Download or read book The Changes - Sid Jacobs written by Sid Jacobs and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-24 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Changes: Guide Tones for Jazz Chords, Lines, and Comping is offered for beginning to advanced players as a way to visualize guide tones on the fretboard. from these shapes lines can be created for soloing and voicings can be built for comping and chord melody. Most importantly, the changes of the progression being played can be heard with only a few notes. the simple approach is always best; guide tones are easy to play and are how the ear identifies a chord progression. Embellishing guide tones is what improvising musicians from baroque to bebop to beyond have been doing to make the changes. Companion CD includes all exercises.