FINGERSTYLE GUITAR

Guitar method

Subtitle : Arranging, Composition and Performance
Composer : Raymond Gonzales
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Language : English
Book + Audio Online
Pages : 124

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