This unique and effective method will help beginners and more experienced players develop both pick-style and fingerstyle accompaniment abilities with the guitar. The streamlined approach is unique in its efficiency and comprehensiveness. The material encompasses a wide range of strumming and fingerpicking patterns that apply to an infinite number of songs in the rock, folk and country music styles along with ethnic, spiritual and children's music. Also included is a section on moveable chord forms that provides the means for a repertoire that embodies jazz standards, show tunes and beyond. Written using strum notation, standard notation, chord diagrams, and tablature. Includes access to online audio.

Part One: Getting Started
   Parts of the Guitar
   Guitar Notation
   Chords Forms
   Developmental Exercises
   Speeding Up Chord Changes
Part Two: Pick-Style Accompaniment
   Section I: Basic Strum Patterns
      Strum Patterns 1-20
   Section II: Strums With Bass Notes
      Strum Patterns 21-39
   Section IIIa: Palm-muting
      Strum Patterns 40-49
   Section IIIb: Syncopation
      Strum Patterns 50-58
Part Three: Finger-Style Accompaniment
   Introduction to Fingerpicking
   Fingerpicking Patterns 1-25
Part Four: Moveable Chord Forms
   Section I: Major, Minor and 7 Barre Chords
   Section II: Seventh Chords
      Latin Fingerstyle Example
      Swing Style Example
Appendices
A.   Tuning The Guitar
B.   Summary of Strumming Patterns
C.   Summary of Fingerpicking patterns
D.   Summary of Practice Progressions
E.   Understanding Chord Progressions
F.   Roman Numeral Transposition
G.   Capo transposition
H.   Chord Forms, Bass-Note Root/5th Locations