Modern Chord Progressions
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Having been so impressed with Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry (review), I bought this the moment I saw it. That was about 25 years ago. I took it home, opened it up, and got lost in it. I still haven't found my way out. If you could only own one book on chord theory for guitar, I'd go with Chord Chemistry. If you want a second book that shows you how the thousands upon thousands of voicings found in that book work in context, this would be the next purchase. Split into roughly two parts, the first deals with diatonic progressions in major keys, and the second with progressions that use chord substitutes. Most progressions are a series of about four voicings, with some shorter and a few much longer. There's not a great deal of instructional text - roughly 80% of the pages have nothing BUT chord diagrams. The amount of sonic material presented is nothing short of amazing. The original print run was ominously subtitled 'volume 1'... I've never located a copy of volume 2 (I don't even know if one was ever printed), and I'm not sure I'll live long enough to put it to use if I find it; this has years worth of material! |