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They’ve helped hundreds of students over the last 20 years at the MGT studio; it’s our much loved Modern Guitar Chord Styles series of books! Often neglected in most guitar methods, here rhythm guitar is the star. Master your chords and strumming & unlock a comprehensive rhythm guitar system that goes right from the very basics of acoustic guitar chords, to the most advanced rhythm guitar styles around.
Book 1 introduces basic open chords, chord embellishments, how to read strumming patterns, tips and tricks to get your chord changes quick and effortless, arpeggios, fingerpicking, and plenty of full song-like progressions to play along with.
In Book 2, electric guitarists gain mastery over bar chords and build hand strength while tackling classic and modern rhythm studies, learning about the history and development of electric guitar styles.
Book 3 dives into advanced jazz and funk, introducing complex chords, syncopated rhythms, and harmonic depth—perfect for seasoned players looking to expand their groove.
They’ve helped hundreds of students over the last 20 years at the MGT studio; it’s our much loved Modern Guitar Chord Styles series of books! Often neglected in most guitar methods, here rhythm guitar is the star. Master your chords and strumming & unlock a comprehensive rhythm guitar system that goes right from the very basics of acoustic guitar chords, to the most advanced rhythm guitar styles around.
Book 1 introduces basic open chords, chord embellishments, how to read strumming patterns, tips and tricks to get your chord changes quick and effortless, arpeggios, fingerpicking, and plenty of full song-like progressions to play along with.
In Book 2, electric guitarists gain mastery over bar chords and build hand strength while tackling classic and modern rhythm studies, learning about the history and development of electric guitar styles.
Book 3 dives into advanced jazz and funk, introducing complex chords, syncopated rhythms, and harmonic depth—perfect for seasoned players looking to expand their groove.
They’ve helped hundreds of students over the last 20 years at the MGT studio; it’s our much loved Modern Guitar Chord Styles series of books! Often neglected in most guitar methods, here rhythm guitar is the star. Master your chords and strumming & unlock a comprehensive rhythm guitar system that goes right from the very basics of acoustic guitar chords, to the most advanced rhythm guitar styles around.
Book 1 introduces basic open chords, chord embellishments, how to read strumming patterns, tips and tricks to get your chord changes quick and effortless, arpeggios, fingerpicking, and plenty of full song-like progressions to play along with.
In Book 2, electric guitarists gain mastery over bar chords and build hand strength while tackling classic and modern rhythm studies, learning about the history and development of electric guitar styles.
Book 3 dives into advanced jazz and funk, introducing complex chords, syncopated rhythms, and harmonic depth—perfect for seasoned players looking to expand their groove.
Learn quick, effortless chord changes with Modern Guitar Chord Styles 1
The perfect book for hobby guitarists and young students aged 12 and up: a gently-graded course that builds technique naturally via harmonic exercises and song-like progressions. This book covers essential chord forms, rhythm and arpeggio techniques (including finger-picking), and includes a CD containing 55 progressions.
A clear step-by-step method introduces chords in a logical order of physical comfort and the progression exercises are written around changes linked by a common finger. Even a complete beginner is starting to play familiar sounding chord progressions within the first ten pages. From there on the progressions become gradually more detailed as one new chord is added at a time.
What’s Inside?
Basic guitar chords & how to get changes easy & smooth
How to read rhythms
Common pop/rock strumming patterns & example progressions
Arpeggio picking & fingerpicking
Basic bar chords
and much more!
Master bar chords and learn the development of electric guitar techniques in Modern Guitar Chord Styles 2
Dedicated exclusively to electric guitar chord and rhythm styles, this book is a must-have for Electric players. It presents all the essential bar-chord forms and electric-guitar rhythm techniques from the classic Rock/R’n’B styles to the current era. It develops the stamina needed for bar-chord playing through a graduated series of exercises and stylistic examples. Features all the classic rhythm styles as well as melody-chord work and Electric arpeggio style. Download includes mp3 files of 45 recorded samples to aid the development of rhythmic control and stylistic awareness.
What topics are covered?
Power chords
Major, minor, dom7, min7, & maj7 bar chord shapes
50s/60s rock, punk, country, 70s rock, disco, reggae, & fusion progressions
Hendrix style bar chord embellishments
Advanced triad and arpeggio picking
Test your jazz skills and get funky with Modern Guitar Chord Styles 3
This advanced/tertiary-level text deals with the exciting but musically challenging area of Jazz and Funk styles for modern guitar. It features detailed information about the important Jazz and Funk chord forms, rhythm styles, harmony theory and styles of chord use. Presented in notation with chord boxes and some TAB to assist realization, the book comes with a music CD of 39 stylized progressions that provide excellent examples of advanced chord and rhythm techniques.
What topics are covered?
Jazz chords
Advanced strumming techniques
Funk chords & 16th note muting techniques
Ragtime, Latin Jazz, Big Band, Bebop, Gypsy Jazz, Bossa Nova and more!
Fingerstyle Jazz & walking bass line techniques
And much more!
