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Norman mongan, in his book, the history of the guitar in jazz, wrote, bauer developed a highly original guitar style with solos moving across, rather than with, the chord sequences. This page lists all sheet music in the category guitar. The mysterious flying orchestra the mysterious flying. Jazziz magazines march 2004 issue ranked it number 1 in their list of the top 20 acoustic guitar cds. Bertoncini has been upholding the standard for elegant jazz guitar since the early sixties. Liquid harmony books approaching the guitar by gene bertoncini, pub. Gene bertoncini has just released a striking new solo cd, quiet now on the heels of his highly successful acoustic romance, which reached the top ten of the jazz playlists. World renowned guitarist gene bertoncini has created a resource which offers players the basic equipment to play any chord change, harmonize any melody, and create and play linear ideas using scale and pattern knowledge.
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