Author's Remarks

The Guitar and Its Parts

Holding the Guitar

Right Hand Position

The Six Open Strings

The Two Playing Strokes

The Thumb Stroke

Playing with the Thumb

Starting to play isn't hard

I'm not Bill

String change

Here is the three-beat bar

Excercise 1 for changing strings

Ding Dong

Excercise 2 for changing strings

Left Hand Position

The note a

Au clair de la lune (Trad./French)

Duet: Firstly

The Alternating Stroke

Step by Step (Langer)

College Song (Trad./USA)

Duet: Secondly (Trad./Hungary)

Tanz (Trad./Germany)

Billy the Kid (Folksong/USA)

The Bulgarian Princess (Langer)

Notes on the (Treble) E-string

La Bergamasca (Italy)

Almost Famous (Langer)

Dance, Lance! (Trad./Austria)

Farmer Johnny Had a Dog (Trad./England)

O Passeado (Trad./Portugal)

Danza (Trad./Spain)

Molly Malone (Trad./Ireland)

Let‘s Have a Party! (Langer)

Notes on the D-string

Hungarian Song (Trad./Hungary)

Nana (Trad./Columbia)

I’m Gonna Sing (Spiritual)

Notes on the A-string

Adam and Eve (Trad./Holland)

Brown Girl in the Ring (Trad./Jamaica)

Dance (Frank)

Notes on the [Bass] E-string

Thumb Rock (Langer)

Canción (Trad./Spain)

Seven-step Dance (Trad./Germany)

Fingerboard Puzzle 1

Transposition Signs

Melody (Haydn)

Keep Your Hand on the Plow (Trad./USA)

Melodia triste (Trad./Brazil)

Torch Dance (Praetorius)

Blues Rock (Langer)

Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman (Trad./France)

Pay Me (Spiritual/USA)

El Carbonerito (Trad./South America)

Chanson (Trad./France)

Pierlala (Trad./Belgium)

Captain’s Waltz (Trad./Vienna)

About Damping

Simulated Two-voiced Playing

Preliminary Exercise

Lemon and Malaga (Langer/Neges)

Carnival in Venice (Trad./Italy)

Dance of the Bees (Langer/Neges)

Two-voiced Playing in First Position

O Kuti (Trad./Africa)

Dance (Trad./Ukraine)

Hand to Hand Percussion 1

Swing a Little (Langer/Neges)

Two-voiced Playing in Second Position

Hey Lolly, Lolly (Calypso/Jamaica)

Dancing-tune (Trad./Germany)

Ten Little Indians (Trad./USA)

Like the Sun and the Moon (Langer)

Isabelita (Trad./Spain)

How Do You Do? (Trad./USA)

Tom Cat Blues (Trad./USA)

Hand to Hand Percussion 2

Everybody Loves Saturday Night (Trad./Nigeria)

Shoo Fly (Square Dance/USA)

New River Train (Folksong/USA)

Did You Ever See a Lassie? (Trad./Austria)

Calm Water (Langer)

Two-voiced Playing with Fingered Bass Notes

My Colored Balloon (Langer/Neges)

Rivers of Babylon (Trad./Jamaica)

Rodeo Rider (Cowboy Song/USA)

I Shall Not Be Moved (Spiritual)

Green, Green, Green (Trad./Germany)

At the Fair (Langer)

Mary and Martha (Trad./USA)

On the Horizon (Langer)

All on That Day (Gospel/USA)

Freude, schöner Götterfunken (Beethoven)

The Queen’s Entrance (Langer)

Like a Feather in the Wind (Langer/Neges)

Fingerboard Puzzles 2 + 3

Blues-Workshop

Darling Corey (Trad. Blues/USA)

Blues-Riff I (Langer)

Blues-Riff II (Langer)

Lonesome Road Blues (Trad./USA)

Oh no, it’s Monday Blues (Neges)

Valentin’s Blues (Langer)

Midnight Special (Trad./arr. Langer)

Nassau Bound (Trad./arr. Langer)

Pay Me My Money Down (Trad./arr. Langer)

Mama Don’t Allow (Trad./arr. Langer)

Accompaniment Workshop

Hey Lolly, Lolly (Trad./Jamaica)

Ten Little Indians (Trad./USA)

Midnight Special (Trad./USA)

Everybody Loves Saturday Night (Trad./Nigeria)

My Hat It Has Three Corners (Trad./Austria)

Practice Example 1 in slow tempo

Brown Girl in the Ring (Trad./Jamaica)

Practice Example 2 in slow tempo

I’m Gonna Sing (Spiritual/USA)

Accompaniment Workshop

Hey Lolly, Lolly (Trad./Jamaica)

Ten Little Indians (Trad./USA)

Midnight Special (Trad./USA)

Everybody Loves Saturday Night (Trad./Nigeria)

My Hat It Has Three Corners (Trad./Austria)

Practice Example 1 in slow tempo

Brown Girl in the Ring (Trad./Jamaica)

Practice Example 2 in slow tempo

I’m Gonna Sing (Spiritual/USA)

Basics of Music

Note Values

Bars/Bar Lines/Time Indicators

Tuning the Strings

The Fingerboard

Fingerboard Puzzle 4

Putting On Strings

Tuning Notes (on CD only)