Fretboard Theory

By Desi Serna and Desi R. Serna

Book Overview

Most guitar players spend years memorizing scales, chords, and songs without ever understanding how they all connect.

Fretboard Theory teaches music theory from a guitarist's perspective, showing you how scales, chords, keys, progressions, modes, and fretboard patterns work together to create music. Through practical examples, real song references, and a step-by-step approach, you'll learn not just what to play-but why it works.

Whether your goal is to improvise, write songs, jam with other musicians, or simply understand the music you already play, Fretboard Theory will help you see the fretboard as one connected system and think like a musician.

INSIDE YOU'LL LEARN HOW TO:

- Memorize the fretboard using simple patterns
- Connect scales, chords, modes, and arpeggios across the neck
- Understand chord construction and progressions
- Tie it all together with the CAGED System
- Apply music theory to songs you already know and love
- Improvise, solo, and compose with greater confidence
- Understand how professional musicians think about music

Unlike traditional music theory books that focus on notation and abstract concepts, Fretboard Theory teaches theory through familiar songs, real musical examples, and practical applications you can immediately use in your own playing.

Suitable for acoustic, electric, and bass guitar, this book is recommended for intermediate players and above who know the basics, can play songs, and are ready to truly understand how music works.

CONTINUE YOUR JOURNEY

When you're ready to go beyond the fundamentals, continue with Fretboard Theory Volume II, where you'll learn advanced concepts such as key changes, borrowed chords, modal interchange, harmonic minor, voice leading, chord-tone soloing, and more.

Prefer to own the complete system? Fretboard Theory Complete Edition combines Volumes I and II into one convenient volume, giving you the entire learning path in a single book.

CONTINUE YOUR LEARNING

Fretboard Theory is also available as a comprehensive 30-hour video training course, sold separately through GuitarMusicTheory.com.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508566593
• ISBN13: 9781508566595
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"