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How To Play Bass Guitar (Acorn Basic Lessons)

3 reviews
Arnie Berle

Amsco Publications, 1987

Don't know what that other guy was talking about...
...but this book is a good introduction to the bass. No, there's not a lot of pictures other than the most basic fingering techniques, and it doesn't have a bunch of "hot licks". However, it contains all the fundamentals you need to start playing bass. It goes through all the major/minor scales, chords, the circle of fifths, blues progressions; in other words, it teaches you "how to play bass ...

Arnie Berle's Complete Handbook for Jazz Improvisation (Pi-5)

1 review
Arnie Berle

Music Sales Corporation, 1985

Best of Improvisation Books
This is one of the finest books on Jazz improvisation I have ever read. It is thorough and not overly complex. You are taken step by step in a logical fashion from beginning to end. I would recommend it to anyone wishing to improve or learn Jazz Improvisation

Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar (Book and Audio CD) (Guitar Books)

36 reviews
Arnie Berle, Mark Galbo

Amsco Publications, 1993

This beginner loves it
I may be in the running for the world's lowest quotient of native guitar playing talent. I took lessons for a couple of years and practiced regularly and was always frustrated. I pretty much gave up for the last 5 years. Then about 6 months ago I bought Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar and am now enjoying the guitar the way I origionaly thought I would. I still have a screwy connection between ...

Understanding Chord Progressions For Guitar

5 reviews
Arnie Berle

Amsco Publications, 1995

Well written and organized. Information of practical use.
For a compact book, it contains more useful information than books three times as big. Most helpful in understanding how to alter and embellish basic ii-V-I and I-IV-V progressions and understanding how to analyze chord function within a progession. A must for anyone serious about the guitar.

Theory & Harmony For The Contemporary Musician

6 reviews
Arnie Berle

Amsco Publications, 1996

Great book for my way of thinking
I was familiar with a lot of the stuff at the beginning of the book, but there is definitely mucho here even for the advanced player toward the end. The holy grail of what scales sound good (great) over which chords in different situations is addressed here, and if you play you know that those ideas are as good as gold. For example he suggests C Lydian scale (C scale with an F sharp over a CMaj7; ...

Patterns, Scales & Modes For Jazz Guitar

7 reviews
Arnie Berle

Amsco Publications, 1994

A deceptively simple introduction
Like all of Arnie Berle's books, "Patterns, Scales, and Modes" is so well-organized and well presented that it seems almost too simple. Arnie begins by introducing you do basic scale forms, while simultanously present related arpeggios. That's something not many methods do, but it's something that a lot of jazz teachers think should be emphasized from the start. (Some, like Carol Kaye, don't even ...

Mel Bay How to Create & Develop a Jazz Sax Solo

3 reviews
Arnie Berle

Mel Bay Publications, Inc., 1993

This is a really useful book
This is a really useful book for teaching yourself, or groups of others as I sometimes do. Don't be put off by the rather pedestrian cover and lack of a playalong cd. Firstly, the nuts and bolts: the typeface and layout are clear and easy to read. (I hate the handwritten effect of some music books.) The topics and laid out in a logical way and it is obvious that the writer loves his topic from ...

Mel Bay Presents Jazz Saxophone Licks, Phrases and Patterns

4 reviews
Arnie Berle

Mel Bay Publications, 1987

excellent phrase book.
The exercise in this book are commonly heard phrases that can be played over standard chord sequences. As practice material they are great and the explanations are simple and enlightening. This is a good book for developing dexterity and a feel for the keys and scales. Improvising is much more than repeated practiced licks but working through this book will give a player some chops to fall back ...

Mel Bay Encyclopedia of Scales, Modes and Melodic Patterns

4 reviews
Arnie Berle

Mel Bay Publications, Inc., 1997

Superb resource
Not much to add to the review below, except that I use this book as part of my daily study. To absorb all the wealth of information Arnie presents here will take months, if not years, but Arnie knows his stuff and presents it in a clear, understandable way with nothing missed out - and just as importantly, no padding. I have most of Arnie's books and every one is a gem. He has a knack of ...

Chords & Progressions For Jazz & Popular Guitar (Guitar Books)

14 reviews
Arnie Berle, Ronnie Ball

Amsco Publications, 1986

Highly Recommended
Are you tired of playing the same old rock and blues and looking to expand your horizons into jazz, but don't have the foggiest idea how to start? That's where I was when I ordered this book along with Berle's Patterns, Scales and Modes for Jazz Guitar. I ordered them both because I didn't know which would be better for my needs. This book was the one. I think the other book will come in ...

Great Standards for Sax
Arnie Berle

Music Sales Corporation, 1998

IMPROVISATION FOR THE CONTEMPORARY MUSICIAN (Text)

2 reviews
Arnie Berle

Amsco Publications, 1998

Excellent book
In this book Arnie teaches you how to improvise melody. For example, he would take a song in its original melody, and create about 4 -5 variations on it, which also means, improvising on the original melody in 4- 5 different ways. Its an excellent book for anyone who already has a music background, and simply want to learn how to or further enhance their skills on improvising melody.

New Guitar Techniques for Sight Reading

1 review
Arnie Berle

Alfred Publishing Company, 1991

Essential for all guitar players
Here's the deal. I've been blessed with a good ear - good enough that I have little trouble learning pretty much anything I could want to play by ear. However, if you serious about being a musician rather than just a guitar player, you need to learn to read music - I liken this to being able to communicate verbally but still being completely illiterate. I am currently working through Bill ...

Arnie Berle and Mark Galbo (Songbook with cd)
Arnie Berle, Mark Galbo

Music Sales, 2008

Master the 'chord-melody' style and play the Guitar as a solo instrument.

Arnie Berle/Mark Galbo: Beginning Solo Guitar
Berle, Arnie

Music Sales, 2008

This easy-to-follow approach to the highest level of guitar playing starts with simple folk songs like âRed River Valleyâ and progresses to standards like âEarth Angelâ and âEverything Happens to Me.â Includes demonstration CD.

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