Index

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accent (`axe-sent) 68, 167  accented hammered note 144, 213  accented strums 102  accented upstrums 68, 81-83, 197, 201  accidentals 6, 12  acoustic guitar vi  actual key 186, 227  added note chords 95-97, 227  advanced strumming notation 197-198  altered note chords 227  alternate fingerings for chords 20, 121, 124, 156, 222  alternate pick and strum style 130-132, 134, 156, 198, 222  alternating bass 159-164, 166, 202, 203, 216  appoggiatura (ah-pah-gee-ah-`tor-ah) 103  arpeggiated strum 79  arpeggio (ahr-`peh-gee-o) 56, 84, 181  Augmented interval 12  Augmented chords 175-177, 181  Augmented triad 14, 174  authentic cadence 27  

backpicking 132, 136  bagpipe 212, 215  bar 29  bar line 38  barre chords 150-152, 153, 181, 187  Baroque era 34, 35, 71  basic downstrum 37  basic upstrum 38  bass instruments 9  bass note – strum style 79-80, 104, 125, 197, 198  bassoon (bah-`soon) 8  bass register 9, 95  bass strings of the guitar 10  bass voice 143-144  bend 110-111, 164, 213, 218  binary division 91, 124, 170, 171  binary rhythms 124-125, 127  bluegrass music 104  blues iv, 65, 148, 151, 175, 183, 194, 218  brass instruments 8, 9, 208  bridge 53  bridge chords 190, 193, 196

cadence 27, 145, 146  capo (`kay-po) 185, 186-187, 208, 227  cello (`cheh-lo) 8  chord chart 178-179, 185  chord diagrams vi  chord fingerings 19-20  chord progression vii, 25, 152, 186-189  chords above a bass note 123, 226  chord shape 227  chord substitutions 73, 94, 167  chord symbols 20-21, 177  chord transitions 116, 123-124  chord voicing 17, 23, 96, 97, 176, 177, 187, 189  chorus 146  chromatic (kro-`ma-tic) electronic tuner 208  chromatic pitch pipe 208  clarinet 8  classical guitar v, vi, 54-56, 145, 151, 159-160, 186, 207  combined hammer-on and pull-off 144, 195, 213  common chords and common keys 72-73, 149-152  common time 38  compound meter 91-92, 125, 127, 164, 170, 171, 203  concert band 8  connecting chords 73-74  contemporary folk music iii, vi, 104, 151, 175  counter-melody 206  counterpoint 141  country music iv, 104, 125, 151  creating chord progressions 73  cut time 60  

DADGAD tuning 215, 219  damped notes 87, 164  damped strums     76-78, 102, 153  damping 75, 132, 137, 191  damp sign 75  destination chord 124  diminished chords 175  diminished interval 12  diminished 7^th chords 181-184  diminished triad 14, 174  dissonant 175, 176         D modal tuning  215  Dominant chord 27, 175  Dominant 9^th chord 148  Dominant 7^th chord 93, 96, 167  double flat 6  double hammer-on 194  double pedal 215  double pinch 115  double repeat sign 140  double sharp 6  double time 61, 103  downbeat 67, 120, 170  D pedal tuning 212-213, 219  drone notes 212  drop D tuning 209  D standard tuning 197  D tuning 209  duets 189-190, 198, 203, 208  duple meter 92  duplets 173-174, 201  duration of notes 86-87  Dylan, Bob 109

8 basic chords 94, 163  8 common keys 72  Eastern music 1  Eb standard tuning 208  electric guitar 22  electronic keyboard 15, 208  electronic tuning device 16, 208  enharmonic 6, 7, 11, 12, 176, 226  equal temperament 2, 3, 5, 10  expanding chord progressions 73-75  external repeat sign 140

5^th below the root 107-109, 111, 125, 162, 163  5^th chords 190-192, 226  5^th of a chord 13  IV chord 27  V chord 27  fade 164  families of instruments 8-9  fermata (fehr-`ma-ta) 140  F(5) chord 97-98  final cadence 146  fingerpicking style 65, 202, 203, 206  fingerpicks 65  fingerstyle i, 53  fingerstyle patterns of play 118, 142  first and second endings 134  flamenco (flah-`men-ko) 35, 81, 174  flat 6  flat key 208  flatpick style i  florid counterpoint 141-142  florid fingerstyle 142, 159  flute 8  folk music iii, 104, 109, 148, 151, 175  form 145, 164  formal name for an interval 11-12  four finger picking 56  fret 10  fretboard diagram 11-12  F(6) chord 122  full barre 150, 151, 185, 218  fundamental note 223, 224

Grand Barre 150  Greenwich (`Grehn-itch) Village iii  g(6) chord 98-99  guitar ensemble music 110  guitar instructional videos v  Guthrie, Woody 109

half cadence 27, 28  half-open tunings 225  half-step 2, 11  hammered chord 196  hammered notes 114, 194, 195, 210  hammer-on 105, 106, 141, 193  harmonic rhythm 47, 128, 177, 178  harmonics 223, 224  harmonious 2  honky-tonk piano music 203  horn 8, 9  hybrid picking 66   

implied melody 156, 159  improvisation 47, 115, 146  incomplete chords 136, 138  interior voice 144  internal damping 98-99  internal pedal 212  internal repeat sign 140  interval 11, 188  inverted chord 19, 122, 136, 176, 183  inverted pedal 212  

jazz guitar v, vi, 65, 148, 151, 186  jazz music iii, iv, 175, 183  jazz orchestra 8

key 25, 26, 28, 227  keynote 26, 28  key of play 185, 189, 227

lead guitar 144, 146  lead sheet 177  legato (leh-`gah-to) 75, 102  low D tuning 209, 225  lute 2

