Book Review: The Chord Wheel – The Ultimate Tool for Every Musician by Jim Fleser
If you have ever tried to learn chord theory and keep it all in your head then you know it takes a very good memory or years of practice before your brain has figured out what to do chord wheel decodes all this for beginners because It is a visual display, suitable for music students and advanced musicians. It’s not really a book, but a great little tool that comes with twelve pages of instructions.
I went through several different reviews before realizing that I might be using the chord wheel, but no matter which book I bought, the rest would always prove useless. The best thing about this book is that the 12 pages it contains are a simple guide on how to use the device.
The book explains things in a simple and clear way. As you may know, there are a number of books available on the market for the same purposes, but all of these books start with the basics and then move on to the different forms and exercises that make it difficult to keep track of the information. It is difficult to identify how the information is useful or how it is relevant to the topic. It often seems that we need a new dose of education before we can discover everything we need to know.
In this case, however, the device turns out to be beautiful. Most people agree that the chord wheel is very useful. All you need to do is pick a key and play the chords that are included in the family. You can find them online or in reference guides. You can play the chords of a particular family in any order or combination that appeals to you. Of course, you have to make sure that you like the sound that you are producing.
Some tips, don’t try to understand each and every concept, but try to understand how things fit together. Basically you need to focus on trying to build a strong foundation by learning the concepts correctly.
This short little book and chord wheel are possibly one of the best practice tools of all time.