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Here is an article titled Building A Solid Jazz Chord Foundation by Curt Sheller, published in the November 2004 issue of Just Jazz Guitar magazine.

Here is an article titled Getting Beyond Guitar Shapes by Curt Sheller, published in the May 2004 issue of Just Jazz Guitar magazine that utilizes the principles covered in the book The Six Secrets of Guitar Fingering.

Note: All principles mentioned in the guitar articles are approporiate for ukulele players a well.

Articles - Ukulele

Here is an article titled Building A Solid Jazz Chord Foundation by Curt Sheller, was to published in the Ukulele Occasional magazine's third issue. The magazine did not publish its third issue. this is the above Just Jazz Guitar article for Ukulele.

Here is an handout titled Ukulele Jazz by Curt Sheller. This is the handout that I created for use in my Ukulele Jazz workshops.

Ear Training

 

Having had a student with perfect pitch I've done some research to be in a better position to deal with students with this abaility. One thing I do know for sure, perfect pitch does not help with technique on an instrument. Fingers move the same for everying and need the same amoutn of time to develope.

Reccommended Books

 

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Check out the books that are listed through out the site. All are of interest and value for jazz guitarists. Here they are collected on one page (Useful Music & Guitar Books).

OR better yet buying one of my books or CDs helps support the cost of making this information available. ;-) It's FREE for YOUR viewing but costs me to make it available.

Books available directly through Curt Sheller Publications and this site are listed here.

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Buy It!!!

Online Instructions and Information

Some of the online sites that I have checked out.

Jim Kroger has posted his page of links to online jazz guitar lessons.

Here are sites that I have visited and found to be very useful.

Guitarists

Non-Guitarist

Remember that the guitar is just your instrument of expression. We can and should learn from other instruments.

  • Charlie Banacos (www.charliebanacos.com)

    [from the Charlie's Banacos Site] - originator of the now classic exercises on such tunes as Autumn Leaves ,Giant Steps ,Anthropology (I Got Rhythm changes), Moment's Notice ,Countdown , major and minor blues, etc. using chord tones, tensions, passing tones, approaches, tonal paralypsis, bitonal pendulums (double mambos), hemiola substratum elisions, modal sequences, 23rd chords, intervallics, pivots, facets, agogics, number permutation systems, voicings in clusters, fourths, fifths, reverse tensions, interconnecting scales, entatonics, tetratonics, hexatonics, chord-on-chord, upper structure triads, pandiatonics, uperimpositions, harps, overlaps, etc. and 9-Basic Rhythm Systems and Sprays for sight-reading, etc.) is, in addition to his private in-person teaching in the Boston area, teaching by mail to people not in close proximity to Charlie's studio. The lessons are personalized using a cassette tape which is sent back and forth.

  • Jerry Bergonzi (www.jerrybergonzi.com)
  • Alain Benbassat ear training resource (www.miles.be)
  • Here are the sites that I found to be useful.
  • Hal Garper - These are some of the best articles I've ever read!!!

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    The Touring Musician: A Small Business Approach to Booking Your Band on the Road
    Buy It!!!

    Great book on organizing a jazz tour.

  • Micheal Furstner - (www.jazclass.aust.com)
  • Marc Sabatella's (Jazz Improvisation Primer). One if the first online resources for jazz improvisation.

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Content is always being added and updated. So check-in often. Curt Sheller

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