this is also a great book about chords and scales (my old teacher said it's the best):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/088188 ... e&n=283155
It is pretty deep though and you can literally spend weeks just working with a single page of it...
Help with Chords - Guitar !!!!!!!
Chords, scales, harmony, melody, etc.
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Help with Chords - Guitar !!!!!!!
2006-02-14T21:01:21+00:00
I have been playing the guitar for quite some time now with decent skills. However recently i was jamming with a friend and was taken aback by the beautilful chords that he was playing for simple songs...
I have been mostly self taught and never ventured beyond simple straight chords... So apart from majors and minors, the only other chords that have been part of my playing have been the dominant 7, which i normally add as a prelude to the root chord... Thats all...
So add9, sus4, aug , diminished,and others have never been part of my playing..... however i would like to improve on this. I have begun by learning the theory behind chords and also the notes that form various chords namely sevenths, sixths, aug, dim, maj7th etc.... Next i have started figuring out different positions for these chords on the fretboard... So far so good... so know i know how to hold a Cdim, or a Dsus4, in more than one position...
What i feel i need to master next is to register the sound and feel of every type of chord.. Like if i hear a song i can easily write straight chords for it, comprising mainly majors, minors and dom 7ths... that coz the sounds and feel of these chords is very well registered in my brain, obviously coz thats the only thing i play.... But i must also have the ablity to fill in some of these add9's and sus4's for added effect....
So the only way i can register the sound of these new chords is by playing them out in songs that have them, and over a period of time registering its sonic nature in my mind...so in future when i write chords for a song i dont just restrict myself to straight chords.... Also i'm sure this will improve my programmin.....
The chords i am currently adding to my vocab are maj7, min maj7, add9, sus4, aug and dim, which i feel should be good enuf for a start....
So could you please help me find good sites online where gud chords are provided for common pop rock songs, which will help me improve my chord vocabulary...Yeah yeah i know, i can google my way at this, but the web is filled with sites providing chords... I'd want to follow from sites where i can trust the chords given....
so i am hoping u can guide me to some good quality sites where the chords provided are accurate and the songs listed are such that they will help me achive what i am settin out to achieve.... Also one which has the lyrics too, so i know exactly where the chord changes occur...
Also any song in particular u think i must learn which will be very useful to me, please suggest...
BTW i am not much aware of artists and sngs post 2002.. Rock pop of the late eighties and ninties is what i have mostly been listening to..
Also please feel free to give your valuable advise, esp seasoned guitarists here at KVR...
Thanks guys :)
josevin2000
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=70185
But, seriously, to truly enjoy the book, I recommend gaining some "standard" knowledge before.
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Post by Sascha Franck » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:39 pm
That's a KICKASS book! Gotta love Goodricks afterthoughts... ("play the guitar with your left only", "play the guitar with your right only", "play the guitar with none of them", etc...)._niko_ wrote:this is also a great book about chords and scales (my old teacher said it's the best):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/088188 ... e&n=283155
But, seriously, to truly enjoy the book, I recommend gaining some "standard" knowledge before.
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