Mel Bay

Author: William Bay
Format: Book with Video Online
Instrumentation: Guitar

Younger students will enjoy this creative approach to playing simple guitar chords. Chords are taught with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead the student to playing logical and common chord progressions. These progressions include I-iii-vi-ii-V-I and twelve bar blues in many different keys. Chords are shown in chord diagram form with detailed illustrations showing finger positions in relationship to the fretboard. Open chords for folk music as well as power chords for rock music are presented clearly and easily in this text.

A complete easy chord chart and capo chart is provided at the end of the book for easy reference. Examples and exercises are presented in strum bar notation. Includes access to online 52-minute video.

Contents:

• How to Read Chord Diagrams
• EZ C Chord
• EZ G Chord
• EZ G Chord
• D Chord
• D Chord
• A Chord
• A minor Chord
• D minor Chord
• E Chord
• A Chord
• Full C Chord
• Full G Chord
• Full G Chord
• E minor Chord
• B Chord
• E Chord
• Building the F Chord
• F Chord/ Strings
• C Chord
• Bf Chord
• Key of C Chord Progression
• B minor Chord
• Key of G Chord Progression
• Fs minor Chord (Fsm)
• Cs minor Chord (Csm)
• Gs minor Chord (Gsm)
• G minor Chord
• Rock Power Chords
• Blues Progressions
• Chord Diagrams
• Capo Chart