Steve Lynnworth Understanding the Chords

Understanding The Chords will teach you how to approach even the most complicated chords, or simply how to get more out of the ones you already play. I’ll start by pulling apart the easy ones. By the end of the book you’ll know how to find any chord you need. You’ll know where chords come from, and you’ll know where they belong. 

I’ll even show you how to improvise a solo that really works.

Understanding The Chords is 218 pages, packed with illustrations and clear explanation. It's printed on 8 1/2 x 11 heavyweight paper with laminated covers for durability, and spiral bound so it lays flat and stays open on your music stand.
Understanding The Chords will teach you how to approach even the most complicated chords, or simply how to get more out of the ones you already play. I’ll start by pulling apart the easy ones. By the end of the book you’ll know how to find any chord you need. You’ll know where chords come from, and you’ll know where they belong. 

I’ll even show you how to improvise a solo that really works.

Understanding The Chords is 218 pages, packed with illustrations and clear explanation. It's printed on 8 1/2 x 11 heavyweight paper with laminated covers for durability, and spiral bound so it lays flat and stays open on your music stand.

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.
 
Understanding The Chords is the key that will help you unlock the potential of your guitar. Understanding The Chords will make the difference between sounding like an amateur and sounding like a professional.
 
 
In Part One, Background, you’ll learn about:

•  tuning the guitar by ear
•  intervals
•  the major scale
•  keys

In Part Two, The Chords, you’ll learn about:

•  understanding the chords you already play
•  barre chords
•  the rules of chord construction (what sus4, add9, and min7b5
    actually mean)
•  four possible major scale fingerings
•  what types of chords you are likely to need in the style you
    play
•  how to play just about any chord you’ll ever need without
    having to memorize endless fingerings

In Part Three, Improvising, you’ll learn about:

•  how to recognize keys and how chords fit together in keys
•  using only four barre chord fingerings to navigate practically
    any song
•  The Blues, and the minor pentatonic and blues scales
•  soloing more effectively over blues by targeting chord tones
•  soloing in songs that aren’t blues using the major scale
•  the seven modes of the major scale and how to use them
•  an effortless way to find the modes by ear (instead of
    fighting with a horrible math problem)
•  a system to find chord arpeggios anywhere on the neck
•  using arpeggios to target chord tones and color tones
•  the secret to playing whatever you want
 
Understanding The Chords will give you the confidence you need to PLAY.