Berklee Guitar Theory

Publisher: Berklee Press
Kim Perlak, Curator
Developed by the Berklee Guitar Department Faculty

This book will help you learn and use chords, scales, and other building blocks of music from a guitarist’s perspective. It applies concepts of music theory directly to your instrument, using the time-honored teaching approaches of the Berklee Guitar Department.

These applications facilitate creative, expressive playing and writing in all styles and directly map to the Berklee Guitar Department proficiency evaluations.

You will learn to:
 • Master the fingerboard by understanding how strings and frets relate to scales, intervals, and chords.
• Understand and use the most important types of scales and modes.
• Construct chords and voicing possibilities based on the essential building blocks of harmony.
• Choose chord voicings that are ergonomic, intuitive, and expressive for every unique playing situation.

Included are studies composed by:

• Abby Aronson Zocher
• John Baboian
• Sheryl Bailey
• Larry Baione
• Jon Finn
• David Fiuczynski
• Jim Kelly
• Jeffrey Lockhart
• Lauren Passarelli
• Rick Peckham
• Kim Perlak
• Joe Rogers
• Curt Shumate
• Joe Stump
• David Tronzo
• Mike Williams