Ray Langley wrote:The Jerry Byrd Instruction Course For Steel Guitar
“A Complete Study for the Serious Student”
Table of Contents for 5th Printing (Blue Cover) – 324 Pages
000 Forward and Ordering Information for the Jerry Byrd Seminar Video
001 BEGINNER, Part 1, “A” Major Tuning
002 Lesson 1, Picks, Steel Bar, etc.
003 How to Hold the Bar
004 Posture of Picking Hand
006 A Major Tuning – String Gauges
007 A Major Tuning Chart
008 Some Hints on Tuning
009 Lesson II, How to Read “Diagram” Music (Tablature)
014 Muting
015 Practice Exercise – A Major Tuning
017 Lesson III, Endings and Repeat Sign
019 Practice Exercise
020 Lesson IV, Slant Bar Technique
022 Slant Bar Exercise (Forward Slants)
023 Lesson V, “Sweet Lei Lehua” using Forward Slants
025 Moving the Bar In and Out and More Muting
026 Practice Exercise
028 Part II, E Major Tuning
029 E Major Tuning Chart
030 Lesson I, E Major Tuning (from A Major)
032 “Sweet Lei Lehua”, E Tuning
033 Lesson II, “Tremolo” or Vibrato
035 “Song of the Islands”, E Major Tuning
037 Lesson III, Harmonics
040 “Aloha Oe”, E Major Tuning
042 Lesson IV, E-7th Tuning
044 E-7th Tuning Chart
045 “Forget Me Not”, E-7th Tuning
047 Lesson V, Reverse Slant
051 Reverse Slant Practice
052 Lesson VI, Reverse Slant, (cont.)
053 “Evening in the Islands” (Reverse Slant Practice) E-7th Tuning
055 Lesson VII, “Old Timey Waltz”
058 Part III, C# Minor Tuning Series: C# Minor, C# Minor 9th
059 Lesson I, C# Minor Tuning
061 C# Minor Tuning Chart
062 “Major” Harmony Positions
063 “Sweet Lei Lehua”, C# Minor Tuning
064 Lesson II, “Song of the Islands”, C# Minor Tuning
066 Lesson III, “Aloha Tears”, C# Minor Tuning
069 Lesson IV, Varied Time Count
070 “Moonland” C# Minor Tuning
072 C# Minor 9th Tuning
075 “Ua Like No Like”, C# Minor 9th Tuning
077 Lesson VI, Introductions
080 “Paradise Isle”, C# Minor 9th Tuning
083 Lesson VII, “Sweet Someone”, C# Minor 9th Tuning
087 Book Two – Intermediate Material, Lesson One, Introduction
088 Lesson Two, E-13th Tuning
090 String Gauges
091 “Tennessee Waltz”, E-13th Tuning
094 Lesson Four, “Reminiscing”, E-13th Tuning
098 Part II, B-11th Tuning
101 “Rainbows Over Paradise”, B-11th Tuning
105 “Sand”, B-11th Tuning
110 Lesson Seven, Finger Harmonics
111 “Steelin’ The Chimes”, B-11th Tuning
113 Lesson Eight, “How D’Ya Do”, B-11th Tuning
118 Part III, C-6th Tuning Series
119 Lesson Nine, String Gauges and Tuning
120 Split Slants
121 C6 Tuning Chart
122 “Sweet Lei Lehua”, C6 Tuning
124 Lesson Ten, Single String Work
125 “Over The Waves”, C6 Tuning
128 How to Change Tunings Quickly
130 Lesson Eleven, “Hawaii Aloha”
133 Lesson Twelve, C6+A7 Tuning
136 C6+A7 Tuning Chart
137 Chord Chart, Key of C - C6+A7 Tuning (Complete)
138 Chord Chart, Key of D - C6+A7 Tuning (Blank)
139 Chord Chart, Key of F - C6+A7 Tuning (Blank)
140 Chord Chart, Key of G - C6+A7 Tuning (Blank)
141 Chord Chart, Key of A - C6+A7 Tuning (Blank)
142 Chord Chart, Key of Bb - C6+A7 Tuning (Blank)
143 How To Build Chords
148 “I Regret To Say Aloha”, C6+A7 Tuning
150 Lesson Fourteen, Review Quiz
152 “Blue Hawaiian Moonlight”
156 Lesson Fifteen, Chord Progressions
158 Chord Progression Study, Key of C, 3 Chord Progression
159 4 Chord Progression
160 5 Chord Progression
161 Diminished and Augmented Chords
162 Substitutions of Minors
163 Sample Chord “Intro”
164 “Steelin’ The Blues”
