The Tenor Guitar Chord Bible, with its 2,880 chords (in standard and Irish tuning) offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike. The layout is uncomplicated and follows a logical musical progression from standard major chords up to the more complex thirteenths used by many jazz players. To accompany the 2,880 chords, a useful range of 288 slash chords are also featured, reflecting the popularity of this type of chord in many of today's artist and compilation topline songbooks.
This highly comprehensive guide provides the musician with no fewer than 36 different types of chord in all twelve keys in both standard CGDA and Irish GDAE tunings, making it the definitive publication for the Tenor Guitar. Whether you play folk, rock, pop, jazz or any other type of popular music, The Tenor Guitar Chord Bible makes the ideal reference source for all occasions.
Standard Tuning Chords covered in The Tenor Guitar Chord Bible (using the key of C as an example): C, Cm, C-5, Cdim, C4, C5, Csus2, Csus4, Csus4add9, C+, C6, Cadd9, Cadd11, Cm6, Cmadd9, C6add9, Cm6add9, Cdim7, C7, C7sus2, C7sus4, C7-5, C7+5, C7-9, C7+9, Cm7, Cm7-5, Cm(maj7), Cmaj7, Cmaj7-5, Cmaj7+5, C9, Cm9, C11, C13.
Irish Tuning Chords covered in The Tenor Guitar Chord Bible (using the key of C as an example): C, Cm, C-5,Cdim, C4, C5, Csus2, Csus4, Csus4add9, C+, C6, Cadd9, Cadd11, Cm6, Cmadd9, C6add9, Cm6add9, Cdim7, C7, C7sus2, C7sus4, C7-5, C7+5, C7-9, C7+9, Cm7, Cm7-5, Cm(maj7), Cmaj7, Cmaj7-5, Cmaj7+5, C9, Cm9, C11, C13.
Major Slash Chords covered in The Tenor Guitar Chord Bible (using the key of C as an example): C/C, C/Db, C/D, C/Eb, C/E, C/F, C/F#, C/G, C/Ab, C/A, C/Bb, C/B.
Beside the many pages of chord boxes or windows, the book features useful sections on tuning, chord construction, fingerboard layout, FAQs, alternative chord naming, fingering, slash chords, harmonic intervals, guitar family factfile, chord window blanks for transcribing your own favorite chord sequences etc.
Review of features:
- 2,880 Chords featuring all 12 keys
- 288 Major slash chords in all keys
- 1152 possible moveable chord positions
- Standard CGDA and Irish GDAE tunings
- Chord theory, FAQs and tuning guides
- Fingerboard diagrams
- Instrument factfile
- Alternative chord naming chart
- Blank chord windows for your own jottings and arrangements
The aim of this guide is to provide the musician with the flexibility only really offered to 6-string guitar and keyboard players in the past. Now, with the help of The Tenor Guitar Chord Bible, musicians will be able to pick up any songbook and instantly have access to even the most complex and advanced chords.