Ultimate Guitar Technique

Introduction

Left-Hand Concerns

1. How Much Pressure is Enough?
2. Fret-Hand Finger Movement
3. Forearm Rotation
4. Practice
5. Fret-Hand Muting
6. Stretching
7. Minimizing Movement
8. The Spider

Lead Guitar

1. Alternate Picking
2. String Skipping
3. Economy Picking
4. Sweep Picking
5. Sweep-Tap
6. Hybrid Picking
7. Gypsy Picking
8. Tremolo Picking
9. Fret-Hand Picking
10. Legato
11. Bends
12. Slides
13. Attacked Slides
14. Combining Techniques
15. Shifting Positions
16. Fingerings
17. Finger Rolls
18. Tapping
19. Tremolo Bar
20. Harmonics
21. Embellishments
22. Vibrato
23. Rake
24. Glissando
25. Double Stops
26. Octaves
27. Slide-Guitar Basics
28. Tunings
29. Tricks and Sound Effects

Rhythm Guitar

1. Strumming
2. Arpeggiating
3. Classical Basics
4. Latin Basics
5. Folk and Country Basics
6. Chord Basics
7. Triad Exercises
8. Power-Chord Workout

Appendix

1. Holding the Guitar
2. Holding the Pick
3. Tuning the Guitar
4. Range
5. Notes on the Guitar
6. Finger Permutations
7. Fingering Permutation Table