Martin Taylor Walking Bass For Jazz Guitar: Learn to Masterfully Combine Jazz Chords with Walking Basslines (Learn How to Play Jazz Guitar) Kindle Edition

This book really covers the technique well. Fun and informative

Martin Taylor is always superb. He takes a difficult skill and breaks it down to easy steps toward improvement. Always the ultimate professional.

This new book from Martin Taylor continues his tradition of passing on his musical expertise to all. Martin's musical approach to enhancing guitar arrangements with creative and interesting baselines is clearly taught throughout this book in a very easy to digest form, building from the simple to the complex, and with great examples and exercises to help all players get these techniques under their fingers and into their ears. The approach to this material also makes learning fun and musical throughout the process.

This a very descent book .Its easy to read clearly-Diagrams and Chord box great-no need for microscopeto see. Gets you to a level to apply right away (after practicing a bit--come on now)Travis picking-fundamentals-and just a bit more.Space to take notes-written n designed for guitarists who play/teach at their Jam -not for college professors types atschool.

The author does an excellent job of methodically laying out building bass lines w/ simple chord shells on the low E-A-G-D strings of the guitar. His step by step approach is really helpful in laying a solid foundation. For someone unfamiliar with combining a walking bass line with accompanying chords using the 3rd and 7th of the chords this book is well worth the investment. Both standard music and tab is presented, and audio files for all of the examples are available for download so one can hear the examples which is a great learning mechanism. Later chapters include a variety of syncopation techniques which adds a percussive effect to one's playing. So for the guitarist looking to do more than strum chords and be more melodic and harmonic, this is a valuable less book. For a guitarist looking to build the skill to accompany a horn or other melody player and without a bass player it's ideal.

I have previously used walking bass lines in my playing, but it never really sounded the way I wanted it to. Then I got this (Kindle) book and in a very short while I was successfully playing the bass lines and getting the sound that had been previously eluding me. Martin's presentation of this material is straight forward and takes the complexity out of the process. Just follow each step and you will be playing jazz chords with a walking bass in no time. This book also comes with audio and video materials that are very helpful. Highly recommended for all levels.

This book is simply incredible! This is a very comprehensive instructional book for learning to play jazz style guitar. (Of course all of the concepts apply to any style of guitar playing.). It's easy to use with standard and tablature notated examples. It starts at a very basic level. You can move at your own speed and let your interest take you as far as you would like. The sky is the limit. Martin also explains jazz harmonic theory fully and clearly without any mysterious or difficult chord alchemy. This is a fabulous book from a great performing artist and teacher. It's a must!

Martin Taylor is one of the greats on guitar. This book is presented in a way that makes you feel like you're sitting with him and having a lesson. The techniques are presented in an easy-going, enjoyable, and fun fashion. It's not overly technical or theory-laden. Each section builds on the last; you're swinging in no time at all. You'll quickly find ways of adding these walking basslines on your next gig... unless you have a bass player; let them do the walking. You can focus on the comping.