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Dear Advancing Guitarist,

Welcome to the February Guitar Lesson of the Month! This month's lesson is a chord melody solo of the jazz standard "Watch What Happens" arranged by Ken Karsh. This arrangement is from the book with 2 CDs called "Jazz Guitar Standards - Chord Melody Solos" which is fully described on the Jazz Guitar Music A-K page of our website. It is an excellent example of how a melody can be harmonized with 3, 4 and 5-note chord voicings. You will also notice it is written in standard notation (for those of you who can read music) and tab notation for those of you who can't. In tab notation, the highest line of the staff towards the top of the page represents the 1st string or the highest pitched string of the guitar, while the lowest line of the staff represents the 6th string or the lowest pitched string of the guitar. The numbers on the various lines tell you what fret to press down on that particular string. So if you have the number "2" on the highest line of the staff, it is telling you to press down the 2nd fret on the first string of your guitar.

Also, I am including a sound clip from one of the CDs that comes with this book - so that you can hear exactly how the song should be played. Just click the "Play" button on "Watch What Happens" dashboard at the top of this page. You will also notice that due to copyright restrictions, I am only presenting the first verse of the song. Here is the book description from our website:

Jazz Guitar Standards - Chord Melody Solos - Book and 2 CDs. Songs include: "Body and Soul, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, I've Got You Under My Skin, What's New" -arranged by Ron Berman, "All The Things You Are, April in Paris, East of the Sun, Honeysuckle Rose, In Your Own Sweet Way, Just Friends" -arranged by Chris Buzzelli, "A Foggy Day, I Could Write a Book" -arranged by Charles Chapman, "Beautiful Love, Yesterdays" -arranged by Corey Christiansen, "How High the Moon, Moonlight in Vermont" -arranged by Mike Christiansen, "As Time Goes By, Bluesette, Bye Bye Blackbird, Invitation, It Don't Mean a Thing, You Stepped Out of a Dream" -arranged by Dave Frackenpohl, "All of You, But Not for Me" -arranged by Barry Greene, "The Days of Wine and Roses, Have You Met Miss Jones, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, You Go to My Head" -arranged by Sid Jacobs, "I Love You, Watch What Happens" -arranged by Ken Karsh, "Alone Together, Lover Man, My Funny Valentine, Night and Day" -arranged by LaRue Nickelson, "I Can't Get Started, Satin Doll, Summertime" -arranged by John Purse, "The Way You Look Tonight, What Is This Thing Called Love" arranged by Bruce Saunders, "Misty, Speak Low" -arranged by Rick Stone, "Embraceable You, Long Ago, Someone to Watch Over Me' -arranged by Jack Wilkins. Notation/ tab / Fingerstyle/ pickstyle...Price - $24.95

      Here are some hints which will help out your pickstyle playing considerably. Hold your pick between your right hand thumb and the left side of your index finger tip, keeping your thumb perfectly straight so that it is tension free. The pick should be held loosely enough that there is a little give and take when you strike a string. This way you won't feel like you're digging in or dragging across the string. The pick should strike each string perpendicularly or straight on, as opposed to striking the string at an angle. You will get a fuller sounding note this way. Also, only the tip part of the pick needs to strike the string. There is no need to dig your pick down between the strings. This creates too much resistance. When you use a pick, your up and down picking motions come from your hand, wrist and forearm at the exact same time. They move as 1 unit in a rotary motion and your wrist stays perfectly straight. Keep your middle, ring, and little fingers loosely held back in the palm of your hand - don't give in to the temptation of resting your little finger on the pick guard or the face of your guitar. This will only serve to glue you into 1 position and will cut down on your mobility and freedom of motion.


     Remember to keep your left hand thumb straight, pointing towards the ceiling and in the middle of the back of the neck. Resist the temptation to hang your thumb over the top of the guitar neck. Your left wrist should be slightly arched and directly underneath the guitar neck itself. Play on the tips of your fingers, close to the fingernails, being sure that the right side of the palm of your left hand is the same distance from the fretboard as the left side of the palm of your left hand. This will balance and center your left hand so that all of your fingers have an equal and fair reach advantage. Never lift a left hand finger more than 1/2 inch away from the strings. This alone will improve your accuracy because now you have less chance of missing the next note, since you won't be traveling a great distance to find it.