M3 13  m3 13  M7 chords 93-94  m7 chords 93-94  M9 chords 148-149  m9 chords 148-149  Major 3^rd 12  Major 7^th chord 93-94, 116  Major 9^th chord 148-149  Major key 25, 26  Major/minor system 14, 25, 175  Major triad 14  marching band 8  measure 29  Medieval cadence 71-72, 74  melodic score 159  meter 29, 40, 170  metric beat 67  metric rhythm 39, 58, 170  metronome 52-53, 178, 179  minor 3^rd 12  minor 7^th chord  93-94  minor 9^th chord 148-149  minor key 25, 26  minor triad 14  modal chords 192-193, 212, 226  modal harmonies 210  modulation 183-184  monophonic 83, 114  multiple flatpicked notes 133, 134, 198  multiple note fingerstyle techniques 114-115, 141, 142  muted notes 137-138, 140  muted strums 153-154, 220

9^th chords 148-149  natural notes 5, 11  natural sign 6  node 223, 224  notation 20  non-chord note 105, 144, 195  non-chord notes in strums 155-159, 193  numerical value of an interval 11, 12  nut 19, 185  nylon string guitar 22, 55

oboe 8  octave 3, 5, 11   open chord 110, 218  open chord symbol 110, 111, 196, 216  open minor tuning 219-220, 222  open notes of the guitar 10  open tuning 218-224  oral teaching tradition v, vi  ORDER 147, 156, 157, 158  overtones 223, 224

P4 26  P5 26  parallel Major 70  parallel minor 70  parallel phrases 145  partial barre 23, 98, 100, 150, 220  passing chord 196  patterned fingerstyle 83-84, 159, 160  pedal harmony 222-223  pedal note 212, 215  percussion instruments 8  Perfect 4^th 26, 27  Perfect 5^th 26, 27, 190  Perfect interval 12  phrase 120, 145, 216, 218  piano 8, 15  piano keyboard 2-6, 8  Picadilly 3^rd 71  pick and strum style 104, 111-114, 130, 131, 140, 156, 197  pick-up 120, 134  pinch 114-115  pitch pipe 15, 208  pivot point 124  playing hand anchor 54, 56  playing hand  fingerings 58  plectrum 35  power chords 190  pulled-off chords 196  pull-off 106, 141, 195, 210  punteado (poon-tay-`ah-do) 34, 53

quadruple meter  29, 38, 170  quartering of the beat 91, 102-103, 114, 136, 144, 194, 210

ragtime piano music 203  raised 5^th 175  range 9  rasgueado (rahs-gay-`ah-do) 34, 53  reed 8  register 3, 9  relative Major 70  relative minor 70  relative tuning 16  Renaissance (`Reh-neh-sahnce) 36, 141  repeat signs 90, 216  resolve 121  resonance 86, 130  rest 62, 76  rhythm 38  Rhythm Guitar Core Catalog ii  rhythm guitar duets 189-190, 208  ringing notes 86-87, 140, 167  rock music iv, vi, 151, 186, 190, 191, 192  rolled strum 37  rolls 141, 142  root-bass position 18, 94, 95, 136, 176  root of a chord 13 

7^th chords 92-94  saxophone 8  scale 159  scordatura 207  score v  secondary emphasis 67, 92, 115, 170  section 90, 203, 206  sharp 6  simple meter 170, 203  slide 133-134, 218, 222  sonata form 145  song form 146  song scores 146-147  sound hole 53  Spanish music 142, 174, 198  staccato (stah-`kah-to) 130, 133, 136, 210, 218, 220, 222  staff notation v, 91  standard of pitch 15, 16, 208  standard tuning 197  steel string acoustic guitar vi, 22, 55  string and fret notation 105, 138, 155, 159, 216, 223  string bass 8  stringed instruments 8  strumming 35  strumming patterns 40-41 , 45-47, 68-69, 78, 103-104, 127  strums over bass strings 198  strums over interior strings 198, 201  suspended 2^nd chords 192  suspended 3^rd 141, 169, 194, 195  suspended chords 121, 167, 226  symphony form 145  symphony orchestra 2, 8  syncopation 51, 67-68, 76, 115, 137, 138, 142, 170, 202, 213, 214

3^rd of a chord 13  12-bar blues progression 29, 30  12-string guitar 208-209  32^nd notes 91  TAB notation v, 11  talking blues progression 109-110  tempo 42, 178  ternary division 91, 124, 125, 128, 170, 171  ternary rhythms 125  tertian harmony 13, 226  three chord group 27, 220  three finger picking 61-62  three-note fretting hand technique 144, 218  thumbing 122, 144  thumbpick 65  timbre 53, 223  tonic chord 26, 27, 96  tonic note 26, 27, 28  touch in fingerstyle 88-89  touch with a flatpick 45, 75  traditional music 148, 152, 175  transposing 28, 31, 150-151, 185-189  Travis, Merle 166  Travis picking 166, 167  treble register 9  treble strings of the guitar 10  treble voice 144  triad 13  triple meter 29, 38, 170  triple pinch 115, 140  triplet 171-172, 173, 213  triple unison 216, 218  trombone 8  trumpet 8, 9  tuba 8, 9  tuning the guitar 15-16  turn (in a fingerstyle pattern) 83, 84  Twelvemonth Music website ii, 50  two-note fretting hand technique 105-106, 133, 167 

unison 134  upbeat 120      

verse 146  vibrating length of a string 10  vibrato (vih-`brah-to) 87-88, 110, 132, 218  viol (vee-`ohl) 2  viola (vee-`oh-la) 8  violin 8  visualinear tablature 39, 56-58  voicing 17, 23, 96, 97, 176, 177, 187, 189

Western music iv, 1, 2, 14, 25, 27, 174  whole step 6, 11  woodwinds 8

zero fret 19, 185

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