The really cool thing about TG is that there's some really "bone simple" stuff that you can apply to the most basic 3 chord tunes. Check in the Lessons Section under "Baroque". Great voice leading stuff. Remember, Ted loved rock and pop music. In fact, he absolutely hated being called a "jazz" guitar player. Too limiting.
Originally posted by klasaine: The really cool thing about TG is that there's some really "bone simple" stuff that you can apply to the most basic 3 chord tunes.
So true! I totrally dig the idea of using a chord shape let's say an A major and finding the other notes of that A chord on those same strings on the fretboard... I made a template on pdf that I print and use to work those out with hi-liters and it makes a lot of sense to do it visually on paper to me then trying them out. That approahc alone was worth the price of the Chord Chemistry book I bought. I know I barely scratched the surface of that book and that I'll get a lot of it through the years.
Usually the better stuff is quite simple to figure out and once you click it's sticks with you forever.
ted's books are really great- i have the two volumes of chord chemistry- highly recommended- very straight-forward and easy to pull things out that are useful.