Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington Anthology Music Book, scoring: Piano/Vocal/Guitar, instruments: Guitar;Voice;Piano; 200 pages

As Mike Dowling proves, you don't need backup musicians to play great swing tunes on the Guitar. With this fascinating lesson you get the whole package - rhythm comping, movable chord progressions, melodic riffs, intros, outros, improvisations and other Guitar adornments to enable you to play songs and instrumentals from the early jazz era on solo Guitar. Mike is a precise player and instructor who breaks down each technique in comprehensive detail. His love for swing music is evident in every note as he shows you how to play richly constructed Guitar arrangements to four irresistible jazz songs: A chord/melody instrumental for Sweet Sue; Louis Jordan's big band novelty tune Five Guys Named Moe; the infectious jump tune I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music; and the ever-popular foot-tapping classic, Sweet Georgia Brown.

Mike starts with Mary Had A Little Lamb to demonstrate how you can swing anything, even a nursery rhythme. He explains how to use chord shapes as the basis for finding your way around the neck, and how to establish the basic melody and then embellish it with arpeggios, riffs, pedal tones and other improvisational devices.Mike teaches you to improvise around a short riff, laying out chord progressions and then launching into blues/jazz improvisations.

Using swing blues as a starting point, Mike covers the basics of chord substitution, rhythm vamps, 10th chords, diminished chords, jump-style syncopations and funky 9th chord blues. He takes a close look at the often-overlooked right hand, and introduces the vocabulary of classic swing chords that are guaranteed to add punch and style to your playing.

Duck Baker is considered to be one of today’s finest fingerstyle guitarists. In this lesson he teaches the basics of how to put that ‘swing’ in to your playing. This is not a lesson for beginners and it is assumed you will already have some knowledge of this style. Duck shows you how to expand and take your playing to a different level so that you can fingerpick swing tunes. Along the way he explains and explores rhythm chords and changes that you will need to incorporate into your playing. Four familiar tunes from the swing repertoire are taught and the arrangements are fully explained, phrase by phrase. This DVD format has each arrangement on split-screen that clearly show what each hand is performing. This lesson will help you develop your own individual technique for playing fingerstyle swing guitar.

Emily Remler - Bebop and Swing Guitar by Emily Remler. Music Sales America. Swing. DVD. Hot Licks #HOT330. Published by Hot Licks (HL.14027122). 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, the “Charleston” rhythm, octave-style playing, 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 and played guitar in the Broadway hit Sophisticated Ladies.

Western Swing Guitar Style Book/CD Set by Joe Carr. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Methods. Texas Music and Video. Western Swing. Beginning-Intermediate. Book/CD Set. 48 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.94906BCD). ISBN 9780786607594. Western Swing. 8.5x11 inches. If you have ever heard the sound of rhythm guitar in a good western swing band, you may have wondered how the guitarist achieved that unique chordal sound. While the song might be a simple one--playable with only two or three chords--the western swing guitarist changes chords every two beats, providing a driving and harmonically interesting background for the singers and instrumentalists. This book is designed for intermediate players who have a basic understanding of open chords. It begins with study of the Texas fiddle back-up style and the chords used to enhance this music. The chords and progressions explained in this book can be used in many types of music in addition to western swing and would serve as an excellent transition from open-string folk chords to more of a jazz approach.

(Four-To-The-Bar Comping In The Style Of Freddie Green). For guitar. Guitar. Chords, Big Band and Swing. Instructional book and examples CD. Standard guitar notation (no tablature), chord names, guitar chord diagrams, instructional text, performance notes and introductory text. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

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Ellington Collection For Solo Guitar - Book/CD by Duke Ellington (1899-1974). Edited by Aaron Stang. Arranged by Howard Morgen. For guitar. Artist/Personality; Guitar Personality. The Howard Morgen Fingerstyle Jazz Series. Swing, Standards and Jazz. Difficulty: medium-difficult. Guitar tablature songbook and examples CD. Guitar tablature, standard notation and chord names. 32 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.TGF0036CD). ISBN 1576234932. With guitar tablature, standard notation and chord names. Swing, Standards and Jazz. 9x12 inches. Twelve of the Duke's most memorable compositions arranged in standard notation and tablature. Includes: Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * In a Sentimental Mood * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Mood Indigo * Satin Doll * Sophisticated Lady * Take the 'A' Train and More!