The Christopher Parkening Guitar Method Vol. 1: A Book of Basic Technique
You will find lots of printed information, diagrams, photographs, & music.  Table of contents:   Foreword  The guitar & its parts  Holding the guitar  Tuning the guitar  The right hand  Two ways of striking a string  Rest stroke  Free stroke  The staff & the open strings  Comparative notes values: whole note, half note, quarter note  Time signature  Practicing  The 6th, 5th, & 4th open strings  The 3rd, 2nd & 1st open strings  8th notes  The left hand  Positioning of the left hand fingers  Notes on the 1st string  Notes on the 2nd string  Notes on the 3rd string  Rests ties, music in two parts  French folk song: Au Claire de la lune  Arpeggio  Planting  6/8 time signature  The fingernails  Tone production  Placement of finger & nail to string  Notes on the 4th string  Bach: Fugue  Notes on the 5th string  Two notes played together  Beethoven: Theme from symphony no. 9  Sor: Andante  Memorization  Notes on the 6th string  Three notes played together  16th notes  Bach: Gavotte  Sharps, flat & naturals  Carcassi: Andantino  Sharps, flats on the 4th, 5th, & 6th strings  Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King  Complete notes of the first position  Spanish folk song: Catalonian folk song  Bach: Bourree  Playing four notes together  Beethoven: Theme from symphony no. 9  English folk song: Greensleeves  The triplet  Bach: Jesu joy of man’s desiring  Intervals, scales, & key signatures  Bach: Minuet  Brahms: Lullaby  How other key signatures are developed  Chromatic study – Tarrega  Rameau: Rondo  De Visee: Minuet  Scottish folk song  Japanese folk song: Sakura  Telemann: Bourree  The bar  Welsh Air: All through the night  Handel: Theme  Spanish folk song  Aguado: Estudio  Traditional Spanish dance: Malaguena  Neusiedler: Italian dance  Kemp’s jig
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