description: While Volume One deals with general music theory that applies to ALL musical instruments, Volume Two is aimed primarily at It shows how to apply the principles of music to the neck of the guitar specifically, and how to track down the C-A-G-E-D scale and chord forms. As the Circle of Fifths was the star of the first book, so the C-A-G-E-D system dominates the second book. It will help you organize scales and chords into all these handy inter-connected box patterns up and down the neck.Topics include chord voicings and inversions, movable chord and scale shapes and box patterns, complex chord qualities, quadrads and their extensions, walking chord progressions, how to put chords to a melody, and harmonizing by thirds, sixths and tenths.Table of ContentsReviewing the C Major scaleChord voicings, starting with CInversionsAdding the 6th stringSkipping stringsChord tone personalitiesOther C-A-G-E-D chord form voicingsWorksheet for other voicingsBack to the G chord form voicingsComparing the C and G voicingsMy own E, A and D voicingsE chord form voicingsThe movable E chord formA chord form voicingsThe movable A chord formUsing the E- and A-shapes togetherD chord form voicingsDrop D tuningSummarizing the E-, A- and D-shapesChord shapes...our story so farComplex chord qualitiesC complex chord qualitiesAdding the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th degreesWorksheets for G, E, A and D complex chordsWeird little exerciseChords with the same quality compared1-4-5 complex chord progressionsThe five basic chord shapesC chord in C, A, G, E and D shapesThe entire tamalePartial chord shapesThe other C-A-G-E-D chords6th-string versus 5th-string rootsBring out your capo!Capo placement chartScale shapes / box patternsC scale in C, A, G, E and D shapesC Major scale all over the neckTraveling from pocket to pocketMajor scales other than C (finally)Keys of D, Eb, E, F, G, A and BbChord qualities other than MajorMinor chordsDominant 7th chordsMovable barre chordsMinor 7th chordsMinor 6th chordsMinor sus2 and sus4 chordsWalking chord progressionsQuadrads of the Harmonized Diatonic scaleExercises and explanations "Rhythm Changes"Movable 2-5-1 progressionsSummary of Chord Family quadradsOddball QuadradsDiminished 7th chordsAugmented and Augmented 7th chordsMinor-Major 7th chordChromatic walkdown progressionsQuadrad 9th, 11th and 13thC, G, E, A and D quadrad extensionsSample chord progressionsHow to put chords to a melody"Frere Jacques"Harmonizing by Thirds, Sixths and TenthsCombining them in "Frere Jacques"
language: English
title: Music Principles for the Skeptical Guitarist, Volume 2 'The Fretboard'
titlecomplete: Music Principles for the Skeptical Guitarist, Volume 2 'The Fretboard'
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Charles Dumont & Sons