Serious about jamming; understanding; and creating guitar-driven music? Easy. With an approachable and engaging style; Guitar Theory For Dummies goes beyond guitar basics; presenting the guidance intermediate to advanced players need to improve their improvisational and compositional skills. Plus; with access to audio tracks and video instruction online you can master the concepts and techniques covered in the book. Key content coverage includes: pentatonic and major scale patterns; the CAGED chord system; chord progressions; and playing by numbers; roots; keys; and applying scales; plus modes and modal scales; intervals and chord extensions; popular song references and theory applications that help you understand how to play popular music and contemporary guitar styles; and create music of your own. This title also features companion audio tracks and video content hosted online at Dummies.com The expert instruction and easy-to-digest information provides comprehensive guidance on how to apply music theory concepts to fretted instruments If you already have a handle on the basics and want to know more about the building blocks and theory behind guitar music; Guitar Theory For Dummies has you covered.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. The unreliable narratorBy MorganThis is an usual book in that it is written as something best described as journalistic but is explicitly not bound by fact.It aims at the essence of a jazz world and has been applauded by a number of jazz luminaries as giving the clearest account of the jazz life around. Much of this might be explained by its romanticism. Rather like Diane Arbus photographs it relishes its knowledge of the underworld; the beat; the alcohol; the lonely hotel rooms and this is as much a one-sided view as any. I found myself doubting the credentials of the writer and wondering how much we are being asked to take on trust. It seems to me to be about the hipness of the author as anything.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Improvisational Prose that Illuminates and Evokes the Jazz EthosBy Marty BabitsThis book is a tour-de-force of imagination. The author places his imaginative consciousness into the lives of numerous reknown jazz greats and brings the era and the force of their creativity onto the page. A feat of unusual power. A book to savor for jazz lovers and lovers of lyrical; expressive prose.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Lovely gift for a JazzmanBy planosueI bought this book (digital) intending to gift it to a friend who is a Jazzman. It is quite a lovely and interesting book for that purpose I subsequently purchased the book in hard cover for my friend. I think he will enjoy it as well.