CHAPTER 4 - Playing Two Lines Open Position Exercises Open String Blues Combining Open and Fretted Notes
CHAPTER 5 - Basic Theory Or, Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? The Major Scale A Minor Diversion: The Natural Minor Scale Meeting the Relatives: The Relative Minor Numerical Formulas: Parallel Relationships Key Signatures
CHAPTER 6 - Basic Chords How Many Chords Are There, Anyway? Basic Chord Theory Diatonic Harmony Playing Open Chords
CHAPTER 9 - Some More Fingerstyle Patterns Pattern #8 Pattern #9 Pattern #10 Pattern #11
CHAPTER 10 - Other Fingerstyle Basics Melody in the Bass Syncopation Syncopated Etude Walking Bass Lines Harmonizing Melodies with Intervals Interval Etude in G Interval Etude in A
CHAPTER 11 - Special Techniques Hammer-ons and Pull-offs Slur Etude Harp-Style Playing Harp-Style Etude Natural Harmonics Hamonics Etude
CHAPTER 12 - Alternate Tunings Drop D Tuning Drop D Blues Open G Tuning Open G Blues Open Minded
CHAPTER 13 - Fingerstyle Pieces Tips for Playing the Pieces Three Plus Three Plus Two Surfin' in the Sand Coffee Time Rag Blues in G Boogie in E Sounds Like Lightning Garden Song Lucy's Waltz The Lightning Through the Leaves
AFTERWORDS On Practicing Express Yourself Listening
Intermediate Fingerstyle Guitar
ABOUT THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 - Review of the Basics The Open Strings Roman Numerals Music Notation
CHAPTER 6 - Diatonic Harmony The Major Scale Diatonic Harmony - Triads Four Types of 7th Chords Diatonic Harmony - 7th Chords Seventh Heaven Horizontal Hold Jazzberry Jam
CHAPTER 7 - Alternate Tunings Drop D Tuning Review Notes to James Open G Tuning Review Orpheus Returns Open D Tuning Blues for Taj DADGAD Tuning For Pierre Open C Tuning Seeing You Again
CHAPTER 8 - Inversions Inverting the Triads Slash Chord Notation Inversions on the Top Three Strings Buddy's Back Three's in Three Inversions on the 4th, 3rd and 2nd strings Hammering Away
CHAPTER 10 - The Modes Two Views of the Modes A Dorian Mood All Mixed Up
CHAPTER 11 - Counterpoint Three Kinds of Movement The Cat's Meow
CHAPTER 12 - Arranging Scarborough Fair - Melody Scarborough Fair - Melody and Slow Bass Scarborough Fair - Melody and Quicker Bass Scarborough Fair - In Three Voices Scarborough Fair - Contrapuntal
EXPLORING THE STYLES Dancing Dreams - In the Style of John Fahey Rise and Shine - In the Style of Leo Kottke The Road to You - In the Style of Michael Hedges Thanks to Josie - In the Style of Adrian Legg Smash the Windows - An Irish Tune Si Beag Si Mor - An Irish Classic by O'Carolan Hot Pepper Blues - Fingerstyle Blues Hangin' Around - Fingerstyle Blues After Dark - Fingerstyle Blues The Reverend's Rag - Fingerstyle Blues in the Style of Rev. Gary Davis
AFTERWORD
APPENDIX - OPEN CHORDS
Mastering Fingerstyle Guitar
ABOUT THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 - Tone and Balance Fingernail Care The Free Stroke The Rest Stroke The Thumb Alternating Rest and Free Stroke Planting Balanced Control
CHAPTER 2 - Exploring the Harp Harp Finger Pattern on Individual Strings Harp Finger Pattern Using Two Strings Harp Finger Pattern Using Three Strings Harp Finger Pattern Using Four Strings Harp Finger Pattern Using Five Strings Harp Finger Pattern Using Six Strings
CHAPTER 3 - Chord Formulas Formula #1: Chords in 2nds Formula #2: Chords in 3rds Formula #3: Chords in 4ths Formula #4: Mixed Intervals Formula #5: Drop-Two Voicings Formula #6: Drop-Three Voicings
CHAPTER 4 - Sense of Touch Gray Tones Gray Tones into Clear Tones Relaxing the Left Arm Shifting Technique: Impulse and Momentum Pussy Footing Square and Diagonal Frames Vibrato Bending Vibrato
CHAPTER 5 - Fingerstyle Speed Right-Hand Preparation for Tremolo Coordinating Left-Hand Patterns with Right-Hand Tremolo Four-Note Left-Hand Patterns with Right-Hand Tremolo Three-Note Left-Hand Patterns with Right-Hand Tremolo Two-Note Left-Hand Patterns with Right-Hand Tremolo One-Finger Left-Hand Patterns with Right-Hand Tremolo Speed Bursts Sequences
CHAPTER 6 - Modern Techniques Expression & Invention Left-Hand Tapping Left-Hand Tapping with Pull-Offs Left-Hand Tapping with Right-Hand Drumming Left-Hand Tapping with Left-Hand Drumming Left-Hand Tapping in Double Stops Left-Hand Tapping in Double Stops with Pull-Offs Left-Hand Tapping in Double Stops with Right-Hand Drumming Left-Hand Tapping in Double Stops with Left-Hand Drumming Right-Hand Tapping Left- and Right-Hand Tapping in Triple Stops Tapping Triple Stops with Right- and Left-Hand Drumming & Introducing "The Scrape" Tapping Triple Stops in Triplets with Pull-Offs Tapping and Slapping the Blues in E Tapping and Drumming an A Minor Blues Tapping a Walking Bass Line for a Blues in E The Ostinato Pattern, Right-Hand String Stopping and Slap Harmonics Tapping with Pull-Offs in Triplets Tapping with Pull-Offs in Sixteenth Notes Harmonics Combined in Intervals with Non-Harmonics Artificial Harmonics Harmonics in Alternation with Non-Harmonics
CHAPTER 7 - Alternate Tunings Dorian Tuning: C, G, C, Eb, A, D Phrygian Tuning: C, G, Db, F, G, C Lydian Tuning: C, G, D, E, F#, B Mixolydian Tuning: C, G, Bb, E, G, C Aeolian Tuning: D, G, D, G, Bb, F Major #5 Tuning: D, G, D, G, B, D# Pentatonic Tuning: C, F, C, G, A, D Creating Your Own Arrangements in Altered Tunings Alternate Tuning Summary Alternate Tuning Note Guide
CHAPTER 8 - Arranging and Composition The Creative Process - The Seed Metaphor Mehodology A "To Do..." List for Composers and Arrangers Arranging Scarborough Fair Rhythmic Variations Motivic Variations Melodic Elasticity Same Rhythms, Different Melody Harmonic Variations Modulation Structural and Rhythmic Mapping Playful Melodic Variation