The Protean Chord for Jazz Guitar – By Ged Brockie

THIS IS THE WIRE BOUND EDITION FOR FLAT LIE ON MUSIC STAND

Published by GMI – Guitar & Music Institute

The Protean Chord for Jazz Guitar is a groundbreaking 206-page publication by guitarist and educator Ged Brockie, exploring how the minor seven flat five (m7♭5) chord can be used in a vast range of harmonic and melodic situations.

WHAT LEVEL OF GUITAR PLAYER SHOULD CONSIDER THIS BOOK?

This book is aimed at experienced guitar players and will act as a practical reference and technical guide for players, teachers, educationalists and music conservatoires.

With hundreds of musical examples, chord progressions, music and chord diagrams, lick ideas and solo examples as well as in depth theoretical explanation, this book is a must for every aspiring jazz and contemporary guitarist.

Provided with over large format easy to read chord boxes and hundreds of notated examples in both standard notation and TAB, this book reveals how one chord type can open up limitless musical creativity.

You will be shown how to break down this versatile chord functions in countless harmonic settings, showing you how to use it for improvisation, reharmonization, comping, chord melody and chord substitution.

This beautifully presented volume also provides the guitarist with:

• 🎸 Over 1,000 chord boxes and hundreds of examples in notation and TAB

• 🎧 260+ downloadable resources — MP4 videos, MP3s, and MIDI files

• 🎵 Narrated demonstrations, backing tracks, and three complete solos
  

• 🎸 Three complete solos showcasing the explored ideas in real musical contexts     
• 🎼 Practical guidance for players of all levels

Perfect for intermediate to advanced jazz guitarists, The Protean Chord for Jazz Guitar gives you the tools, insight, and inspiration to expand your harmonic vocabulary and make every chord progression come alive.

At its core, this book teaches you how to rediscover the material you already know; transforming familiar chords and lines into new, creative harmonic and melodic possibilities.

Free downloadable resources included with purchase.

This 206 page book comes with:

• 28 mp4 video demonstration files.
• 218 mp3 demonstration, technical and theoretical narration files and backing track files at various tempos.
• 18 MIDI files.

Over 5 hours of tuition provided as a download with this publication. The total size of all files to download is 1.45GB.