Guitarists: Master Music Theory with No Bull - Unlock Essential Knowledge for Playing Guitar

Donna McGreal: I'm not a serious musician and I've been playing guitar and banjo long enough to wish I understood how different scales work and why certain chords go with certain parts of melodies. Finally a clear step by step guide to basic music theory. Each section builds on the one before and the little quizzes really help me to know if I am understanding things accurately. I know that after I finish this book I'll have a good foundation and can dig deeper if I want to. Totally recommend!

United States on Mar 06, 2024

C.C: Très bon livre ... en fait le meilleur à ce jour !
Je le recommande pour toutes ses explications détaillées de ce qu'est la musique .

J'achèterai sans doute le volume 2 et 3 dans quelques mois .

Voilà !

Canada on Mar 04, 2024

Clem: This book is excellent. It does exactly what the title says. All the essential stuff is explained clearly, with practical exercises and examples. Plus there are free audio lessons and materials available to augment. Highly recommended.

United Kingdom on Feb 20, 2024

Hatef: I've enjoyed reading the book. As someone with no background in music, it's been a great introduction.

United States on Jan 29, 2024

peggy: This book series has greatly improved my understanding of music theory. As a newer guitar player with very little understanding of the HOW, this breaks it down in a way that is easy to understand. Highly recommend.

United States on Jan 07, 2024

Kyle F: I have several hundred dollars in Guitar Theory books that are collecting dust because either they were laden with music theory terminology that would put me to sleep or turn me off from the guitar totally. Several were like the Guitar Grimoire I own all of them which are super difficult to understand unless you have had several hundred hours of theory classes. I purchased this book because I was like what the hell let me give this a go again and really test this book to see if it was "NO BULL". I received the first volume and right out the gate within the first few pages my jaw hit the floor and many doors opened with the other theory books I own. I could not put this book down and found myself reaching for the guitar every time I turned the page. I always dodged learning the fret notes but this book made me want to learn them because if you really read into this book once you know the seven base notes of the guitar, the flood gates open. I am serious about this book, I usually don't write reviews but this was a big exception because this book is no joke James the author breaks the terminology in chunks so you can absorb and understand it in context. I don't know how many books I...

United States on Jan 21, 2023

Rob: i have had an interest in music theory to understand why a certain combination of notes is a specific chord. This book begins from the basics and gets you all the way to understanding what a key is and what notes you could use to improvise. It gets you understanding what is actually going on when you see a chord diagram labelled a G but not the one you know! After reading and understanding this book I immediately bought the other 2 in this series as well as the CAGED book as well. Based on what I have learnt and am able to apply I am likely to buy them all. Considering I am currently getting lessons at $35/week these are a bargain and are a great reference when you head just can't quite recall it all.
Highly recommend these for anyone wanting to learn theory that you can put into practice.
Don't wait just buy it you will not regret it.

Australia on Jun 18, 2022

Elsa Rebelo Alves: Pour apprendre de la théorie musicale dès le début que vous soyez débutant et ne savez pas du tout où commencer c’est très bien expliqué assez simple j’ai appris énormément avec ce livre et pourtant je savais rien au début :)
Ce livre montre que pour apprendre la théorie musicale pas besoins de compliquer trop :)

France on Oct 08, 2021

P.H.: Als ich das Buch zuerst überflogen habe, dachte ich: boah von den ca. 85 Inhalts Seiten sind maximal die Hälfte mit Informationen versehen. Dann mit großer Schrift, sich wiederholenden Abbildungen, kurzum ich begann an meinem Kauf zu zweifeln.

In letzter Zeit bin ich immer wieder über Major Scales, Pentatonic Scales und andere Einhörner gestolpert.
Man findet halt mehr im englischen als im deutschem im Net.
Dieses Buch hat mir den Zusammenhang von Harmonien, Chords und grundlegendem Verständnis in einer Weise näher gebracht, wie ich es nicht geglaubt habe. Die Zusammenhänge werden perfekt erklärt und es gibt immer wieder ein Aha Erlebnis.
Es beschränkt sich auf das, was auf dem Cover steht. Und das extrem gut erklärt.

Hinweis: Jeder sollte wissen, dass es in Englisch geschrieben ist. Aber auch, dass natürlich die Notation in Englisch ist und dass z.B. unser H ein B ist. Aber gerade dass finde ich auch wichtig, sich mit der englischen Notation zu beschäftigen.
Hinweis 2: Dies Buch ist nicht dazu da, um Gitarren spielen zu lernen. Es zeigt etwas Musiktheorie, welche selbst einem Noten Verweigerer wie mir Freude macht. Denn es gibt keine einzige...

Germany on Jul 07, 2020

OverRated: what I really liked about this book is that it's geared so well toward adult learners who have been missing that crucial link between theory and how to look at the fretboard. I started taking private lessons at 13 years old and I'll never forget the day the teacher looked at me, about 1 year into lessons and said, "You DO know where to find the roots of all your chords, right? Show me now which finger is pressing the D note of the D chord..." Wow! I was like a deer in the headlights. So...my guitar playing friends...don't be like 13 year old me! I was resistant to learn the things I SHOULD have learned so that I could understand the guitar better. Do it- take the step now. This is a great starting book, highly recommended. ***Note - not for the experienced guitarist who already knows a good bit of fretboard theory. This is for folks who play but don't really know how or why or what they are playing.

United States on Sep 26, 2019