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# The Practical Guide to Modern Music Theory for Guitarists: The complete guide to music theory from a guitarist's point of view (Learn Guitar Theory and Technique)

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Learn guitar theory - The simple way, musical way Third Edition Are you sick and tired of guitar theory being taught in overly complicated language? Are you looking to become a better musician and guitar player? Do you want to discover creative guitar soloing and songwriting approaches? Do you want to understand & use guitar scales, guitar modes and arpeggios? Do you want a complete guitar theory method that takes you from zero to hero in simple steps? Master, hear and play music theory for guitar The Practical Guide to Modern Music Theory for Guitar is different. Instead of boring and meaningless guitar theory essays, it makes music come alive. In fact, you’ll quickly learn to play the theory you’re being taught. Go from meaningless information to stunning guitar solos and songwriting. Guitarists are often guilty of 'collecting' musical theory without taking the time to learn to apply the information on their instrument. Modern Music Theory for Guitarists combines cutting edge, up to date musical information with over 200 exercises and examples to help you internalise and master the most important concepts in modern guitar playing. There are also bespoke, professional backing tracks from Guitar Techniques Magazine's Quist Here’s what you’ll learn: How to construct major and minor guitar scales How to harmonise a scale and use chords to write songs The complete guide to naming chords on guitar (know your C9 from your Cadd9!) A breakdown of every important type of chord, and where they come from How to write chord progressions to create great songs How to change key smoothly (modulation) and how to use guitar chord qualities to make your music creative and unique Discover how to form guitar modes… and how to use them in your solos. Discover the secret of triads, arpeggios and pentatonic scales you can use to create rich-sounding solos that’ll amaze your friends A complete deconstruction of all the 3-note, 4-note and 5-note soloing approaches hidden in every scale Bonus hundreds of guitar licks demonstrate every single concept Bonus Professional backing tracks to help you practise every guitar scale Bonus The complete guide to Roman numeral notation for short hand song writing on guitar Bonus A ‘cheat sheet' of the most common soloing approaches to save you hours in the practice room Bonus 200 audio tracks to download so you can hear every single guitar theory concept in action Learn the guitar theory… then use it! There are so many sources of information out there these days it's hard to know where to begin and what's important when it comes to applying music theory to the guitar. This book has been designed to take you on a journey from essential first principles through to complex, exciting musical ideas while all the time teaching you the musical application of each concept. Essential guitar knowledge and musical guitar skills The Complete Guide to Modern Music Theory begins with the formation of the Major scale and builds steadily from the concepts taught in the first few chapters to help you master, hear and apply all the essential theory used today. Thousands of 5* reviews Not just for this title! Fundamental changes has published over 100 guitar methods, sold over 500,000 books and received over 5000 5* star reviews. You can be confident that your guitar education is in safe, experienced hands. Buy now to begin your journey into understanding and practical application of music theory on guitar

Review: Excellent Book! I have worked with modes and applying ... - Excellent Book! I have worked with modes and applying practical music theory to my guitar playing for quite some time. I lived in Los Angeles for many years and decided not to go to GIT and understand why Joseph went on his own course. I have for many years. The concepts in this book will be challenging for any guitarist. Church modes are not easy to learn. Instructors will confuse you. You have to set out on a personal quest to learn and master them. (Its certainly worth it) Although, you will have to find new people to play with that can handle what you can do. I have many learning books and dvds and am becoming quite a fan of Joseph's books. This book is similar to to Frank Gambale's book 1 which i love but is confusing and leaves out some very important ideas that Joseph explains easily and clearly. (however read Joseph's book first and the work with gambale's). Tom Kolb has a couple of really good books one on modes, one on music theory for guitar (his music theory for guitar lacks practical application, but a great reference). Oh, Andrew Wasson's modes pdf also. (get all of these books) First buy Joseph's book and then buy all of the others. Your playing will become incredible. I have used a variety of authors and each one of the ones mentioned will give you some great ideas. I really like Joseph's explanations which are really lacking by other authors. I have felt of many authors: ("thanks for explaining to me that triads are are the building blocks of music, great for composing and soloing. But, how about some very detailed clear examples as to how to go about doing it?") A massive book could be written about how to compose with, solo and utilize triads. I think a couple of topics that i haven't seen anyone really address would be: a thorough book on writing melodies and soloing with intervals, triads, arpeggios, and inserting major/minor pentatonics, and arpeggios within the major scale and modes. This book touches on these ideas. But a follow up for using these ideas for CREATING COMPOSITIONS would be really what the world needs. Great book to get you started. Or, you can continue playing 145 blues (yawn).
Review: A short, technical but very clear explanation of music theory. Highly Recommended buy! - I am a beginner at guitar, but I would say I'm close to being an intermediate player. I know the major chords and a few minor chords. I loved this book. Not only is it concise and technical, it's not overwhelming and so complex that you can't understand it. The author was very logical in their explanation and broke down music theory in such a way that helped me understand it very easily after reading the entire book. The book talks about music theory in general and then how it translates onto the fretboard. Other topics mentioned are how to create chords and scales which opens up your understanding of your entire guitar, not just the first 3 frets like I used to be limited to. This is very important if you want to grow and understand the why each chord has its set of notes and why some fingerings are easy and others are harder. This book has given me enough tools to build me up to be a better player and reach my goal of composing music of own. The book left me wanting to know more about more advanced topics, but to start, this is the book I recommend any person who is barely beginning on guitar and didn't have any musical background from a young age like myself. I highly recommend this book as well as many others from this same author thank you Mr Joseph Alexander.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #520,368 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #80 in Music Theory (Books) #82 in Guitars (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,390 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Book! I have worked with modes and applying ...
*by C***Y on January 25, 2015*

