The Chord Wheel: The Ultimate Tool for All Musicians
March 28th, 2010 Posted in Musical Instruments
- Song List -
- Chromatic Fantasy
- Come On, Come Over
- Continuum
- Donna Lee
Product Description
Master chord theory … in minutes! The Chord Wheel is a revolutionary device that puts the most essential and practical applications of chord theory into your hands. This tool will help you: Improvise and Solo – Talk ab… More >>
The Chord Wheel: The Ultimate Tool for All Musicians
March 28th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
This is an incredibly easy intro to music theory. It shows which chords sound good with other chords. It shows how simply folk and rock songs are put together (3 or 4 chords, usually). I’m an “adult beginner” on piano and keep it on the piano at all times. It helps me figure out how to accompany myself once I’ve picked out a tune. I may even be on the verge of composing a song, thanks to this simple tool. Changing keys seemed impossibly difficult until I got this. (If you’ve ever wondered what is meant by the I, IV, V chords, get this and life will make sense.) Most of all, it’s fun. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 28th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Seriously. When I first tried to learn something about music years ago, I
was completely stymied by the notes — what do you play and when? how
come some notes sound better than others? why do certain songs (like
jazz & bass “standards”) seem so similar, but sound so different?
How does everyone know what to play & when?
Well, it’s all here. And you don’t even have to get past the cover!
The Chord Wheel finally demistifies how songs are put together
around chords, and how those chords follow a progression. Now
you can visually see not only exactly what you should play, but
how to put together other chord patterns.
Frankly, I don’t understand why other music books have never
covered this material this way.
Truly enlightening!
Rating: 5 / 5
March 28th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
I have played guitar for over 10 years. I am a guitar instructor as well. Sometimes it’s difficult to keep all the chord theory in my head at all times. This little tool, the Chord Wheel, is an excellent aid that I find myself using often.
The Chord Wheel has a spinnable template that lays over the circle of fifths. Instantly, it helps you understand the flats and sharps in each key. Once you spin it to a certain key, it gives you all the main chord substitutions for every step in the gey–genious. The Chord Wheel also has some excellent chord theory instruction within its few pages.
I use The Chord Wheel as part of my teaching curriculum. I haven’t found a better tool to teach the circle of fifths or to introduce my students to the power of basic chord substitutions.
Excellent product, Jim. Thanks.
Hope this helps.
-Craig Nybo, co-author of Total Human: The Complete Strength Training System
Rating: 5 / 5
March 28th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
The chord wheel has helped me greatly in creating more interesting progressions very quickly. It has 12 pages of information that tells how to use the wheel on the front of the book. This information alone may not be enough to get the most use out of this tool, but it does help. I would recommend this in conjunction with a good music theory book. Edly’s Music Theory for Practical People would be a good choice to pair this tool with. Regardless of how much theory knowledge you have, it is well worth the price and is a very good tool. I have told many friends about it and almost all of them have purchased one. They have also found it very useful!
Rating: 5 / 5
March 29th, 2010 at 12:35 am
The book is very short with 12 pages. The book gives a very basic view on the relation of chords and chord functions. It has some other stuff, like chord construction, scales, and transposition. The best thing about the book is the chord wheel on the cover. It has a moveable plastic to set to a key and it will tell you what relation the chords are in the key. Don’t buy the book if you are looking of in depth music theory, buy it for the interactive chord wheel diagram on the cover.
Rating: 4 / 5