'I've found the "Essential Guitar Guide" to be exactly that!
I've heard an astonishing improvement in my playing plus I
now have an understanding of music theory to which I have
never before been exposed.'
1996 Guestbook Entry from Chris, Toronto, Canada
First published on the web in 1995, is the original 13 page version of the guide remains available as a free resource to guitar players old and new. The idea behind the guide is to cut through the confusion that often surrounds music theory and provide a means to apply practical music theory in the real world.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Know your fretboard - A new approach to learning the fretboard notes.
- Check Your Knowledge
- The Major Scale: Our Slide Rule - Why the major scale is the most powerful tool you'll ever learn
- Using the Major Scale: Mapping out Intervals
- Practical Chord Theory
- Creating Chord Inversions and Understanding Chord Voicings
- Introducing Small Chord Units
- Using Three Note Chords
- Working Inside Keys - Use the major scale to work out the chords in any key
- Converting Major Scales into Arpeggios
- One Step Towards Improvising
- Same Chords-Different Jobs - How chords change their roles within different keys.
- Further Applications - Alternate tunings, vocal harmonies, horn arrangement.