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Hi! Welcome to Dansm's Guitar Pages. I'm Mike McCracker, and I rescued these pages from the Google cache after the originals were destroyed after Dan Smith finished up at Harvard. If you ARE Dan Smith, please contact me and let me know if this is ok! This page is the index to every page on the site. As you can see, I have quite a few pages by now. I also offer a recent-update page which lists all the changes I have made in the past month. I hope you find this page useful in analyzing and making your way around my site.

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Dansm's Home Page

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Dansm's Acoustic Page
Acoustic Songs Page
Acoustic Links Page
Acoustic Guitar Manufacturer Links
Acoustic Musician Links
Acoustic Guitarist Photo Page
Advice for Beginning Guitarists
Guitar Strumming Patterns
Warm-Up Exercises
Guitar String Ratings
Guitar Freeware
Acoustic Guitar Basics

Types of Acoustic Guitars
Parts of an Acoustic Guitar
Styles of Picking
Tuning Your 6-String
Tuning Your 12-String
Alternate Tunings
Using a Capo
Humidity Control
Amplification of Acoustic Guitars
Guide to Hand Care

Building and Maintaining Calluses
Fingernail Care
Strengthening Your Hand
Preventing Hand Injuries
Frequently Asked Questions

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Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory
Chord Notation
Intervals
Major/Minor/Diminished Chord Theory
Chords in Major Keys
Chords in Minor Keys
Chord-Leading Theory
Out-of-Key Chords
Seventh Chords
Barre Chords
Other Numbered Chords
Chords with Added Notes
Slash Chords
Suspended Chords
Fitting Other Chords Into Keys
Chords in Drop D Tuning
Transposing Chords to Other Keys
Capo Chord Equivalents
Chord Voicing with the CAGED System
The Circle of Fifths
Terms Used in Music Theory
Summary of Chord Formations
Archive of Common Chords

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Dansm's Fingerpicking Lessons
Fingerpicking Lesson Introduction
Losing the Pick
Getting Your Fingers in on the Action
Your First Picking Pattern
More Complex Picking Patterns
Changing Strings While Picking
Two- and Three-Note Chords
Fingerpicking Songs

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Dansm's Beginner's Guide to Chords
Open Chords
Barre Chords
Easy Songs
Strumming Patterns



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Dansm's Guitar Scale Lessons
Helpful Pages

Scale Notation
Whole and Half Steps
What Are Modes?
Playing Scales: Fretting and Picking
Which Scales and Modes Can I Play?
Translating Scales and Modes Into Any Key
Learning Scales
Which Scales to Learn
Relative Minor Scales
Major Scale

Major Scale
Major Key
Major Scale Real Audio Chord Progressions
Minor Scale

Natural Minor Scale

Natural Major Scale
Natural Minor Key
Natural Minor Scale Real Audio Chord Progressions
Harmonic Minor Scale

Harmonic Major Scale
Harmonic Minor Key
Harmonic Minor Scale Real Audio Chord Progressions
Melodic Minor Scale

Melodic Major Scale
Melodic Minor Key
Melodic Minor Scale Real Audio Chord Progressions
Pentatonic Scales

Pentatonic Major Scale

Pentatonic Major Scale
Pentatonic Major Key
Pentatonic Major Scale Real Audio Chord Progressions
Pentatonic Minor Scale

Pentatonic Minor Scale
Pentatonic Minor Key
Pentatonic Minor Scale Real Audio Chord Progressions

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Dansm's Guitar Techniques
Slide
Hammer-On
Pull-Off
Bend
Vibrato
Harmonics
Muting

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Dansm's Musical Notation for Guitar
Tab Notation
Chord Notation
Introduction to Standard Musical Notation
Notes on the Fretboard
Measures and Meter
Key Signatures
Repeats, Endings, and Codas
Symbols Used in Music
Terms Used in Music


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Dansm's Guitar Page
Tab Links
Lesson Links
Music Links

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