Originally Posted by: AkiraLighten up? What I said wasn't meant to come across in a negative manner, it was just a suggestion. I worry that too many up and coming guitarists are relying on chord dictionaries too heavily and not learning what the chords mean in terms of construction. I agree that chord dictionaries are great resources, I use them frequently, but I also know how to work them out with pen and paper.

It comes across that you're the one getting hung up about it, but hey, this is the internet. :o

Ah, the wonders of communication ;)

No, I'm Spartacus.

You're right about working out chords but thinking back to when I started playing the thing that really got me through the early years was a good chord book.

Whilst in theory we should probably all learn our scales many of us never do (me included in this I'm afraid:o) and although we're never going to be the greatest guitarists we enjoy what we're doing and a good chord resource is very useful. As I said I've done my degree and I can work out the chords but in practical terms in the real world it's a hell of a lot easier to have a chord dictionary.

What I particularly liked about this one was the ability to see the different inversions, capo postions, right or left handed fingerings.

I apologise if I misunderstood your post. I thought you were being a bit "snooty" (good English word ) but it seems you weren't (and I've run out of smileys now !)

Cheers

Dick