Contents:

SECTION I THE BASICS

• Know Your Instrument
• Chords
• What Constitutes a Chord
• Chord Charts
• Keys
• Key Chart
• Notes
• Basic Music 101
• Note Charts
• Transposing
• Ukulele/Guitar Transposing Key Chart
• Chromatic Chord Progression Chart
• Using the Chromatic Chord Progression Chart
• Transposition Chart
• Advanced Playing Techniques
• Glissando
• Muting
• Tremolo
• Vibrato
• Hammern
• Harmony
• Melody
• Simple Melody
• Selective Strumming
• Combined Melody
• Chord Solos
• Review

SECTION II THE SECRET

• How to Create Melodies and Chord Solos
• Where to Begin
• What Do You Need
• Song Worksheets
• Creating a Simple Melody

1. Plot the Notes
2. Fill in the Chords
3. Choices and Decisions

Creating a Combined Melody

1. Plot the Notes
2. Fill in the Chords

1. Plot the Notes
2. Fill in the Chords

SECTION III PLAYING BY EAR

• If You can Hum, Whistle or Sing/li>
• Where to Find Songs
• Finding the Notes

1. By Sound
2. By Sight

• Review

SECTION IV PICKING & STRUMMING

• Picking
• Thumb
• First Finger
• Second, Third and Fourth Finger
• Plucking
• Strumming
• Thumb Strumming
• Finger Strumming
• Combinations

SECTION V SONGS

• Songs Found in Earlier Text
• Beautiful Brown Eyes
• Good Night Ladies
• Song of the Islands
• Corena
• When the Saints Go Marching In
• Let Me Call You Sweetheart
• On Top of Old Smoky
• Mary Ann (notes only)
• Mary Ann
• The Darktown Strutters Ball
• Songs Found in Section V
• Alabama Jubilee
• Cotton Fields Back Home
• Down By the Old Mill Stream
• Yankee Doodle Boy
• Five Foot Two
• Moonlight Sonata
• When Irish Eyes are Smiling
• Oh Susanna
• Yes, Sir, That's my Baby