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Old 12-19-2016, 12:18 PM
Steve DeRosa Steve DeRosa is offline
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Since you're presently focusing on chord progressions/voicings (a good way to get your feet wet when it comes to archtop IMO) I'd recommend the Mel Bay Rhythm Guitar Chord System for starters; first published in 1947 as the Orchestral Guitar Chord System (I learned from this edition in the early-60's), this has been the compers' handbook for the last seventy years and has been continuously in print with no changes other than title. Good news is that if your note reading's a little weak at this point it consists exclusively of diagrams and '40s-style chart notation; work with a decent theory book or two and it'll help you get a handle on some of the more esoteric points of voice leading, chord construction, alternative progressions, etc. more easily IMO than if the former were used in isolation - and if you're disposed to original songwriting I wouldn't be without it...
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