Unlock the Musical Magic of Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry

Richard L. Hill: Exactly what I wanted. Arrived on time. Good value. I would buy it again.

United States on Aug 19, 2023

Dario: Comprato su consiglio di un amico..libro utilissimo ma, bisogna avere almeno una discreta esperienza con la chitarra e conoscere la musica..ti si apre unaltro mondo!!

Italy on Jul 08, 2023

Paul: Great book, well packaged and a very speedy delivery.
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United Kingdom on May 14, 2023

DHollis: I got this after hearing Guthrie Govan recommend it to anyone who thinks they know enough chords, and he was not wrong: This book is full of different chords and shapes for those chords all across the guitar neck.

Admittedly, some of the shapes do not agree with my hands as they require a significant amount of flexibility, e.g. reverse-bending at the first knuckle of the middle finger while keeping the other fingers flat, but it's still nice to see all of the options for fretting chords all across the guitar neck.

United States on Apr 12, 2023

MrCrowley: Couldn’t be happier with this. Huge fan of Ted.

Canada on May 10, 2022

Patrick: It’s a great book. It ties guitar with music theory, if you already have a background there, but no theory is required beyond what is given and a guitar on which one can experiment. It’s more of a guide on what sounds good on a guitar and why in as straightforward a way as possible. There’s a ton of chords for straight reference, shortcuts, and the usual guitar best practices speckled throughout as well.

United States on Dec 20, 2020

João Victor: Chegou bem embalado, novinho. UM otimo livro para quem quer estudar afundo acordes e a intereção entre eles.

Brazil on Dec 20, 2020

Un lector: 🤘🏽

Mexico on Sep 08, 2020

MM: I got my first copy of this book about forty years ago, it got lost in a move, so I recently picked up another copy. It's so full of chords and ideas from a true great, that I'll never run out of new chord voicings to experiment with. There isn't a soul ever going to read this revue that won't find chord voicings in this book that are not in their guitar vocabulary. This book when compared to the price of a guitar lesson is a steal. It is NOT for beginners or whiners. I highly recommend this to any guuitarist wanting to be an accomplished player. Parts are hand written. You will find many chord charts, no tab, but don't worry if can't read music as there is very little of it. There is an overwhelming amount of information in this book. Don't expect to swallow it as a single guitar coarse and done. You can keep going back to it and enjoy it one bite at a time. Old book, still relevant and talked about, for good reason.

United States on Jul 11, 2020

Mr. B: I'll 2nd what a few others have mentioned: if you buy this book I would suggest you go to tedgreene.com and download the free "Trail Guide to Chord Chemistry" This isn't your regular chord dictionary style book, there are tons of those books and they can be found cheap at used book stores. This is Ted Greene's way of making sense of the guitar's fretboard and how chords work across it. It's a book that you can come back to time and time again as you progress along your journey of learning theory/harmony.

I read a few reviews complaining about the book only covering the chords in A and E chords. I'd say you should know where the notes are across the whole fretboard and have a basic understanding of the major scale and how to build chords before moving onto this book. All the chords are moveable so it doesn't matter that the book shows positions for only A and E chords (if it showed how to use them to play all the chords it would just be too many pages of filler with repeated chord forms over and over again).

A great book for anyone wanting to become more proficient at the guitar. It would take me a lifetime to learn all it has to offer. I would recommend the book...

United States on Mar 14, 2017