This book is for all those who just want to play, who find staves incomprehensible and scales depressing. It provides a simple but effective method that will enable users to play whatever they want--pop, classical, rag or jazz--now!

Set out in straightforward lesson form, the book provides an easy-to-follow method of understanding chords and using them to play from sheet music, by ear and improvisation. It can also be used as a teaching aid.