NOTES ON THE FRETBOARD
standard tuning E A D G B e · first twelve frets
TONEWOODS
density, hardness, export · what is measured kept apart from what is taste
NOTE VALUES
from whole to thirty-second · how many fit a 4/4 bar
DADGAD
D — A — D — G — A — D
DROP D
one string down · everything else unchanged
HALF STEP DOWN
every string down a semitone · same shapes
OPEN C
the deepest of the open tunings
OPEN D
the open strings are already D major
OPEN G
the open strings are already G major
UKULELE CHORDS
the first twelve chords · standard tuning G C E A
MAMMALS IN TIME
from the first synapsid to us · 320 million years on one axis
VERTEBRATES IN TIME
when each group appeared · five hundred million years on one axis
BASIC PHYSICS FORMULAS
fifteen formulas · every letter explained beneath it
ANIMALS
the main branches — from comb jellies to chordates · who is actually related to whom
VERTEBRATES
from lamprey to bird · and why "fish" and "reptiles" are not groups