Excellent Book! I have worked with modes and applying practical music theory to my guitar playing for quite some time. I lived in Los Angeles for many years and decided not to go to GIT and understand why Joseph went on his own course. I have for many years. The concepts in this book will be challenging for any guitarist. Church modes are not easy to learn. Instructors will confuse you. You have to set out on a personal quest to learn and master them. (Its certainly worth it) Although, you will have to find new people to play with that can handle what you can do. I have many learning books and dvds and am becoming quite a fan of Joseph's books. This book is similar to to Frank Gambale's book 1 which i love but is confusing and leaves out some very important ideas that Joseph explains easily and clearly. (however read Joseph's book first and the work with gambale's). Tom Kolb has a couple of really good books one on modes, one on music theory for guitar (his music theory for guitar lacks practical application, but a great reference). Oh, Andrew Wasson's modes pdf also. (get all of these books) First buy Joseph's book and then buy all of the others. Your playing will become incredible. I have used a variety of authors and each one of the ones mentioned will give you some great ideas. I really like Joseph's explanations which are really lacking by other authors. I have felt of many authors: ("thanks for explaining to me that triads are are the building blocks of music, great for composing and soloing. But, how about some very detailed clear examples as to how to go about doing it?") A massive book could be written about how to compose with, solo and utilize triads. I think a couple of topics that i haven't seen anyone really address would be: a thorough book on writing melodies and soloing with intervals, triads, arpeggios, and inserting major/minor pentatonics, and arpeggios within the major scale and modes. This book touches on these ideas. But a follow up for using these ideas for CREATING COMPOSITIONS would be really what the world needs. Great book to get you started. Or, you can continue playing 145 blues (yawn).

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A short, technical but very clear explanation of music theory. Highly Recommended buy!
*by U***9 on June 4, 2015*

I am a beginner at guitar, but I would say I'm close to being an intermediate player. I know the major chords and a few minor chords. I loved this book. Not only is it concise and technical, it's not overwhelming and so complex that you can't understand it. The author was very logical in their explanation and broke down music theory in such a way that helped me understand it very easily after reading the entire book. The book talks about music theory in general and then how it translates onto the fretboard. Other topics mentioned are how to create chords and scales which opens up your understanding of your entire guitar, not just the first 3 frets like I used to be limited to. This is very important if you want to grow and understand the why each chord has its set of notes and why some fingerings are easy and others are harder. This book has given me enough tools to build me up to be a better player and reach my goal of composing music of own. The book left me wanting to know more about more advanced topics, but to start, this is the book I recommend any person who is barely beginning on guitar and didn't have any musical background from a young age like myself. I highly recommend this book as well as many others from this same author thank you Mr Joseph Alexander.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book for guitar players who want to learn music theory
*by E***F on August 9, 2020*

I would give this book 4.5 stars if that was an option. It's very close to 5 stars except for a few minor flaws. They are so nit-picky they are not worth mentioning. The print version of the book is about 110 pages. A file of accompanying scales and solos is available for download from the publisher's web site that enhance the material. The book is laid out in a logical order, starting with the major scale, chord construction, and harmony. The concepts are explained well and are easy to understand. I started taking notes while I was reading the book but after a number of times writing go to page x, this is important, I gave up taking notes. After that modes are explained and the author has a chapter on the important modes and how they can be used to make your solos sound more interesting. This is a book I will keep handy. While the book is easy to understand, there are a lot of concepts and the number of them can be overwhelming. That is not a problem with the book - that is music theory. Hopefully with repetition and practice I can remember what I need to. Modern Music Theory for Guitarists won't make you a genius but if you want to go beyond what you've taught yourself from a web site or You Tube, this is a great place to start. I recommend this book.

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