Barry Galbraith #3: Guitar Comping Play-A-Long: With Bass Lines in Treble Clef (Jazz Guitar Study Series)

For a book entitled 'Guitar Comping' this product is singularly unhelpful for the guitarist. All the chords are shown as block chords in standard notation and apart from the odd string number over a chord (indicating the location of the top note in the chord) nothing whatever by way of advice or instruction specific to the guitar. Also some of the chords seem as odds with the chord names above them. For example, the first chord in the first piece, 'Shiny', is called Gm7 yet the notation gives the notes Bb, D, F and A, which says Bb major 7 to me. If we want the chord to be some kind of G minor chord with those notes in it, then it needs to be called something like Gm9 (no root), or there needs to be some overarching EXPLANATION about what he is doing with the chords. The recordings on the CD are OK, but then you could just listen carefully to your favourite comping guitarist. I can't recommend this book. In general I find the Jamey Aebersold books expensive (for what they are) and overrated.

Great for studyingJazz Guitar accompaniment

As others have said, wonderful comping studies, a joy to play. I'm doing one every 2 weeks & am up to #6...I can't think of many other guitar books that put a stupid grin on my face as I play the studies - they just sound so good...what a master. Voice leading to die for.