Song List:
Riff Rock
Stop-Time
Improvising a Solo
Improvising on the 1st and 2nd Strings
A One and-a Two and-a
Improvising on the 3rd and 4th Strings
Song for Ewe
Improvising on the 5th and 6th Strings
Dotted Quarter Notes
Ooh La La
The Major Scale and Its Use in Improvisation
C Major Scale Etude
Song of Major
Basic Music theory
The Musical Alphabet
Half and Whole Steps
Enharmonic Equivalents
The Musical Alphabet on the Guitar
More on the Major Scale
How Chords Are Built
Keys
I, IV, V---The Primary Chords
More Power Chords
Root-6 Power Chords
Simple Riff
Root-5 Power Chords
Swamp Thing
Dissatisfied
Basic Lead Guitar
The Minor Pentatonic Scale
A Minor Pentatonic Solo
Comping
Turnaround-a-Roo
Turnaround-a-Two
More Chords and Chord Progressions
The ii-V-I Progression
The I-vi-ii-V Progression
The iii-vi-ii-V Progression
Soloing Over a 12-Bar Blues---Revisited
A Minor Blues Too
Fingerstyle
Sunday Picnic
Scarborough Fair---Melody
Scarborough Fair---Fingerstyle Accompaniment
Moveable Chords
Barre Chords
The E-Form Barres
The A-Form Barres
Lessons Learned
READING CHORDS
Intervals
Chord Theory
Major and Minor Triads
Diminished and Augmented Triads
7 Chords
Extended Chords
Chord Encyclopedia
Guitar Fretboard Chart
Conclusion
About the Authors
Introduction
Buying a Guitar
Parts Of The Guitar
HOLDING THE GUITAR
Two Positions for Playing the Guitar
Left-Hand Technique
Right-Hand Technique
Tuning the Guitar
String Names and Numbers
Methods of Tuning
First Chords and First Songs
Time Signatures, Measures, and Beats
In Shallow Water
The Big Switch
Freddie's Bounce
The C Chord and a New Rock Song
Three-in-One
The 12-Bar Blues
12-Bar Blues
Two New Chords and Another 12-Bar Blues
Another Three-Chord Tune
12-Bar Blues in A
Your Next Two Chords: CMaj7 and Amin7
CMaj7-Amin7-Dmin-G7 (or, How to Play 80% of All Jazz Tunes)
Soulful Heart
Two New Chords: A7 and E7
Careful
The New Blues
Basic Rhythm and Strumming
Quarter Strums Review
Eighth Strums
Strumming Eighths on A
Nostalgia
Triplets
Swing Eighths
Swing Blues
Minor Chords and a New Strum
On the Way to Heaven
Combining Quarter and Eighth Strums
E Minor Strum
Allow It to Happen
Variations on the 12-Bar Blues
Country Blues
The Bass-Strum Pattern
Bass-Strum Blues
Minor Blues
A Minor Song
Reading Tablature
Yankee Doodle
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
I've Been Working On The Railroad
An Introduction to Rock Playing
Power Chords
Power Chord Exercise
A New 12-Bar Blues
Rock Blues
Rock Riffs
Rock Riff 1
Rock Riff 2
Power Chords and the Blues
Simple Shuffle
Shufflin'
A Word About Improvisation
E String Jam
READING STANDARD MUSIC NOTATION
Pitch
Rhythm in Standard Notation
Notes on the 1st String
Quarter Notes
1st String Exercise---No. 1
1st String Exercise---No. 2
Whole notes
Whole Rests
The Whole Truth
...And Nothing But
Notes on the 2nd String
Half Notes
Quarter Rests
I've Been Told
I've Been Told Some More
Half Rests
Two-Step Shuffle
Shave and a Haircut
Open Hands
High Lonesome
Notes on the 3rd String
Four, No More
Rest easy
Eighth Notes
3rd String Exercise
Nappin'
Eighth-Note Rock
Notes on the 4th String
Ties
Along The Road
Up the Road
Eighth Rests
Spang-Spang-a-Lang
Five, Six, Seven, Eight
Dotted Half notes
Caveman
Blues Solo
Notes On The 5th String
Song for Fonzie
Song for Whole and Half
Pickup Notes
Riffin' on the 5th
St. Louis Blues
Accidentals
Accidental Exercise
12-Tone Tune
Notes on the 6th String
Baby
Bass Is the Place
Funky
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