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As the top-selling basic guitar chord book, this guide presents 12 fundamental chord types through photos, notation, and chord diagrams. It includes a bonus section on movable rhythm forms based on Mel Bay's acclaimed Rhythm Chord Playing System, offering advanced, efficient fingering methods.

Chords shown in photo, notation, and diagram form include Major, Minor, Dominant Seventh, Diminished, Augmented, Ninth, Major Seventh, Minor Seventh, Seventh #5, Seventh b5, Sixth, and Minor Sixth. Chords are shown in the bonus Moveable Rhythm Chord section include Major, Minor, 7th, Minor 7th, 7sus4, 7b5, 7#5, Minor 7b5, Sixth, Minor 6th, Diminished 7th, Diminished add 9, 9th, Minor 9th, 9b5, 9#5, Minor 9b5, 7th b9, 7th b9#5, 11th, 9 add 6, Minor 9 add 6, 13th, 13sus11, 13 b9, 13th b9 b5. Includes access to an online instructional video.

Table of Contents:

• Guidelines, Suggestions and “Wise Sayings” About Improvisation Improvisation Get to Know Your Tones and Intervals Color Tone Tensions and Alterations What About s4, s11, f13? Wise Sayings Tunes Lima Bean Gumbo Freddie Minor (and Major) Swing Savannah Stomp Porterhouse1 Bibim Bop Nectarine Illiana Big Chief Wauconda2 Rhythm Changes Changed Rhythm Changes Rhythm Changes Changed #2 Rhythm Changes Cha

Catalog:	MB93261M
Publisher:	Mel Bay
Composer:	William Bay
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Voicing:	Guitar
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Pages:	48