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Your Guitar Playing to the Next Level?

The Absolute Essentials of Music Theory Guitar Provides all the

Need-to-Know Theory for Most Guitarists...

But for Some Guitarists, it’s Just the Beginning... Many guitarists that have purchased the Absolute Essentials of Music Theory for Guitar have discovered just how fun, rewarding and addicting guitar theory can become.  After all, once you start having those frequent “ah ha” moments where you’re saying to yourself: “That’s how it works!  I get it now!”  On top of that, you are learning songs and guitar solos faster, and hearing major improvements in your guitar playing... It becomes pretty easy to want more.  Well, that’s why I created Guitar Music Theory Unleashed.  I could have called it the Absolute Essentials of Music Theory for Guitar Volume 2, since it picks up right where the Absolute Essentials of Music Theory for Guitar leaves off, but decided not to.  After all, if the Absolute Essentials of Music Theory for Guitar covers the absolute essentials of music theory, then how could these other concepts be essentials too?  Well, they can’t be.  What you will find in Guitar Music Theory Unleashed is the guitar theory that will take your playing and understanding of music to the next level and beyond.                                                                            

Let's Take Quick Peek at the Guitar Theory That Will Take Your

Playing to the Next Level...

In Guitar Music Theory Unleashed you'll learn all about four-part chords. You'll learn what the 17 different types of four-part chords are, how to play them in all inversions and of course you'll learn how to use them.  Pages 3-20. You'll learn four-part chord-scales (this means you'll learn how to build 7th chords off of each note of the major, minor, harmonic minor and melodic/jazz minor scales.  Pages 23-36. In Guitar Music Theory Unleashed you'll learn all about chord progressions. You'll learn the most popular chord progressions and see how you can identify them on paper and by ear.  This means you'll be able to recognize and understand the chord progressions used in your favourite songs, or just about any song for that matter! You'll also learn how to create your own chord progressions. When you understand chord progressions you'll give yourself a powerful accelerated learning tool. Instead of learning songs by rote, you'll now have an easy-to-use numbering system for learning the chords of songs in any key.  And by the way, the numbering system for understanding chord progressions is really, really simple—you just need to count to seven to use it!  Pages 39-51.

The Modes Demystified

If you’ve been playing for a while, you’ve probably heard about those ridiculously complicated sounding things called the modes.  I call them “ridiculously complicated sounding things” simply because… Most books and teachers make these scales RIDICULOUSLY more complicated than they have to be.  Now don't get me wrong—they are not intentionally doing this—it's just because they've never been shown a better way. The modes are one of the most important areas that every guitarist must know—unless you don’t want to learn songs faster, and create absolutely killer guitar solos and songs of your own.

