Song List:
Chords of the Harmonic Minor Scale
Chords of the Melodic Minor Scale
Quartal Harmony
Chords With More Than One Name
The Chord Connection
Triad Chord Connections
Diatonic triads
Triad String Set #2
Triad String Set #3
Triad String Set #4
6ths and 10ths
Triads in Spread Voicing
Complex Chords
Chord Symbol Notation
7th Chord Inversions
The Five Four-Note String Sets
Four-Note String Set #1
Four-Note String Set #2
Four-Note String Set #3
Four-Note String Set #4
Four-Note String Set #5
Other Chords You Should Know
Introduction
About the Authors
PART ONE: EASY CHORD IDEAS
Introduction to Part One
CAGED
Review the Basics
Standard Music Notation
chord diagrams
TAB
Roman Numerals
The Major Scale
Introducing Triads
Four-Note Chord Preview
Major Chord Scales
Chord Progressions
Minor Chord Scales
Fingerpicks and Strums
Fingerpicking Patterns
Strumming Patterns
Four-Note Chords
7th-Chord Scales
C Major Family Chord Embellishments
C Ideas---The I Chord
D min Ideas---The ii Chord
E min Ideas---The iii Chord
F Ideas---The IV Chord
G Ideas---The V Chord
A min Ideas---The vi Chord
B dim/Bmin7-flat 5 Ideas---The vii-diminished Chord
Common Chord Progressions
Common "Ear Twisters"
An Etude for the C Family
By The Sea
A Major Family Chord Embellishments
A Ideas---The I Chord
B min Ideas---The ii Chord
C sharp min Ideas---The iii Chord
D Ideas---The IV Chord
E Ideas---The V Chord
F-sharp min Ideas---The vi Chord
G-sharp dim/G-sharp min7-flat 5 Ideas---The vii-diminished Chord
Etude for the A Family
G Major Family Chord Embellishments
G Ideas---The I Chord
A min Ideas---The ii Chord
B min Ideas---iii Chord
C Ideas---The IV Chord
D Ideas---The V Chord
E min Ideas---The vi Chord
F-sharp dim/F-sharp min7-flat 5 Ideas---The vii-diminished Chord
Little Etude in E Minor
Etude for the G Family
E Major Family Chord Embellishments
E Ideas---The I Chord
F-sharp min Ideas---The ii Chord
G-sharp min Ideas---The iii Chord
A Ideas---The IV Chord
B Ideas---The V Chord
C-sharp min Ideas---The vi Chord
D-sharp dim/D-sharp min7-flat 5 Ideas---The vii-diminished Chord
A Common Chord Progression
Eternal Highway (Strumming Etude for the E Family)
More Common Progressions
D Major Family Chord Embellishments
D Ideas---The I Chord
E min Ideas---The ii Chord
F-sharp min Ideas---The iii Chord
G Ideas---The IV Chord
A Ideas---The V Chord
B min Ideas---The vi Chord
C-sharp dim/C-sharp min7-flat 5 Ideas---The vii-diminished Chord
D'Nice (Etude for the D Family)
Using a Capo
Reasons to Transpose
Capos in Action
How to Use a Capo to Play in Difficult Keys
The CAGED Formula
Different Types of Capos
Waterfall (Etude for Partial Capo)
Odds And Ends
Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
Etude for Hammer-ons and Pull-offs
Passing Tones and Chords
Pivot Finger Chord Combinations
Endings and Cadences
Pedal Tone Diatonic Chord Scales
Introduction to Alternate Tunings
Open D Tuning---D-A-D-F-sharp-A-D
Blues for Ry
Open G Tuning---D-G-D-G-B-D
Open C Tuning---C-G-C-G-C-E
The Hope Song (Etude for Open C Tuning)
D-A-D-G-A-D Tuning
PART TWO: CHORD CONNECTIONS
Introduction to Part Two
How to Read Chord Diagrams
Open Position Chord Forms
Barre Chord Forms
Basic Theory
Triad String Set #1