- P. ii About the Shearer Online Supplement
- P. vii Choosing a Teacher
- P. viii About the Playing Condition of Your Guitar
- P. ix Holding and Positioning the Guitar (video)
- P. xi Introducing the Classic Guitar Strap to Experienced Guitarists
- P. xiii Essential Concepts for Efficient Guitar Study
- P. 2 Beginning Technical Development
- P. 2 Flexion and Extension (video)
- P. 3 Alignment of the Wrist
- P. 4 The Optimal Hand Position
- P. 5 Tone Quality and Your Nails
- P. 7 Basic Music Notation
- P. 12 Beginning Expression in Music
- P. 16 Rests in Music
- P. 35 Essentials For Beginning Right-Hand Training
- P. 37 Pre-Reading Dyads
- P. 43 Solfege
- P. 47 Right-Hand String Crossing
- p. 48 Skipping Tones (Music)
- P. 50 Alternating P Free Stroke With Fingers Free Stroke (avoiding shoulder tension)
- P. 54 Slavic Dance (Music)
- P. 57 Harmonics
- P. 62 Etude in D minor (Music)
- P. 75 Etude in A minor (Music)
- P. 76 Etude in G major (Music)
- P. 90 Folklorico (Music)
- P. 114 Swing Rhythm
- P. 125 a-tude (Music)
- P. 125 a-OK (Music)
- P. 125 Over Easy (Music)
- P. 138 Correcting The Objectionable Side-Pull (video)
- P. 160 The Mist (Music)
- P. 167 Si Bheag Si Mhor (video)
- P. 174 Sojourn (Music)
- P. 174 Invention (Music)