At Last! A Simple, and Practical Solution to Understanding the

Modes

In Guitar Music Theory Unleashed you’ll discover the easy way to learn and understand the modes. You'll learn what Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian scales really are and how to use them.  Pages 53-67, 84-91. You'll learn fingerings for each of the modes and most importantly, you'll learn how to use the diatonic and relative modes. Pages 59-67. In Guitar Music Theory Unleashed you'll learn about modal songs and you'll get powerful modal memory tips.  Pages 68-81. You'll also learn all about chord-scale relationships. This means you'll understand what chords goes with what scales, or what scales work with what chords.  This will make improvising and creating your own guitar solos easy. Pages 85-91. And this is just some of what you'll master in Guitar Music Theory Unleashed.  Here's a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of what you'll get:
Guitar Music Theory Unleashed: How to Totally Understand Guitar Theory
Chapter 1 Chords Part II Four Part Chords...3 Application...5 Tetrads (Four Part Chords) 4th String Root...7 Tetrads (Four Part Chords) 5th String Root...9 Tetrads (Four Part Chords) 6th String Root...11 Inversion of Four Part Chords...13 Major 7th Inversions...14 Dom 7th Inversions...14 Min 7th Inversions...15 Dim 7th Inversions...16 Min 7 b5 Inversions...17 Tetrad Identification...17 Exercises...20 Chapter 2 Harmonized Scales Part II Harmonized Scales Part II...23 Solving Tetrads...24 Harmonized Major Scale Tetrads...27 Natural Minor Tetrads...32 Harmonic Minor Tetrads...33 Jazz Minor Tetrads...33 Exercises...36 Chapter 3 Basic Chord Function and Progression Functions of Chords...39 Chord Progression...41 I-IV-V-I...45 Imaj7-IVmaj7-V7-Imaj7...45 I-VI-II-V...46 Imaj7-VImin7-IImin7-V7...47 III-VI-II-V...47 IIImin7-VImin7-IImin7-V7...48 II-V-I...48 IImin7-V7-Imaj7...49 I-IV-V-I in Harmonic Minor...49 IImin7b5-V7-Imin in Harmonic Minor...50 Exercises...51 Chapter 4 The Modes Part I Diatonic Modes...53 Relative Modes...55 Application...58 C Major Scale Forms...59 F Major Scale Forms...60 Ionian...61 Dorian...62 Phrygian...63 Lydian...64 Mixolydian...65 Aeolian...66 Locrian...67
Chapter 5 The Modes Part II A Look at Modal Songs...68 "Flying Cloud"...69 "Drunken Sailor"...70 "House Carpenter"...71 Formulas for the Modes...72 Modal Memory Tips...74 Parallel Modes...75 "Drunken Sailor" in E Dorian...78 "Drunken Sailor" in E Ionian...79 "Drunken Sailor" in E Phrygian...79 "Drunken Sailor" in E Lydian...80 "Drunken Sailor" in E Mixolydian...80 "Drunken Sailor" in E Aeolian...81 "Drunken Sailor" in E Locrian...81 Psychological Characteristics of the Modes...82 A Quick Trip Through History...82 Church Modes...83 Modal Improvisation...84 Avoidance Notes...85 Chord-Scale Relationships...85 Exercises...91 Appendix Appendix...97 Harmonized Major Scale Triads...97 Harmonized Natural Minor Scale Triads...101 Harmonized Harmonic Minor Scale Triads...105 Harmonized Jazz Minor Scale Triads...109 Harmonized Major Scale Tetrads...113 Harmonized Natural Minor Scale Tetrads...119 Harmonized Harmonic Minor Scale Tetrads...123 Harmonized Jazz Minor Scale Tetrads...127 Relative Modes in all Keys...131

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Get your copy of the Guitar Music Theory Unleashed today, and try it out risk-free for 90 days.  If it doesn't dramatically improve your understanding of music theory, improve your knowledge of the guitar, or if you decide for whatever reason, that this book is not right for you, simply return the book in as bought condition for a full refund.
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Are You Ready to Go Beyond

the Basics and Take Your

Guitar Playing to the Next

Level?

The Absolute Essentials of Music Theory

Guitar Provides all the Need-to-Know

Theory for Most Guitarists...

But for Some Guitarists, it’s Just the Beginning... Many guitarists that have purchased the Absolute Essentials of Music Theory for Guitar have discovered just how fun, rewarding and addicting guitar theory can become.  After all, once you start having those frequent “ah ha” moments where you’re saying to yourself: “That’s how it works!  I get it now!”  On top of that, you are learning songs and guitar solos faster, and hearing major improvements in your guitar playing... It becomes pretty easy to want more.  Well, that’s why I created Guitar Music Theory Unleashed.  I could have called it the Absolute Essentials of Music Theory for Guitar Volume 2, since it picks up right where the Absolute Essentials of Music Theory for Guitar leaves off, but decided not to.  After all, if the Absolute Essentials of Music Theory for Guitar covers the absolute essentials of music theory, then how could these other concepts be essentials too?  Well, they can’t be.  What you will find in Guitar Music Theory Unleashed is the guitar theory that will take your playing and understanding of music to the next level and beyond.                                                                            

Let's Take Quick Peek at the Guitar

Theory That Will Take Your Playing to the

Next Level...

In Guitar Music Theory Unleashed you'll learn all about four-part chords. You'll learn what the 17 different types of four-part chords are, how to play them in all inversions and of course you'll learn how to use them.  Pages 3-20. You'll learn four-part chord-scales (this means you'll learn how to build 7th chords off of each note of the major, minor, harmonic minor and melodic/jazz minor scales.  Pages 23-36. In Guitar Music Theory Unleashed you'll learn all about chord progressions. You'll learn the most popular chord progressions and see how you can identify them on paper and by ear.  This means you'll be able to recognize and understand the chord progressions used in your favourite songs, or just about any song for that matter! You'll also learn how to create your own chord progressions. When you understand chord progressions you'll give yourself a powerful accelerated learning tool. Instead of learning songs by rote, you'll now have an easy-to-use numbering system for learning the chords of songs in any key.  And by the way, the numbering system for understanding chord progressions is really, really simple—you just need to count to seven to use it!  Pages 39-51.

