Fingerboard Theory for Guitar

This book contains concepts of music theory presented in such a way as to be easily understood by guitarists. All of the concepts are presented sequentially in an easy-to-follow format using the guitar fingerboard as the visualtool. Contents include: scales key signatures intervals chord construction and voicing harmonizing melodies chord embellishment and substitution modes cadences augmented sixth chords quartal harmony and more. Using thisbook guitarists will be able to unravel the mysteries of music theory and realize that the concepts are not so mysterious after all.

This book is a must for those starting the guitar or wanting to brush up on the rudimentary princples. In a step-by-step approach the fundamentals; such as chord building and scales; are all covered clearly and concisely in Tablature and simple diagrams. All the music theory fundamentals needed by guitar players. Explains the different guitar types and the basics of sound production. Provides a step-by-step description of how to build scales and chords. Entertaining and practical puzzles riddles and quizzes. Fingerboard chart and Chromatic wheel diagram.

East Coast Books-Chord Chemistry For Guitar distributed by Santorella Publications is not intended for the beginner. Knowledge of basic scale and fingerboard structure is assumed. The information provided will help the guitarist achieve two primary goals: understand conceptually how a given chord is constructed & how this conceptual understanding may be practically applied to the fingerboard. Each chord section explains the theory and structure of a given chord quality. These chords are written in standard notation and tablature. To follow is an idea of what's in store for the guitarist: Major Scale Construction & Key Signatures - Circle Of Fifths - Intervals - Basic Triads - GuitarTuning & Fingerboard Chart - Chord Chart Explanations - Major Triads - Minor Triads - Diminished Triads - Augmented Triads - Seventh Chords - Major Seventh Chords - Dominant Seventh Chords - Minor Seventh Chords - Half Diminished Seventh Chords - Diminished Seventh Chords - Seventh Chords With Flatted Fifths - Seventh Chords With Raised Fifths - Seventh Chords With Suspended Fourths - Minor Chords With Major Sevenths - Sixth Chords - Major Sixth Chords - Minor Sixth Chords - Major Ninth Chords - Major Chords With Added Ninths - Dominant Ninth Chords - Minor Ninth Chords - Minor Chords With Major Sevenths & Ninths - Dominant Seventh Chords With Minor Or Flatted Ninths - Minor Seventh Chords With Minor Or Flatted Ninths - Dominant Ninth Chords With Flatted Fifths - Dominant Ninth Chords With Raised Fifths - Dominant Seventh Chords With Augmented Ninths - Major Sixth Chords With Added Ninths - Minor Sixth Chords With Added Ninths - Dominant Eleventh Chords - Minor Eleventh Chords - Augmented Eleventh Chords - Major Ninth Chords With Augmented Elevenths - Major Ninth Chords With Flatted Thirds & Augmented Elevenths - Major Sixth Chords With Added Ninths & Augmented Elevenths - Dominant Thirteenth Chords 1-58560-490-9 728941691490

This book is great for acoustic guitarists who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. Beginning with a brief review of reading standard music notation and TAB this book takes you further into several major areas of study including sounds grooves special techniques theory and improvisation and alternative tunings. You'll be introduced to a variety of styles inluding acoustic funk New Orleans gypsy swing Celtic bluegrass Cajun and more. Master the upper positions of the guitar fingerboard as you learn major scales triads and pentatonic scales.

The goal of this book is to provide a concept for guitarists that will help them go quickly to the core of the harmonies that must be dealt with in order to improvise over chord changes. Joe Negri shows how youcan assimilate harmonies and quickly determine a common denominator that you instantly visualize on the fingerboard. From this `cell' harmony you will be able to build or create single-note melodic lines. JoeNegri has taken the fundamentals of music theory and made them applicable and relevant to the improvising guitarist. One of this book's secrets is the use of basic triadic shapes as an organizational tool to demystifyimprovisation. This keep it simple approach allows improvisers to hear and unveil melodic lines that are right under their fingers within simple triadic shapes. These studies are packed with the basic information thestudent needs in order to use the chord tones as melodic focal points. Written in notation and tablature.

