Larry Coryell's Jazz Guitar Volume 1

One of the foremost personalities in the world of Jazz Guitar, Larry Coryell has played against the best, and here presents an insight into his distinctive and fluid approach.

From bebop heroes Sonny Rollins andCharlesMingus to fusion superstars Chick Corea and John McLaughlin, Coryell's guitar playing has graced the recordings of the hottest stars in Jazz, making him a guitarist of huge reputation and respect. In this three-part DVDseriesCoryell analyses his own Jazz perspective, providing an empirical method of solo and chord improvisation.

Volume one includes:

• Major scales all over the neck
• Minor, diminished andwhole-tonetonalities
• Chromatics
• Accents within picking patterns
• Arpeggios
• Modes and intervals
• Building an intellectual understanding between chords and scales
• Movements between harmony and bass
• Going beyondchord/scaleusage
• Single-line improvising through changes
• Chord substitutions