Dan Miller – Flatpicking Essentials Volume 8

Dan Miller Flatpicking Essentials Volume 8 PDF. Improvisation (Part III) & Intro to Swing and Jazz Book. 2 CDs by Dan Miller and Tim May. The eighth and final book in the Flatpicking Essentials series teaches you how to begin to play swing and jazz tunes in the context of a flatpick jam, including how to learn to improvise over swing and jazz chord changes. After presenting how to study and utilize scales and arpeggios in the context of using them as "road maps" for improvisation, and providing examples of how to build from a simple song melody to a jazz style arrangement, this book presents three variations of ten standard swing and jazz tunes. You will learn the basic melody, plus two arrangements of each tune by Tim May. The tunes presented include: Avalon, Bill Bailey, 12th Street Rag, The Sheik of Araby, Rose Room, After You've Gone, St. James Infirmary, St. Louis Blues, Limehouse Blues, and I Ain't Got Nobody.

Format: PDF + CD Audio tracks (Mp3). 162 pages