Understanding the Chords

Understanding The Chords addresses a void in guitar instruction.It's difficult to become an advanced player without knowing music theory, but where does one learn that? It's taught in college, and you have to read music.This book changes all that.This book is written by a guitarist, for guitarists. This book is about music theory, but you don't need to read music or play the piano to understand it.I promise you, there is absolutely no notation used in this book.What about notes? You'll learn where they are on the guitar, but you won't find any notation in this book. Chord construction, scales, modes, arpeggios...all are explained in detail & clearly illustrated to show you where YOU are supposed to put YOUR fingers.But...who cares about chords anyway?What if you just want to play lead?Obviously, the more you know about chords, the more choices you'll have when playing rhythm - but even soloists need to deal with the fact that songs are made from chords. To solo well you need to be targeting chord tones - the individual notes in the chords. This book will show you exactly how to do that.Part 1, Background: • tuning the guitar by ear • intervals • the major scale • keys Part 2, The Chords: • understanding the chords you already play • barre chords • the rules of chord construction • major scale fingerings• how to find any chord you'll ever needPart 3, Improvising: • understanding chord/key relationships• play practically any song with only four barre chord grips• The Blues, pentatonic & blues scales• soloing better using chord tones• soloing with the major scale• scale modes• finding modes by ear• finding arpeggios anywhere on the neck• using arpeggios to target chord tones• the secret to playing whatever you wantUnderstanding The Chords will give you the confidence you need to PLAY.