Jazz Guitar Chord System: Private Lessons Series (Acoustic Guitar Magazine's Private Lessons)

it looks like very few pages but there is a world of chords with only a few voicings.... i tried the pdf first but had to buy the real copy because of the color system... you need to get into this to get superb harmonic sound, the funny thing is that the guy in the cover is not henderson hahaha, maybe the editors thought that he doesnt have "cover" looks!!

There's not a better system. Learn these chords along with the notes of every key and the fretboard and you're on your way.

Goodness, Scott! 2000+ chords in 16 pages?!?!?Yes, fellow guitar players, you read that right. Scott's amazingly compressed system for guitar voicings/fingerings/usage. Some study time with his approach will produce huge dividends.

The impression you get when you look at this book initially is that it will be a complete chord system. That is not true. Although many of the chord voicings work in theory, a large portion of them aren't usable because they don't sound very good. The system is also not presented very clearly. The idea is to use enharmonic thinking so that one chord can be used in multiple contexts. The presentation is very complex and confusing- and I'm an advanced level professional/ performing guitarist with 2 degrees in music.Part of what makes the presentation somewhat confusing is that it is based on colors for different chord types.Save your money and buy Steve Khan's chord book. Khan's book has better voicings and is organized well.

Only complaint is it's such a small book. Some excellent ideas and wish there was a bit more detail.

I always like to study everyone's approach even though I'm working and recording, this has some really great voicings. It's nice to see how Scott looks at chords, worth checking out.

Excelent book!!

I went to GIT back in the late 80's and was fortunate enough to see Scott perform many many times . He is a total master of the guitar .I can think of no one that blends rock and jazz together as well as he on the Tribal Tech recordings.Concerning this book , it is a short one 5 pages or so total. While I agree with the previous reviewer that the voicings may have limited usage, I disagree that they sound bad. I think they sound beautiful and I can hear them working well in solo guitar or during rubato or slow spacey grooves with a band. For everyday usage in typical situations I agree again with the previous reviewer that Khans book is more practical.What I did with the book is to take a chord type say major and write out all the voicings that have the root on top ,then the 2nd on top , then the 3rd , etc and do this with the other types as well and them memorize the 500+ chords .I did that for about a month and found it very useful.It would take me 1/2 to one hour to play through it all.When I wrote it out I obviously had a lot more than 5 pages maybe something like 20 or so.Doing so really helps with visualizing the neck and you have a much more thorough collection of chords than Khans book by far .Khans book has a very limited number of minor seven flat five chords.altered dominant chords,major seven sharp five chords,etc. While maybe not for beginners this book is worth a lot for than the 5 bucks I paid for it .