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CHAPTER 1 - Getting Started

Tuning
Musical Pitches and the Fretboard
Standard Music Notation
Fingerings
Reading Chord and Fretboard Diagrams
Time
Posture
Left Hand
Right Hand

CHAPTER 2 - Basic Arrangement

Billy the Kid-Lead Sheet
Monotonic Bass
Billy the Kid-Monotonic Bass Arrangement
Glory Glory (Since I've Laid My Burden Down)
Monotonic Bass
Block Chord Arrangements
Billy the Kid-Block Chord Arrangement
Glory Glory (Since I've Laid My Burden Down)
Block Chord Arrangement

CHAPTER 3 - The Major Scale and Chord Theory

Intervals
Chord Theory: Major and Minor Triads
Diatonic Harmony
Keys CHAPTER 4 - Travis Picking & Alternating Bass Getting that Travis Sound
Glory Glory (Since I've Laid My Burden Down)
Alternating Bass Arrangement
Billy the Kid-Alternating Bass Arrangement

CHAPTER 5 - Ear Candy

Syncopation
Glory Glory (Since I've Laid My Burden Down)
Syncopated Melody
Picking Patterns
Corrinna, Corrinna
Triplets
Z Rhymes with Ned
Walking the Bass
Frère Jacques-Walking Bass Arrangement
Harmonizing the Melody
Corrinna, Corrinna-Melody Harmonized in 3rds
Corrinna, Corrinna-Melody Harmonized in 6ths
Musical Expression

Pull-Offs
Hammer-Ons
A-Tiske A-Tasket
Swinging the Eighths
Slides
A Boot My Size

CHAPTER 7 - Harmonics

Left-Hand Harmonic Technique
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore-Harmonics
Right-Hand Harmonic Techniques
Greensleeves-Artificial Harmonics
Kissing Bells-Artificial Harmonics

CHAPTER 8 - More Theory for Arrangers

Relative Natural Minor
Key Signatures
Circle of 5ths
Parallel Natural Minor Scale
Transposition
Oh, Sinner Man-Arrangement in A Minor

CHAPTER 9 - Advanced Arranging Tools

Melody in the Bass
Greensleeves-Melody in the Bass
Changing Time Signatures
Corrinna, Corrinna-Travis Picking in 3/4
Corrinna, Corrinna-Travis Picking in 6/8
Chord Substitutions
A-Tisket, A-Tasket-With Chord Substitutions
Billy the Kid

CHAPTER 10 - Alternate Tunings

Drop D Tuning: D-A-D-G-B-E
Ticket y-Boo Tood-Drop D Tuning
Camptown Races-Drop D Tuning
Open G Tuning: D-G-D-G-B-D
Yankee Doodle-Open G Tuning
Open D Tuning: D-A-D-F# -A-D
Jesus on the Mainline-Open D Tuning
Amazing Grace-Open D Tuning

CHAPTER 11 - Cross-String Techniques

Li'! Liza Jane-Cross-String Arrangement

ARRANGEMENTS

Arrangement I-Arrangement Blues
Arrangement Blues
Arrangement 2-Big Yellow Lunch Box
Big Yellow Lunch Box
Arrangement 3-Mr. C's Blues
Mr. C's Blues-Drop D Tuning

APPENDIX

Practicing
General Advice
Listening
Congratulations