Chords & Scales for Guitarists: Book & CD [With CD]

By David Mead

Follow a guided tour around a musical builder's yard to find out how chords and scales are constructed, how they sound, and how they're used. Chords & Scales also shows how harmony and melody come together in guitar solos, with a guitarist's map of the route to creativity. Each stage is supported by the accompanying audio CD, which also contains backing tracks supporting the exercises in the book. SPANISH] Siga una visita guiada alrededor de un patio musical para averiguar c mo los acordes y las escalas se construyen, c mo suenan, y c mo son utilizadas. Chords and Scales muestra tambi n c mo armonia y melod a se juntan en solos de guitarra, con un mapa de la ruta de creatividad de un guitarrista. Cada etapa se complementa con el CD acompa ante, que tambi n contiene las pistas de fondo musical para los ejercicios de este libro.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 186074432X
• ISBN13: 9781860744327
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Music Sales
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.0" x 12.0"

Customer Reviews

David Does it Again!

David Mead has a real gift for making learning scales and chords entertaining! Having a few of his other wonderful books, when I was in need of a good scale/chord book I knew this is the one to get. For example, in the key of C he not only shows you the scale forms, but also explains why you are using a certain form. He explains the scale formulas and goes into just enough detail and humor to make it an enjoyable learing experience. But this book is more than just scales. Mead also covers chords just as extensively and takes some of the fear out of learning music theory. I'm currently working through this book with my guitar teacher and my playing has really gone to the next level thanks to David's wonderful books.

another excellent work by David Mead

Bearing in mind the title of this book is "chords and scales for guitarists" this is an excellent book.It is a systematic, intelligent and user friendly book that has plenty of depth. It is a fantastic theory book for guitar without being dry and acedemic. It is also a very practical book for guitarists.The chapters on caged theory are very good as most guitarists have never ever thought of the fretboard in this way. ( a type of visual fretboard orientation)The previous reviewer was correct in recommending Bill Edwards book for an indepth look at caged theory however. David Meads book is another example of his gift of imparting knowledge and I'm very glad I bought it.

Review - Chords and Scales for Guitarists

I liked this book. I have played guitar for many years but have only recently tried to learn a bit more about the theory in an attempt to improve my playing. So far I have only read this book (haven't actually played the exercises yet with the CD).The book is not heavy on theory. As the author puts it "I also want to put accross information in as clear, un-cluttered and jargon-free way that I can." I think he pretty much suceeds in that goal.The book uses TAB rather than standard notation, so if you can't read standard music notation you can still get something out of this book.It is more than just a book full of scales and is written in an easy to read style. I feel I have picked up a few things (and think I will pick up more once I start playing along with the CD) by reading through this book.