Contents:

The First Approach
Notes and pitches 
The layout of the notes 
Tuning the guitar 
Chords and chord quality 
The Big Fifteen chords 
Playing in different keys 
The 1-4-5 system
C-A-G-E-D examples 
Chord Families 
The 1 and 5 chords 
Songs in different keys 
The 1, 4 and 5 chords Songs in different keys 
"Silent Night" in all 5 keys 
Choosing the right key 
Using the capo 
Quiz time for the 1-4-5's Finding the starting note
Adding the Minor chords 
Songs in the Keys of G and C 
"Rhythm Changes" Secondary Dominants Bunches of useful chords (A-G)

The Second Approach
The Chromatic scale 
Layout on the neck 
The Major scale 
The Key of C 
Scale degrees and other keys 
The Key of G 
Worksheet for Major scales 
Traveling by Fifths 
Major scale summary 
The flat keys 
The fretboard and the keyboard 
Major scale exercises 
Back to Chord Families 
The C Harmonized Diatonic scale 
Major chords versus Minor chords 
Four combinations of Thirds Other 
Chord Families 
Worksheets for Chord Families 
C-A-G-E-D Chord Family summary Example: "Morning Has Broken" 
Full Chord Family summary 
Transposition chart 
Details of the 1-4-5 relationship 
The Dominant 7th chord 
Overlapping Chord Families 
Chord substitutions 
Triad spellings 
My Bio 
The Circle of Fifths 
More on Secondary Dominants 
Examples in the Key of C 
Down by a 5th = up by a 4th 
Backcycling through all the keys 
C-A-G-E-D Chord Family examples 
Mixing in the Minor chords 
The Jazz Turnaround 
"Morning Has Broken" again 
Yuletide Backcycling in a the C-A-G-E-D keys Starting notes 
Shortcuts in terminology 
The 4th of the 4th 
Major 7th and Minor 7th chords 
Minor keys 
C Major versus A Minor 
Three kinds of Minor scales 
Carols in the Keys of Am, Dm, and Em 
Appendix 1: Why the number "five"? 
Appendix 2: Key signatures 
Volume One in a nutshell
One last quiz