Essential Guitar Chords for Beginners: Easily Learn the Most Popular Chords Used in Your Favourite Songs with Lessons & Online Audio (Learn Guitar Books for Beginners +)
£11.20
At last! An easy, stress-free way to learn chords all in one place. Essential Guitar Chords for Beginners is the ultimate guitar chord reference book that shows you how to play the most commonly used basic chord shapes found in your favourite songs.
The chords are alphabetically listed and easy to find and show finger positions, notes, and intervals. Plus, there are lesson guides that answer all those questions you have about chords, like how to read guitar chord charts & how to play chords with ease and accuracy.
Confusion Free Zone:
★ No 1000’s of intimidating chords
★ 9 large easy-read chord shapes per page
★ 3 alternative shapes per chord
★ Easy-to-understand finger placements
★ Chord notes & intervals shown
★ Online resource area to hear audio of each chord played
★ Bonus Area with downloadable charts
Beginner Guides:
★ Chord Term Glossary
★ How to Read Chord Charts
★ Chord Intervals Explained
★ Chord Symbols Explained
★ Which Chords Should you Learn First
★ Top 5 Chord Practise Tips
Who This Book is For:
✓ Beginner guitarists
✓ Improvers looking to sharpen up on chords
✓ Seasoned guitarists wanting a quick reference book
✓ Self-taught guitarists
✓ Budding songwriters & composers
✓ Music tutors to use as a teaching aid
Who This Book is NOT For:
• Advanced guitarists looking to learn intricate extended chord voicings
• Guitarists looking for a database of 2000+ chords
Written by the creator of YourGuitarbrain.com, Tiff Bryan is a pro session guitarist (Lady Gaga, Little Mix, Craig David), writer & guitar tutor of 20+ years. As such, you can bet your bottom dollar you’re in the best hands.
Chord Types in This Book
This book teaches you how to play the 14 most common types of chords you’ll come across in mainstream popular music styles, including pop, rock, folk, blues and country.
✓ Major (e.g. C Maj)
✓ Minor (e.g. Cm)
✓ Diminished (e.g. C Dim)
✓ Augmented (e.g. C Aug)
✓ Dominant Seventh (e.g. C7)
✓ Major Seventh (e.g. CMaj7)
✓ Minor Seventh (e.g. Cm7)
✓ Dominant Ninth (e.g. Cdom9)
✓ Major Ninth (e.g. CMaj9)
✓ Minor Ninth (e.g. Cm9)
✓ Suspended 2 (e.g. Csus2)
✓ Suspended 4 (e.g. Csus4)
✓ “Slash” chords (e.g. C/E)
✓ Power chords (e.g. C5)
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Additional information
| Publisher | Independently published (16 Feb. 2022) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 85 pages |
| ISBN-13 | 979-8412494876 |
| Dimensions | 21.59 x 0.51 x 27.94 cm |
by RobD
Like a lot of guitar players I’ve bought a few chord books in my time – some ok and some actually unhelpful.
I wish I’d owned this book years ago! It is quite outstanding with super clear diagrams and really helpful explanations, all displayed in an easy to understand layout.
Thoroughly recommend this to anyone as a reference book or a learning tool for a wide range of playing abilities.
by Ian
Very well chosen chords selection, organised intuitively and illustrated with very clear chord boxes. Recommended for the advancing beginner/early intermediate who wants to learn to play lusher sounding chords.
by Gareth01
If you’re like me and you’ve been playing guitar for a while, you likely already own a chord book (or two!) The problem is, they all have so many ott chords, I’ve not used them. This chord book is very different and a breath of fresh air.
Nice big chord diagrams that are easy to read with 3 versions of each chord shape, and I loved the guide at the beginning that suggests which chords absolute beginners should learn first. Oh, and the inclusion of the chord notes and intervals I find super helpful. The intervals may not be important to you if you’ve only just started out playing the guitar, but they will in time.
Wish i’d brought this when I started playing instead of wasting time.
Ideal chord diagram book for a real newbie beginner and ‘been playing on and off for years’ like me!