Jody Fisher
Jody Fisher's multi-faceted career includes all styles of music
from straight ahead and contemporary jazz to rock, pop and country.
Working in the orchestra pit of many live shows as well as backing
countless well-known artists have also been mainstays of his experience in
the music business. Jody has performed and conducted clinics throughout
the United States, Canada and Europe. As an author, Jody Fisher has
published more than a dozen books and several instructional videos that
are distributed worldwide. Most of these publications have to do with
various aspects of playing jazz guitar along with several reference works.
His articles have appeared in Guitar Player magazine as well as
Fingerstyle Guitar and Just Jazz Guitar. As a teacher, Jody was
a professor of jazz studies and jazz guitar at the University of Redlands,
the University of La Veme and the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts,
and has served as the associate director of the National Guitar Workshop.
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Jody Fisher - Beginning Jazz Guitar -
Book and DVD
Spans the major scale and basic triad
theory
all the way to extended chords and the modes. Features a full-length etude or song to go
with every
new concept
introduced. Provides a step-by-step method for leaning to play in this style. Each chapter
is
divided into separate lessons on harmony or improvisation.
Notation and
tab............................................................................Price - $25.95
Jody Fisher - Intermediate Jazz Guitar -
Book and CD
For guitarists who have learned the
basics, topics include the ii-V-I progression, creating solo lines, altered chord formulas
and "comping" in
different
jazz feels such as Latin, swing, ballad and funk. Every new concept is accompanied by
etudes and
songs for
practice and packed with hundreds of chord voicings and improvising ideas. Chapters are
clearly
divided into
harmony and improvisation lessons.
Notation and
tab............................................................................Price
- $20.95
Jody Fisher - Mastering Jazz Guitar Chord Melody - Book and CD
Picks up where Intermediate Jazz Guitar leave off. Topics include: integrating melody and harmony, developing
bass lines, chord
enhancement, quartal harmonies and arranging a guitar solo. Concepts are illustrated with
lots of examples to
practice, including arrangements of some traditional melodies.
Notation and
tab............................................................................Price
- $19.95
Jody Fisher - Mastering Jazz Guitar Improvisation - Book and CD
Topics in this book
include: improvising over altered dominant chords, the diminished scale, the whole-tone
scale, targeting the
altered chords, revamping licks, minor scale modes and more! Loaded with easy-to-read
scale diagrams and
example phrases, it's packed with information for the improvising jazz guitarist.
Notation and
tab............................................................................Price
- $19.95
Jazz Guitar Chords & Arpeggio
Patterns - Stacy McKee
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This unique book includes 300 jazz
guitar chord
formations and matching single note arpeggio patterns in a quick reference format
that no one has ever done before!
Cross indexing makes
this manual
extremely easy to use and regardless of what style of music you play, we know
you
will find this
to be a
valuable, "must have" addition to your library. Stacy McKee was the
featured guitarist with "Les
Brown and The Band Of Renown" and for a limited
time only, we will include an exclusive copy of his book
FREE with
your first
order!
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Jody Fisher - Ear Training For The Contemporary
Guitarist - Book and CD
These lessons start with the basics of pitch discrimination & lead you to making fine
distinctions between
interval types, chord types, scales & chord progressions - all organized in a handy
workbook format.
Includes: major and natural minor scales, intervals, major and minor triads, 7th chords,
diatonic harmony,
pentatonic scales and variations, harmonic and melodic minor scales, modes, 6th chords,
extended chords,
symmetrical scales, altered dominant chords, altered dominant chords.
Notation and
tab............................................................................Price - $19.95
Jody Fisher - Jazz Guitar Harmony - Book and CD
This comprehensive study of harmony is
a must for any guitarist interested in jazz. It explains the essentials of jazz
harmony in a friendly, easy-to-understand manner. Learn about chord scales, abbreviated voicings, extended harmonies,
altered chords,
substitutions and analyzing chord progressions. Other topics include ii-V-I progressions,
the dominant cycle,
"rhythm changes," clusters, quartal harmonies, working with upper structures and
much more. Finally, jazz
harmony is demystified in one reliable and easy-to-read book.
Notation and
tab............................................................................Price - $20.95
Jody Fisher - Jazz Licks Encyclopedia - Book and CD
Over 280 useful jazz guitar licks! This
book has two main sections. The first part deals with licks that will work over specific
chords. For each type of chord, you will be shown the chord formula and four sample voicings. There are four
one-measure licks and six two-measure licks that will work well over the chord. The second section deals with licks
that work over entire
chord progressions. Many of the most common progressions are shown with longer melodic
ideas. You can
practice inserting these melodic ideas into your own solos. The idea is to develop a
strong musical vocabulary.
Learning licks can help you to understand the scales your are studying by showing you some
of the musical
sentence possibilities.
Notation and
tab............................................................................Price
- $19.95
Jody Fisher - Jazz Skills: Filling
Gaps For The Serious Guitarist - Book and CD
In
this book, Jody Fisher helps guitarists with their most common problems. It clarifies
everything from understanding altered chords to spelling out changes in solos and developing a better
technique. Lessons include:
Chords and Harmony - this gives you a good perspective on jazz harmony,
Improvisation - details various
tools the improviser needs including scales, arpeggios, licks, melodic patterns, and
musical ideas over diatonic
and altered chord changes, Better Technique - includes exercises that will help in all
areas of guitar playing,
Reading - note identification, rhythms, and putting it all together.
Notation, tab and chord diagrams..................................................Price - $19.95
Jody Fisher - 30 Day Guitar Workout -
Book and DVD
An Exercise Plan For Guitarists. A comprehensive plan that
includes: daily warm-ups, lessons on numerous right and left-hand techniques, exercises
for chords,
and single note playing! A complete 30-day technical
development plan for all pickstyle and fingerstyle guitarists taught by one of
the best - jazz guitarist Jody Fisher!
Notation, tab and chord diagrams..................................................Price -
$23.95
Jody Fisher - The Total Jazz Guitarist
- Book and CD
A fun and comprehensive overview of
jazz guitar playing. This
unique and wide-ranging method features exciting lessons for beginning to
advanced
jazz players, tons of jazz chords and scales, including the diminished,
whole tone and super locrian mode. Full
length chord melody arrangements, single
note improvised solos and comping chord charts are presented for
several popular
jazz standards. Songs include: "I'm in the Mood for Love, Somewhere Over the
Rainbow, Blue
Moon".
Notation, tab and chord diagrams..................................................Price - $19.95
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