Joe Pass Guitar Chords Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this book on the recommendation of Joe Satriani, who said, in an interview, that he first began to expand his guitar playing after a month or so of studying the chords in this book.I figured I'd give it a shot, because, let's face it - if Satriani found it useful, it can't be bad.
I was pretty happy with the purchase.The book is intended, explicitly, for ear training purposes.It lists major chord groups (maj, min, 7th, etc) and within each group, Joe offers the substitutions that he uses for them.The chords are listed in standard notation and a box diagram, and there are intentionally no chord names listed to associate with them.By getting the different chord sounds and associating them with a shape, one can develop a pretty good ear for commonplace chord substitutions.This is definitely an important skill to have for an aspiring guitarist of any style - and essential for anyone who wants to be a versatile guitarist.
The second section of the book goes through progressions of chords for each sound.These are generally used as turn-arounds, substitutions of multiple chords for a single one, or can be used as whole progressions.Again, there are no chord names listed here.
The last section of this book is an actual list of common jazz progressions, and one blues progression that is apparently common for Joe Pass (and not quite so common in the rest of the guitar community - a good thing in my book).These are only slash chord charts, meaning that all you have is a few measures of slashes and the chord(s) to go in each by name.There are no diagrams or standard notation.Then, Joe goes through substitutions he uses for these common progressions.This section is incredibly useful.
Unfortunately, the last part is also the only drawback of this book that I can see.Because the first two sections do not go over the chords associated with each chord name, this book does not stand alone unless the reader already has knowledge of varieties of chords available for stuff like Amaj7+5, D(b13), etc.That, coupled with the fact that the whole thing is only 24 pages long, is the reason for 4 stars instead of 5.
All in all, this book is highly recommended.It will improve your playing tremendously, and within a short period of time.

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Learn the sound of modern chords and chord progressions.You will play all basic and extended chord forms, solos and chord substitutions.The chords are divided into six major categories of sounds-major, seventh, augmented, minor, diminished and minor-seventh flat fifth.The purpose is to portray their sound in context of the category.

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