Guy's Grids Chordbook, helps to visualize chord relationships on the guitar. Contains 228 pages of chords, fingering, inversions, groupings, etc. Spiral bound, tabbed and divided into sections. Easy to read.

Guy's Grids: More than a Chordbook

Guy McRoskey

Guy's Publishing Group, LLC

Learning the guitar is like peeling an onion. Layer after layer, there always seems to be more to discover, more to understand, more to enjoy, and more to master. One of those layers is the discovery of certain sets of chords that are closely related, but not in an obvious way. This book is designed to facilitate that discovery.I have coined the term "Chord Cousins" to refer to two chords meeting the following criteria. (1) The two chords have different root notes, e.g. a G root and a D root. (2) The two chords must either have the same spelling (in which case the one chord is said to be "enharmonic" with the other) or have very similar spellings.Learning about Chord Cousins is important for several reasons. First, Chord Cousins can often be used in chord substitution-a common feature of jazz compositions.Second, the relationship of Chord Cousins can also be used to compose interesting melodies, variations on melodies, and solo improvisation.Third, creating nice bass lines is another potential use of the chord relationships presented in this book.Finally, the study of Chord Cousins can enhance memory recall. Just as the presentation of chord forms by "family" (as done in my earlier book, Guy's Grids: More than a Chordbook) provides for contextual learning, so also the presentation of chord forms in Chord Cousin sets can greatly enhance memory recall by providing yet another context for learning.I hope this book opens up your guitar world - much like peeling layers of an onion - and that it produces for you an entirely new perspective in your playing.

Guy's Chord Cousins

Practice progressions for guitar, teaching inverted chords

Guy's Inversion Immersion

Guy's Grids is comprehensive, including over 2,000 open chord forms and over 700 moveable chord forms. An oversized book of 228 pages, Guy's Grids is divided into four major tabbed sections: Open Chord Grids, Moveable Chord Grids, Open Chord Index, and Moveable Chord Index. Each of the grid pages has the same column and row format, designed in a logical manner to clearly demonstrate chord relationships. The columns pertain to chord families (major, dominant, minor, and diminished). The top row contains triads, and the lower rows are sequentially arranged to display chords created from these triads by the inclusion of a 7th, 6th, 9th, 11th, or 13th scale degree. Effectively, the grid page promotes contextual learning by presenting related chords in logical proximity to one another. The experts agree: "I enthusiastically recommend the chord book Guy's Grids to all guitar students beginning through advanced, as it is well suited for visual learners (which most of us are) and stimulates creative thinking about chord shapes and chord theory." Peter Pupping, Recording Artist Each grid page includes a practice progression utilizing the chord forms on that page, and the enclosed CD contains a play-along track for each practice progression providing a tool for enhancing memory retention and playing skills. Guy's Grids is highly detailed, with each chord form showing the recommended fingering, and the chord tones and scale degrees being played on each string. Guy's Grids conveniently categorizes each chord by its usefulness, based on the sound quality and the ease of playing. The book also contains a special "Anchor Chords" section, listing all of the first chords to be learned by the beginning guitarist.

Guy's Grids: More Than a Chord Book

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Guy's Grids: More than a Chordbook

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Guy's Inversion Immersion

Guy's Grids: More Than a Chord Book