Guitar Books By Ged Brockie

WHAT LEVEL OF GUITAR PLAYER SHOULD CONSIDER THIS BOOK?

This book is aimed at experienced guitar players and will act as a practical reference and technical guide for players, teachers, educationalists and music conservatoires.

With hundreds of musical examples, chord progressions, music and chord diagrams, lick ideas and solo examples as well as in depth theoretical explanation, this book is a must for every aspiring jazz and contemporary guitarist.

SECTION ONE – FOUR CHAPTERS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

Stacking Chords, Chord formulae, Chord extension & alteration, Triads as upper structures, Pseudo scales, Inferring altered dominants, Generating chords across the neck, Chord & line superimposition, Voice leading, Vagrant harmony, Inferring altered dominants, Single line solo ideas, Tri-tones & flat five concepts, Chromatic movement, Deconstructing altered dominants, Synonyms, Movable solo lines, Cascading chords, Motif development, Sidestep line movement.

SECTION TWO:

A three chapter lick library of 70 original lick ideas that demonstrate each upper structure voicing category. All licks are offered in mp3 format as well as including narration from the author on the points of interest and technical challenges of the line.

Each lick is provided in musical and TAB notation. Every chord type includes arpeggio patterns across the fretboard with large format easy to view chords included with each lick example.

SECTION THREE:

Three chapters offering original jazz guitar solo examples over three well known jazz standard progressions. Full analysis from a comparative, melodic and harmonic viewpoint is included. Solos are fully notated in music and TAB with chords provided in large easy to view format.

SUPPORTING DOWNLOAD

Over one and a half hours of mp3 files included. Section 1 music examples, Section 2 demonstration licks with author’s technical narration and Section 3 which includes complete solo demonstrations as well as a wide range of backing tracks for you to practice over the three included sequences. There are one hundred and sixty nine mp3 files in total.

• A full colour publication offered in physical print, ePub and PDF Download form, 152 pages long.
• An easy to understand template system that enables you to learn and play major, natural, harmonic and melodic minor scales over the entire neck in seven positions.
• Scales You Can Use! includes tutorials and shows you how to play pentatonics in 10 different keys in one position.
• Learn how you can play in fourteen keys in one position using modal scales giving you complete musical control over key changes!
• Included are fret maps which detail a simple to understand root based system in two key positions giving you complete understanding.
• Theoretical explanations of pentatonic, major, melodic and harmonic minor, blues, chromatic, whole tone and diminished scales.
• A suite of “exotic” scales are also included for those that are looking to learn patterns that are on the fringe.
• Original music examples in music and TAB provided throughout Scales You Can Use! to ensure that you really learn the patterns shown.
• Open string patterns cover major, minor, pentatonic and blues scales.
• If you think you know what the cycle of fifths is about, then think again! Scales You Can Use! shows again and again how you can use this to the max!
• Divided into three chapters – Open Scale Patterns – Fretted Scale Patterns – Symmetrical Scale Patterns, each section within these chapters includes blank chord boxes and staff/TAB sheets for your own workings and examples.
• Traversing the entire neck in one key, playing round the cycle of fifths in one position, major, harmonic and minor scale comparison sheets are in there to give you the best chance of getting your scalar knowledge together once and for all!
• Modes are also covered and demystified showing you how to both create and apply these often misunderstood patterns.
• All three chapters are backed up by our Youtube videos viewable via QR codes so you can view the scales being demonstrated by GMI’s Ged Brockie.

• A full colour publication in physical print form, 120 pages long.
• An easy to understand system that enables you to generate the same chord over the entire neck and across all string sets.
• Drop Two Voicings Uncovered details how guitarists can extend their chordal knowledge and is for any guitarist who aspires to play jazz, extend their chord knowledge in usable forms for blues, funk, pop and a wide range of other musical genres and scenarios.
• There are nearly 1100 individual chord boxes used within the book with no music reading skills needed to get the most from this volume.
• Learn not only how to play new chord ideas, but how to generate new chord forms and crucially how to use them within some of the most widely used progressions in music.
• A comprehensive thirteen part video course (nearly two hours of video) complements and develops each lesson within the guitar book. These videos are view-able on both the GMI Youtube channel and within the GMI website blog area.
• Purchasers of the guitar book can download additional learning materials that extend your use of Drop Two Voicings Uncovered. Further chordal ideas in a downloadable pdf book and 21 mp3 backing tracks to practice along with will be offered.
• Periodical free updates sheets will be offered to book owners.

