The Architecture of Music

The architecture of music volume 1.0 is the most complete combined chord, scale, and mode encyclopedia for the guitar and piano ever created, an effort almost two decades in the making. the chord encyclopedia includes more than 300 chords, and depicts every possible way to play them on the guitar and piano. the scale and mode encyclopedia contains 5 scales (33 modes) in every key, as well as complete lists of chords included in the chord encyclopedia that you are able to play with every note, in every scale, in every key.the book's two new innovative diagrams, the interval diagram and linear circle of fifths, expose the architecture behind chords, scales, and modes, and explain basic music theory without the use of standard musical notation. the information contained within is meant to be used as a comprehensive reference guide and tool for exploring and analyzing chords, scales, and modes through musical improvisation and composition. review "top notch information delivered skillfully and concisely. the author did an amazing job with this." (5 stars) by the indie community "this book is an excellent piece of work. the graphic illustrations that accompany the chapters add depth and style to an already well researched manuscript. highly recommended." (4 stars) by junkstar "seriously, this piece is amazing. i'm really glad that greg made this beautiful, modern and what i think will be a very useful book. thank you!" (5 stars) by maxburrov "comprehensive, easy to understand illustrations. just awesome" (5 stars) by jason pruitt "great design, simple approach, broad target demographic from studied musicians to novices. this book checks all the right boxes." (5 stars) by bishop shabazz "worth for the diagrams alone." (5 stars) by ks404 "this is so rad! thanks for sharing it with us!" josh lambert the octopus project "wow thanks so much! this rules. thanks so much!" dan deacon "this book really helped my guitar playing thanks!" (5 stars) by ghuttvbgcdsf