Guitar Lore is a compendium of techniques considered essential for the virtuoso guitarist. It first covers left hand position and then right hand pick hold and stroke. Topics covered are the development of a system of jazz chords, chord scales, rhythm studies, sequences both diatonic and chromatic, arpeggios through extensions, scale fingerings in multiple octaves, interval studies, exotic scales, and technical studies of all different types including double stops. Chuck Anderson took dictation ...

• Foreword
• Note to the Teacher
• The Technique (or Art) of Playing
• Right Hand
• Left Hand
• Alternate Picking
• Studies on Diatonic and Chromatic Fingering
• Cross Picking
• Shifting Fingers (Extended)
• Chordal Technique
• Chord Families
• Scale Harmonization
• Cross Picking as Applied to Chords on Scales
• Chord Progressions Based on Root Movements
• Barre
• 3 Octave Scales
• Diatonic and Chromatic Passing Tones (Connecting Chords)
• Exotic Scales
• Harmonics
• Embellishments