Full Description
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.
Contents
Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with Guitar Theory 5 Chapter 1: Guitar Theory in a Nutshell 7 Chapter 2: Navigating the Fretboard Like a Pro 15 Part II: Working with Chords from the Ground Up 33 Chapter 3: Harmonizing the Major Scale to Form Triads and Chords 35 Chapter 4: Forming Chord Shapes with the CAGED System 41 Chapter 5: Adding Chord Tones and Extensions to Chords 71 Part III: Getting to Know Keys, Modes, and Chord Progressions 91 Chapter 6: Playing Chord Progressions by Numbers 93 Chapter 7: Knowing Music Inside Out: Identifying Tonics, Keys, and Modes 103 Chapter 8: Following Key Changes 129 Chapter 9: Dominant Function and Voice Leading 143 Chapter 10: Filling the Gaps with Passing Chords 153 Part IV: Playing Guitar Scales 165 Chapter 11: Preparing for Riffs and Solos with the Pentatonic Scale 167 Chapter 12: Playing Music s Primary Melody Maker: The Major Scale 187 Chapter 13: Playing in Modes and Using Modal Scale Patterns 205 Chapter 14: Exploring New Patterns with the Harmonic Minor Scale 225 Chapter 15: Playing the Blues 239 Part V: Part of Tens 251 Chapter 16: Ten Guitar Songs Worth Learning 253 Chapter 17: Ten Sample Scale Applications 265 Chapter 18: Tens Ways to Put Theory into Practice 269 Appendix: Audio Tracks and Video Clips 273 Index 277
