Introducing The Guitar

PrefaceWorking And Practicing With The CDWorking And Practicing With The BookCD-Index ListChapter 1: IntroductionThe GuitarSuggestions For Buying A Guitar / Basic EquipmentA Short History Of The GuitarWhich Guitar For Which Body Height?The Strings Of The GuitarTuning The GuitarHolding The GuitarThe Right Hand (RH)The First Sounds On The GuitarChapter 2: Tirando Strake With The Thumb/ Musical BasicsAccompaniment On Open StringsIntroduction To Musical NotationFrom The Written Note On The Staff To The GuitarPlaying Open Strings With The ThumbThe Left Hand (LH)Left Hand PositionBodybuilding For The Left HandThe Notes On The g-StringAccents Within A MeasureThe Notes On The b-StringSimple Fingering RuleThe UpbeatTips For Daily PracticingThe Notes On The d-StringKeeping The Fingers Down On The FingerboardScale Exercise 1 And 2SyncopationSimple Song AccompanimentRhythm, Tempo And TechniqueThe Notes On The a-StringThe Pentatonic ScaleChapter 3: First Song Accompaniment Using 6 Strings / RH Playing TechniqueThe First Two Chords, E Minor And A Dominant 7thStrumming TechniqueThe TieRhythm With SyncopationTwo More Chords, A Minor And E Dominant 7th 7Chapter 4: Basic Music TheorieWhole Tones And SemitonesThe Constructing Of Major TonalityThe C Major ScaleRestsStopping The StringsMajor And Minor KeysThe Notes On The e-StringThe Sixteenth NoteDotted Quarter Notes And Dotted Eight NotesThe Left Hand PinkyChapter 5: The Tirando StrokeTwo Opposite Directions Of MovementThe "Right Feeling" In The FingersThe Tirando Strake With The Index And Middle FingersTone Development ExercisesAlternating i/m Tirando StrakeAlternating Strake Exercises On Two StringsAlternating Strake Exercises On One StringThe Notes On The e-StringThe Note b On The g-String Using The Fourth FingerExpanded Fingering RuleChapter 6: Playing Your First ChordSimultaneous Playing With The Index, The Middle And Ring Finger (i-m-a)Alternating The Thumb And The i-m-a StrakeTwo Main Chords in C Major (C Major And G7)Three Chord Changing ExercisesChapter 7: Dynamics And Tonal ColorPlaying Loud And SoftNotes Below The StaffTonal ColorChapter 8: More Basic Music TheoryFrom C Major Ta G MajorThe Note F On The e-, d- And e-StringsAlternating The Tirande And The m/a StrokeAlternatinq m/a Stroke On Two StringsChapter 9: The Two Note Alternating Stroke / New KeysTirando With The Thumb And Index Finger p-iMinor Tonality And The Keys Of A MinorFrom A Minor To E MinorFrom E Minor To B MinorD Minor, The Relative Minor Of F MajorThe Lowering Accidental: The Flat (b)The Positions On The GuitarAll The Notes In I. PositionTwo Names For The Same NoteTirando With The Thumb / Middle Finger p-m And The Thumb / Ring Finger p-aFrom G Major To D MajorFrom D Major To A MajorFrom A Major To E MajorOverview Of Keys Learned Up To This PointFrom C Major To F MajorA New Value: The TripletThe Half PositionThe Change To Half PositionChapter 10: Playing Chords With Three And Four Simultaneous NotesTwo Chord Playing StudiesArpeggiated ChordsChapter 11: Furthering LH Technique IStretching And Contracting The LH FingersFingering With Two Or More Fingers SimultaneouslyStrength And Flexibility Exercises For The Fourth Finger / Finger AcrobaticsPlaying In SixthsChapter 12: ArpeggiosThree Note Arpeggios With p-i-mLeft Hand Study / Arpeggio Exercises By M. Giuliani(op.1a)Three Note Arpeggios With p-m-a And p-i-aFour Note Arpeggios With p-i-m-aThe Six Basic ArpeggiosPracticing ArpeggiosMore Elementary Arpeggio PatternsArpeggios Containing ChordsThe Relationship Between Arpeggios And ChordsChordal StudyChapter 13: Short Introduction To Bar TechniqueThe Half BarThe F Major ChordThe A Major Chord With The Half BarChapter 14: Short Harmony Lesson / Chord ConstructionThe IntervalThe Three Main