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    Barre Chord Theory, Practice, and Troubleshooting
    Barre Chord Theory, Practice, and Troubleshooting
    Barre Chord Theory, Practice, and Troubleshooting
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    Barre Chord Theory, Practice, and Troubleshooting

    By Bruce Dean

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    Why 'Barre Chord Theory, Practice, and Troubleshooting'? A lot of people have tried barre chords. They couldn't make them work, and clearly, someone saying 'just do this' isn't clear enough. Most books do little better. They often just show you the shapes, but don't show you the little things that will make you successful. Wall charts and laminated notebook pages are even worse. 'Barre Chord Theory' provides the discussion you would receive from an experienced teacher. As a private instructor who teaches barre chords all the time, I know what the common errors are in approach and in technique. Don't fear being asked to play with others again.

    If you've never tried barre chords before, this book will walk you through in a progressive manner without making assumptions about your current level of knowledge. Don't think that means I'm going to be wordy though. You'll learn just what you need to know to get you up and running or to fix the problems you may be having. The book will also fill any gaps you may have in your knowledge. If you know the barre chord shapes but only know a few locations, you'll nail down the knowledge that will have you playing in every key in no time. Don't put it off. Get the book today and be ready for a new life of musical expression, confidence, and competence.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBruce Dean
    Release dateJan 25, 2015
    ISBN9781311311139
    Barre Chord Theory, Practice, and Troubleshooting
    Author

    Bruce Dean

    A life learner, I've been teaching guitar for well over 10 years now. My 'Chord Genius' books are available at northernmusician.com, and will soon all be available for electronic download. They are written for the non-note reader who has no music theory background and take you from A to G#m13b5. It's all as easy as learning to run a scale and being able to count.The chord genius books are available for Guitar, Mandola, Mandolin, Octove Mandolin, Mandocello, Tenor Guitar, Tenor Banjo, Ukulele, Baritone Ukulele, Bouzouki, and soon for Cavaquinho on NorthernMusician.com. They are all being converted for epublication at the moment. Books for various popular tunings, CGDA, GDAE, GDAD, DGBE, DGBD, and CGBD, also available for the traditional instruments. Ukulele tunings DGBE, GCEA, and ADF#B are also available.I love teaching. It allows me a different perspective on how people learn and how they perceive things, making me the perfect person to help you with your musical education.I live in Northern BC Canada with my wife and my new pup, Tika. It's a wonderful, quiet place to live. My kids are all grown and making their way. I'm proud of all of them.

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      This is much better than those fragmented OTube videos. This book put it all together!! D@#N Good for transposing. Can't wait to practice. This book put Barre Chords in my head correctly and useable. Killed the mystery, now Practice Practice Practice. Thanks a Bunch.
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    Barre Chord Theory, Practice, and Troubleshooting - Bruce Dean

    Barre Chord Theory, Practice, and Troubleshooting

    By Bruce Dean

    Copyright 2015 Bruce A. Dean

    Smashwords Edition

    Intro

    Learning barre chords is likely to be one of the most challenging experiences when it comes to chords – from a strength perspective in any case. But when it comes to gaining the respect of other musicians, they're pretty basic. In fact, most people's failure with barre chords comes from lack of proper technique and not lack of strength. Nevertheless, the fact remains that strength must be built, and the best way to building strength to play barre chords, is by playing barre chords. Yeah, I know. But they don't work for me. Maybe not, but they will, with the help of this book.

    Look at it this way. There are two or three keys that allow you to play with open chords to any great degree. The other keys are lost to us with only open chards. Are you tired of the easy guitar books? Are you tired of buying books from your favourite bands and discovering that you can't play any of their songs? Let's fix that.

    I've heard it all. I just want to play. Go for it. Sure you can get away with power chords if you're in a hard rock band and you're all learning, but wouldn't you rather be versatile enough that you can play something more than power chords or lead guitar riffs?

    What if that other band, the one that's getting a name for itself, hears you play and asks you if you'd like to sit in? You've been 'just playing' for some time now, but when you sit in with them and someone says, Okay, the chords are Bb, Eb, Dm, and Cm7, and you don't know where to go or what to do, guess what – you're out.

    It's fine when you're first learning to ask for help, but when that band asks, you had better just know. They're not going to take the time to teach you every song; they're going to expect to hand you a sheet with chords and lyrics on it and have you figure it out for yourself. On the other hand, if they throw it at you and you have it nailed in a couple of run-throughs, they're going to love you.

    Let's give you what you need to be ready to play in that band.

    Chapter 1: Why you need to know

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