Customer Rating: 
Summary: Best Guitar Book
Comment: If you want to play well, this is it. You will learn not only chord structure, but how to build them (on the fly) and why you are doing so. Some basic music knowlage is helpfull. Warning: You have to WANT to LEARN to get the most from this book, however IT IS WORTH THE EFFORT! Ted Green's 'Modern Chord Progressions' is a nice companion. I have had an earlier copy scince the 70's and never found anything better. (Music theroy is not a bad thing )
Customer Rating:
Summary: if your serious..
Comment: if you have the "heat" to learn the fretboard and "know" there is a way to digest it...this is your book..studied with Ted for a year..he gave me many additional "lesson" sheets that I still visit 25 years later..this book will "open your eyes" ... you will have many "now I get it" moments
a deep hunger to lean this stuff is not required .. but it sure helps alot
wolf
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Good but in need of editing
Comment: This book is a treasure trove of chord theory (and application). As such it should rate 5 stars. However, the book hasn't been edited since it's publication in 1971!
That means hand-drawn chord diagrams, funky arrows, and hand-written notes (that occasionally may be impossible to read!).
At the price charged, the publisher should have taken the time (and expense) to update the work with computer-drawn diagrams and better lay-out.
The content is first class, but the poor lay-out lets it down.
It's a 1971 book, where only the price have been brought up to date.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Ted Greene's book was always my favorite.
Comment:
This book is for any serious guitar player, and definitely should then be combined with Ted's "Modern Chord Progressions". This book has much info for any musician, on Harmonizations and Voice-Leading. His approach to guitar is simply superb. There are enough examples to intrigue for quite awhile.
I first bought this book in the 1970's. Ted taught at Ernie Ball Guitars on Topanga Canyon Blvd in the 1960's, in Canoga Park. Friends and I lived there part time, as did many others. So, when the book came out I was an early beneficiary.
"Modern Chord Progressions", lays off some of the Theory, and just gives page after page of often 4 chord change voicings (think 3-6-2-5 or maybe 1-6-2-b9 progressions of every flavour). These are presented in massive quantities of refined voicings for Jazz or Classical textured guitar chord melody.
I long ago gave away my original copy, and then later gave away a few more copies. I bought one recently, and gave it away within days, and had to order it again. Giving this book to someone is like shining a light in the darkness.
This is a really good book for guitarists that want to play more than the basic chords they find everywhere, and want it to all come together in a seriously beautiful way.
I have recently seen a fan webpage dedicated to Ted Greene with some free online lessons and info about his life.
K.O'Mara
www.komaramusic.net
Customer Rating:
Summary: guitar books
Comment: I give this book a 4 star rating and I take away the one star because I have difficulty reading the diagrams.
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