Parts of the guitar -- Holding the guitar -- Turning the guitar -- The right hand -- Two ways of striking a string -- Fundamentals of music notation -- Practicing -- Rhythm studies -- Notes on the open bass strings -- Notes on the open treble strings -- The left hand -- Positioning of the left-hand fingers -- Notes on the 1st string -- Notes on the 2nd string -- Waltz in A Minor -- Notes on the 3rd string -- Spanish melody -- Prelude in C Major -- Rests and ties -- Music in two voices -- Au Clair de la Lune -- Arpeggio -- Planting -- Sharps, flats, and naturals -- 6/8 time signature -- memorization -- Notes on the 4th string -- Triplets and sixteenth notes -- Melancolia -- Pick-up notes -- Fugue -- Bach -- Notes on the 5th string -- The natural scale -- Variation on a Spanish theme -- The fingernails -- Tone production -- Two notes played together -- Spanish Dance -- Kings of Orient -- Open string equivalents -- Guide and pivot fingers -- Prelude in A Minor -- Chromatic scale -- Theme from Symphony No. 9 -- Beethoven -- English Folk Song -- Table of common tempo terms -- Dynamic markings -- Repeat markings -- Allegro -- Giuliani -- Ode to Joy -- Beethoven -- Spanish Waltz -- Andantino -- Carcassi -- In the Hall of Mountain King -- Grieg -- Three notes played together -- Hymn -- Estudio -- Aguado -- High A on the 1st string -- Tarantella -- Bourree -- Bach -- Four notes played together -- Intermezzo -- Prelude in C Major -- Carcassi -- Greensleeves -- Music theory -- scales, intervals, key signatures -- Music theory -- circle of 5ths, relative minors, chords -- Transposing keys -- Three technical exercises -- Bourree -- Telemann -- The bar -- Prelude in D Major -- All through the night.;Supplementary pieces -- Moderato -- Giuliani -- English Dance -- Carcassi -- Rondo -- Rameau -- Andante -- Sor -- Etude -- Carulli -- Packington's pound -- Fur Elise -- Beethoven -- Scottish Folk Song -- Minuet in G -- Bach -- Lullaby -- Brahms -- Waltz in E Minor -- Carulli -- Simple gifts -- Minuet -- De Visee -- Kemp's jig -- Italian dance -- Neusiedler -- Bourree -- Bach -- Theme -- Handel -- Spanish folk song -- Catalonian song -- Malaguena -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring -- Bach.;Appendix -- Summary of guitar music fingering -- The classical guitar: a brief history -- Selecting a classical guitar -- Care of the guitar -- Attaching strings -- Guitar chord chart -- Concise dictionary of musical terms -- Fingerboard chart -- The Christopher Parkening discography.