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Fifty Steps to Guitar Greatness  Fifty Steps to Guitar Greatness  by Douglas Scott McCarron.  Copyright at the Library of Congress. A Digital online book to learn the guitar and the  structure of music. Click on video to hear more ---> 1 $5.00 $5.00 5 $20.00 $4.00 10 $30.00 $3.00 25 $62.50 $2.50 50 $68.85 $1.38 Number of  Chapters Total  cost Cost per  chapter
Where will your  music journey  take you? When I was a child… Sharing Family Studio Travel Self Expression Composing Stage Busking Look at where you have been! Douglas Scott McCarron-Home Page I have compiled what I have musically learned  from playing guitar over fifty years, releasing  6 CD’s, and teaching over forty years into Fifty  Steps to Guitar Greatness. There are fifty  chapters each addressing an individual topic.  You can purchase the entire collection or the  chapters you want.   The guitar as the instrument used but the  lessons on music theory, Keys, Modes, Chords,  etc will apply to other instruments you pick  up. And Fifty Steps isn’t limited to Western  music but has scales from all over the world  which can be combined to create new art.  From beginner to advanced an extensive and  insightful exploration of playing guitar and  music theory. Be Great. douglas@dsmccarron.com To make a purchase contact me through  these pay systems. Send your payment  with a message what chapters you want.  paypal - doug_mccarron@yahoo.com  Zelle - doug_mccarron@yahoo.com  VENMO Douglas-McCarron-1 -  doug_mccarron@yahoo.com
Table of Contents  Chapter 1   Introduction to The Guitar Chapter 2   Notes on your guitar neck Chapter 3   Tuning the guitar Chapter 4   The entire neck - the 5 boxes Chapter 5   Matching Fingers and the 5 Boxes Chapter 6   Minimum Motion Chapter 7   Picking - with your Thumb  Chapter 8   The 5 chord - Rock Power Chord Chapter 9   Major Steps and Minor Steps Chapter 10 Picking with thumb and first finger Chapter 11 Playing with “5 chords” and Muting Chapter 12 Pentatonic Rock Scale Chapter 13 Mixing 5 chords and Rock Scale Chapter 14 Picking Thumb, pointer and middle finger Chapter 15 Triad Chords Chapter 16 Major and Minor Chords Chapter 17 Suspended 2 and 4 Chords Chapter 18 Diminished and Augmented Chords Chapter 19 Mixing Chords and Melody notes Chapter 20 7th and Major 7th Chords Chapter 21 9th, Major 9th, Add 9 and 6 Chords Chapter 22 4/4 time music Chapter 23 3/4 time and 5/4 time Chapter 24 Picking Thumb, first, middle and third finger Chapter 25 Reading Music -  Whole and Half Notes Chapter 26 Reading Music -  Quarter and Eighth notes Chapter 27 Reading Music -  Sixteen and Thirty Second notes Chapter 28 Triplets, Dotted Notes. And 3/4 counting  Chapter 29 Flamenco Picking  Chapter 30 Review notes on the neck Chapter 31 Reading music and notes on the neck Chapter 32 Major Scale Chapter 33 I IV V - VI II V I - and other chords of the scale Chapter 34 Minor Scale Chapter 35 Relative Major and Minor Scale and combining them Chapter 36 Passing Notes, Suspended Chords and Key Changes Chapter 37 Barre Chords Chapter 38 Mode Scales Chapter 39 Harmonic Minor Scale Chapter 40 Melodic Minor Scale Chapter 41 Jazz Minor Scale from Melodic Chapter 42 Byzantine, Arabic, Middle East. Double Harmonic Scale Chapter 43 Spanish Gypsy/Flamenco Scale Chapter 44 Spanish 8 Tone Scale  Chapter 45 Indian and Middle East Music. Chapter 46 Dominant 5 chords Chains Chapter 47 Composing - Blues, Rock and Pop  Modes Chapter 48 Mixing it all together. Chapter 49 Basic Chords Recognition  Chapter 50 Introduction to Baroque and Classical Composition  Doug McCarron’s Music Compositions
Chapter 1 Introduction to The Guitar Chapter 2 Notes on your guitar neck Chapter 3 Tuning the guitar Chapter 4 The entire neck - the 5 boxes Chapter 5 Matching Fingers and the 5 Boxes Chapter 6 Minimum Motion Chapter 7 Picking - with your Thumb Chapter 8 The 5 chord - Rock Power Chord Chapter 9 Major Steps and Minor Steps Chapter 10 Picking with thumb and first finger Chapter 11 Playing with “5 chords” and Muting Chapter 12 Pentatonic Rock Scale Chapter 13 Mixing 5 chords and Rock Scale Chapter 14 Picking Thumb, pointer and middle finger Chapter 15 Triad Chords Chapter 16 Major and Minor Chords Chapter 17 Suspended 2 and 4 Chords Chapter 18 Diminished and Augmented Chords Chapter 19 Mixing Chords and Melody notes Chapter 20 7th and Major 7th Chords Chapter 21 9th, Major 9th, Add 9 and 6 Chords Chapter 22 4/4 time music Chapter 23 3/4 time and 5/4 time Chapter 24 Picking Thumb, first, middle and third finger Chapter 25 Reading Music - Whole and Half Notes Chapter 26 Reading Music - Quarter and Eighth notes Chapter 27 Reading Music - Sixteen and Thirty Second notes Chapter 28 Triplets, Dotted Notes. And 3/4 counting Chapter 29 Flamenco Picking Chapter 30 Review notes on the neck Chapter 31 Reading music and notes on the neck Chapter 32 Major Scale Chapter 33 I IV V - VI II V I - and other chords of the scale Chapter 34 Minor Scale Chapter 35 Relative Major and Minor Scale and combining them Chapter 36 Passing Notes, Suspended Chords and Key Changes Chapter 37 Barre Chords Chapter 38 Mode Scales Chapter 39 Harmonic Minor Scale Chapter 40 Melodic Minor Scale Chapter 41 Jazz Minor Scale from Melodic Chapter 42 Byzantine, Arabic, Middle East. Double Harmonic Scale Chapter 43 Spanish Gypsy/Flamenco Scale Chapter 44 Spanish 8 Tone Scale Chapter 45 Indian and Middle East Music. Chapter 46 Dominant 5 chords Chains Chapter 47 Composing - Blues, Rock and Pop Modes Chapter 48 Mixing it all together. Chapter 49 Basic Chords Recognition Chapter 50 Introduction to Baroque and Classical Composition