     Please be sure to use the 5 step "Visualization, Mental Imagery Process" that I have taught you earlier. If you have not yet received this report, here is a link that you can use to access it: www.ChordMelody.com/newpage110.htm. If you are interested in seriously pursuing the fascinating art of chord melody solo playing and rhythm chord playing (or comping) I would urge you to check out Steven Crowell's 4 year college level jazz guitar course located on the "Jazz Guitar Music Course" page of our website. An excellent DVD series for jazz guitar playing in general is "Playing and Understanding Jazz Guitar" combined with "Jazz Chord Solos For Beginners" by Fred Sokolow. It is located on the "Jazz L-Z" section of our website. We also offer a unique selection of fingerstyle and pickstyle books w/CDs as well as DVDs of jazz and pop standards on the "Jazz A-K" page of our website.

                                                                                      Warm Regards,

                                                                                                          Steven Herron

P.S. As promised, I've included at the end of the arrangement, about a dozen newly released guitar books and DVDs that we have just received. I think you'll want to take a look at these - I've had some fun with some of these myself.

P.P.S. Let me say that these guitar lessons are not meant to take the place of a good teacher, instructional DVD or book/CD. If you are truly serious about becoming a better guitarist, eliminating the very real chance of developing bad physical habits and saving yourself hundreds of hours of frustration and wasted time, I would recommend that you set aside a regular monthly allowance to devote towards furthering your skills and education. You could take private guitar lessons ($70 - $80 per month) or you could purchase a new guitar book/CD or instructional DVD each month ($20 - $40). I find it strange that many aspiring guitarists will spend $100's or even $1000's on a new guitar and then turn around and spend only $20 - $40 on a book or instructional DVD - thinking that this is all they will ever need to master the guitar. Good instruction, whether it is from a teacher or from the many superb instructional books and DVDs that are available, will give you an excellent chance of succeeding and reaching your goal of becoming a good guitarist or even a great guitarist!

Emily Remler - Advanced Jazz and Latin Improvisation - DVD. This hour-long video
with the late Emily Remler covers some of jazz guitar's most important topics, such as true bossa nova style,
samba rhythms, unique chord positions, alternating bass lines, syncopated guitar parts, passing chords, jazz
minor scales, arpeggio licks, learning to put various scales over certain chords, eighth-note improvisation, II-V
progressions and V-I resolutions. Truly a jazz master class! Emily Remler was one of the hottest jazz players to
come around in a long time. She recorded four solo albums (Firefly, Take Two, Transition, and Catwalk) and a
duet album with Larry Coryell (Together). She toured with Astrud Gilberto, collaborated with Pat Martino,
worked on movie scores and played guitar in the Broadway hit Sophisticated Ladies.
(60 min) Notation and tab. Booklet included........Price - $24.95

Emily Remler - Bebop and Swing Guitar - DVD. This is an opportunity to learn with one
of jazz guitar's most gifted artists, the late Emily Remler. All of the essentials of true jazz bebop and swing are
taught here, including Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino styles, working with the metronome on 2 and 4,
learning to identify changes, jazz-style blues, turnarounds, practice tips, passing notes and chords, chord
substitutions, octave-style playing, the "Charleston" rhythm, Latin swing style, and much more! Emily Remler
was one of the hottest jazz players to come around in a long time. She recorded four solo albums (Firefly, Take
Two, Transition, and Catwalk) and a duet album with Larry Coryell (Together). She toured with Astrud Gilberto,
collaborated with Pat Martino, worked on movie scores & played guitar in the Broadway hit Sophisticated Ladies.
(60 min) Booklet included........Price - $24.95

Warren Haynes - Acoustic Slide and The Art of Electric Improvisation - DVD.
Back by popular demand, this is Warren's follow-up to his first extremely successful Hot Licks release, Electric
Blues and Slide Guitar. In this DVD, Warren teaches the country blues of Son House and Robert Johnson,
different slides for different sounds, open-tuning licks in G and E tunings, using vibrato to correct pitch,
damping for a cleaner sound, Muddy Waters' standard tuning style, switching off between the slide and
fingers, "call and response" improvisation and so much more. As an extra bonus, many of the examples are
illustrated with Warren's band, Gov't Mule! Don't miss this opportunity for yet another blues guitar "tour de
force" with the great Warren Haynes! Warren Haynes has become one of America's most important blues and
rock guitarists. His work with the Allman Brothers Band and his trio, Gov't Mule, has brought him acclaim as
both a slide and lead guitarist. This is his second instructional DVD for Hot Licks.
(60 min) Booklet included........Price - $24.95

