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Andrew York's Jazz Guitar for Classical Cats: Chord/Melody, The Classical Guitarist's Guide to Jazz
World-famous guitarist and composer Andrew York has created the "Classical Cats" series to be the classical guitarist's ultimate guide to jazz. This book includes introductory lessons on chord voicings, voice leading, and arranging for solo guitar.
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64 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2001
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Christopher Robin Nicole was born on 7 December 1930 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), where he was raised. He is the son of Jean Dorothy (Logan) and Jack Nicole, a police officer, both Scottish. He studied at Queen's College in Guyana and at Harrison College in Barbados. He was a fellow at the Canadian Bankers Association and a clerk for the Royal Bank of Canada in Georgetown and Nassau from 1947 to 1956. In 1957, he moved to Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, where he currently lives, but he also has a domicile in Spain.
On 31 March 1951, he married his first wife, Jean Regina Amelia Barnett, with whom he had two sons, Bruce and Jack, and two daughters, Julie and Ursula, they divorced. On 8 May 1982 he married for the second time with fellow writer Diana Bachmann.
As a romantic and passionate of history, Nicole has been published since 1957, when he published a book about West Indian Cricket. He published his first novel in 1959 with his first stories set in his native Caribbean. Later he wrote many historical novels set mostly in tumultuous periods like World War I, World War II and the Cold War, and depict places in Europe, Asia and Africa. He also wrote classic romance novels. He specialized in Series and Sagas, and continues to write into the 21st century with no intention of retiring.
He signs his books as Christopher Nicole and uses several pseudonyms, some of them female. Pseudonyms used include: Peter Grange, Andrew York, Robin Cade, Mark Logan, Christina Nicholson, Alison York, Leslie Arlen, Robin Nicholson, C. R. Nicholson, Daniel Adams, Simon McKay, Caroline Gray and Alan Savage. He wrote disaster thrillers in collaboration with his wife, Diana Bachmann, under the penname Max Marlow. Under his different pseudonyms he has worked with many publishing houses: Jarrolds, Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, Coward-McCann & Geoghegan, Jove, Michael Joseph, Mills & Boon, and Severn House.
Christopher Robin Nicole was born on 7 December 1930 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), where he was raised. He is the son of Jean Dorothy (Logan) and Jack Nicole, a police officer, both Scottish. He studied at Queen's College in Guyana and at Harrison College in Barbados. He was a fellow at the Canadian Bankers Association and a clerk for the Royal Bank of Canada in Georgetown and Nassau from 1947 to 1956. In 1957, he moved to Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, where he currently lives, but he also has a domicile in Spain.
On 31 March 1951, he married his first wife, Jean Regina Amelia Barnett, with whom he had two sons, Bruce and Jack, and two daughters, Julie and Ursula, they divorced. On 8 May 1982 he married for the second time with fellow writer Diana Bachmann.
As a romantic and passionate of history, Nicole has been published since 1957, when he published a book about West Indian Cricket. He published his first novel in 1959 with his first stories set in his native Caribbean. Later he wrote many historical novels set mostly in tumultuous periods like World War I, World War II and the Cold War, and depict places in Europe, Asia and Africa. He also wrote classic romance novels. He specialized in Series and Sagas, and continues to write into the 21st century with no intention of retiring.
He signs his books as Christopher Nicole and uses several pseudonyms, some of them female. Pseudonyms used include: Peter Grange, Andrew York, Robin Cade, Mark Logan, Christina Nicholson, Alison York, Leslie Arlen, Robin Nicholson, C. R. Nicholson, Daniel Adams, Simon McKay, Caroline Gray and Alan Savage. He wrote disaster thrillers in collaboration with his wife, Diana Bachmann, under the penname Max Marlow. Under his different pseudonyms he has worked with many publishing houses: Jarrolds, Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, Coward-McCann & Geoghegan, Jove, Michael Joseph, Mills & Boon, and Severn House.
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November 14, 2019
It is rare in the classical guitar field that a player of Andrew York's ability emerges. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he is able to compose for the instrument, as well as being able to improvise. Other than Ralph Towner, there are not many guitarists that come to mind with this skill set.
In "Jazz Guitar for Classical Cats", Mr.York gives a basic overview on the concept of chord melody using songs from the classical guitar repertoire as the basis. First he gives a somewhat random, though useful, lists of open and closed voiced triads and lays the groundwork for the aspiring guitarist to explore the realm of chord melody playing. From there he introduces the concept of harmonizing the each note of a scale and passing tones.
The sections that are more "hands on" involve his use of standards that he has changed for obvious reasons, "A Few of the Things You Might Be" and "Autumn Sleeves" will be obvious to those who are familiar with Jazz standards.
However, it is the use of "Romanza", "Lagrima" and "Ode to Joy" where the classical guitarist will get to see the concepts of the book applied to familiar pieces from their repertoire.
This book will serve as a nice introduction of chord melody for those classical guitarists looking to explore the subject matter from "one of their own".
In "Jazz Guitar for Classical Cats", Mr.York gives a basic overview on the concept of chord melody using songs from the classical guitar repertoire as the basis. First he gives a somewhat random, though useful, lists of open and closed voiced triads and lays the groundwork for the aspiring guitarist to explore the realm of chord melody playing. From there he introduces the concept of harmonizing the each note of a scale and passing tones.
The sections that are more "hands on" involve his use of standards that he has changed for obvious reasons, "A Few of the Things You Might Be" and "Autumn Sleeves" will be obvious to those who are familiar with Jazz standards.
However, it is the use of "Romanza", "Lagrima" and "Ode to Joy" where the classical guitarist will get to see the concepts of the book applied to familiar pieces from their repertoire.
This book will serve as a nice introduction of chord melody for those classical guitarists looking to explore the subject matter from "one of their own".
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