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Chord Chemistry (Paperback)

by Ted Greene (Author)
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Ted GreeneÂ’s Chord Chemistry was originally published in 1971 and has become the classic chord reference book for two generations of guitarists. Whether you are just beginning to search beyond basic barre chords or are already an advanced player looking for new sounds and ideas this is the book that will get you there. Designed to inspire creativity this book is a musical treasure chest filled with exciting new ideas and sounds.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not a method book, not for beginners!, Aug 15 2009
By Guitarhead (Montreal Canada) - See all my reviews
Ted Greene was a genius. He was also by all accounts a great teacher too. However even he admits how disjointed this book is. To be used as a reference book, not something you read cover to cover. This book is famous for it's IMPOSSIBLE chords, with 5 fret stretches. Forget trying to play them, the value is understanding how they are theoretically formed. This book is meant to be used with the guidance of a teacher. A novice picking this up for self study will likely get hurt and frustrated. This is the kind of book that you read a page or two and then work on those ideas for the next few weeks. In other words, this is a lifetime book, something that will take you decades to fully absorb. Don't get discouraged, read it in bite sized pieces and learn what you can from it. I've heard of people who have gone through 3-4 copies of this book over 20 years and still learn from it. Don not sit down and try to learn 500 arcane chords, it's too much to learn and you will get turned off. It's impossible to absord it all. The really good stuff is not really the endless chord diagrams (although useful), but the text towards the end. Greene writes some very useful comments about how to apply this knowledge in the latter chapters. The real value of this book is trying to figure out what Greene is saying and why a given chord works instead of simply copying the fingerings. I gave it 4 stars because it is a classic book for a reason, but not a good method book for beginners nor the easiest to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Systematics of Chord Substitution--Very Helpful, Jan 11 2004
By John Russon (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book in the '70s, when I was trying to be a self-taught rock guitarist. It was initially very helpful because of its basic explanation of chord theory--this really advanced my understanding of music in general and the guitar in particular. It also got me interested in jazz, though I didn't really understand much of what he was talking about. Now I play jazz guitar, and this book has been very helpful to me. The book contains pages and pages of different inversions of different chord types, and when you first open the book you might think this is the point, but it's not. The point of the book is found in the sections on chord theory that follow those diagrams. Here Ted Greene gives a very helpful analysis of the principles of chord substitution--these are the basics of jazz guitar comping (accompaniment) and also solo playing. Along with his discussion of the theory, Ted Greene gives many sample ways of playing the things he's discussing, and these are very valuable chord sequences (worth memorizing). My copy of this book is mostly worn out from years of turning the pages, and I can largely chart my musical education in terms of when I digested various parts of this book. It's a book for serious study, but if you're into that, I recommend it highly. His two volumes on single-note soloing are also extremely helpful.
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