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Honest Guitar: Practical Theory is the simplest way to learn what you need to improvise and create music. Don’t waste hours of your time watching a video of some guy playing the same chord over and over. Learn at your own pace with this ebook and get on to the next skill.
It's not rocket science
Music theory on guitar is not as hard to learn as you might think. Dozens of books and online courses have hundreds of hours of audio recordings and videos to watch. It just isn’t as complicated as they make it seem.
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If you’re worried that you’ll take longer to learn than the “average” person, let me tell you a common phrase I’ve heard the last decade both as a guitar teacher and as a colleague to fellow guitar players. That phrase is, “That’s it?”
Songwriting can be learned
I met a guitar player who had a great voice. He had written a song he felt proud of. Well, almost. He couldn’t figure out the last chord in the verse of his song. He had been substituting a chord he didn’t like in the progression. I thought that I might have a chance of helping him out. Based on the chord progression so far, the last chord was probably one of the few “correct” chords for the situation. He said, "That's it!" after the very first chord I tried! He thought I was a guitar genius. I showed him what a chord scale was and how he could find his next mystery chord on his own. He asked, “That’s all you did?” Yep, that’s it.
Learning theory can be useful for situations like that, but my goal is to help guitar players create truly ingenious songs from scratch. I want you to have the option of playing a "correct" chord or an unusual one. Only knowledge can give you that choice. Learn the typical rules of music and understand how theory works. Then break rules as you see fit. No amount of video tutorials can teach you how to create on your own. They can take even longer to give you the simple tools you need to write music. This book changes that.
What's in Honest Guitar: Practical Theory?
After reading this 100 page book, you will be able to:
- Locate any note on the fretboard
- Play in any key and any mode
- Understand any scale you come across
- Play open and barre chords
- Develop chords of your own
- Play tough rhythms
- Speak the language of music
- Improvise
And ultimately,
- Write your own songs!
For a list of everything that is covered, check out the Table of Contents PDF here.
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It won’t take you years to do either. I have created original tablature and notation to show how each tool can help you create new songs.
If you can tune your guitar and strum a few chords in rhythm, then this book will help you get to a new level of creativity and understanding.