The Basics

• Tuning the Guitar
• How to Hold the Guitar
• How to Read Tablature
• Slurred Notes
• How to Practice
• Having Fun
• Thumb Placement
• Gifts from the Gods
• Changing Guitar Strings
• Making Music as a Lefty

Music Theory

• The Chromatic Scale
• The Circle of Fifths
• The Major Scale

Chords

• Simple Chords
• Guitar Chord Library (Standard Tuning)
• DADGAD Tuning
• Open G Tuning
• Open Gm Tuning
• Low C Tuning

Fingerpicking

• Pattern #1 (4/4 time)
• Pattern #2 (4/4 time)
• Pattern #3 (4/4 time)
• Travis Picking
• Playing in 3/4 Time

Flatpicking

• Ex 1: 1 Strum/Measure
• Ex 2: 4 Strums/Measure
• Ex 3: 1 Bass/3 Strums
• Ex 4: Alternating Bass
• How to Play Eighth Notes
• The Country Lick
• Bass Runs
• Playing in 3/4 Time

The How and the Tao
of Folk Guitar

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