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THE ULTIMATE GUITAR CHORD
BIG BOOK : OVER 100,000 CHORDS!

400 pages (0229B)

This chord encyclopedia is the most comprehensive collection of chords ever published - the mother of all chord books! Every chord type is organized into categories: common voicings, drop two voicings, inversions, listings by highest note in a chord (very useful if you're working on chord-melody style playing) and stretchy chords (any chord which spans 5 or more frets). You won't have to weed through chord after chord to find what you're looking for -- finding what you want in this book is practically effortless. The book also shows all fingerings and voicings for every chord.

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FIRST CHORDS

56 pgs. (0370B)

This book is intended for the beginning student and aspiring singer/songwriter. It covers all of the important chords that people usually learn first. Chords are shown for all 12 keys in diagram form making it very easy to find just the right chord. All chords are shown within the first 4 fret region on the neck. This is uaually called first position and many of the chords contain open strings.

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BARRE CHORDS

48 pgs. (0373B)

This book explores the many different types of barre chords commonly played on the guitar. All chords are shown using diagrams and all keys are covered. This is a great book for the person looking to break out of first position chords.

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BLUES CHORDS

48 pgs. (0372B)

If you're just getting started with the blues this is the book for you. It covers all the basics of playing blues rhythm guitar from shuffle to slow blues. As with all of Latarski's books, it's easy to follow and understand.

Optional: BLUES CHORDS Companion CD
contains all material found in the book played by Don & RDB.

Example 9 • Example 14

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JAZZ CHORDS

48 pgs. (0317B)

If you're looking to incorporate the "jazz" sound into your guitar playing, then this is the book for you. All of the basic jazz chords are included in actual chord progressions. This book gets you playing right away. You don't have to memorize a dozen different chords before you get to play. New chords are introduced in a logical and systematic way: builing upon what has already been covered.

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contains all material found in the book played by Don & RDB.

Example 1 • Example 51

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PRACTICAL THEORY FOR GUITAR

with CD (F3339GTXCD)

A guitar player's guide to music theory. This book provides a comprehensive theory course, complete with recorded examples to put everything in an applicable musical context. The recording includes all the musical examples, plus play-along tracks. (If you want more practical theory, check out the supporting GUITAR THEORY BASICS video below.) This book was selected as one of the top 100 best guitar books ever written!

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MOVEABLE CHORDS

(F3095GTX)

This book illustrates more than 40 different chord types in every practicable fingering on the guitar neck, with all fingerings based on five basic hand shapes. An excellent systematic approach to building a comprehensive chord vocabulary.

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ARPEGGIOS FOR GUITAR

$9.95 (F3093GTX)

Each arpeggio is shown in five positions using a simple diagram format. For every arpeggio, the corresponding chord form and scale pattern are also shown. The book also covers all forms of the major, minor, and dominant 7th type chords.

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CHORD EMBELLISHMENTS

(F3097GTX)

An ideal guide to embellishing and enhancing any chord or chord progression to achieve new and more interesting sounds. This book contains many useful modal harmonizations and practical uses of major and minor 3rd, perfect 4th, perfect 5th, major and minor 6th and octave shapes. This is very useful in helping a person find his or her own chordal voice.

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CHORD ORBITS

(F3091GTX)

This book explores the sound and shape of a chord's progression up and down the fingerboard. Each chord type is presented in eight fingerings and the relationship of one chord form to another is clearly seen.

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SCALE PATTERNS

(F3092GTX)

This book illustrates, in each of five different positions, all the modes of the major, harmonic minor, melodic minor, pentatonic, blues, diminished, and whole tone scales. Don also shows the primary uses for each scale, accompanied by an example of each.

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AN INTRODUCTION TO CHORD THEORY

(F3096GTX)

A practical and understandable guide to the fundamentals of chord construction, analysis, and function. The book's arranged in a logical and sequential order, beginning with intervals and moving on to triads, extended chords, altered chords, chord function, and chord substitution. A simple and straightforward approach to a complex topic.