The Modes Demystified

If you’ve been playing for a while, you’ve probably heard about those ridiculously complicated sounding things called the modes.  I call them “ridiculously complicated sounding things” simply because… Most books and teachers make these scales RIDICULOUSLY more complicated than they have to be.  Now don't get me wrong—they are not intentionally doing this—it's just because they've never been shown a better way. The modes are one of the most important areas that every guitarist must know—unless you don’t want to learn songs faster, and create absolutely killer guitar solos and songs of your own.

At Last! A Simple, and Practical Solution

to Understanding the Modes

In Guitar Music Theory Unleashed you’ll discover the easy way to learn and understand the modes. You'll learn what Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian scales really are and how to use them.  Pages 53-67, 84-91. You'll learn fingerings for each of the modes and most importantly, you'll learn how to use the diatonic and relative modes. Pages 59-67. In Guitar Music Theory Unleashed you'll learn about modal songs and you'll get powerful modal memory tips.  Pages 68-81. You'll also learn all about chord-scale relationships. This means you'll understand what chords goes with what scales, or what scales work with what chords.  This will make improvising and creating your own guitar solos easy. Pages 85-91. And this is just some of what you'll master in Guitar Music Theory Unleashed.  Here's a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of what you'll get:
Guitar Music Theory Unleashed: How to Totally Understand Guitar Theory
Chapter 1 Chords Part II Four Part Chords...3 Application...5 Tetrads (Four Part Chords) 4th String Root...7 Tetrads (Four Part Chords) 5th String Root...9 Tetrads (Four Part Chords) 6th String Root...11 Inversion of Four Part Chords...13 Major 7th Inversions...14 Dom 7th Inversions...14 Min 7th Inversions...15 Dim 7th Inversions...16 Min 7 b5 Inversions...17 Tetrad Identification...17 Exercises...20 Chapter 2 Harmonized Scales Part II Harmonized Scales Part II...23 Solving Tetrads...24 Harmonized Major Scale Tetrads...27 Natural Minor Tetrads...32 Harmonic Minor Tetrads...33 Jazz Minor Tetrads...33 Exercises...36 Chapter 3 Basic Chord Function and Progression Functions of Chords...39 Chord Progression...41 I-IV-V-I...45 Imaj7-IVmaj7-V7-Imaj7...45 I-VI-II-V...46 Imaj7-VImin7-IImin7-V7...47 III-VI-II-V...47 IIImin7-VImin7-IImin7-V7...48 II-V-I...48 IImin7-V7-Imaj7...49 I-IV-V-I in Harmonic Minor...49 IImin7b5-V7-Imin in Harmonic Minor...50 Exercises...51 Chapter 4 The Modes Part I Diatonic Modes...53 Relative Modes...55 Application...58 C Major Scale Forms...59 F Major Scale Forms...60 Ionian...61 Dorian...62 Phrygian...63 Lydian...64 Mixolydian...65 Aeolian...66 Locrian...67 Chapter 5 The Modes Part II A Look at Modal Songs...68 "Flying Cloud"...69 "Drunken Sailor"...70 "House Carpenter"...71 Formulas for the Modes...72 Modal Memory Tips...74 Parallel Modes...75 "Drunken Sailor" in E Dorian...78 "Drunken Sailor" in E Ionian...79 "Drunken Sailor" in E Phrygian...79 "Drunken Sailor" in E Lydian...80 "Drunken Sailor" in E Mixolydian...80 "Drunken Sailor" in E Aeolian...81 "Drunken Sailor" in E Locrian...81 Psychological Characteristics of the Modes...82 A Quick Trip Through History...82 Church Modes...83 Modal Improvisation...84 Avoidance Notes...85 Chord-Scale Relationships...85 Exercises...91 Appendix Appendix...97 Harmonized Major Scale Triads...97 Harmonized Natural Minor Scale Triads...101 Harmonized Harmonic Minor Scale Triads...105 Harmonized Jazz Minor Scale Triads...109 Harmonized Major Scale Tetrads...113 Harmonized Natural Minor Scale Tetrads...119 Harmonized Harmonic Minor Scale Tetrads...123 Harmonized Jazz Minor Scale Tetrads...127 Relative Modes in all Keys...131

MY IRON-CLAD TOTAL SATISFACTION

GUARANTEE TO YOU

Get your copy of the Guitar Music Theory Unleashed today, and try it out risk-free for 90 days.  If it doesn't dramatically improve your understanding of music theory, improve your knowledge of the guitar, or if you decide for whatever reason, that this book is not right for you, simply return the book in as bought condition for a full refund.
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