KINDS OF BASS
eight instruments at one scale · what each is about and how it sounds
CURWEN HAND SIGNS
one hand for each degree of the scale, with the mental effect John Curwen gave it
EQUAL TEMPERAMENT
how many cents each interval misses the pure one by, and why exactly that much
AMP MIC POSITIONS
where to place a mic in front of a guitar cab and how each spot sounds — after the Shure chart
ACOUSTIC BODY SHAPES
what each one was made for · from the front room to the stage, at true scale
NOTES ON THE FRETBOARD
standard tuning E A D G B e · first twelve frets
STRING MATERIALS
what they are drawn from, how one wrap differs from another and what of that is audible
TONEWOODS
density, hardness, export · what is measured kept apart from what is taste
MICROPHONE TYPES
what picks the sound up and where it stays deaf — five patterns from one formula
THE SEVEN MUSICAL MODES
the same white keys · a different root
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