Chord Master (book/CD)

Publisher: Backbeat Books
How to Choose and Play the Right Guitar Chords
Format: Softcover with CD
Author: Rikky Rooksby
 
• Chord-changing for beginners, with the help of 20 new audio tracks
• Chord voicings and how they can work for you
• A handy guide to the 40 most useful chord shapes
• Experimenting with chords in an altered tuning

Unlike a traditional chord dictionary – a simple catalogue of guitar fingerboard diagrams – Chord Master explains the various chord types, shows why they sound the way they do, and illustrates how they can enhance your music. It helps you find chords, play them securely, and move smoothly between them.

Included are are more than 1,000 diagrams for open and movable chords, grouped according to key, type, and musical style. The book answers common chord questions, unlocks the chord secrets of famous songs, and gives you online access to 40 backing tracks that demonstrate how chords work in a sequence.

Chord Master helps beginners and accomplished guitarists, regardless of their preferred style of music, identify the chords in a particular piece of music, and the book provides inspiration for songwriting and arrangements.