About the Book
The Cittern Longscale Chord Bible, with its 3,024 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. To accompany the 3,024 chords, a set of 432 major slash chords are included, reflecting the popularity of this type of chord in many of today's artist and compilation topline songbooks. This highly comprehensive guide provides the musician with no fewer than 36 different types of chord in all twelve keys and three different tunings, making it the definitive publication for the longscale cittern. Whether you play folk, rock, pop, jazz or any other type of popular music, The Cittern Longscale Chord Bible makes the ideal reference source for all occasions. Fifths tuning chords covered in the C Cittern Longscale Chord Bible: C, Cm, C-5, Cdim, C4, C5, Csus2, Csus4, Csus4add9, C+, C6, Cadd9, Cadd11, Cm6, Cmadd9, C6add9, Cm6add9, Cdim7, C7, C7sus2, C7sus4, C7-5, C7+5, C7-9, C7+9, Cm7, Cm7-5, Cm(maj7), Cmaj7, Cmaj7-5, Cmaj7+5, C9, Cm9, C11, C13, C/C, C/Db, C/D, C/Eb, C/E, C/F, C/F#, C/G, C/Ab, C/A, C/Bb and C/B. Irish tuning chords covered in the C Cittern Longscale Chord Bible: C, Cm, C-5, Cdim, C4, C5, Csus2, Csus4, Csus4add9, C+, C6, Cadd9, Cadd11, Cm6, Cmadd9, C6add9, Cm6add9, Cdim7, C7, C7sus2, C7sus4, C7-5, C7+5, C7-9, C7+9, Cm7, Cm7-5, Cm(maj7), Cmaj7, Cmaj7-5, Cmaj7+5, C9, Cm9, C11, C13, C/C, C/Db, C/D, C/Eb, C/E, C/F, C/F#, C/G, C/Ab, C/A, C/Bb and C/B. Modal G tuning chords covered in the C Cittern Longscale Chord Bible: C, Cm, C-5, Cdim, C4, C5, Csus2, Csus4, Csus4add9, C+, C6, Cadd9, Cadd11, Cm6, Cmadd9, C6add9, Cm6add9, Cdim7, C7, C7sus2, C7sus4, C7-5, C7+5, C7-9, C7+9, Cm7, Cm7-5, Cm(maj7), Cmaj7, Cmaj7-5, Cmaj7+5, C9, Cm9, C11, C13, C/C, C/Db, C/D, C/Eb, C/E, C/F, C/F#, C/G, C/Ab, C/A, C/Bb and C/B. 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, chord window blanks for transcribing your own favorite chord sequences etc. 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 Cittern Longscale 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.
