The Tres Cubano Chord Bible: C and D Major Cuban and Puerto Rican Tunings 1,536 Chords (Fretted Friends)

Tobe A. Richards

ISBN 10: 1906207534 / ISBN 13: 9781906207533

Published by Cabot Books (8 Mar. 2016), 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Tres Cubano Chord Bible: C and D Major Cuban and Puerto Rican Tunings 1,536 Chords (Fretted Friends)
• Publisher: Cabot Books (8 Mar. 2016)
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906207534
• ISBN 13: 9781906207533
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 21.59W x 0.66H x 27.94D centimeters 21.59 centimeters width by 0.66 centimeters height by 27.94 centimeters depth

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Synopsis

The Tres Cubano Chord Bible, with its 1,536 chords offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike. The layout is uncomplicated and follows a logical musical progression from standard major chords up to the more esoteric thirteenths used by many jazz players. This highly comprehensive guide provides the musician with no fewer than 35 different types of chord in all twelve keys, making it the definitive publication for the tres. Whether you play folk, rock, pop, jazz, Cuban Son or any other type of popular music, The Tres Cubano Chord Bible makes the ideal reference source for all occasions. The Chords covered in The Tres Cubano Chord Bible (using the key of C as an example): C, Cm, C7, Cm7, C6, Cm6, C5, Cmaj7, C+, Cdim, Cdim7, Csus4, C7sus4, Cadd9, Cmadd9, C9, C11, Csus2, Csus4, Csus4add9, C-5, C6add9, Cm6add9, Cm(maj7), Cm7-5, Cmaj7-5, Cmaj7+5, C7sus2, C7-5, C7+5, C7-9, C7+9, Cmaj7, C13. Beside the many pages of chord boxes or windows, the book features useful sections on tuning, chord construction, fingerboard layout, FAQs, alternative chord naming, fingering, slash chords, harmonic intervals, etc. This publication is also suitable for the Tres Puerto Rica. The aim of this guide is to provide the musician with the flexibility only really offered to guitar and keyboard players in the past. Now, with the help of The The Tres Cubano Chord Bible, musicians will be able to pick up any songbook and instantly have access to even the most complex and advanced chords.

About the Author

Tobe Richards has over thirty years experience of chord theory and playing various fretted musical instruments. He's also studied design for four years in the late seventies and early eighties, combining the two disciplines to produce comprehensive, yet easily accessible musical instruction guides for the last ten years. His books are currently being used in every corner of the globe.