169 Lesson Sixteen, On Playing Background
170 Background Study, Licks, Fill-Ins, Etc.
172 “Down Country Blues”
175 Lesson Seventeen, Changing Keys/Modulation
176 “Hanalei Moon”
180 “Dance of the Goldenrod”
184 Lesson Nineteen, Triplets
185 South Sea Moon
189 Lesson Twenty, Tunings for Steel Guitar and String Gauges
194 Book Three, Advanced Material (Reading Music Notation)
195 Lesson One, Introduction
196 C6+A7 Tuning Note Chart (Fretboard Diagram)
197 Scales
198 Key of C, 1 Octave Scale
199 C Scale, 1st Position
200 C Scale, 2nd Position, and 3rd Position
201 C Scale, 4th Position, and 5th Position
202 Note Values
203 C Scale Melody
204 Lesson Two, Designation of Keys
206 Circle of Fifths
208 Rest Values Chart
209 Lesson Three, “Sweet Lei Lehua”
211 Lesson Four, Harmony
212 Scale Positions Practice
218 A Triplet Melody
219 Lesson Five, Key of F
221 Key of F, Scales
225 Key of F, Practice Exercises
228 Lesson Six, Harmony, Accidentals, Passing Tones, Discord
229 Practice Melody
232 Lesson Seven, Verse and Chorus Structure
233 “Hawaiian Waltz”
238 Lesson 8, Key of G
239 Key of G Scales
243 Key of G, Practice Exercise
244 Lesson Nine, Modulation from Key of G to C (this page mislabeled as 243)
245 Practice Exercise
246 “Serenade”
249 Lesson Ten, Key of Bb
250 Key of Bb Scales
254 Practice Melody
255 Lesson Eleven, Signs in Music Notation
258 “Have I Told You Lately” (That I Love You)
260 Lesson Twelve, Key of D
262 Key of D Scales
266 Key of D Melody
267 Lesson Thirteen, “You Are A Beautiful Lady”
272 Lesson Fourteen, Key of Eb
273 Key of Eb Scales
278 Lesson 15, Key of Eb Practice Melody
280 Lesson 16, Key of A
281 Key of A Scales
286 Key of A, Practice Exercise
287 Lesson Seventeen, “Old Plantation”
289 Lesson Eighteen, Key of Ab
290 Key of Ab Scales
295 Key of Ab, Practice Exercise
296 Lesson Nineteen, “Hawaiian Love”
298 Lesson Twenty, Key of E
299 Key of E Scales
304 Key of E, Practice Exercise
305 “Sweet Lei Mamo”
306 Appendix – “Hawaiian March”
307 Chord Chart, Key of D
308 Chord Chart, Key of F
309 Chord Chart, Key of G
310 Chord Chart, Key of A
311 Chord Chart, Key of Bb
312 Lesson Fourteen, Book Two, Review Quiz Answers
314 Correct Positions for Lesson 1, Book Three, Page 205
315 “Practice Exercise, Key of G, Page 252
316 Answers to Key Signature Quiz, Lesson 11, Page 214
317 “Practice Exercise, Key of G, cont.
318 Lesson Fifteen, Page 279
320 Lesson Seventeen, “Old Plantation”, Page 288
322 Lesson Nineteen, “Hawaiian Love”, Page 297
324 Conclusion (this page is unnumbered)
This Table of Contents was compiled, with love, by Ray Langley on
January 4, 2009 for the members of the SteelGuitarForum.
rayzcane@comcast.net 