Larry Coryell - Advanced Jazz Guitar - DVD. It's hard to imagine a more in-depth and ad-
vanced lesson on jazz guitar than this masterpiece by Larry Coryell. All of his years of experience and know-
ledge come into focus as he works on how to play over changes, substitute chords and licks, turnarounds,
breaking down complex single-note melodies, blues/jazz styles, swing comping, combining Django-style with
modern "walking" bass lines, Coltrane phrases, Lenny Breau-style "waterfall" harmonics, "outside" playing,
Gabor Szabo octaves, special stretch exercises, working with dissonance and even more! Larry shows through-
out the tape how he's just as incredible a teacher as he is a player, and we can assure you, there's enough in-
formation here to keep any guitarist busy for a long time. Larry Coryell is one of jazz/rock fusion's true pioneer-
ing greats and, along with his solo recordings, has recorded with numerous legendary musicians such as John
McLaughlin, Sonny Rollins, Stephane Grappelli, and Wayne Shorter. Always an educator as well as a player,
he's been a popular columnist for Guitar Player Magazine for many years. (60 min) Booklet included..Price - $24.95

Paul Henry - Concert Spanish Masterpieces For Guitar - Book and CD - Contains 20 pieces
for solo classical guitar including: "Asturias (Leyenda), Mallorca - Op. 202, Sevilla" -Isaac Albeniz, "El Noi de
La Mare" -anonymous, "The Miller's Dance, Dance of The Sorcerer" -Manuel de Falla, "Danza Espanola #5,
Dedicatoria, La Maja de Goya" -Enrique Granados, "Night in Spain" -Jules Massenet, "Fantasia" -Alonso
Mudarra, "Cancion del Emperador" -Luys de Narvaez, "Canarios, Folias, La Minona de Cataluna" -Gasper
Sanz, "Adelita, Caprichio Arabe, La Alborada, Lagrima, Malaguena" -Francisco Tarrega.
Notation and tab.......Price - $19.95

Joe Diorio - Creative Jazz Guitar - DVD. In this DVD, Joe discusses and demonstrates his
techniques for composing and building solos with motifs - along with many unique patterns for major and
minor II-V-I progressions. Joe also teaches his proprietary system for expanding your chord vocabulary
which will immediately help you develop more contemporary and exotic chord changes. Joe's inspiring solos
and demonstrations give you a rare look at jazz from one of the world's greatest jazz guitar players!
(60 min).............Price - $29.95

Pat Martino - Creative Force Complete - DVD. This DVD includes both "Creative Force 1"
and "Creative Force 2" - groundbreaking videos developed by Pat. In this DVD, Pat explores his unique con-
cepts for advanced improvisational techniques - focusing on the incorporation of simple substitution principles.
Prepare to be stunned by this rare opportunity to sit at the feet of one of the true, great jazz guitar masters of all
time! This DVD includes lots of great performance footage featuring Pat's quartet as well as instructional com-
panion books - which can be downloaded in PDF format. (167 min).....Price - $29.95

Jack Grassel - Top 20 Jazz Guitar Lessons - DVD. Jack Grassel teaches performance tips,
demonstrates techniques and plays amazing guitar on this comprehensive DVD which covers: simultaneous
bass and chords, single-note improvising and bass, simulating multiple guitars, working with a vocalist, pos-
ture and right-hand technique, colorful altered chords, power practicing, melody chords,12 keys in one posi-
tion, one key in 12 positions, horizontal scale patterns, scale-free improvisation, comping for bass and voca-
list, harmonics, octave techniques, creating your own sound, guitar setup, "Freak" value and music business
advice. (72 min)...........Price - $29.95

Eric Johnson - Book and CD. Learn the nuances of technique and taste that make Eric Johnson a true
rock guitar virtuoso! This classic book / CD pack includes new songs, new recordings and updated text
and transcriptions. Includes Eric's solos and analysis from the following songs: "The Boogie King, Bristol
Shore, Camel's Night Out, Cliffs of Dover, East Wes, Emerald Eyes, Righteous, Song For George, Trademark,
Venus Isle, Zap, Zenland".
Notation and tab. All guitar parts transcribed note-for-note from original recordings.......Price - $24.95

Dix Bruce - Gypsy Swing & Hot Club Rhythm - Book and CD. Learn 12 great swing stan-
dards recorded by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli and the Quintette of the Hot Club of France. Play
along with a great gypsy swing rhythm section and learn chords, comping and melodies - then let the band
back you up as you solo! For each song you will learn melodies and chord progression, moveable closed
swing / jazz position chords and swing guitar rhythm comping. Songs include: "Avalon, The Sheik of Araby,
Some of These Days, After You've Gone, Baby Won't You Please Come Home, Swing in Minor, Chicago,
China Boy, St. Louis Blues, Rose Room, Dark Eyes, Swingin' Like '42".
Notation, tab, chord diagrams and lyrics.........Price - $15.95