Volume 1-The most in-depth revolutionary presentation of the harmonic framework of music is applied to the guitar fingerboard ever presented. Leads to total mastery of harmonic and technical aspects of the guitar. The material in thislandmark series of 3 massive volumes address virtually every aspect of playing jazz guitar representing the fruits of years of the author's investigation of harmony and fingerboard mobility. This series of books leads to totalmastery of the harmonic and technical aspects of the guitar. In notation only.

Complete Edition-The Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Complete Edition is known worldwide for the incredible array of music presented the thoroughness of educational music content and ease of understanding. The methodcontains hundreds of solos duets picking studies chord etudes position studies scale and technique etudes lessons in theory and harmony and much more! Every key and every position on the Guitar fingerboard is thoroughlytaught. Music is presented by many of the great master composers such as Bach Chopin Tchaikovsky Handel Grieg and also renown Guitar composers such as Sor Tarrega and Carcassi. The styles of music presented in thisexhaustive course range from Early Music to Jazz to Bluegrass and Country to Rock. This method will equip any guitarist to perform the demands of modern music with ease and will transition the Guitar student from beginnerto virtuoso. Part 1 comprises volumes 1 through 4 of the Expanded Modern Guitar Method and comes with extensive online audio and video. Part 2 comprises volumes 5 through 7 of the Expanded Modern Guitar Method and comes withextensive online audio.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning Musical Genre : All Styles Number of pages : 224 The first part of this edition teaches a very specific portion of music theory with the goal of providing a thorough foundation for building chords and arpeggios. The second part reveals the unique fingerboard patterns arising from the nature of the guitar's six-string tuning and applies these essential patterns to teaching every aspect of building chords and arpeggios for the guitar. Clear illustrations are abundant throughout this text, making its wealth of information easier to learn and apply. This book is accessible to those who have never learned to read music notation, presenting ideas that anyone can understand and utilize. Self-tests are featured at the end of each chapter facilitating complete and thorough comprehension. Even though this text accelerates rapidly through intermediate and advanced levels, it will also benefit the beginner with no previous musical experience.

A collection of studies and compositions written to provide a creative approach to a common problem. Most guitar students have not worked through a methodical approach to reading music notation which limits their personalprogress and sometimes their career development. The author has approached the studies from two directions: horizontal or up the fingerboard on individual strings and positional. The first two parts of the book are extensivelyfingered and designed to make intervals and melodic patterns more visually apparent by repetition of similar ideas in different locations on the neck. The third part contains five extended compositions which draw from theauthor’s jazz background. The first four include chord changes for duo practice as well as challenging melodic lines in a variety of meters that may be used for the study of improvisation. The fifth piece is written in the IndianRaga style. Basic music theory and rhythmic studies are included in the appendices.

Everything the accomplished guitarist will ever need to know about jazz rhythm playing. Includes chord symbol recognition and voicings comping styles and patterns equipment and setup understanding the fingerboard and chord theory.

The most in-depth revolutionary presentation of the harmonic framework of music as applied to the guitar fingerboard ever presented. Leads to total mastery of harmonic and technical aspects of the guitar.

By Muriel Anderson. A pocket reference for constructing and playing guitar chords any way on the fingerboard.

This comprehensive method includes every conceivable aspect of jazz bass performance. It begins with the teaching of the basics using illustrations of hand positions basic theory the first position how to read music fingering accelerated fingerboard studies a fingerboard note location chart to the 12th fret four-string studies rhythm studies syncopated rhythms and dotted notes. The book then introduces the second through seventeenthposition scale and arpeggio studies accelerated fingerings using two-octave scales and various arpeggios chord applications rhythm patterns extension fingerings and harmonic minor and harmonized major scales using diatonic7th chords. Part IV consists of theory for the bassists chord construction relating chord symbols and numbers and the harmonized major natural harmonic and ascending (jazz) melodic minor scales. Diagrams of 26 chords withthe transposition charts using 'G' and 'C' fingerings are included. Each progression covers many playing styles encountered by the modern bassist including: walking 2-beat syncopated rhythms(funk) Latin bebop changes pop-rock blues traditional blues deadened-string technique funk playing plus full chord progressions within tunes. Chords are suggested for the very diverse bass lines syncopated patterns scales and arpeggios. Written instandard notation with chord diagrams.