The Christopher Parkening Guitar Method, Volume 1 : Guitar Technique

Foreword 7(1) Parts of the Guitar 8(2) Holding the Guitar 10(2) Tuning the Guitar 12(2) The Right Hand 14(2) Two Ways of Striking a String 16(2) Fundamentals of Music Notation 18(2) Practicing 20(1) Rhythm Studies 20(2) Notes on the Open Bass Strings 22(2) Notes on the Open Treble Strings 24(2) The Left Hand 26(1) Positioning of the Left-hand Fingers 27(1) Notes on the 1st String 28(2) Notes on the 2nd String 30(1) Waltz in A Minor 30(3) Notes on the 3rd String 33(1) Spanish Melody 33(1) Prelude in C Major 33(1) Rests and Ties 34(1) Music in Two Voices 34(1) Au Clair de la Lune 35(1) Arpeggio 36(1) Planting 36(2) Sharps, Flats, and Naturals 38(2) 6/8 Time Signature 40(1) Memorization 41(1) Notes on the 4th String 42(1) Triplets and Sixteenth Notes 43(1) Melancolia 43(1) Pick-up Notes 43(1) Fugue - Bach 44(1) Notes on the 5th String 45(1) C Major Scale with Variations 45(1) Notes on the 6th String 46(1) The Natural Scale 46(1) Variation on a Spanish Theme 47(1) The Fingernails 48(1) Tone Production 49(1) Two Notes Played Together 50(1) Spanish Dance 50(1) Kings of Orient 50(2) Open String Equivalents 52(1) Guide and Pivot Fingers 53(1) Prelude in A Minor 53(1) Chromatic Scale 53(2) Theme from Symphony No. 9 - Beethoven 55(1) English Folk Song 55(1) Table of Common Tempo Terms 56(1) Dynamic Markings 56(1) Repeat Markings 56(1) Allegro - Giuliani 57(1) Ode to Joy - Beethoven 58(1) Spanish Waltz 58(1) Andantino - Carcassi 59(1) In The Hall of Mountain King - Grieg 60(1) Three Notes Played Together 61(1) Hymn 61(1) Estudio - Aguado 61(1) High A on the 1st String 62(1) Tarantella 62(1) Bourree - Bach 63(1) Four Notes Played Together 64(1) Intermezzo 64(1) Prelude in C Major - Carcassi 64(1) Greensleeves 65(1) Music Theory Scales, Intervals, Key Signatures 66(1) Music Theory Circle of 5ths, Relative Minors, Chords 67(1) Transposing Keys 68(2) Three Technical Exercises 70(2) Bourree - Telemann 72(2) The Bar 74(1) Prelude in D Major 75(1) All Through the Night 76(2) Supplementary Pieces Moderato - Giuliani 78(1) English Dance - Carcassi 78(1) Rondo - Rameau 79(1) Andante - Sor 80(1) Etude - Carulli 81(1) Packington's Pound 82(1) Fur Elise - Beethoven 83(1) Scottish Folk Song 83(1) Minuet in G - Bach 84(1) Lullaby - Brahms 84(1) Waltz in E Minor - Carulli 85(1) Simple Gifts 86(1) Minuet - De Visee 86(1) Kemp's Jig 87(1) Italian Dance - Neusiedler 88(1) Bourree - Bach 89(1) Theme - Handel 89(1) Spanish Folk Song 90(1) Catalonian Song 91(1) Malaguena 92(2) Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach 94(3) Appendix Summary of Guitar Music Fingering 97(1) The Classical Guitar: A Brief History 98(2) Selecting a Classical Guitar 100(1) Care of the Guitar 101(1) Attaching Strings 102(1) Guitar Chord Chart 103(1) Concise Dictionary of Musical Terms 104(2) Fingerboard Chart 106(1) The Christopher Parkening Discography 107