Has anyone read "The Chord Factory"
edspy...@yahoo.com
what I've read it sounds interesting.
The Chord Factory
Build Your Own Guitar Chord Dictionary. By Jon Damian. Berklee Guide.
Softcover. 238 pages. Published by Berklee Press. (50449541)
Ed S.
paul s
yet, but I have his 1st bk, it is excellent. He is a great player and
teacher.
Paul S
Rootworker
Another good chord book, if you can find it, is Al Di Meola's "A Guide to
Chords, Scales, and Arpeggios."
jimbol51
examples....
dennis....@gmail.com
> Quite a bit of $ especially being that it does not come with a CD for
> examples....
That is an absolutely invalid objection. $25 for the amount of
harmonic information that appears to be in this book (which I haven't
read) seems cheap to me - I think it would take a dedicated student
months, at least, to master this material. $25 is less that you'd pay
for one lesson in most places. $25 is probably less than your monthly
cable or cell phone bill.
If you want to hear what the chords sound like, play them.
Michael Quooss
Here in Germany you can buy it for 18.99 EURO
Michael.
cl...@claymoore.com
> Quite a bit of $ especially being that it does not come with a CD for
> examples....
I found it for @ $15.50 + shipping via Amazon's resellers. I went
ahead and splurged because I need a jazz harmony book for the
classical guys I teach and this one sounds promising.
Clay
pmfan57
Keith Freeman
EUR12.89/USD18.90 (inc. postage anywhere in the world).
No connection, just a very satisfied customer!
-Keith
Clips, Portable Changes, tips etc.: www.keithfreemantrio.nl
e-mail: info AT keithfreemantrio DOT nl
Michael Quooss
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lukejazz
wrote:
> Has anyone seen/read Jon Damian's new book "TheChordFactory"? From
> what I've read it sounds interesting.
>
> TheChordFactory
> Softcover. 238 pages. Published by Berklee Press. (50449541)
>
> Ed S.
I just got a copy from Barnes & Nobles for I think about $17 after
reading your post (I had a B&N gift card).
After first glance last night I'm not really that impressed. It's
written in kind of a peculiar fashion with a ridiculous cartoon figure
he calls Chester to whom he is constantly referring. Kind of creepy
and annoying.
There are blank templates in the back, that you are supposed to
photocopy, but the book is oversize so I'm not sure how well that
would work. Seems simple enough to create some pdf files and put them
on website these days, if you know what I mean.
I looked at the first two chapters (monads, and diads) and have gotten
zero out of it so far and the constant "conversation" with "Chester"
the cartoon seems ridiculous and childish.
There is probably more "meat" and less fluff in the following
chapters. I was hoping to use this book in my teaching as it seems
like a good idea that has occurred to me before. So far, I don't think
it will be usable.
I'll let you know how it goes after I look at it some more.
Luke
www.lukejazz.com
Mark & Steven Bornfeld
If you hang around here you'll spend plenty. I've ordered a couple of
books here based on expressing an interest in technical harmony. I've
had these books for a year, and for a variety of boring reasons I
haven't read them yet, but I plan to.
I am afraid if I get through "Harmonic Experience" by W.A. Mathieu that
my head is gonna explode. I want to personally blame Paul Sanwald in
advance, just so's ya know.
Steve
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Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
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Brooklyn, NY
718-258-5001
paul
<bornfeldm...@dentaltwins.com> wrote:
> I am afraid if I get through "Harmonic Experience" by W.A. Mathieu that
> my head is gonna explode. I want to personally blame Paul Sanwald in
> advance, just so's ya know.
I never claimed to have gotten through the whole thing :).
--paul
Mark & Steven Bornfeld
Kinda like me and Lord of the Rings.
Oh, I will make the attempt with the Mathieu...
Thelonious77
on chords ever written. There is literally no chord type untouched in
this book. More importantly, it is presented extremely clearly.
More than just showing 80,000 grips (like those horrid chords
encyclopedias), Damian guides us through the process of creating a
personal chords dictionary. This includes collating ALL of the chords
that are possible to finger (and some almost impossible). How? By
starting right away with the "monad", which is a very clever, albeit a
bit esoteric, way of understanding the overtones that appear which
each single fundamental we pluck.
A extremely disciplined student would figure this whole book out on
their own. I have done a lot of this kind of stuff before (e.g. find
every, I mean EVERY Ab major 7th chord on the neck). And Chester?
What a creative way to add a humorous, "straight man" to this dry
topic.
Jon Damian has another winner with this book.
Erik
lukejazz
Haven't looked at it again but I'll get to it. Thanks for your input
on the book. I want it to be great and useful - really I do!!
Luke
www.lukejazz.com
Keith Freeman
I have a lot of books that fit that description on my shelves... ;-}
lukejazz
I looked at it again some this morning - that whole "Chester" bit is
just too annoying for me. IMO it adds nothing and is a big
distraction. It really turns me off to the book. I'm sure someone
will like it though.
Luke