Alfred Publishing

Sinopse Original:

A guitar player's guide to music theory. This book is a complete theory course with recorded examples that put everything in an applicable, musical context. The recording includes all the musical examples and play-along tracks.

Conteúdo:

Reading Tablature and Chord Boxes

Intervals

Harmonic and Melodic Intervals
Half-steps
Whole-steps
Interval Identification
Interval Quality
Perfect and Major Intervals
Minor, Diminished and Augmented Intervals
Intervals on the Fingerboard
Enharmonic Equivalents
Inversion of Intervals
More About the Major Scale
The Circle of Fifths
The Relative Minor
Sequence of Sharps and Flats
Determining Interval Number and Quality
Practical Uses of Intervals
Unusual Intervals

Major Scale Modes

Ionian Mode
Dorian Mode
Phrygian Mode
Lydian Mode
Mixolydian Mode
Aeolian Mode
Locrian Mode

Melodic Minor (Jazz Minor) Modes

Jazz Minor
Dorian b2
Lydian-Augmented
Lydian Dominant
Mixolydian b6
Locrian #2
Super Locrian

Harmonic Minor Modes

The Blues Scale

The Whole-Tone Scale

The Diminished Scales

The Augmented Scale

The Chromatic Scale

Synthetic Scales

Bebop Scales: Major, Minor and Dominant

Pentatonic Scales

Chord Construction

Three Note Chords
Doublings and Voicings
Visualizing Triads
Spelling Chords in Sharp and Flat Keys
Four Note Chords
Chord Families
Inversion
Practical Uses of Inversion
Slash Chords
Sixth Chords
Chord Extensions and Alterations
Five Note Chords
Six Note Chords
Seven Note Chords
Omitting Notes in Chords
Chord Symbol Notation
Common Chord Formulas

Chord Forms

Scale and Mode Harmonization

C Major Scale Harmonization
Minor Scale Harmonizations
C Natural Minor Harmonization
C Harmonic Minor Harmonization
C Melodic MinorHarmonization
The Composite Minor Scale
Modal Harmonization
Rock and Roll Harmony

Chord Progressions

Tension and Release
Root Movement
Common Tone Substitution
Harmonic Rhythm
Secondary Dominants
Diminished Chords
Tritone Substitution
Borrowed Chords
Changing Chord Quality
Creating Chord Progressions

Chord and Scale Relationships

Chord and Scale Syllabus

Major Scales in all Keys

Glossary of Terms