THE MIDI PROTOCOL
one top bit separates status from data, seven commands per channel, and how much time a serial wire actually takes
MICROPHONE POSITIONS
where to place a mic around an acoustic guitar and how each spot sounds — after Shure’s guides
AUDIO CONNECTORS
analog, digital, and speaker wiring · pinouts and balanced signals
AUDIO CARRIERS
seven carriers over a century at one scale, and what each one brought first
BARRE CHORDS
two shapes, twelve chords each
DECIBEL SCALES
what stands at zero on each of them, and why −10 and +4 are not fourteen apart
ARPEGGIOS ON TWO STRINGS
major and minor in one position · the bare triad, no octave
ARPEGGIOS ON THREE STRINGS
major and minor in one position · a whole octave on three strings
ARPEGGIOS ON FOUR STRINGS
major and minor in one position · exactly an octave, one note per string
ARPEGGIOS ON SIX STRINGS
major and minor in one position · two octaves from the root
FIRST CHORDS
15 chords every beginner starts with · standard tuning E A D G B e
INSTRUMENT FREQUENCIES
fundamentals and overtones · 20 Hz – 20 kHz, logarithmic scale