Saturday, July 25, 2009

Modern Chord Progressions by Ted Greene

Ted Greene continues the lessons taught in Chord Chemistry, treating chord progressions in the same exhaustive manner. He takes a progression (say, I-vi-ii-V7) and demonstrates a large number of chord combinations, many of which lend themselves to creating melodic lines. At first look, it appears to be nothing more than page after page of four-chord groupings, but as you work through this book (and it will take you some time), you realize that you're not just playing chords, you're making music, and before you know it, you find yourself escaping Ted's world and finding your own way around the fingerboard. This book, like its companion, is not particularly well laid-out; the chord diagrams are drawn in, and the text, though typeset rather than typed, still contains a few handwritten notes, but again, it was a product of its time (the early 1970's) and Ted can be a very funny person. Toward the end of the book, he has a handwritten note that says, "If you haven't cussed me out by now, you will after you try these." Don't expect to get through this book in a couple of weeks, but it will become as much a fixture in your library as Chord Chemistry.


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