Mel Bay Presents: Aaron Shearer: Learning the Classic Guitar, Part 2

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Contents
Introduction
Music and the Guitar
	The Five Basic Materials of Music
Learning to Read Music
	Rhythm
	Directing the Beat
	Rhythm Notation
	Meter and Time Signature
	Using the Metronome
	Directing the Beat with Your Foot
	Pitch Notation
Beginning to Read and Play Music
	The Open Third and Fourth Strings
	The Pre-Reading Procedure
	Duets for Study
		So-Re One - A.S.
		So-Re Two - A.S.
		So-Re Three - A.S.
		So-Re Four - S-H
		So-Re Five - S-H
	The Open Second String
		Bugler\'s Tune - S-H
		Melody - S-H
		Rest And Play I - S-H
	Note Values Longer than the Beat
	Different Endings of a Piece
		Rest And Play II - S.H.
	Notes on the Fingerboard
	A (La) on ③
	Visualizing Notes on the Fingerboard
		Lullaby - S-H
		Dance Of Four - S-H
	C (Do) and D (Re) on ②
		Scale Song - S-H
		Dance Of Six - A.H.
	4/4 Time and the Whole Value
		Countepoint - S-H
		The Weaver - S-H
		Dance Of The Upward Skip - S-H
		Humming Song I
	2/2: Alla Breve
		Humming Song II - S-H
		Dialogue - A.H.
		Dance Of The Downward Skip - S.H.
	E (Mi), F (Fa), and G (So) on ①
		Mi-Fa-So - A.H.
		Stepping Tones - A.H.
	Playing Scale Passages Involving ③, ② and ①
		Chimes - A.H.
	The Open Fifth and Sixth Strings
		March - S-H
	The Tie
Solo Playing of Music in Two Parts
		Serenade I - A.S.
	Syncopation
		Serenade II
	G# (Si) on ③
		Slavic Dance I - A.S.
		Slavic Dance II - A.S.
	3/4 Time and the Dotted Half Value
		Folk Song - A.S.
	The Dotted Quarter Value
		Folk Dance - A.S.
Beginning Free-Stroke: Sounding Two Notes Simultaneously
		Two By Two - A.H.
		Petite Valse - A.H.
	F# (Fi) on ① and C# (Di) on ②
	The Key Signature
		Andante I - A.S.
		Andante II - A.S.
	Further Training of the Fourth Finger
	Accidentals in Music
		Carillon - S-H
		Music Box I - S-H
		Music Box II - S-H
		Cantilena I - A.S.
		Cantilena II - A.S.
	E (Mi) and F (Fa) on ④
		Moorish Dance - A.S.
	Beginning A Free-Stroke: Chords of Three Notes
Beginning Arpeggios: Sympathetic Movement
	Single-Beat Measures of Three Counts
		The Gondolier - A.H.
		Etude Moderne - S-H
	Further Training of A
	Right-Hand Finger Alternation
	The Sixteenth Value
		P,I,M,I Etude I - A.S.
		P,I,M,I Etude II - A.S.
	B (Ti) and C (Do) on ⑤
		Romance - A.H.
		P,I,M,I Etude III - S-H
	Arpeggios Requiring Further Alteration
		P,I,M,I,M,I Etude
		Cradle Song - S-H
	F (Fa) and G (So) on ⑥
		Calypso - S-H
		P,I,A Etude - A.S.
		P,I,A,I Etude - A.S.
		P,I,A,I,A,I Etude - A.S.
		Merry Dance - S-H
	Quintuple Meter
		Theme And Variation - A.H.
	Alternation on a Single String
		Single-String Alternation Etude I - A.H.
		Single-String Alternation Etude II - S-H
	String Crossing
		Crossing Etude I - S-H
	Compound Meters
		Crossing Etude II - S-H
		Crossing Etude III - A.H.
		Crossing Etude IV - S-H
		Crossing Etude V - A.H.
Playing Scales
	Rest-Stroke Alternation
		Danza In C - S-H
		Sonatina In C - A.H.
		Arietta - A.H.
		Baroque Reflections - A.H.
	Playing Chords with P and the Fingers
		Chanson - A.H.
		Pavane - A.H.
	Sounding Two Notes Together with P and One Finger Free-Stroke
		Rustic Idyl - S-H
		Minuet - S-H
		Catalonian Folk Song - A.H.
	The Complete Open-Position G-Major Scale Form
		Sonatina In G - A.H.
		Ballade - A.H.
		Papillon - A.H.
Further Development of Chords and Arpeggios
		Etude In E Minor - S-H
		Berceuse - A.H.
	Hemiola
		Arabesque - A.H.
	Mixed Meter
		Farewell - A.H.
		Musette - A.H.
		Traveler\'s Song - A.H.
	Chords of Four Notes
		Alla Marcia - A.S.
		Bagatelle - A.H.
		Entrada - A.H.
		Elegy - A.H.
		A,M,I Etude I - A.H.
	Triplets
		A,M,I Etude II - A.S.
	Technical Slurs
		Gently Flowing - S.H.
		English Dance - A.H.
		Serenata - S-H
		A,I,M Etude I - A.H.
		A,I,M Etude II - A.S.
	The Complete Open-Position D-Major Scale Form
		Saltarello - A.H.
		Soliloquy - A.H.
		Accidental Melody - A.H.
		A,M,I,M Etude I - A.H.
		A,M,I,M Etude II - A.S.
	The Complete Open-Position Chromatic Scale
		Boogie-Woogie Blues - S-H
		Divertimento - A.H.
	The Complete Open-Position A-Major Scale Form
		Quint-Waltz - A.H.
		Reverie - A.H.
		Habañera - A.H.
		I,A,M,A Etude - A.H.
	The Complete Open-Position E-Major Scale Form
		Danza Mexicana - A.H.
		Gavotte - A.H.
		A,I,M,I Etude - A.H.
		Humoreske - A.H.
		Carousel - A.H.
String Damping
	Right-Hand Damping
	Left-Hand Damping
Solfege
	The Fixed-Do Chromatic Syllable System
	Summary
Memorizing Music
	Eliminating Confusion and Error
	Selecting Music for Studly
	The Four-Step Memorization Procedure
		Step One: Pre-Reading without the Guitar
		Step Two: Reading and Playing on the Guitar
		Step Three: Testing Your Memorization
		Step Four: Confirming Your Memorization
	Summary