While practicing relentlessly for an important competition, seventeen-year-old Clara wonders if she has the dedication to pursue a career as a concert pianist.

Provides exercises for jazz guitar techniques, including jazz riffs, breaks, fill-ins, and solos.

Chase Hillier has plans, and nothing will cause her to deviate from them. So far, they're pretty simple: Get through her first year of college with good grades, read a lot of books, and hopefully find a cute boyfriend who could turn into her husband someday. She's got it all mapped out. No one is going to stand in her way. Not even her roommate, Cordelia Scott. Cordelia Scott has her own plans: Get through her freshman year without too many panic attacks, figure out what the hell she wants to major in, and meet a guy who finally makes her heart flutter. Fate has other plans for the two when they end up as roommates and neither of them can stop thinking about the other. They're both absolutely sure that they like boys and not girls. But their sparks can't be extinguished and they realize there is a lot more to their connection with each other than either of them thought. How will they navigate a path that neither of them planned on taking?

(Easy Fake Book). An amazing collection of 100+ easy songs from all genres perfect for players who've mastered four chords. These hits are presented in large melody-line notation with lyrics. Includes: Beast of Burden * Candle in the Wind * Don't Stop * Every Rose Has Its Thorn * Fields of Gold * Forever and Ever, Amen * Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) * Hey, Soul Sister * I Knew You Were Trouble * If I Were a Carpenter * Jessie's Girl * Jimmy Mack * Last Kiss * Mr. Tambourine Man * Peaceful Easy Feeling * Please Mr. Postman * Should I Stay or Should I Go * Spooky * Susie-Q * Toes * You Didn't Have to Be So Nice * and many more.

This book provides discussion and exercises for the use of three-note voicings in jazz guitar. The book also includes some four and five-note voicings. Includes chapters on shell voicings, walking guitar, triad pairs, quartal and secundal harmony, and more. With an introduction.

Over 500 illustrated chords are covered for Rock, Blues, Soul, Country, Jazz and Classical music. This compact dictionary is designed to fit in your bag and is completed with fingering diagrams for each chord and photographs showing how each one is played. Over 360,000 copies sold worldwide. This compact dictionary of over 500 popular chords in their most common voicings feature clare photographs and easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions. The spiral binding allows you to lay the book flat for easy reference while playing. Fingering diagrams for each chord are clearly indicated on a fretboard, and tips on technique are given together with relevant chord sequences. Whether your musical style favors rock, pop, blues, soul, jazz, funk, counry, or classical, this handy take-anywhere volume puts the techniques for making great guitar music at your fingertips, and sets you on the road to becoming a true chordmaster.

I wrote a riff - how do I create a chord progression for it? So, you've been playing the guitar for a while now. You know your basic open chords; you know what scales are and you know a few songs. And now, you want to start creating your own music. You want to write a melody and play a few progressions on it. You want to create your own chord progressions to sing or solo on top of. If you're done with the "I just got a guitar" phase and want to start creating some real music - I invite you to check out Guitar Chords Demystified! Unlock the inner mechanism of chords The first step to writing your own music and creating your own chord progressions is understanding the chemistry of the chords. Understanding what makes a chord and why the C major chord is the C major chord. That's exactly what we've designed this book to do. It'll break down the chords you know and love, teach you what's inside and how it is constructed, all in plain English. Then it'll give you the tools you need to string multiple chords together and create your own chord progressions. It'll also teach you what chords go together and how you too can create beautiful harmonies! You'll even learn how to play the same chord in different places on the fretboard using the CAGED system. And what shape to play in what context. And to top it all, the book includes practical applications of the theory in multiple chord progressions that you can pick up and jam away with! What's inside We start with the basics and help you along to the more advanced chordal concepts. And don't worry if you don't understand some of the below - it's all explained in detail inside. Foundation level introduction to chord formulas A breakdown of your favorite open chords, triads and 7th chords Rhythm strumming and creating your own chord progressions Diminished chords, suspended chords, power chords, slash chords - all explained in plain English More advanced topics like transposing and the use of a capo Bonus chapter with 10+ chord progression examples Instant access to 531 beginner chords We've also included an entire chord dictionary in this book. It covers 50 pages and will give you instant access to 531 of your favorite chords! So, if you ever have a doubt about a chord that you just created - look through the dictionary and we'll tell you if it's right. To take your first step in creating your own songs, scroll up and click the buy now button.