Complete Compendium

Beginner
Guitar Study

Musicology & Tonal Harmony — from acoustic epistemology to instrumental practice

by Renê Aparecido Bueno

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Video lessons

From the first chord to the first rhythm

Short 40–70 second videos with captions, taught in Portuguese. Watch on your phone and practise with your guitar in hand.

Lesson 1 · Free

Getting to know the guitar

Notes, chord letters, parts of the guitar, fingers and strings.

Lesson 2 · Free

First chords

Posture, chord diagrams and the chords C, Am, G and F.

Lesson 3 · Workbook

Rhythm and strumming

Pulse, P-I-M-A fingerpicking and the popular strum.

Table of Chapters

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Chapter 1 Epistemology and Archaeology Chapter 2 Physical-Acoustic Foundations Chapter 3 Chord Morphology (Triads) Chapter 4 Architecture of the Major Harmonic Field Chapter 5 Advanced Morphology (Seventh Chords) Chapter 6 The Three Minor Harmonic Fields Chapter 7 Cadences, Progressions and Acoustic Flow Chapter 8 Mechanics and Inversion on the Keyboard Chapter 9 Geometry of the Guitar Neck (CAGED) Chapter 10 Secondary Dominants Chapter 11 Modal Interchange and Modulation Chapter 12 Harmonic Extensions and Tensions Chapter 13 Compositional Analysis and Reharmonization
Digital Workbook

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Chapters 1 to 3 are free. The digital workbook unlocks the rest of the content (chapters 4 to 13), with chord and scale diagrams in PDF format for offline study.

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