A Brief History of the Classic Guitar 4 

Suggestions For Teachers 5

Famous Musicians Who Played and Wrote For The Classic Guitar 5 

Suggestions To Pupils 6 

Maxims By Fernando Sor 6 

Holding The Instrument 7 

The Right Hand And Arm 7 

Manner of Plucking or Setting Strings in Vibration 8 

Left Hand And Arm... 9 

Notation and the Staff 10 

Relative Time Value of Notes and Rests 10 

Manner of Tuning 11 

Time 12 

Signs For Fingering 12 

Time Studies 13

Chords 14 

The Arpeggio 14 

Abbreviations of Musical Terms 15 

Open String Studies 15

Chart of the Guitar Fingerboard 17 

Scale In The First Position 18

Exercise For Note Reading and Technic 18 

Easy Study in C - 19 - youtu.be 

Melody Exercise  - Tempo di Valse - 19 - youtu.be 

Simple Chord Exercise 19 - youtu.be 

Simplicity Waltz 20

Easy Chord Study 20

Exercise for Repeated Notes 21

Chromatic Scale .... 22 

Melody Exercise Introducing Sharps and Flats ......... 23

Formation of the Major Scale 23 

Chords and Different Methods of Playing Them ........ 25

Technical Exercises 25 

Technical Exercise 26

Chromatic Technical Studies ...... 27 

Arpeggio Studies (For Daily Practice) (adapted from Giuliani) 32 

Two Studies for Half Bracket 35 

The Barré 36 

Arpeggios in Various Keys (Carcassi) 37

Two Exercises for Thumb and First Finger (Mertz).. 41 

Arpeggios For Exercising The Thumb On The Third String ... 42 

Two Octave Scale of C 42 

Expression Marks and Abbreviations 42

Two Exercises for Development of Velocity ... 43 

Arpeggio Study 46 

Abbreviations 46 

Three Octave Scale In The Key of G Major 47

Exercise Introducing Chords In the Key of G .......... 47 

Exercise For Velocity 47 

Scale of G In Thirds 47 

Five Exercises For Developing Independence of  The Left-Hand Fingers.... 49 

Two Octave Scale In The Key of D 49 

Chord Study In The Key of D. 49

Exercise In Thirds And Triplets 50 

Three Octave Scale In Key of A Major 53 

Scale and Chord Exercise 54

Three Octave Scale In The Key of E Major 56

Arpeggio Study in the Key of E 56 

Bracket Study (adapted from Carcassi) .... .... 56 

Scale in Key of F Major 59 

Minor Scales 61

Scale In The Key of A Minor 61

Hints On Rapid Changing of Chords 66

Scale In Key of D Minor 67

Technical Exercise 67 

Technical Studies for Daily Practice 68

Exercise In A Major 70

The Slur 71

Ascending Slurs of Two Notes 71

Descending Slurs of Two Notes 71

Study for Practice of Descending Slur 71

Vibration Slur .... 72

Ascending Slurs On Two Different Strings ..... 72

Slurs of Three and Four Notes 72

Exercises For Slur Practice On All Strings 72

Exercise Introducing Slurs (Carulli) 73

Study in Slurs 73

Extended Scale Passages In Slurs 74

Double Vibration Slurs 74

The Glissando 74

Glissando On Double Notes 74 

Sight Reading. 74

Embellishments or Agremens .... 75 

Grace Notes Before a Chord, and In The Bass ......... 76

The Turn .... 76 

The Trill 77 

The Mordent Or Inverted Mordent 79

The Glisse or Glissando 84 

Further Remarks On The Portamento Or Slide .......... 85 

The Positions 86

Scale Study In The Fourth Position 86 

 Scale Study In The Fifth Position 87 

Chord Exercise in D Minor 87 

Scale Study In The Seventh Position 88

Scale Study In The Ninth Position... 89

Scale of D Major In The Ninth Position 89 

Review of Positions 89 

Two Exercises For Gaining Independence of Fingers. 90

Shifting Positions 90

Expression 92

Staccato 95 

The Vibrato 97 

Syncopation 97 

Lowering The Sixth String To D 99

Harmonics 100 

Table of The Natural Harmonic Tones 100 

Double Harmonics..... 101 

The Fifth String Tuned To G 101 

Different Tunings 103

The Tremolo 104 

Scales And Studies In Intervals 105 

Interval 105 

Exercise In Thirds (Fernando Sor) 105

Scale of C In Sixths 105 

Scale In Octaves 107 

Chromatic Scale In Octaves 107 

Scale In Tenths 109 

Scale of G In Thirds 109 

Scale of D In Thirds 110

Exercise In Thirds 110 

Scale In Sixths 111

Scale of D In Octaves 112

Scale of D In Tenths 113

Diatonic Scales Harmonized 114 

Scale In Thirds Key of A 114 

Scale In Sixths 114 

Scale of A In Octaves  115

Scale In Tenths 116 

The Capo Tasto 117

Common Musical Terms (with their proper pronunciation) 120