15 CHORDS, SCALES, ARPEGGIOS & PICKING ACOUSTIC GUITAR METHOD ARPEGGIO FINDER ABEGINNER’S CHORD BOOK EASY-TO-USEGUIDETOOVER GUIDE TO by David Hamburger 1,300 GUITARARPEGGIOS CHORD Acoustic Guitar Magazine Private Lessons by Chad Johnson POSITIONS String Letter Publishing Hal Leonard Guitar Method SIMPLE,CREATIVEWAYSTO David Hamburger’s supplementary chord book for the Please see the Hal Leonard MOVEUPTHENECK Acoustic Guitar Methodis a must-have resource for gui- Guitar Method for com- by Happy Traum tarists who want to build their chord vocabulary! Starting plete description. Homespun with a user-friendly explanation of what chords are and Find chords in the upper how they are named, this book presents chords by key in reaches of the fingerboard, all 12 keys, offering both open-position and closed- ______00697351 9" x 12" Edition.................$6.95 and learn the basic concepts of music theory for guitar. position voicings for each common chord type. 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Musicians Institute BEYOND POWER ______00695044............................................$6.95 MI instructor Jean Marc CHORDS Belkadi reveals the secrets ARTFUL TAKEYOURGUITARPLAYING to creating interesting, over- ARPEGGIOS TOTHENEXTLEVEL the-top phrases. This book is the complete resource FOR GUITAR by Leo Cavanagh for applying pentatonic, harmonic minor, melodic Artistpro minor, whole tone, and diminished scales. The CD REH • ProLessons includes 99 full-band tracks. by Don Mock Many guitar players are limited in their knowledge of ______00695298 Book/CD Pack.................$14.95 Please see the REHSeries chords. Once you get com- for a complete descrip- ALL CHORDS IN ALL POSITIONS tion. fortable with barre chords and the concepts taught in this book, however, the by Muriel Anderson number of chords you can play will increase dramatically. 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APOCKETREFERENCEFORCONSTRUCTINGANDPLAYING TOMOVEABLEFRETBOARD ______00330920 Book/CDPack.................$19.95 GUITARSCALESANYWHEREONTHEFINGERBOARD SHAPES CHORD by Muriel Anderson and Jim Scott by Adam Perlmutter MASTER Please see the Pocket Guide section for a complete Learn to master any chord description. progression, anywhere on the by Rikky Rooksby ______00695414............................................$6.95 guitar! With just a few differ- Backbeat Books ent chord shapes, you can Unlike a traditional chord ALTERNATE TUNING strum through hundreds of songs – from blues, to rock, dictionary, Chord Master CHORD DICTIONARY to folk and beyond. Includes: famous progressions from takes the time to discuss hit songs in all styles; notes & tab; barre chords in each of the chord types and ACOMPLETEREFERENCETO alternate tunings; and more. Learn riffs from artists such patterns a guitarist is likely OVER7,000 CHORDS as: James Brown, Eric Clapton, Nirvana, The Police, to come across. 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Schirmer ______00695812 Book/CDPack...................$9.95 byTom Kolb Noprior knowledge or mus- CREATIVE Musicians Institute Press ical training is necessary, for This “private lesson” with MI this book teaches the begin- CHORD instructor Tom Kolb is an ning guitarist to select, hold SHAPES easy-to-use guide to the most and tune the guitar. Then the GUITARIST’SGUIDE essential chords, rhythms and strumming patterns for a book illustrates easy chords and simple strums to TOOPEN-STRING huge variety of musical styles: rock, blues, jazz, country, create accompaniments for folk songs, spirituals, blues CHORDFORMS folk, R&B, funk, soul, Latin jazz, fusion, ska, reggae and and other traditional favorites. The student will also by Jamie Findlay gospel! 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NEWCHORDSWITHLINEAR and fingering of 120 impor- ______00695172 Book/CD Pack...................$9.95 HARMONIZATION tant chords in all keys. by Greg Cooper AL DI MEOLA – Centerstream Publications AGUIDE TO CHORDS, The Chord Scale Guidewill ______00699050............................................$5.95 SCALES & open up new voicings for ARPEGGIOS chords and heighten your COLOR 21st Century Publications awareness of linear harmonization. This will benefit YOUR Aguide to learning the basic jazz ensemble players, rock guitarists and songwriters CHORDS tools for becoming a good looking to create new and unique original music, and COPTHECHORD player and musician. In- understand the harmony behind chords. STYLESOFTHEROCKGREATS! cludes Al’s own lesson plan ______00000324 ........................................$15.95 by Adam Perlmutter system, tunes, blues patterns, CHORDS Cherry Lane Music jazz chord exercises, playing and practicing tips, and a Hendrix-ize a C chord! 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KNOW AND USE in a logical and easy-to-use way.Includes information Includes over 1,400 chord diagrams; major, minor, on basic open string chords, barre chords, jazz by Fred Sokolow pentatonic, blues and diminished scales; and modes. chords, chord substitutions, and much more, with This book will show you Teaches how to understand intervals and build major, lots of clear drawings and charts. how to play lead and rhythm minor, augmented, diminished and extended chords. ______00315159..........................................$14.95 anywhere on the fretboard, ______00695733 ..........................................