"Chord Chemistry" book

[pelayo_jose]

Any insights on "chord chemistry" book??

I've heard it's used by John Petrucci... :cool:

[bdemon]

I've studied it off & on over the past fifteen years. I probably wasted a lot of time trying to hammer ideas into my head when that head wasn't ready, so I treat it mainly as a reference now. Some of the concepts are just too complex for me to understand or put to use. But on the other hand, I spend some time (months, years, etc.) studying other things, then I come back to a particular page in Chord Chemistry and I suddenly understand the previously difficult chords or ideas.

If you're serious about chord theory, it's definitely worth having in the collection.

[Bizarro]

It's used by everybody that's serious about learning chords, mainly jazz and prog-rock type players. I think it's one of the best things ever written for the guitar.

It's the sort of book where you read as much as you can, then pick a spot to start working on for a week or two. Then you work on something else. Everytime I read through it I pick up something new, even though I might have read the same section 100 times.

[pelayo_jose]

Thanks dudes... BTW, do you know some good books on piano or keyboard?... I just wanted to sight read piano and get some technique in the keys