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The classic chord reference bookTed Greene's Chord Chemistry from Alfred was originally published in 1971 and has become the classic guitar chord reference book for all guitaristsWhether you are just beginning to search beyond basic barre chords or are already an advanced player, this guitar chord book is a harmonic treasure chest filled with exciting ideas and sounds designed to inspire creativityTed Greene's Chord Chemistry from Alfred was originally published in 1971 and has become the classic guitar chord reference book for all guitaristsWhether you are just beginning to search beyond basic barre chords or are already an advanced player, this guitar chord book is a harmonic treasure chest filled with exciting ideas and sounds designed to inspire creativity
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Release dateMay 2009
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Found 22 comments on Ted Greene -- Chord Chemistry:

u/meepwned · 21 pointsr/Guitar

My suggestion is to learn on your own, and if you choose to go to college, pursue a major that has more profitable career options. Minor in music theory and invest your free time in practicing your instrument. Here is a reading list I recommend to start getting into serious music study and guitar playing:

u/dday859 · 10 pointsr/Guitar

Anyone ever heard of the book "Chord Chemistry" by Ted Greene...

http://www.amazon.com/Chord-Chemistry-Ted-Greene/dp/0898986966

u/dearoldavy · 8 pointsr/Guitar

Ted Greene - Chord Chemistry

The best chord theory resource out there in my opinion. There is a reason it's been around for over 30 years and people are still referencing it.

It's not free, but $12.49 isn't a lot for the knowledge you'll gain.

u/jtpinnyc · 6 pointsr/edmproduction

For guitarists, I would recommend Ted Greene's classic "Chord Chemistry" book. Ted was a bit of a far out hippy and the book is pretty "out there" but he was one of the all time chord masters and I learned so much about chords progressions, voicings, substitutions and voice leading from this book. http://www.amazon.com/Ted-Greene-Chord-Chemistry/dp/0898986966

u/the_emptier · 4 pointsr/jazzguitar

have you tried all inversion, every string set, all drop voicings, open string voicings, all altered/color tones. keeping the same note on top, moving the top note up or down by only steps (no skips). triad possibilities?

take a look at the sidebar > even though you're not working on chord melodies, barry galbraiths chord melodies have really great voicings, and they have chord symbols so you can just cop them all.

this book is good too

http://www.jazzbooks.com/jazz/product/BG3#.Vye2JaODGko

this lage lund DVD has been the basis of all of my chordal development lately, however, i will say it starts from a very advanced standpoint

ted greenes book is kind of convoluted but its got a million shapes to check out

http://www.amazon.com/Ted-Greene-Chord-Chemistry/dp/0898986966

http://jazzheaven.com/videos/how-to-play-jazz-guitar-lessons/lage-lund-jazz-guitar-chordal-vocabulary-masterclass/

duo albums to check out:

ed bickert fucking slays on this

http://www.allmusic.com/album/mutual-street-mw0000878202

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Living_(Ella_Fitzgerald_album)

for ultra scary time here's a ben monder PDF

http://www.jazzguitarlessons.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ben-monder-lessons.pdf

u/captain_penis_hair · 4 pointsr/Guitar

Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry

For chordal stuff, he is one of the absolute greats and I cannot recommend him enough. This book contains pages and pages of shapes for every type of chord you can think of, but also goes on to teach you how you can apply them and reharmonise from a guitar point of view.

His website with lots of free lessons and chord melody tunes. You can get the gist of his stuff here. The book has also got all hand written chord boxes like the stuff on his site.

Example of his playing

Tommy Emmanuel talking about the book Bitches love Tommy Emmanuel.

u/SomedayVirtuoso · 3 pointsr/Guitar

Links!

Chord Chemistry - Ted Greene

The Advancing Guitarist - Mick Goodrick

Mickey Baker's Complete Course in Jazz Guitar: Book 1

Also, remember that 85% of odd jazz chords that come about, you should be able to work out. -Maj7? Min7 chord with a sharp 7. 7b5? 7 chord with a flat five. Chords with tensions can generally be played without the tensions, so G13 can easily be G7. However, you will loose some nuance. As for jazz solos? Totally not a jazz guitarist. My rock soloing didn't go well with my jazz teachers. However, I was given some fantastic advice: Even if you don't play a style, solo in it like you would normally because that is where you are comfortable. If you find the groove, you'll fit.

u/rsm5068 · 3 pointsr/Guitar

A good starter book on chords: Chord Chemistry by Ted Greene. Recommended to me by a former teacher, I still use it all the time and will probably never stop.

u/CodeDomination · 3 pointsr/Guitar

https://www.amazon.com/Ted-Greene-Chord-Chemistry/dp/0898986966

This book is pretty much the chord bible.

u/aeropagitica · 2 pointsr/Guitar

Pure theory alone will not improve your technique on any instrument, but will enable you to understand the mechanics of the music being played, and communicate it to another musician. You might consider applying your knowledge to extended chords and harmonies available in Jazz. Books by the following would be useful:

u/NotGoing2Say · 2 pointsr/Guitar

Chord Chemistry is a great book. It's my guitar bible. I'm always coming back to it. It was written by one of the best guitar players ever, Ted Greene.

I've heard The Advancing Guitarist is quite good but I've not read it.
One last suggestion. If you can find a book called SuperChops by another legendary player (Howard Roberts) you'll be set. It's a great 20 week course that'll take your playing to new levels. Howard was one heck of a jazz player, teacher and nice fella. It's out of print (now) so it may be a struggle to get a copy but once you do...hold onto it.

u/IsaacOH · 2 pointsr/Guitar

This!

Also, everything the man's ever written.

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/Guitar

I was recommended Chord Chemistry by Ted Greene by a friend and has helped quite a bit. It does offer a lot of chord charts, but is geared more for you to build techniques to expand your chord vocabulary instead of just remembering charts.

u/andystructible · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

I know the contest is over... but if your friend is really into guitar:

http://www.amazon.com/Chord-Chemistry-Ted-Greene/dp/0898986966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368203141&sr=8-1&keywords=ted+greene

It's a book that guitar legends like Tommy Emmanuel recommends. Here's a clip of Tommy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lbvSBNLLoo

u/byproxy · 1 pointr/jazzguitar

Well, I doubt it's either of these since they're still in print...but maybe give The Drop 2 Book or Chord Chemistry a go.

u/mtg4l · 1 pointr/musictheory

I gather you're on guitar? Two great books by Ted Greene come to mind

Chord Chemistry will give you tons of ideas for new and exciting progressions.

Modern Chord Progressions will show you how much can be done with simple progressions. This one has something like 300 examples for a I vi ii V progression for instance, and they all sound very different. It's a little intimidating at first with the finger stretching but really eye opening as to what can be done on the fretboard.