Berklee Guitar Theory | Music Theory for Guitarists with Scales, Chords, and Harmony | Guitar Sheet Music and Fretboard Exercises for Beginners and Intermediate Players | Learn Modern Guitar Logic

by Dr. Kim Perlak (Editor)

(Berklee Guide). Become a more musical guitar player! This book will help you learn and use chords, scales, and other building blocks of music from a guitarist's perspective. It applies concepts of music theory directly to your instrument, using the time-honored teaching approaches of the Berklee Guitar Department. These applications facilitate creative, expressive playing and writing in all styles and directly map to the Berklee Guitar Department proficiency evaluations. Players at all levels will find a clear, organized approach to the materials and musical examples in a variety of styles, provided by Berklee's guitar faculty. You'll learn Master the fingerboard by understanding how strings and frets relate to scales, intervals, and chords; Understand and use the most important types of scales and modes; Construct chords and voicing possibilities based on the essential building blocks of harmony; Choose chord voicings that are ergonomic, intuitive, and expressive for every unique playing situation; and more.

120 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2023

Reviews

[Ian Patterson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an excellent book, but it is not introductory. It is like drinking from a fire hose. I think that there are better books that teach all of the elements in this book.