Keith Hinchliffe - Islands - Guitar Interpretations of Celtic Music - Book and CD
include: "A Honeyed Lip, Humours of Castle Corner, Mabel Kelly, The Sheep Under the Snow, Morgan
Magan, The Lark In the Clear Air, When Christ Was Born, The Monaghan Jig, Niel Gow's Lament for the
Death of His Second Wife, Port Atholl, Off to California, The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow, Glenlivet, Castle
Drummond, Mrs. Jamieson's Favourite, The Golden Keyboard, The Musical Priest, Chapel Keithack, The
Rosewood Jig, Madame Bonaparte, Lord Mayo, Farewell to Whisky, The Marquis of Huntly's Strathspey".
Notation and tab / Fingerstyle...........Price - $17.95

Bruce Buckingham - Chord Melody Guitar - Book and CD - This book is a guide to com-
bining chords and melody to create solo arrangements in jazz and pop styles. It includes: the 5 patterns,
shells, inversions, harmonized scales, slash chords, upper structure triads, voice leading, moving lines
and cadences, substitution, chordal voicings and interpretations. Master the art of blending melody and
harmony on the guitar with this book/CD pack. You'll find in-depth studies of chords and chord melodies
plus an accompanying CD containing 90 demonstration tracks!
Standard notation with chord diagrams.......Price - $16.95

Steely Dan - The Best of Steely Dan - Book includes: "Aja, Bad Sneakers, Black Friday, Bodhi-
sattua, Chain Lightning, Deacon Blues, Don't Take Me Alive, Gaucho, Green Earrings, Hey Nineteen, Josie,
Kid Charlemagne, My Old School, Night by Night, Parker's Band, Peg, Pretzel Logic, Reeling In the Years,
Rickki Don't Lost That Number, Time Out of Mind".
Notation, tab and lyrics. All guitar parts transcribed note-for-note from original recordings....Price - $24.95

Rick Ruskin - Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar - DVD - Rick Ruskin's remarkable style captures
all the nuances of a band rhythm-section and transforms the parts into amazing, in-the-pocket fingerstyle
grooves like you've never imagined on a single guitar! If you've ever wanted to learn how to sound like two
guitarists playing at the same time - here's your chance! Split-screen video format covers: right and left hand
techniques, walking-bass and counterpoint lines, open-voiced triads, simultaneous bass/rhythm/lead parts,
pedal-steel effects, double-stop bends, harmonics and much, much more! The techniques are immediately
put to use in extraordinary solo guitar instrumental versions of “Rikki Don't Lose That Number,” “Georgia on
My Mind” and four of Rick's own ingenious originals. His meticulous analysis of each phrase is loaded with
variations and insight that show how to transform the essence of any tune into dynamic arrangements of
your own. Musical notation and tab is printable from the disk (DVD-ROM). “...so brilliant at times, that he
seems to transcend normal approaches to the guitar.” –Guitar Player Magazine.
(120 min) Printable booklet........Price - $29.95

Jon Damian - The Chord Factory - Book. In this 167 page book Jon Damian ( whose students
include Bill Frisell, Leni Stern, Mark Whitfield and Kurt Rosenwinkel ) teaches you to explore thousand of
chords by building your own creative harmonic toolbox. You will learn to use harmony more effectively,
expand your fingerboard knowledge and play more creative comping parts - all while learning thousands
of chords and having some incredible fun! Notation, tab and chord diagrams.....Price - $24.95

Jimmy Bruno - Inside "Outside" Jazz Guitar - DVD - In this follow-up to his first DVD
"No Nonsense Jazz Guitar", Bruno leads you into more advanced improvisational concepts. Learn about the
theory and technique behind his flawless playing. Benefit from his clear, enlightening teaching style as he
gives lessons on scales in the "five regions of the guitar", how to derive melodies, and how to integrate non-
scale or"outside" notes into your playing to create tension and release. Plus, learn lines played by legendary
jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker that perfectly illustrate the effectiveness of dissonance!
(124 min) Booklet included......Price - $24.95

Arlen Roth - The Art of Soloing - DVD - For Rock, Blues, Country, Rockabilly and R & B
Guitar. Master guitar teacher Arlen Roth explores the finer points of the guitar solo in this all-new master
class! Arlen explains how to develop interesting and musical guitar solos while stressing the importance
of choosing notes wisely. Topics include: blues scales and styles, double stops, hybrid picking, banjo rolls,
chicken pickin', country bends, pedal steel style, natural, artificial and "pinch" harmonics, rhythm and lead
playing, superimposing chord changes, bending techniques, open-string licks and patterns, and Jimi Hen-
drix, B.B.King, Buddy Guy and Chuck Berry Styles. This exceptional DVD also contains rare archival footage
of studio and live performances with legendary musicians such as Danny Gatton, Duane Eddy, Albert Lee,
Duke Robillard and Jack Bruce. (166 min) Booklet included.......Price - $34.95