This is the ultimate guide to theory for blues, rock and jazz guitarists. You will start with the basics and move up to advanced concepts with this easy, step-by-step approach. There are 28 different scales and modes plus over 30 chord types with fingerings for all. Easy-to-read musical examples, chord and scale diagrams and 26 worksheets reinforce ideas. Using this book will demystify chord progressions.
This companion to the popular book Theory for the Contemporary Guitarist starts with the basics of pitch discrimination and leads you to making fine distinctions between interval types, chord types, scales and chord progressions.
Combining theory, ear training, fretboard knowledge, and sight-reading all under one cover, the book features easy-to-read chord and scale diagrams, plus detailed musical examples.
Become a master of the entire guitar fretboard by learning simple pattern recognition techniques. Vivian Clement puts hundreds of scales, modes and chords at your fingertips, along with some new tricks for easy transposing.
Great sight - readers make reading look easy because their deep knowledge of their instrument , musical style and theory — plus the clarity with which they hear what is happening in the music — allow them to know what to expect to see ...
Music Theory for the Contemporary Guitarist: Note Reading Made Exciting
Guitar Theory 101 — find out how guitar theory will change the way you hear and learn music and navigate your way around the fretboard From the ground up — discover how major scale triads make chords (and what those little numbers mean ...
Traces the rise of the guitar in concert music over the past century.
It is now important for a working guitarist to be as proficient at sight reading as any brass or woodwind player. Rhythms in this book are extremely complex, compelling the player to focus on learning the guitar fretboard.
The first half of the book, "Shred Guitar," is based around 10 popular rock chord progressions with full play-along tracks included on the accompanying CD. The second half of the book, "The Practical Guide to Harmony and Theory," is a ...
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