Chord Workbook for Guitar: Chords and Chord Progressions, Vol. 2 (Spiral-bound)

~ Bruce Arnold (Author) "Chord Workbook for Guitar Volume One always had the root of each chord as the lowest note..." (more)
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"I am a jazz guitar enthusiast. Being in Japan, however, I have been unable to find good teaching. (I'm sure there must be some good players, but I haven't located them, yet!) As a guitar player, I am a beginner. As a musician, however, I am not. I have many, many years experience as a bass player. Including formal training, theory, etc.

Now with my attentions turned to jazz guitar, I was looking for some good method books or methods of systematic study. Finding your books has been a real revelation. I was looking for some sort of in depth study on chords and substitutions and both your chord workbooks have really turned my head around. I have a day job, so I really needed something I could just open up and start practicing! Thanks again..." -- D. Gotham, Tokyo, Japan

"Wanted to thank you for the book. Being out here in the sticks makes it hard to find good teachers. Your chord books are great! The application of the chord voicings in the back of the book has been really helpful!" -- S. Schwartz, Shawnee Mission, KS

Product Description

This book is unique in that it has all the possible chord voicings on the top four strings of the guitar. These are the voicings that are used in funk, rock, R&B, and jazz. A chord progression section is also included and allows the student to use the common progressions of a blues and minor blues. The information presented in Volume Two builds on the theoretical material presented in Volume One, but also introduces highly advanced reharmonization concepts. Intermediate students will find the progressions challenging, while the reharmonization section will be a most rewarding exercise for the advanced student. This book is the required text at both New York University and Princeton University.

EXCERPT 1

In the next section of this book we will apply the chord voicings to a 12 bar blues and the 12 bar minor blues in all keys. For each key there will be two progressions presented. The first will be a more typical application of the chords learned so far, and then a reharmonized version which will show how these chord voicings can be used as effective chord substitution tools.

The principle used in reharmonized progressions is based on the following: For every chord type there is a list of chord tones and available tensions that can be used. If we take all these notes and recombine them in different orders we will find many other chords. For example, CMajor7 contains the chord tones 1,3,5,7 (C,E,G,B) and has the available tension of 9,#11,13 (D,F#,A). If we recombine these notes we find that C,E,G,A, forms a C6; D,F#,A,C forms a D7 chord; E,G,B,D, forms a E-7 chord, F#,A,C,E forms a F#-7b5 chord. Therefore you can use these chords as replacements for the CMajor7. Furthermore many of the voicings you have learned in this book do not contain the complete chord structure but will also work as a substitution because the notes contained in their specific voicing all have notes that are available. For example a four note voicing of an AbMajor7#5add#11 would have to contain C,E,G, and D with the root left out. This AbMajor7#5add#11 specific voicing would work as a substitute for CMajor7 because all of the notes present in the chord are available notes on a CMajor7 chord. You can see that this opens up a whole new world of sound possibilities. With this new world comes the task of creatively and musically applying these chords to a given situation. Extreme care must be taken when using these reharmonized chords. Each musical situation is unique so you must use your ear and common sense when attempting to use these reharmonizations.

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 176 pages
• Publisher: muse eek publishing; 2 edition (October 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964863235
• ISBN-13: 978-0964863231
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #858,495 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chord Chords and more Chords, June 16, 1999

By A Customer

Well this book is going to keep me busy for awhile. But what a resource, I don't know of another book that so thoughly covers the chords on the 4 upper strings of the guitar. The chord progresssion at the back of the book have been great too. It hard to memorize so many chords unless you can hear them used in real music.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great product, May 13, 2007

By	S. Kaufman (Japan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book really gave me everything I needed, to learn chording for guitar on my own. A great product.