INTRODUCTION
A
BRIEF HISTORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC
CHAPTER
1 BASICS
PARTS
OF THE GUITAR
HOLDING YOUR GUITAR
HOW TO TUNE YOUR GUITAR
1-1
BASIC MUSIC
NOTATION
1-2
MAJOR SCALES
1-3
CHORDS
CHAPTER
2 BASIC OPEN
CHORDS AND STRUMMING
CHORD DIAGRAM
SLASH NOTATION
HOLDING A PICK
2-1 MAJOR TRIADS
2-2 MAJOR 6
2-3 DOMINANT 7
2-4 MINOR TRIADS
2-5 SUS 4
2-6 DOMINANT 7sus4
“On Top of Old Smoky”
2-7 BARRE CHORDS
2-8 SHIFTING TECHNIQUES
CHAPTER 2 REVIEW
CHAPTER
3 12-BAR
BLUES
THE
BASIC 12-BAR BLUES
3-1 BLUES
VARIATION (1)
3-2 BLUES
VARIATION (2)
3-3 USING
A CAPO
CHAPTER 3 REVIEW
CHAPTER
4 THE CARTER
STYLE
TAB
4-1
THE BASIC CARTER
STYLE
SOME COMMON MAJOR SLASH CHORDS
SOME
COMMON MINOR SLASH CHORDS
SOME COMMON DOM 7 SLASH CHORDS
4-2 VARIATIONS
“Little Brown Jug"
4-3 BASS RUNS
“When the Saints Go Marching In"
4-4 PLAYING MELODY
“Wabash Cannon Ball”
4-5 ALTERNATIVE CHORD FORMS
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
CHAPTER
5 FINGERSTYLE
COUNTRY
RIGHT-HAND LETTERS
BASIC RIGHT-HAND POSITION
THUMBPICKS AND FINGERPICKS
5-1 ARPEGGIOS
“Just As I Am”
5-2 FINGERPICKING
“She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain”
5-3 PLAYING MELODY
“Peace Like A River”
“Good Night Ladies"
CHAPTER
6 VARIOUS
COUNTRY ACCOMPANIMENT STYLES
6-1
NEW CHORDS
6-2 COUNTRY
RIFFS (Single-note, Boogie-woogie, Double-stop)
6-3 OPEN
TUNINGS (Open G, Open E, Open A, Open C, Open D)
CLOSING
FRONT
COVER
BACK
COVER
Happy
Holidays! 
