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Chord Chemistry by Ted Greene

Contributed by Antoine Pazat on Apr 23rd, 2023. Artwork published in .
Chord Chemistry by Ted Greene 1
Source: tedgreenebookeditions.com Dale Zdenek. License: All Rights Reserved.

Chord Chemistry is an educational guitar book written by Ted Greene (1946–2005) and first published by Dale Zdenek, Canoga Park, CA, in 1971. From 1981, it was published by Belwin Mills Publishing Corporation.

The book cover of the 2nd to the 12th edition uses ITC Fat Face for the title, with author credit text set in Arnold Böcklin. The same two typefaces are used in the first page of the book for the same purposes, ITC Fat Face this time being in lowercase letters.

The cover design and art is credited to Lynnë Karst. The author photograph is credited to Michael Smith.

Dale Zdenek has compiled images and further information about the various editions and shares them on a dedicated website.

Title page of the 2nd edition. Small text is set in , the publisher’s address in  Condensed.
Source: tedgreenebookeditions.com Dale Zdenek. License: All Rights Reserved.

Title page of the 2nd edition. Small text is set in Times New Roman, the publisher’s address in Univers Condensed.

Later edition with a color variant
Source: www.ebay.com natb-777. License: All Rights Reserved.

Later edition with a color variant

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  • ITC Fat Face
  • Arnold Böcklin
  • Times New Roman
  • Univers

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