Performance Guitar Manual Book 2: Primary Chords and Strum Patterns

By Gregg Standridge

Primary Chords and Strum Patterns, Book 2 in the Performance Guitar Manual, offers practical application in learning to strum and read basic chord charts. Students will learn how to use pivot fingers to make many common chord changes with minimal effort. They will learn the ten basic chords and five common strum patterns used in many styles of guitar. Chord progression exercise teach students the common chord combinations used in most basic songs. A lesson is provided in basic chord theory that leads to skills in learning chord progressions by ear, communicating with others by numbers, writing your own progressions and transposing to new keys. Four original chord songs using rhythmic notation are provided with melodies in standard notation and tablature. Three new original tunes are also provided to continue developing tablature reading skills from book 1. The last chapter provides students with the next lessons in reading standard notation with three more original pieces.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521021201
• ISBN13: 9781521021200
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.2" x 8.5"