Hold down a chord : a guitar course for beginners [music] / by John Pearse

Introduction: Types of guitar ; Buying a second hand instrument ; Strings and stringing ; Nails ; The Capo -- Lesson one: Tuning up ; Chords ; Chord windows ; Practice -- Lesson two: Learning two more chords ; Basic right hand scratch ; Practice -- Lesson three: 2/4 Scratch ; Song (The grand old Duke of York) ; Practice -- Lesson four: 4/4 and 3/4 Scratches ; Alternating bass notes ; Practice -- Lesson five: Key of D ; Basic plucking ; Song (Skip to my Lou) ; 4/4/ Basic plucking ; Practice -- Lesson six: Waltz time pluck ; Song (Home on the range) ; Practice -- Lesson seven: Syncopation, The basic Calypso Slap ; Song (Time for man go home) ; Practice -- Lesson eight: The basic Calypso Lick ; Song (Mandy) ; Left hand damping ; Practice -- Lesson nine: Forward picking ; Song (Poor Howard) ; Ripple picking ; Song (Poor Howard) ; Practice -- Lesson ten: New fingering for G and D7 ; Melody picking ; Song (Red River Valley) ; Song (When I first came to this land) ; Song (English Country Garden) ; Song (Shortnin' Bread) ; Capo position table ; Fretboard diagram ; Chord Bank.