Guitar Chord Bible

Phil Capone

• Publisher: Chartwell Books
• Year: 2009
• ISBN:
  9781610583619
• Topic: Médias et arts de la scène
• Subtopic: Musique

Over 500 illustrated chords are covered for Rock, Blues, Soul, Country, Jazz and Classical music. This compact dictionary is designed to fit in your bag and is completed with fingering diagrams for each chord and photographs showing how each one is played. Over 360, 000 copies sold worldwide.This compact dictionary of over 500 popular chords in their most common voicings feature clare photographs and easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions. The spiral binding allows you to lay the book flat for easy reference while playing. Fingering diagrams for each chord are clearly indicated on a fretboard, and tips on technique are given together with relevant chord sequences.Whether your musical style favors rock, pop, blues, soul, jazz, funk, counry, or classical, this handy take-anywhere volume puts the techniques for making great guitar music at your fingertips, and sets you on the road to becoming a true chordmaster.

CHORD
DIRECTORY
section 1

C MAJOR

C major is an important key since it is the starting point from which all other keys are derived. On the keyboard a C major scale is the easiest scale to play since it comprises only white keys or “natural” notes. 1 A favorite chord for beginners and a full sounding resonant voicing that features in many famous songs and riffs. 3 A first inversion of C with its third (E) as the lowest note.

C MAJOR

A classic “ending” chord that’s been used by everyone from Louis Armstrong to The Beatles, the sixth can also be used as a substitute for a basic major chord. 2 A resonant five-string chord with a doubled root (C) that’s perfect for endings. 5 High register, four-string voicing great for creating choppy, syncopated rhythm parts.

C MAJOR

The jazziest and coolest of all major chords, the major seventh chord isn’t just for jazz—it features in plenty of rock songs too. 1 This wonderfully jangly, open major seventh voicing is great for strummed acoustic guitar work. 4 A popular jazz voicing that also works well when used in strummed rhythm parts.

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