Byrne Jazz

Book 1 is the LJI method text, & not an exercise book. The books which follow are mostly comprised of exercises designed to directly  apply its concepts through singing & playing.

All of the exercise books are available for all instruments & voices, in both e-book & hard copy format & come with free sound files to practice with.

This text-only volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the unique core concepts & techniques of the Linear Jazz Improvisation Method.

Using a wealth of examples from the jazz repertory, the book avoids theoretical terminology & focuses on identifying & systematically developing the essential elements found in each specific composition.

LJI offers not only the methodology for focused practicing of meaningful improvisation, it supplies the very substance of what to play.

Takes the method into applied practice, including free Finale sound files to practice along with.

Develops the 4 basic triad types, & targets each of them with the 10 LJI Chromatic Targeting Groups, notated in the 3 most common jazz keys, ranging over 2 octaves.

Practice singing & playing each exercize first with the sound files, & then improvise on it.

This is also a great ear training book, since internalizing these triad types will be a great first step towards mastering the basic language of  jazz.

Save 20% by purchasing Linear Jazz Improvisation Books 1, 2, & 3 in a convenient all-in-one download.

Focuses on the chromatic targeting of the 12 LJI 7th chords, spanning 2 octaves. Reveals wonderful octatonic pitch collections to improvise on, providing thousands of melodic ideas.

This is also a great ear training book, since internalizing these essential 7th chord types will greatly advance your vocabulary. Learn by singing & playing along with the Free Sound Files.

Save 20% by purchasing Linear Jazz Improvisation Books 1, 2, & 3 in a convenient all-in-one download.

Save 20% by purchasing Linear Jazz Improvisation E-Books 1, 2, & 3 in a convenient all-in-one download (this discount is not available with hard copy).

For someone who has been teaching jazz guitar for over forty years, it's great to finally have a book I can use. Ed Byrne's Functional Jazz Guitar book is a great way to help students realize their full potential.  Dom Minasi

Learn the skills needed for playing in a jazz group with this fun 255-page method.

Practice specific cadence & blues comps; guide-tone & bass lines; rhythms, voicings and licks in major & minor, in all 12 keys—with 185 pages of inter-related sound files.

Print and e-book formats available.

Start applying LJI directly to specific tunes with this book!

This is our recommended book for your first application of LJI targeting & the development of a specific composition's melodic rhythms.

When it comes to jazz improvisation, there are some songs that everyone needs to know. Thelonious Monk's classic standard Bb medium swing 12-bar blues Blue Monk is one of them. Download the free Finale sound files & start improvising like a pro.

This is another great book with which to apply LJI targeting to a specific often-played jazz tune.

Blue Bossa, a classic tune that everyone should know how to play, is perhaps the most called tune in jam sessions the world over.

Practice along with the Free Sound Files & apply the principles of Linear Jazz Improvisation to this beautiful 16-bar bossa nova. Learn not only how to play, but what to say!

If you don't know Stella by Starlight, here's your chance.

This installment of the Songbook Series will have you riffing on this classic like a pro, after applying the 10 LJI targeting patterns to it in creative ways.

Download the free Finale sound files & practice along.

These innovative Bichordal Triad Pitch Collection Etudes are killing!

The book takes improvisation to a higher, super-melodic level, exploring 12 hexachords, 9 pentachords, & 3 tetrachords, for a total of 24 pitch collections of new vocabulary, notated in the 3 most common keys.

Learn by singing & playing along with the Free Sound Files, & they will supply you with endless new improvisation ideas.

This book offers enough advanced modern vocabulary to keep you occupied for at least two years!

It begins with an 8-bar pantonal line based on triads & then develops it in a variety of mind-blowing ways. 

Learn to sing & play it ~ along with its sound files.

Several methods of motive development are employed here, including various forms of transposition, non-functional chord succession, retrograde, retrograde inversion, mirror, fragmentation, sequencing, & mixing & matching.

Here is a lifetime of thinking about jazz & improvisation, from one of its premier practitioners & educators.

From theory to practice, & everything in between, this one-of-a-kind 276-page book is a virtual encyclopedia of living & playing the jazz life.

This book includes hundreds of musical examples, practicing tips, song analyses, theory, & exercises.

This 36-page collection of hip, polished melodic lines applies the Linear Jazz Improvisation Method to well-known standards & major & minor blues progressions in a fun & effective way.

Have fun practicing with the Free Sound Files, and use these hip, melodic lines on gigs!

All the Things You Are is a beautiful standard tune from the great American songbook that everyone needs to know.

Buy the book & download the free Finale sound files. Use the principles of LJI to make it your own.

Riffraff is a great  straight-ahead medium swing, modern jazz blues riff in F written by Ed Byrne. It's a great addition, in a familiar key, to your repertoire.

This book systematically develops each & every idea and rhythm in the piece in very melodic & hip ways.

Download the free Finale sound files & start improvising. Use this on gigs!

I Hear a Rhapsody is a straight-ahead 32-bar swing AABA-form mainstay of the jazz repertoire, & this volume in the Songbook Series will have you improvising in no time.

Download the free Finale sound files & practice along.

Blue Rendezvous is a beautiful Impressionist-inspired moody composition by Ed Byrne.

Add it to your jazz repertoire and use it on gigs!

Download the free Finale sound files & apply the principles of LJI.

Work with Ed—live in his studio—from anywhere in the world.

Get one-on-one guidance from Ed no matter where you live.

Take a single lesson for $100 to try it out, or sign up for a four-session package, at just $75 per lesson—a 25% savings!