Deluxe Guitar Chord Encyclopedia

by William Bay

Book Overview

If you are only going to get one guitar chord book, make it this one! Thousands of chord forms are presented. Chords are presented in each key and numerous forms are shown for each type of chords.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871666642
• ISBN13: 9780871666642
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.7" x 11.7"

Customer Reviews

It's not the best that I've seen

This book gets a four because all the information is there. It would be misinforming if I'd say that the book is anythign but a solid collection of most any chord you're ever going to come across while playing the guitar. However, the book's weakness is its format, which is cluttered and a little hard to read. I wish I could find the original chord book I had whcih accompanied the first guitar I bought years and years ago. It was a very simple book, with three chords to a page, three different positions for each chord (technically nine chords to a page) and it displayed the name of each not that was being played which was imperative to my learning how to play lead. Sorry to get nostalgic... but the big downside to this Mel Bay book is its clutter aesthetic. Other than that, no qualms. Get it and expand your chord vocabulary!

Excellent Resource

I've owned this book for over ten years now. There are many great chord books out there but what sets this one apart from the others is the fact that it includes the actual intervals/notes along with the chord diagram. Most books leave this crucial info out. This way you learn excatly which intervals make up the chord. For example: it illustrates that a C major chord contains a root, a third and a five, and then goes on to illustrate that they are C, E, and G. C minor is Root, flat 3, and 5 which is C, E flat, and G. With this info included you really learn why a chord is what it is and how intervals make up the chord, which is basically what chord theory is. Armed with this info you will soon discover that you also have a good foundation of Arpeggios! Kudos to Mel Bay and William Bay.

Good complete book of all chords you would need to know.

This book contains a vast collection of chords. It's a great encyclopedia for looking up a chord one might not know or for a beginner learning the major chords

Useful Book

I like this book simply because of its contents and layout. It shows many ways to hold each chord. It teaches the guitarist sometimes three, four, five and six string methods, so whatever type of guitar or muscic you play, there is a method that can best suit your needs. I recommend the spiral version because you can spread the book apart more easily.

A new guitar players savior...

An educational book that's been in print since 1971 has gotta be good. This book basically taught me how to play guitar. I learned all of my chords and such from it. It's laid out very clearly with both diagrams and photos to show you how to make each chord. Definitely get this one.