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    Fastlines Jazz Guitar Method Primer: Fastlines Guitar Methods, #1
    Fastlines Jazz Guitar Method Primer: Fastlines Guitar Methods, #1
    Fastlines Jazz Guitar Method Primer: Fastlines Guitar Methods, #1
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    Fastlines Jazz Guitar Method Primer: Fastlines Guitar Methods, #1

    By Ged Brockie

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    Learn to solo for jazz guitar with Fastlines, the combined book and audio tutor.

    For guitarist looking to learn jazz guitar, the Fastlines Jazz Guitar Method Primer edition gives you the musical ideas to create improvisations that sound authentic.

    20 different licks with descriptions of how the lines were created.

    10 written projects which explain how to edit and change your licks in various ways.

    1 short solo based in part on the lines you have learned 3 backing tracks to play along with.

    NOTE: The backing tracks and audio are download from the GMI - Guitar & Music Institute website.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGMI - Guitar & Music Institute
    Release dateFeb 23, 2018
    ISBN9780995508835
    Fastlines Jazz Guitar Method Primer: Fastlines Guitar Methods, #1

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      Fastlines Jazz Guitar Method Primer - Ged Brockie

      Fastlines Jazz Primer

      www.guitarandmusicinstitute.com

      First published 1992

      Copyright 2016 GMI - Guitar & Music Institute

      ISBN: 978-0-9955088-3-5

      All Rights Reserved

      No part of this book or mp3s may be reprinted, or reproduced, or utilised in any form by electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher.

      Music composed and recorded by Ged Brockie

      Gary Fimister - Bass, Dave Stewart - Drums

      Recording and mixdown at K.S.M Recording Studios - Edinburgh, Scotland

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