$5.95 in any key; play a variety of lead guitar styles; play GUITAR SCALE GURU chords and progressions anywhere on the fretboard; GUITAR CHORDS expand your chord vocabulary; and learn to think THESCALEBOOK– DELUXE musically, the way the pros do. 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This book con- Fitness, comes Guitar Fit- tains more than 1,300 scale ness. The purpose of this diagrams for the most impor- book is to provide the guitar tant 17 scale types, including player with a wide variety of finger exercises to develop major and minor scales, pentatonics, the seven major the technique necessary to succeed in today’s music modes, diminished, melodic minor, harmonic minor, scene. These exercises are designed to help increase and more – in all 12 keys! Basic scale theory is also speed, improve dexterity, develop accuracy and promote presented to help you apply these colorful sounds in finger independence. 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Designed from Musicians Institute core curriculum programs, it covers KILLER BARRE essential concepts for players of every level, acoustic CHORD CHART or electric. A hands-on guide to theory, it will help you learn to build any scale or chord on your own and by Chris Rittershaus with unleash creativity.No music reading is required. Matt Haag ______00695712 ........................................$14.95 Creative Concepts Launch your guitar playing to INCREDIBLE the next level with this easy- CHORD FINDER to-use chart! 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Companion audio features recorded examples. 37-minute audio accompaniment. ______00000285 Book/CD Pack ................$17.95 1-800-637-2852 To order, call or visit www.musicdispatch.com 20 CHORDS, SCALES, ARPEGGIOS & PICKING LEFT HAND MONSTER PICK & GRIN GUITAR SCALES PATTERNS CHORD CHART AND MODES FOR GUITAR Centerstream byDave Celentano Centerstream Publications Centerstream Publications Printed on durable card Publications 60 different hand patterns stock, this “first-of-a-kind” This book is a complete com- for pop, bluegrass, country guitar chord chart displays pilation of scales, modes, and folk guitar in easy-to- all forms of major and exotic scales, and theory. It read tablature. Includes minor chords in two forms, covers the most common left-hand techniques for beginner and advanced. and exotic scales, theory on how they’re constructed and runs, endings, etc. ______00000005............................................$2.95 practical applications. No prior music theory is ______00000039............................................$2.00 necessary since every section is broken down and MELODY explained very clearly. PICTURE CHORD CHORDS ______00000140............................................$7.95 ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR GUITAR PHOTOS&DIAGRAMSFOR by AllanHoldsworth OPEN-STRING 2,600 GUITARCHORDS! GUITAR CHORDS Centerstream Publishing The most comprehensive Influential fusion player ANENCYCLOPEDIAOF guitar chord resource ever! Allan Holdsworth provides OVER4,000 UNIQUEAND Beginning with helpful notes guitarists with a simplified PRACTICALVOICINGSFOR on how to use the book, method of learning chords, ALLSTYLESANDLEVELS how to choose the best in diagram form, for playing by Tom Principato voicings and how to con- accompaniments and for playing popular melodies in Explore the fingerboard with struct chords, this extensive, 272-page source for all “chord-solo” style. Covers: major, minor, altered, this first-of-its-kind book! It playing styles and levels features five easy-to-play dominant and diminished scale notes in chord form, will help you add new voicings of 44 chord qualities for each of the twelve with lots of helpful reference tables and and diagrams. dimensions of color to your playing, no matter what musical keys – 2,640 chords in all! For each, there is ______00000222..........................................$19.95 style you prefer or what level player you are. It includes aclearly illustrated chord frame, as well as an actual over 4,000 chord voicings and more than 45 different photo of the chord being played! Includes info on MODAL JAMS chord types, covering major,minor, seventh, extended basic fingering principles, open chords and barre AND THEORY chords and more! chords, partial chords and broken-set forms, and USINGTHEMODES ______00695375............................................$9.95 more. Great for all guitarists! ______00695224 9" x 12"...........................$19.95 FORSOLOGUITAR PENTATONIC ______00695687 5-3/4" x 8-1/4"................$14.95 byDave Celentano SCALES FOR Centerstream Publishing GUITAR PICTURE CHORD Not only will this book show THEESSENTIALGUIDE ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR you how to play the modes, by Chad Johnson LEFT-HANDED it will also show you the This book provides the GUITARISTS theory behind mode con- struction, how to play any mode in any key,how to pentatonic scale fingerings, PHOTOS&DIAGRAMSFOR play the proper mode over a given chord progression, diagrams, lessons and licks OVER2,600 CHORDS! and how to write chord progressions for each of the that every guitarist needs to At long last, the ultimate seven modes. The accompanying CD includes two know. 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