazz minor)Chromatic approach notes, passing tones, and enclosuresTension and resolution (inside and outside playing)Side-slippingTritone substitutionMotivic ideasCall and response linesMajor ii-V-I and V-IStatic harmonyCircle of Fifths (cycle progressions)Turnarounds12 bar jazz bluesIn TABLATURE & NOTATION.AUDIO AVAILABLE ONLINE (SEE INSIDE BOOK).

ATTENTION GUITARISTS!!Improvisation is the art of composing in the moment with freedom of expression. Do you want to get on the fast track to improvising with modern jazz style?The second book in the Master Arpeggio System series continues where the first one left off, where we work smarter, not harder with this efficient method-a fretboard navigation system-for learning to improvise in a jazz context that bypasses boring, tedious exercises and endless music theory so we can play now and think later. Make fundamental changes in your playing today!Improvise NOW: Use minor and harmonic minor sounds to improvise over minor ii-V-i changes like a PRO.Use arpeggios (triads, shell voicings, quartal and inversions), scales, pentatonic scales and chromaticism to create sophisticated modern lines.Use voice-leading and target tones intuitively without tons of rote memorization exercises.Use tension and resolution skillfully to create melodic inside and outside sounds in your playing.Use diminished sounds for more interesting lines.Play over common jazz turnarounds and learn to develop soloing strategies to expertly tackle the chord progressions found in traditional jazz standards where you're constantly moving through different key centers.Apply everything from the first two books in a solo over 24 bars of a 12 bar jazz blues.Techniques and approaches that are universal to bebop, hard bop, post bop, jazz blues, smooth jazz, jazz funk, contemporary jazz, rock fusion, Latin, Afro-Cuban, avant-garde, cool jazz, Ethno and World jazz, European (Euro), jazz pop, jazz rock, modal, swing, noir, nu jazz, soul jazz, West Coast, punk jazz, etc. Learn and Apply: Arpeggios, triads and inversionsTarget tonesVoice leadingQuartal arpeggiosSuperimpositionPentatonic scalesMinor scaleHarmonic minor and Phrygian dominantAltered Scale (super Locrian)Diminished scale and arpeggiosChromatic approach notes, passing tones and enclosuresTension and resolution (inside and outside playing)Motivic ideas (motifs)Call and response linesMinor ii-V-i and V-iStatic harmonyCommon jazz turnarounds12 bar jazz bluesThe ideas presented in The Master Arpeggio System for Jazz Improvisation are an excellent introduction to jazz improvisation for guitarists who want to explore the possibilities of this expansive genre and also those who want to add new sounds to their existing style, whether blues, rock, metal, progressive, pop or jam band. The MASTER ARPEGGIO SYSTEM approaches learning complex concepts from a new perspective that distills the information into an easy to learn and apply method that helps musicians to think in intervals, triads and arpeggios first and scales second in a way that results in an endless variety of melodic ideas that's as easy as connecting the dots. The MASTER ARPEGGIO SYSTEM is an excellent method for guitar teachers! Once learned, this method is easy to communicate, making teaching it a breeze and the ideas are easy to learn and understand and produce musical results very quickly. In TABLATURE & MUSIC NOTATION.AUDIO AVAILABLE ONLINE (see inside book or visit mas4ji.com)

This is a sad, strange and touchingly heroic book. It tells of a mad, misguided adventure: one man's attempt to conquer Mount Everest. Maurice Wilson belonged to the 'lost generation'. He fought in the First World War, winning the Military Cross, but found the transition to civilian life difficult. He led a restless, rootless life and suffered ill-health. This changed mysteriously in 1932 when through, it would seem, a combination of prayer and fasting he cured himself. His Mount Everest ambitions started to take shape. They could not have been more ambitious. His odyssey was to begin in Britain. He bought himself an airplane. He couldn't fly, was a poor student, but finally learnt the rudiments. Despite all the odds, and much official obstruction, he managed to fly to India. More obstacles followed, but on 21 March, 1934 Maurice Wilson and three Sherpas slipped out of Darjeeling disguises as Buddhist monks. Wilson's first attempt on Mount Everest was solo. It failed. He tried again this time with the three Sherpas. They made better progress initially. From the base camp, Wilson made two more attempts on the final ascent. A year later Eric Shipton's reconnaissance party found his body at the approaches to the North Col. They also found his diary: the final entry read, 'Off again, gorgeous day.' The diary provides an astonishing record of persistence, courage, and a faith that never wavered in the face of appalling hardship and adversity.Although this is a chronicle of failure, the achievement can still be marvelled at. Here was a man with no flying or mountaineering experience whatsoever who managed to fly from Britain to India and then nearly conquers Mount Everest : there are even those who speculate he might have done so but even without that fanciful embellishment it is an extraordinary story.This book, first published in 1957, has been out of print for a very long time. Its renewed availability will delight not just those interested in mountaineering but also connoisseurs of adventure stories.