Using the ii-V-I Sequence for Useful Chords and Progressions

It can be a chore to remember lots of interesting chords. It can be even more work remembering to pull them out in the heat of playing and put them together in good sounding sequences. And it’s tougher still to quickly find the right chord nearby, not six frets away.

What to do? I wanted a way to get good sounding and useful chord sequences in my head and under my fingers automatically.

What I did was to choose the most frequently used patterns in all of popular music, the ii–V–I’s, and work on them in some memorable way. I wanted these ‘building blocks’ of music to be so easy to remember that I use lots of variations more frequently.

So what do you get for your twenty bucks? (Cheap!)

- Nearly 800 good sounding and useful ii-V-I Combos

- In-range chords for each CAGED area

- All in finger charts, no reading required

- Color-coded and printable

- Music you will use every day

Why are these selected ii-V-I combos so useful for guitar players? They can help you to:

- Develop more imaginative and interesting chord solos

- Find the right chords to put melody notes at the forefront

- Add variety to your comping behind horns and singers

- Spice up your intros and ending sequences

- Inspire new directions in your songwriting

- Remember and use hundreds of combos because of the logical presentation

- Make yourself a better, more listenable guitar player

And for twenty bucks? (Cheap!) How can you go wrong?

If you would like to know more about how ii-V-I’s work and how this book was created, please read our Journal post “The How and Why of Guitar Player’s ii-V-I’s”.

If you would like to know more about the CAGED system of chords, please read our Journal post “What Does CAGED Mean?”.