• Guitarists of all levels, from beginner to intermediate to advanced, will appreciate the expertly crafted arrangements of popular worship songs
• With a wide selection of worship songs included, this book is an invaluable resource for any church or worship team looking to expand their repertoire
• By learning and playing these powerful spiritual songs, musicians can deepen their understanding of how music arrangements sculpt the sound and give a deeper understanding of the music we play

• FEATURED SONGS
• What A Friend We Have In Jesus
• Abide With Me
• Amazing Grace
• Battle Hymn Of The Republic
• Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind
• Great Is Thy Faithfulness
• How Great Thou Art
• O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
• The Old Rugged Cross
• ‘Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus

Using the GMI guitar learning system, each song is offered in starter, intermediate and advanced arrangement form to help guide the player through various technical advancement of the same song.

✓ All “starter songs” are offered in two keys to ensure that almost all people can sing along regardless of vocal range.

✓ Starter songs include the chords and lyrics in both versions.

✓ All chords used in starter, intermediate and advanced versions of each hymn faithfully reproduced in large, easy to view format with fingering and chord information included. A staggering 1127 large format chords are included throughout the book.

✓ Lyrics for all ten hymns along with a short history of the writers of the music and lyrics included.

✓ Each hymn features an mp3 play along which is offered in both demonstration and backing track versions.

✓ All music is also notated in guitar tablature. You don’t have to be able to read music to play the arrangements.

This foundational teaching aid is designed to cater specifically to children who want to learn how to play the guitar in a fun and engaging way. The book includes chords, songs, and nursery rhymes alongside multimedia help such as tuning a guitar, simple Tabs for music notation of well-known songs or melody exercises.

Easy Guitar For Kids includes:

• Advice on why your child should start learning guitar and playing music.
• Help in choosing the right guitar for your child and the types of guitar available.
• The basics like the parts that make up the guitar, the guitar strings and how to hold and play the instrument.
• How to tune a guitar and advice on plectrums, string names, how to understand chord boxes and reading simple guitar TAB and an introduction to music notation.
• A range of easy to play chords that will means by using the book, you’ll be up and running in quickly.

Learn by learning to play the chords and strum along with these well known songs and nursery rhythms.

• Row, Row, Row Your Boat
• Frere Jacques
• The Wheels On The Bus
• This Old Man
• Jack And Jill Went Up The Hill
• Old MacDonald Had A Farm

The book includes a range of simple easy to learn chord and melody exercises. In the final part of the book you’ll learn how to play the melodies (tunes) of some of the songs you’ve already learned and new songs:

• Incy Wincy Spider
• Hush Little Baby
• Old MacDonald Had A Farm
• Jack And Jill Went Up The Hill
• London Bridge Is Falling Down

Immerse yourself in the nostalgic melodies of Sea Shanties For Easy Guitar. This book is a treasure trove for sea shanty enthusiasts and guitar players alike, featuring an extensive collection of traditional shanties with easy to follow guitar chords and lyrics that make it effortless to sing along.

MORE DETAIL

Play the chords and sing along with these wonderful songs from Sailors the world over. Sea Shanties For Easy Guitar offers you:

• All songs include lyrics and guitar chord boxes.
• Guitar chords and lyrics also provided in large easy to read text.
• The songs are all TAB’D out for you to play the melody. No sight reading skills needed.
• All ten songs are supported by free downloadable backing tracks and example rhythms for you to hear and learn to play from.
• Each song comes with a short background history.
• Help section for reading rhythms plus pages of extra chords for you to learn and play.

SONGS INCLUDED:

• What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor
• The Wellerman
• Leave Her Johnny Leave Her
• Spanish Ladies
• Blow The Man Down
• South Australia
• A Drop Of Nelson’s Blood
• Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmates
• Randy Dandy Oh
• The Banks Of Newfoundland