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Guitar theory for dummies, by Desi Serna

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Guitar theory for dummies

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by Desi Serna

For dummies

Expert guitarist and instructor Desi Serna walks you through the music theory concepts you need to understand to expand your musical horizons. From deciphering the mysteries of the fretboard to adapting chord progressions to a song's key, you'll master techniques that will help you move past simple, three-chord songs to more complex and creative pieces. Build on your existing knowledge of open and barre chords and simple progressions with practical instruction that demystifies scales and chord voicings and shows you how to bring them together to create impressive music. You can also jump over to dummies.com to hear audio samples of the examples featured in the book

Guitar theory in a nutshell -- Navigating the fretboard like a pro -- Harmonizing the major scale to form triads and chords -- Forming chord shapes with the CAGED system -- Adding chord tones and extensions to chords -- Playing chord progressions by numbers -- Knowing music inside out: Identifying tonics, keys, and modes -- Following key changes -- Dominant function and voice leading -- Filling the gaps with passing chords -- Preparing for riffs and solos with the pentatonic scale -- Playing music's primary melody maker: the major scale -- Playing in modes and using modal scale patterns -- Exploring new patterns with the harmonic minor scale -- Playing the blues -- Ten guitar songs worth learning -- Ten sample scale applications -- Ten ways to put theory into practice -- Appendix: Audio tracks and video clips

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