The Practical Guide to Modern Music Theory for Guitarists: The Complete Guide to Music Theory from a Guitarist's Point of View

by Joseph Alexander

Third Edition 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 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 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. 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. 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

Genres: Music

112 pages, Paperback

Published November 20, 2014

Reviews

[Kendrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must buy for guitarist. It will improve your knowledge if you don’t understand why certain work. Definitely will be rereading and practicing what I’ve learnned.