Based on the "Barry Harris Method", Talk Jazz is a comprehensive collection of Be Bop studies with detailed explanations of some of jazz improvisation's fundamental tools. Each book comes with a Play Along CD. For All Instrumentalists & Vocalists 52 pages Price: $19 plus shipping Talk Jazz, Be Bop Studies in 12 keys The studies in all 12 keys. Includes fingerings and fingerboard diagrams for the guitar. 268 pages Price: $34 plus shipping Talk Jazz Guitar Includes fingerings and fingerboard diagrams for the guitar. 79 pages Price: $19.95 plus shipping Purchase Options: JazzCares CC Now Purchase Options: JazzCares CC Now Purchase Options: JazzCares CC Now "I can't imagine anyone with good listening habits not becoming a great jazz improviser after learning the studies in Talk Jazz. Every great jazz lick is in there." ~Gene Bertoncini "Topnotch in every way...A visionary learning experience." ~Lee Prosser, Jazzreview.com "Brilliant and profound" ~Howard Morgen "Talk Jazz is the most comprehensive and thorough treatise on jazz guitar that is on the market today." ~Jimmy Bruno TALK JAZZ, by Roni Ben-Hur, is a collection of musical excerpts, exercises and ideas incorporating jazz motifs and improvisational concepts designed to familiarize students and music professionals, at any level, with jazz vocabulary and music theory. Derived from the teaching methods of his long time colleague, jazz piano legend and educator, Barry Harris, TALK JAZZ is now distributed internationally. This intuitive guide is receiving wide acclaim for its innovative approach, comprehensive substance and play-along CD and three editions. Sound Samples: Major Scales With Added 1/2 Steps The Major, Minor, Diminished, b5 & Augmented Arpeggios & Their Inversions The Minor 6 Chord and Its Surrounding Notes A Study in the Minor 6 Diminished Scale Surrounding Notes of the Minor 6 Chord (part 1) The Dominant 7 Scales with Added Half Steps (part 1) The Dominant 7 Scales with Added Half Steps (part 2) Surrounding Notes of the Minor 6 Chord (part 2) Table of Contents Chapter 1: Half Step Rules for Major and Dominant 7 Scales Major Scales With Added Half Steps Dominant 7 Scales With Added Half Steps Chapter 2: The Arpeggios Study What Are Arpeggios and Why We Practice Them A Guide to Using the Arpeggios The Major, Minor, Diminished, Flatted 5 and Augmented Arpeggios Inverted In Two Octave Chapter 3: Surrounding Notes for the Major And Minor Arpeggios How to Surround the Major and Minor Arpeggios The Major Arpeggios with Surrounding Notes The Minor Arpeggios with Surrounding Notes Chapter 4: The Diminished The Diminished Chord and Diminished Runs The Diminished Chord with the Maj7 All the Diminished Chords on Your Instrument Chapter 5: Surrounding Notes for the Minor and Major 6 Chords How We Surround The Minor and Major 6 Chords Surrounding the Minor 6 Chord Surrounding the Major 6 Chord Chapter 6: The Minor and Major 6 Diminished Scales What are the Minor and Major 6 Diminished Scales The Minor 6 Diminished Scale Exercise The Major 6 Diminished Scale Exercise Chapter 7: The Dominant 7 Scale The role and character of the Dominant 7 Scale The Dominant 7 Scale Exercise Chapter 8: The Augmented Chord and the Whole Tone Scale What is it and How is it Used The Whole Tone Scale Exercise Chapter 9: I6/II7/V7 Turnaround Using Diminished Chords A Description of the Turnaround The Turnaround in Minor Keys The Turnaround in Major Keys Chapter 10: The Major and Minor Arpeggios and Their Inversions The Major Arpeggios The Minor Arpeggios