


Some of Peckham's published works are two 12-week Berklee Online courses-Berklee Guitar Chords 101, which was the recipient of the 2007 University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Award for best online class, and Berklee Guitar Chords 201-the Modal Voicing Techniques DVD, and the Hal Leonard books Berklee Jazz Guitar Dictionary and Berklee Rock Chord Dictionary. This chord dictionary includes over 100 rock chord forms from open-position chords to barre chords and drop-tunings with a comprehensive glossary of the. Guitar Chords 201the Modal Voicing Techniques DVD, and the Hal Leonard books Berklee Jazz Guitar Dictionary. His Berklee Jerry Reed/Chet Atkins Guitar Ensemble performed to high acclaim at the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2014. Currently a full-time professor in Berklee’s Guitar Department, Peckham has been a faculty member since 1986 and served as assistant chair of the department, with 1,100 guitar students and 60 guitar faculty, from 1992 until 2013. He has coached Berklee alumni including Lionel Loueke, Lage Lund, Frank Möbus, Jeff Parker, and David Rawlings, among others. He organized the college’s honorary doctoral tributes to Roy Haynes, Joe Zawinul, Jack DeJohnette, and John Scofield, featuring then-Berklee students Kurt Rosenwinkel, Matthew Garrison, Antonio Hart, Abe Laboriel Jr., Melvin Butler, and Seamus Blake.

The internationally released album Left End, with drummer Jim Black and bassist Tony Scherr, was named one of the best releases of 2005 by DownBeat magazine. He has presented performances and clinics on six continents, and specializes in a unique blend of styles including jazz, rock, blues, fusion, and country fingerstyle performance.Ĭurrently a full-time professor in Berklee’s Guitar Department, Peckham has been a faculty member since 1986 and served as assistant chair of the department, with 1,100 guitar students and 60 guitar faculty, from 1992 until 2013. Joe Stump, World-renowned metal guitar virtuoso Associate Professor of Guitar at Berklee College of Music (Joestump.Rick Peckham is internationally active as a jazz guitarist and educator. Everything from power chords, triad voicings, 7th chords, chords with tensions to open tuningsit`s all in there, presented in a way that's easy to follow and understand." "The Berklee Rock Chord Dictionary is an extremely useful learning tool for rock players of all styles and levels looking to develop and expand their chord knowledge and vocabulary. Greg Howe, Award-Winning Rock/Fusion Guitarist () "The Berklee Rock Chord Dictionary can help anyone to find and learn logical chord shapes on the fretboard." He has mentored thousands of guitarists and is author/instructor of the Berkleemusic online courses Berklee Guitar Chords 101, its sequel, Guitar Chords 201, the Berklee Press book Berklee Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary, and the DVD Modal Voicing Techniques.

Rick Peckham is assistant chair of the guitar department at Berklee College of Music. A glossary of hundreds of essential chords in all keys.Chords using drop D, double-D, and open-G tunings.Multiple versions of barre and 7th chord shapes.Traditional notation, fretboard diagrams, and tablature for each chord.You will improve your rhythm- and lead-guitar skills, develop your fingerboard facility, and add more colors to your harmonic palette. It is organized to reveal relationships between different types of chords and help you learn the voicings quickly and thoroughly, in a way that is easy to remember. This chord dictionary includes over a hundred rock chord forms, from open-position chords to barre chords and drop-tunings, with a comprehensive glossary of the essential chords in all twelve keys.
