Well, for those who care, i just bought two really really useful theory books for my collection. first is a chord book. basic you say, but it's not a book showing the chords. it's a book showing the chords -and- the formulas behind all chords as well as the possible omissions (removing the 5th from a 13 chord.. and all the kinds of little "am i allowed to do this" things). so basically i can now build every single arpeggio i'll ever need with any voicing.

And to apply all this knowledge, i bought the Standard's real book. which has several chord progressions i can either play as showed or arpeggiate for technical practicing.



i highly recommend the Guitar Grimoire series for anyone serious on music theory. it's a really useful reference. I have the Chord Encyclopedia, now i need the Scale Encyclopedia (I stole a few photocopied sheets of my friend's copy but i still want the whole thing...

Grimoire. Sweet title.