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Kurt Rosenwinkel: A Creative Guide to Soloing With Modes & Chords to Create Cutting Edge Jazz Guitar Language
Paperback
Music CompositionMusic Instruction: GuitarJazz
ISBN13: 9781789334760
Publisher: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com
Published: Mar 10 2026
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.21 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
A Practical Guide to Applying Modal Scales & Their Chords in Contemporary Jazz
Are you struggling to apply modal ideas in your jazz guitar improvisation in a way that sounds natural and expressive?
Want to learn how contemporary jazz guitar masters think about and apply modal concepts while others are trapped inside scale shapes?
Then get ready for an in-depth masterclass into the modes that matter with Kurt Rosenwinkel.
In Modal Harmony for Modern Jazz Guitar, Kurt takes you deep inside the two most important parent scales in modern jazz harmony - the Major scale and the Melodic Minor scale - and shows you how their modes actually function in real music.
The key to this exploration is understanding each mode as a sound, a chord, and a musical environment in its own right.
Rather than treating modes as abstract theory or fretboard patterns, this book teaches you to experience each one as a distinct tonal universe, defined by its character notes, chord colours, and emotional gravity.
Sit Down for a One-on-One with a Modern Master and Learn...
How the Major and Melodic Minor scales generate 14 essential modes used throughout modern jazz
How to hear and target the character notes that instantly define each modal sound
How modal seventh chords expand into rich, modern voicings with 9ths, 11ths, 13ths and altered tones
When to treat chords functionally and when to approach them modally as independent centres
Practical applications of modal interchange, borrowing colour from parallel modes and scales
What to play on modern dominant sounds including Lydian Dominant, Mixolydian b6 and Altered scales
Deep minor-key harmony using Dorian, Phrygian, Aeolian, Locrian, and Melodic Minor applications
How a single voicing or shape can generate entire ii-V-i systems through logical movement
Techniques for reharmonising and disguising progressions without losing clarity or groove
A structured approach to practicing all modes in all keys with real musical context
Why This Book Is Different
With Kurt's approach, you can set aside dry theory and focus on what you need to play to create the contemporary sound you've been searching for.
Every concept is explored through original etudes, guidance on voicings, and practicing over jam tracks specially created by Kurt just for you. You'll be playing the sounds you desire immediately, and you'll have at your fingertips the tools you need to internalise each sound, not just understand it intellectually.
You'll learn how modern jazz chords are constructed, where they come from, and how to improvise over them with confidence, colour, and intention.
Instead of asking, Which scale do I use?, you'll begin saying, What sound do I want?
By the End of the Book, You'll Be Able To:
Navigate complex chord symbols with ease
Add modern harmonic colour without sounding forced or random
Move fluidly between inside and outside sounds
Create lines that clearly express the harmony
Develop a personal, contemporary harmonic voice rooted in sound rather than theory
Jam with Kurt!
Includes free downloadable audio featuring specially created jam tracks and performance examples, allowing you to practice each mode in a musical, immersive setting.
Whether you're a serious jazz guitarist, composer, or improviser looking to deepen your harmonic language, Modal Harmony for Modern Jazz Guitar offers a clear, musical pathway into the sounds that define modern jazz.
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