미국의 재즈 기타리스트 스티브 칸은 Steely Dan, Billy Joel, Michael Franks, Hubert Laws, Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, James Brown, Maynard Ferguson, Weather Report, Steve Jordan, Anthony Jackson, Manolo Badrena 등의 세계적인 뮤지션들과의 연주와 녹음으로 유명합니다.
스티브 칸이 쓴 이 책은 두 개의 매우 단순하고도 “기타스러운” 펜타토닉 스케일을 사용해서 끊임없이 새로운 색채와 아이디어를 샘솟게 하는 방법에 대해 이야기하고 있습니다.
예제들의 모범 연주와 반주 음원이 온라인으로 제공되며 책 첫 페이지의 사이트 주소와 액세스 코드로 음원의 스트리밍과 다운로드가 가능합니다.


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UNIT ONE: Pentatonic Scales: What Are They?
Example 1: Minor Pentatonic Fingerings
Example 2: Dominant 7th Pentatonic Fingerings

UNIT TWO: Relationship of the Minor Pentatonic to the Blues Scale
Example 3

UNIT THREE: Pentatonic Lines vs. Jazz Lines
Example 4: Hippity Hop to the Bebop Shop

UNIT FOUR: Application of Pentatonic Theory

UNIT FIVE: Major Chords
Example 5: E♭maj7

UNIT SIX: Minor Chords
Example 6: Em7

UNIT SEVEN: Dominant 7th Chords
Example 7: A7

UNIT EIGHT: Minor 7[♭5] Chords
Example 8: Am7[♭5]

UNIT NINE: Altered Dominant 7th Chords
Example 9: Frontier Justice, C7[altered]

UNIT TEN: Pentatonic Improvising Over Cadences: ii-V-I-[Vl7]
Examples 10A-H: ii-V-I
[10E-G not recorded]
Example 10: Sol Motion
Example 10: Charanga C.C

UNIT ELEVEN: Pentatonic Improvising Over Cadences: iim7[♭5]-V7[alt.]-im7
Example 11: iim7[♭5]-V-i
Example 12: Clare as Day

UNIT TWELVE: Pentatcnics in Sequence Exercises
Examples 13A-J: Pentatonic Sequences [ii-V-I]
[13E-J not recorded]
Examples 14A-J: Pentatonic Sequences [iim7[♭5]-V-i)
[14E-J not recorded]

UNIT THIRTEEN: Pentatonics Around and "outside" the Consonant
Example 15

UNIT FOURTEEN: Pentatonic Stretch Fingerings
Example 16
Examples16A-B

UNIT FIFTEEN: String-Skipping Exercises
Examples 17A-17D [ii-V-I]
Examples 18A-18D [iim7[♭5]-V-i]

UNIT SIXTEEN: The Doubled-Note Effect
Example 19

UNIT SEVENTEEN: Velocity Exercises
Example 20: Minor Pentatonic
Example 21: Dominant 7th Pentatonic
Example 22: Classic Line/Pattern
Example 23: Ascending and Descending Minor and Dominent 7th Pentatonic
Example 24A: Ascending and Descending Minor Pentatonic
Example 24B: Ascending and Descending Dominant 7th Pentatonic
Example 25: Dominant 7th Velocity Study
Example 26: Combinations: Minor and Dominant 7th Pentatonic

UNIT EIGHTEEN: Improvising Over "Standard" Changes
Example 27: Denzalón
Example 28: Khalatmo
Example 29: A Shade of Trade
Example 30: Mad Bumpyville
Example 31: Big Kayak
Example 32: Off the Path