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THE GUITAR CHORD ENCYCLOPEDIA

Every voicing on the fretboard
Easy, theoretical, difficult. A journey into the guts of the guitar.

The most complete study yet of how a single note transforms across the fretboard — root in one chapter, seventh in the next, ninth in another — one fret at a time, across all four strings. Fret 0: E. Fret 1: F.

Monster Chord Book cover — guitar chord melody encyclopedia by Pere Soto, voicings by top note
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One chapter from Volume I and one from Volume II are free to explore in full — no payment, no sign-up.

VOLUME I · FRET 0

Chapter I — E Chords

9,479 voicings rooted on E, fully analyzed: harmonic families, hybrid chords, poliacordes, and hand-verified inversions.

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VOLUME II · FRET 1

Chapter I — F Chords

6,103 voicings rooted on F, fully analyzed: harmonic families, hybrid chords, poliacordes, and hand-verified inversions.

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TEN LANGUAGES

Read the theory in your own language

The full harmonic classification system — history, methodology, chord families, the extension compatibility matrix — translated in full. Pick one to start.

48 VOLUMES, ONE FRETBOARD

The complete map of the fretboard, fret by fret

Most chord books ask, “What chord is this?” This one asks, “I want this note on top — what chords can carry it?” Every volume fixes one note — the top note of the chord — on one fret of one string, then catalogs every chord that can carry it. Volume I, for example, covers the open first string (E). Doing that for all twelve frets, on all four of the guitar's first strings, is 48 volumes covering almost a million chords — 961,460, to be exact — now complete.

48
Volumes, complete
~1,000,000
Chord voicings, complete
4
Strings, 12 volumes each

Unlike a traditional chord dictionary organized by root, every voicing here is organized by the top note you're actually playing — turning each chord into a working tool for chord melody, reharmonization, voice leading, and improvisation, not just a shape to memorize.

Includes Emaj7 voicings, altered dominant guitar voicings (7alt), and the full family system organized by top note.

All 48 volumes are now complete: almost a million voicings — 961,460, to be exact — fully catalogued, cross-referenced, and hand-verified. Not a projection — the finished count.

THREE YEARS, ONE PROJECT

Pere Soto has spent three years mapping this harmonic system fret by fret, by hand — no publisher, no grant, no institution behind it. The Monster Chord Book exists because one guitarist took on a personal challenge that, as far as he knows, no one had attempted before: a real, complete harmonic reference for the entire fretboard.

Publishing the complete, 48-volume set is the culmination of that work. A project this size only exists because the people who use it help carry it forward — every purchase supports the ongoing upkeep, correction, and refinement of this reference.

It is also an invitation into the heart of the instrument in a way rarely attempted — not the easy parts, not the popular parts, but all of it. A pursuit that may never quite feel finished, because that is exactly where knowledge turns into wisdom, and craft into a lasting passion for music.

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  • ✓ All 48 volumes, every chapter, every voicing
  • ✓ Harmonic analysis, hybrid chords, and inversions included
  • ✓ All ten language editions of the theory
  • ✓ Any future updates added at no extra cost
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