Overview

Volume 3 in the 'Music Theory for Guitarists' series: Intermediate to advanced music theory & guitar fretboard concepts explained in 100% confusion-free language with no music reading necessary! Learn about modal improvisation, the CAGED System, the harmonic minor scale, extended chords, key changes/modulation techniques...and more Boost your skills as a composer, songwriter, improviser and all-round musician Includes practical exercises and quizzes to check your understanding Free backing tracks and play-along audio demos of selected examples available After using this book you'll have a near 'pro-level' understanding of music theory and how it relates to the guitar, enabling you to become a more accomplished improviser, singer-songwriter/composer, and become a more advanced all-round musician. In this book you'll discover: How to use the CAGED system to master finding your way around the guitar neck. Learn to find any scale, chord or arpeggio anywhere on the fretboard without getting lost on the guitar neck! Modes Part 3. Following the topic of modes as begun in Volume 2, we go deeper into the topic of modes, looking at how to use modes in your solos and compositions, 'modal keys', playing over chord changes with modes, and more The Harmonic Minor scale: what is it, how to play it, and how to use it in your guitar solos & compositions Minor keys & the Harmonic Minor scale. We'll examine how the Harmonic Minor scale impacts minor key chord progressions, harmonic minor chord families, plus analyse examples of classic minor key chord sequences. Understand minor keys once and for all! Key changes & modulation. Discover how composers use key changes and modulation in their music to create more interesting and creative music. We'll look at modulating to relative minor keys, modulating to parallel keys, using V chords to create smooth key changes & more.

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'If you're looking for something that does what it says 'on the tin' then you're in safe hands. Makes concepts that are often overcomplicated seem easily understandable. We'd highly recommend this book!' Guitarguys Blog, May 2020

Author Information

James Shipway is a guitarist and guitar teacher with over 25,000 hours of experience helping students of all ages and abilities reach their guitar-playing goals. He's shared his knowledge with millions of guitarists worldwide via his YouTube channel and his online guitar academy, Total Guitar Lab.James first began playing guitar at 16 and still remembers very well how confusing guitar playing could be for a newbie. However, he was passionate about guitar, to the point where he became a guitar teacher himself whilst studying for his music degree - and still to this day, guitar teaching is the only job he's ever had or wanted.

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