Publisher : Mel Bay
This book is designed to be useful for guitarists at any skill level. Beginners can use it as an introduction to the foundational concepts of the instrument, intermediate players can use it for training and theoretical work, and advanced players can explore the sections on advanced theory, extended technique and the exhaustive tables of melodic and rhythmic possibilities. It is divided into two parts: pitch and rhythm.

Part I Pitch:
The String 1
Harmonics 1
Stopped Pitches 6
Just Intonation and Equal Temperament 8
Tuning 10
Monads 14
All locations of any single pitch 14
The Pentatonic 16
The Diatonic 19
Diatonic Patterns 22
Modulation 32
Other Scales 36
Symmetry 40
Dyads 49
All locations of any two pitches 49
Intervals 56
Triads 59
Constructing three-note structures 59
All locations of any three pitches 60
Voice leading 80
Triadic space 85
Tetrads and beyond 89
Constructing four-note structures 89
All tetrads of the four Heptatonic scales 90
Dominant progressions 97
All-Interval Tetrads 101
All remaining pitch structures 106

Part II Rhythm:
One String, One Pitch 110
Time 110
Symmetrical Picking 111
Diatonic scales with Symmetrical Picking 113
Pick Control 114
Dynamics 122
Endurance 123
Rhythmic Pentatonics and Diatonics 124
Reduction 126
One String, Multiple Pitches 128
Diatonic scales with Legato phrasing 128
Diatonic ornaments 129
Chromatic ornaments 130
Slides 132
Multiple Strings 134
Polypulse 134
Creating rhythms 140
Rhythmic Dyads, Triads, and Tetrads 142
Polyrhythm 145
Rhythmic tiling 150
Infinite growth 152