Fretboard Theory Volume II
Book Two in the Series on Guitar Theory, Scales, Chords, Progressions, Modes and More
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Publisher Description
Book two in the Fretboard Theory series picks up where the first volume leaves off and takes your guitar playing and musical knowledge to a whole new level. You learn many advanced applications and new musical concepts. There is information for rhythm guitarists, lead guitarists, improvisers and composers. Each chapter focuses on applications found in popular music and includes familiar song references. Gain new perspective on keys and tonalities. Apply new number systems. Bring dominant function and voice leading into play. Change keys, borrow chords and mix modes. Employ chromatic passing, diminished and augmented chords. Use the lead patterns preferred by the pros. Target chord tones and outline chord progressions. Discover the harmonic minor scale. Play pedal point and pedal tones. Sign up for a free preview and read the first chapter. http://guitar-music-theory.com/fretboard-theory/fretboard-theory-volume-ii/
Customer Reviews
Thanks for opening up Music for me!
I'm a 60-year-old with 40 years playing cowboy chords, and some knowledge of how to play "the scale" (index finger on the tonic of the sixth string).
An 80 yo friend gave me a bass guitar Thanksgiving, and I have been having a ball. I asked another another friend for lessons, and got a Hal Leonard book.
By week 3, I had jumped WAY ahead of myself and was trying to read about modes, asking why the harmony in 30's country was a given interval apart, whether you play a major or minor scale with the blues, and getting answers that I was unable to understand. I was very frustrated.
After all, I still had never heard of pentatonic patterns, intervals, flat vs major 7ths... and when I did hear about something like a "perfect fifth", my brain would get stuck in why it's called a fifth, and what makes it perfect. (I found myself trying to read about Pythagoras late one night...)
My wife found these podcasts and they were everything I needed:
- A fundamental approach to the Theory of music, rather than a sheet of chords
- Well paced
- An Intellectually curious approach
- Accurate and solid and deep
- Serna tells what he's going to demonstrate, demonstrates it succinctly, then reviews what he just demonstrated
- I know most of the songs he references well
2 weeks in, I've purchased both Fretboard Theory books, one in paper and one on Kindle. I'm on podcast 12. And I'm boring everyone at parties telling them excitedly about all the magical things I've learned.
Every day now I play my lovely bass and my new semi hollow body and my acoustic. But I can hardly hear the wonderful new sounds I'm making, for all the clicking in my head as everything falls into place.
I've been a teacher all my life, so I can see appreciate Desi Serna's gifts as a teacher. Praise and thanks for this amazing guidebook into music theory.
I just wish I lived in Nashville so I could come take lessons.
Excellent!
Along with his first book, this series of lessons offers the intermediate to advanced player a wide range of information on theory and technique. A great resource!
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