Complete Book of Harmonic Extensions for Guitar

Bret Willmott

feb 2011 · Mel Bay Publications

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Written as a sequel to Complete Book of Harmony, Theory, & Voicing, this comprehensive source book of harmonic styles and colors offers a wide variety of chord types and progressions, and provides and in-depth exploration of guitar chord voicings. Written in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.

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Bret Willmott is a highly acclaimed professor at Berklee College of Music and a noted educator, author, and performer worldwide. He has been a faculty member of the College for over twenty years and a performing guitarist for more than thirty years. He has played a key role in the development of Berklee's Guitar Department curriculum including the creation of several new courses focusing on rhythm and harmony. His classes and lessons are most often attended by advanced students and have included Berklee alumni Bill Frisell, Wolfgang Muthspiel, and Kurt Rosenwinkel. Bret's musical history includes studies and/or performances with Pat Metheny, Gary Burton, Mick Goodrick, and Bill Leavitt as well as guest appearances on recordings with Mike Stern, Dan Gottlieb, and Bob Moses. Professor Willmott is the author of two internationally acclaimed harmony texts entitled Mel Bay's Complete Book of Harmony, Theory, and Voicing and Mel Bay's Complete Book of Harmonic Extensions for Guitar. In addition, Bret has published a variety of articles for noted journals including Guitar Player and Jazz Player. He is also an established clinician with presentations in Europe and the United States including appearances in several International Association of Jazz Educators Conventions.