Here is the table of contents for the student manual Learning the Folk Guitar. This will give you a good idea as to how the course is laid out. |
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Introduction..................................................................................................Page 4
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Lesson #1...............................................................................................................Page 5 The Parts of the Guitar · Holding the Guitar · Tone and Pitch · Exploring the Parameters · The Musical Alphabet · Notes and Chords · The Diatonic Scale and Chord Construction · Reading Chord Charts · The "easy" C Chord · The Basic Thumb / Brush Stroke · Timing · The "easy G7th Chord · The Chord Number System · The First Songs · Summary |
| Lesson #2............................................................................................................Page 17 Time Signatures 2/4, 4/4 and 3/4 · The Brush Stroke · The "easy" G Chord · More Two-Chord Songs · The D Major Chord · The A7th Chord · The "slow motion" Exercise · Chord Reference Table · Two-Chord Songs in the Key of D Major · Three-Chord Songs · Summary |
| Lesson #3............................................................................................................Page 27 The D7th Chord · Substitute Chords and Song Arranging · The Full C Major Chord · The "Barre" and Little Finger Exercise · Tuning the Guitar · Ear Training Exercises · Additional Songs · Summary |
| Lesson #4............................................................................................................Page 37 The Primary Bass Notes · Bass / Strum Right Hand Patterns · The Key of A Major · A and E7th Chords · Arranging Four-Chord Songs in the Key of D Major · The "Barre" and Little Finger Exercise Variations · Ear Training Exercises · Additional Songs · Summary |
| Lesson #5............................................................................................................Page 47 Alternating Bass · The Full G Major and G7th Chords · The F Major Chord · The Single String Exercise · Ear Training Exercises · Summary |
| Lesson #6............................................................................................................Page 59 The "BOOM-Chicka" Right Hand Pattern · The E Major Chord · An Alternate E 7th Chord · The E minor and A minor Chords · Arranging Songs with Minor Chords · Little Finger Exercises · Alternate A Major and A7th "Movable" Chords · Ear Training Exercises · Chord Reference Table · Notes in the First Position · Summary |
| Lesson #7............................................................................................................Page 73 The B7th Chord · The 12 Bar Blues Progression · The D minor Chord · The Key of A minor · The Am7th, the Dm7th and the Em7th Chords · Guitar Tablature · Bass Runs · On Top of Old Smokey Guitar Tabs · Summary |
| Lesson #8............................................................................................................Page 89 The C7th Chord · Alternating Bass Variations · The Bb Chord · Barre Chords · Additional Barre Chords · The B minor and F# minor Chords · The Capo · 12 Bar Blues Variations · Arpeggios · Ear Training Exercises · Summary |
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Appendix 1 Tuning theGuitar ..........................................................................Page 103 Appendix 2 Additional Songs...........................................................................Page 107 Appendix 3 Additional Songs in Guitar Tablature..........................................Page 115 Song Index.......................................................................................................Page 117 Chord Charts..................................................................................................Page 119 |
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