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Jazz Guitar Licks and Etudes 2 E-Book

“This book will be a great tool for you whether you’re an aspiring jazz musician or a professionals musician. It’s truly a great introduction to the concepts and theory behind the language of jazz. The very “real-life” examples in the book reminds me of what should be/can be practiced and also inspire lots of ideas to be explored and add to my own arsenal!”
– Sean Lew, Guitarist for SeaTravel

“Cikgu Az, I went through the book already. All I can say that it is a superb book! Now I have the key to listen to jazz by playing some of the etudes in the book (ok, I tried, but it doesn’t work for my ears). All the licks are helpful as you put all the common licks from alternate picking to sweep picking exercise.

Conclusion? This book is a must have for every practicing musician for all level especially myself who is not a professional musician but still want to practice and improve myself when I have the time. I now can practice some etudes rather than scale while watching tv just incase I really don’t have time.

Thank you for coming up with this book, it solved a bit of “how to play jazz” for a non jazz player like me. At least there is something to show and talk about when someone asked me about jazz. Keep up the good work!

The 4th E-book by Az Samad, Jazz Guitar Licks and Etudes 2 is the continuation of the previous title (that had the same name minus that number 2).

This volume contains 14 Exercises, 25 jazz guitar licks and 3 etudes designed to help you develop your jazz guitar skills.

You will learn licks that incorporate classic Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass and Pat Martino bluesy and bebop sounds to more modern intervallic phrases inspired by the playing of Julian Lage, Tim Miller and John Stowell.

You will receive a 29 page E-book (PDF File) containing:

14 EXERCISES

• 4 Warmup Exercises
• 5 Alternate Picking Exercises
• 5 Sweep Picking Exercises

25 LICKS

• 5 Bb7 Jazz Blues Licks
• 5 Major Pentatonic Licks
• 5 Jazz Funk Chromatic MinorLicks
• 5 Lydian b7 Licks
• 5 Whole Tone Licks

3 ETUDES

• Jazz Blues Etude #3
• Blue Monk (Solo Etude #2)
• Recordame (Solo Etude #3)

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35 Basic Guitar Chords For Beginners E-Book
45 pages, PDF
USD$7

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Guitar is hard!

I remember learning my first few chords and being utterly frustrated trying to play that darn F major barre chord for Yesterday by The Beatles. I would try to grab some chords and sometimes it would just be too difficult to play. I didn’t have any idea of what I was supposed to learn first and what next. I was the owner of many guitar chord encyclopedias (that I couldn’t play or even understand).

This is the opposite of those big books!

This e-book is basically a collection of what I consider some of the important chords for beginners. This is an incomplete book. It’s missing a lot of things like fingerings and music theory… but it has a logical sequence to it. If you want to learn some chords, in a logical way to help your fingers develop strength, I hope this book can help!

Jazz Guitar Licks and Etudes E-Book

The second E-book by Az Samad, Jazz Guitar Licks and Etudes contains 30 jazz guitar licks and 5 etudes (2 jazz blues single note solo studies, 1 single note solo over ‘Blue Bossa’ and 2 old school picking etudes to help develop rest stroke technique).

You will learn licks that incorporate classic Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass sounds to more modern intervallic phrases inspired by the playing of Julian Lage, John Stowell, Nir Felder and Martin Miller.

You will receive a 27 page E-book (PDF File) containing:

30 LICKS

• 5 Major Scale Jazz Licks
• 5 Jazz Blues Licks
• 5 Minor Pentatonic Jazz Rock Licks
• 5 Double Time Cmin
• 7 Jazz Licks
• 5 String Skipping Jazz Licks
• 5 Sweep Picking Jazz Licks

5 ETUDES

• Blue Bossa (Solo Etude #1)
• Jazz Blues Etude #1
• Jazz Blues Etude #2
• Old School Picking Etude #1
• Old School Picking Etude #2

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ACCLAIM FOR Az Samad’s JAZZ GUITAR LICKS AND ETUDES

“Such a compact book of practical materials for every serious jazz musician, which helps to craft one’s musicality as well as creativity.”
—Mars Siu-Hong Lee, President Of Macau Jazz Promotion Association

“Az Samad’s delightful collection of exercises and etudes is a fantastic resource for anybody hoping to develop increased dexterity and character as a guitarist and improviser. Each of these is cleverly and purposefully devised to improve skills across a range of disciplines including finger-work, musical vocabulary, as well as understanding of both fundamental and complex harmony. Playing and studying these masterful compositions also highlights and reveals the author’s truly immense knowledge and love of both his instrument and his craft.”
—Gabriel Lynch, Singer-Songwriter

“It’s precise, concise and straight to the point. It would really help those who are trying to get new ideas for their jazz improvisation or those who are trying to learn jazz (newbies).”
—Elmer Ho (elmerdraco), Composer

“Definitely something new and unique! A huge pool of riffs, licks, and ideas for you to experiment with. For myself, it helped me discover some unpredictable melodic styles and some different fingering approaches. It also made me think about different ways to approach the same lick and branch out from it to create my own ideas. Super handy if you’re stuck or not sure how to get started because you can just start off with any lick and go off on your own personal tangent after that. All in all, a great little book for anyone looking for more insight into some of the stylistic components of jazz and improvisation as well. Oh! And such beautiful etudes too!”
—Li Ying – Musician, Artist & Avid Learner

“A simple yet effective book from a virtuoso. Az’s musical wisdoms written concisely; and accurately defining jazz in all forms.”
—Ray Cheong – Musician, Composer, Guitarist & Producer

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