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INTRODUCTION
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A Very Brief History
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THE GUITAR AS A COMPOSITION AND ARRANGING TOOL
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Bass
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Harmony
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Melody
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Phrasing
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Voices and Voicings
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Arpeggios
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Finger Roll
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Open Strings
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Ornaments - Adjacent string ornaments
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Accompaniment
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FINDING YOUR VOICE
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BASIC GUITAR HARMONY
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Why Theory'
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Theory unique to the (Fingerstyle) guitar
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Chords (scales) in the Major and Minor Keys
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Amazing Grace' - two versions
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The Capo
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Chord Inversions
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Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming'
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MELODY
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What is Melody'
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Common Denominators of Simple Melodic Phrasing and Punctuation
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Writing Your Own Melody
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Using Your Ears
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RHYTHM
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Every musical composition sits on top of rhythm
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Rhythm makes music linear
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Terms
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OPEN TUNINGS
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Open Tunings - Characteristics
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Important Tip - Voicings
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Open Tuning - Stage awareness
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Boat Song'
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Sleepers Awake'
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COMPOSING
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Idiomatic
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Composing for the Guitar
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The
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The Phrase
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Development
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Form
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Basic Sonata Form
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Sonata Form
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The Bridge
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Introduction and Coda
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The Grey Sea'
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ARRANGING
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Preliminary things to keep in mind
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Parameters
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Early One Morning' (4 versions)
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Transposing
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Frailing
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Arkansas Traveler'
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Small Coals for Nailers'
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ADDING NOTES TO CHORDS
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ORNAMENTS AND BENDS
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MODERN - COMTEMPORARY FINGERSTYLE
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Percussion
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The Slap
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Tambura
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Tapping
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Damping
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Examples:
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October Prelude #2'
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All These Novembers'
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FINGERSTYLE JAZZ
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Melody, Harmony, Bass & Rhythm
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Jazz Chords
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Chord Voicings
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Ballad
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Swing Rhythm - Right-Hand Thumb
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Bossa Nov'Greensleeves'
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Tiny Bird'
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CELTIC
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Owen O' Rourke'
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Banks of the Bann'
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Broom of the Cowdenknowes'
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FINGER PICKING - TRAVIS THUMB AND BEYOND
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History and keeping the tradition
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A Word of Caution
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Travis Exercises
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The Fishing Blues'
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PLAYING YOUR COMPOSITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS
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Playing your melody on the guitar - Legato
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Chromatic and F scales
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Tempo
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Dynamics
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Tone
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PERFORMANCE
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PRACTICE
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Slow Practice
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Clearing the Open Strings
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The Metronome
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Choosing Pieces
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Core Piece
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Satellite Pieces
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Mastering a Piece
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How to Get Through the Tough, Finger-Busting Places
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Playing Forte
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You can always take sound away
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Final thoughts
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WARM-UPS
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Left-Hand Hammer-on's & Pull off's
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Right Hand
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Patterns with chords
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Final Thoughts
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SITTING AND HAND POSITIONS
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Steel-String Resistance
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Structural Issues
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Left-Hand Thumb
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The Wrist
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Right-Hand Fingers and Thumb
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Nails
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MY APPROACH TO COMPOSITION
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EPILOGUE
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TUNING INDEX
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AUTHOR BIO
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