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| Introduction | |
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| The Guitar | |
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| Which is the right guitar for you? | |
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| How to choose and buy your guitar | |
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| Secondhand guitars | |
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| Before you buy | |
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| Taking care of your guitar | |
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| Starting to play | |
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| Holding your guitar | |
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| Playing with a beat | |
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| Training your fingers | |
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| How to tune your guitar | |
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| Tuning hints | |
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| More Notes and tunes to play | |
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| Starting to play Chords | |
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| How to practice | |
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| Starting to read music | |
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| Are you playing correctly? | |
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| More Chords to play--F, Am, Dm, E7 | |
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| Changing Chords | |
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| More about music | |
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| Time signatures, dotted notes, tied notes | |
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| Should you play with a Plectrum? | |
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| Become your own Bass Player | |
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| Brush strokes | |
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| How to play melodies with chords | |
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| More Chords--G, B7, Em and D | |
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| Rhythm Guitar Playing | |
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| How to start Fingerpicking | |
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| More Advanced Music | |
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| Eighth notes, sixteenth notes, rests | |
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| Sharps ([musical sharp]) and Flats ([musical flat]) | |
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| Natural signs ([musical natural]) | |
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| Notes up to the 4th fret | |
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| Music in different Keys | |
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| Key signatures | |
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| More Fingerpicking | |
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| How to play with a Capo | |
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| Chord and note names at different Capo positions | |
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| Useful Left-Hand Techniques | |
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| Hammering-on, pulling-off | |
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| Sliding notes, bending notes | |
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| Some 'Classical' Guitar Techniques | |
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| Plucked chords, arpeggios | |
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| The rest stroke, free strokes | |
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| How to become a better guitarist | |
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| Polish your playing, read music, practice | |
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| Learn from other guitarists | |
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| Do you need guitar lessons? | |
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| Playing higher up the Fingerboard | |
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| How to work out notes higher up the fingerboard | |
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| All Notes on the Guitar | |
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| Chords for every Key | |
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| Chords higher up the Fingerboard | |
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| The Barre or Bar | |
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| Learning to play new music | |
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| Learning new songs | |
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| How to read Sheet Music | |
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| Making up 'intros' and guitar solos from piano parts | |
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| Reading Guitar Music | |
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| How to read Tablature | |
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| Changing Music to other Keys (Transposing) | |
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| How to transpose chords to another key | |
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| Transposing melodies | |
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| Playing by ear | |
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| Playing fingerpicking and brush strokes by ear | |
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| Helpful Hints and Friendly Advice | |
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| Have fun--play guitar with a friend... | |
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| ... or play with a recording of yourself | |
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| Playing along with records | |
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| Do you need a new guitar? | |
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| Buying an 'electric' guitar or amplifier | |
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| Selling a guitar | |
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| Playing to an Audience | |
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| Travelling with your guitar | |
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| Changing the strings on your guitar | |
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| Choosing your Steel Guitar Strings | |
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| How to play Harmonics | |
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| How to tune with Harmonics | |
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| Open Tunings | |
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| The Problem Page | |
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| Buzzing and rattling noises | |
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| If strings keep breaking | |
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| Problems with tuning or staying in tune | |
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| Are you Left-Handed? | |