A Player's Guide to Chords and Harmony Music Theory for Real-World Musicians

by Aikin, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780879307981
• ISBN10: 0879307986
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Backbeat
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Summary

If you'd like to know about music theory but don't want to get bogged down in a stuffy college-level textbook, this guide was written just for you! It's a practical, no-nonsense book ideal for: young musicians learning guitar so they can play rock, folk or blues; DJs who've started recording their own tracks and need to know how chord progressions work; anyone who wants to play from the chord symbols in sheet music; classical musicians who want to do more than just "read the dots," and countless others. Covers: intervals, scales, modes, triads and advanced voicings; interpreting chord symbols and reading sheet music; voice leading, chord progressions and basic song forms; classical, jazz and pop; and more, with helpful quizzes and answers.

Table of Contents

Getting started	p. 1
Intervals	p. 23
Triads	p. 41
Chord progressions	p. 53
7th chords & chord symbols	p. 69
Extended chords	p. 89
Scales	p. 113
More about chord progressions	p. 143
How to read sheet music	p. 169
The harmonic series & equal temperament	p. 177
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