About
ACE the FRETBOARD teaches how to create guitar chord progressions by connecting basic triads. It uses patterns that repeat and are easy to play and remember. It includes the most popular chord progressions and is written for guitarists that don’t know any music theory.
ACE the FRETBOARD teaches guitarists how to
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Easily create chord progressions all over the fretboard, with all inversions, in any key.
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Play through the Circle of Fifths and use it to create chord progressions.
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Play through the Harmonized Major scale and use those chords to create progressions.
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Add borrowed chords to progressions.
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Create chord progressions on the fly just by finding the Root note and playing a triad pattern that was easy to memorize.
ACE the FRETBOARD is a comprehensive course on using triads to create chord progressions. This book will form a foundation that guitarists can use and build upon.
All of the chord progressions and their inversions are shown with chord diagrams. There are hundreds of examples. A guitarist can play through the progressions even if they don’t read the lesson. The progressions are easy to play for a beginner guitarist and the book is filled with ideas that will also benefit intermediate players.
This is a book guitarists can pull off the shelf when they want inspiration for songwriting ideas. ACE the FRETBOARD will be a lifelong resource for most guitarists.
The lessons are kept simple and easy to understand. Guitarists of all levels will be able to work their way through the entire book. It is rare to find an instruction book that guitarists will actually finish. Many instruction books start out fun but then get too complicated. ACE the FRETBOARD is different. This book explains confusing material in a simple way that is refreshing.
ACE the FRETBOARD takes complicated music theory and makes it super easy and fun to play.
ISBN: 979-8-9950049-0-5
The Purpose
I've been playing guitar since 1980 and have read many guitar books. I love to pull a guitar book off the shelf and see what I can learn. There are lots of great books on the market but I always wanted something different.
I want a book I can open to a random page and just start playing without needing to read an explanation or memorize TAB.
I want to learn how to play chord progressions on the fly. If my friend wants to jam on a I iii vi IV progression in the key of G, then I want to learn how to play that without needing to sit down and figure it all out.
I want to learn to create chord progressions all over the fretboard so I can add variety to my playing.
I want to learn many ways to play the same chord progression. If my friend asks how many ways can I play a I iii vi IV progression in the Key of C, then I want to say I can play it a dozen different ways.
I want to build a foundation of using triads to build chord progressions. I want to understand the basic triad shapes and the different ways they connect to form chord progressions. I want to understand the mechanics of how chord progressions are put together.
I wrote this book to teach all of the things I really wanted to learn from other books.
All of the examples and chord progressions are shown using chord diagrams. This makes them easy to play right away.
The focus of this book is on playing. It includes lessons and music theory and then it shows patterns so we can play the theory without needing to think too hard.
This is a simple book with many examples. Use it to build your own foundation of triads and building chord progressions on the fly. Then expand on this foundation with all of your other studies.
ACE the Fretboard has more than 400 pages.
Ready to Play
Hundreds of Chord Progression Examples
ACE the Fretboard has hundreds of pages of chord progressions that are ready to play using chord diagrams.
Instructional
Learn to Create Many Popular Chord Progressions on the Fly
ACE the Fretboard teaches easy patterns to connect triads into chord progressions. Learn how to create many different chord progressions without having to think very hard.
Music Theory
Learn to use the Circe of Fifths, the Harmonized Major Scale, and Borrowed Chords to Create Chord Progressions
ACE the Fretboard has a focus on playing. The music theory lessons are brief and simple so we can spend more time playing guitar and less time reading.