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Guitar Chords: Easy-to-Use, Easy-to-Carry, One Chord on Every Page
£8.70£9.50 (-8%)
360 chords, organised as a chord per page, this is a flexible, comprehensive solution for anyone learning or playing the guitar at any level. This no-nonsense, easy to carry, wiro book will fit into a gig bag, flight case or hand bag with the minimum of fuss. Revised and updated version, replaces ISBN-13 9781844513925
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Additional information
| Publisher | Flame Tree Music, Revised edition (14 Mar. 2006) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Spiral-bound | 384 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0857752634 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0857752635 |
| Dimensions | 12.7 x 2.79 x 18.73 cm |
by Bernard Rudd
Purchased for my wife, Ideal for beginners
by Tommy buist
Great wee book to see the chord shapes ( important for a beginner like me !)
Handy size to keep in your guitar cover too
by Darpig
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It’s got all the chords including barre chords, a lot of the pages are stuck together at the seem where they are spiral bound but you just need to pull them apart so I took one star off for that, it says easy to carry but it’s a thick book over an inche, but definitely worth buying.
by Mike Simons
Great reference but the way the holes are punched for the spiral has caused the fibers from some pages to become entwined at the punched hole edges; if you’re not careful you might rip some of the holes (like I did before I realized what was happening).
I found the best way was to go from the back of the book to the front turning each page completely so they separate. It’s important to do it back to front or you risk ripping some of the pages. Annoying but might be important especially if you’re giving as a gift.
by Malcb01
Very comprehensive a really good book. Clear pictures of the chord shapes and explanations about the chords very good book for experienced guitarists as well as beginners
by TRACEY
Like the handy size.
Easy to understand.
by Connal Moran
Okay so I just want to say that I’m not a beginner to guitar, I think this book would serve beginners incredibly well and even just people who don’t know their fretboard very well. The book is easy to use, a good size for carrying in a backpack and a great little thing to carry round. Its easy to read and understand, it tells you how to read the diagrams at the beginning if you dont already know how to and its a book that could really help you if you’re just starting your guitar exploration. This review is harsh, but in no way is it a bad book.
However as an intermediate player looking to become more of an advanced guitarist, I must say that this book isn’t everything I thought it was. I bought this book expecting to find 4 voicings for every chord but it simply doesn’t. The problem that I have is that for me, this book is just showing you the same chord shapes over and over, but on a different root note (hence why I think this is a great book for beginners or people who need to study their fretboard). Unfortunately, this book only shows 2 chord shapes for every basic chord, and then as the chords get more complex, we only see one chord shape per chord which kind of bums me out a bit. I was looking to expand my knowledge of chord shapes and this book did that to a degree, but not as much as I was hoping.
My second problem with this book is that It doesn’t tell you directly which intervals are which. It tells you the notes of the chord and what the corrolating interval is, however it leaves it up to you to figure out which note is which in the actual chord shape. Some people may see this as a good thing as it kind of makes you think about your fretboard and figure it out on your own, but with me already knowing how the fretboard works, personally I find it a bit of an inconvinience.
Overall, if you’re within your first 2 or so years of guitar playing and don’t know much about chords, then this book is probably going to change your life and become your best friend from here on out. If you’ve studied a bit of music theory, then this book will still aid you and probably help you snap to your chords a bit quicker and aid your understanding of the fretboard. But if you already know multiple voicings of most chords and are looking to expand that knowledge further, then maybe this isn’t the book for you.
Ive heard they do an advanced version of this book which may suit my needs better, but have yet to check it out.
by Stephen Pooler
Did the job for learning chords.