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TQ, Vol 1, No. 2 - Kuno Wagner "Italian Friend", Interdependence Exercise "Reggae Grooving" continued, Georg Telemann "Menuett", Frank Jolliffe "Blues for You".

TQ, Vol 1, No. 3 - Daniel Kane "Cruise Night", Francois Couperin "Les Coucous Benevoles", Frank Jolliffe "Little Reggae", Two handed chord comping on "Birds' Blues", "Finger Exercise" for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers, Bass Line ideas for intro on "Little Reggae".

TQ, Vol 1, No. 4 - "Christmas Issue"; "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Happy Birthday", "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"; "Silent Night", "Bass Arpeggios".

TQ, Vol 2, No. 2 - The Cream "Sunshine of Your Love", Trey Gunn Master Class on "Two-Handed Single Line Tapping", Classic Guitar Transcriptions of Fernando Carulli "Waltz" and Mauro Giuliani "Moderato", Steve Hahn "Harmonic Poem" with Steve's "Hammered Harmonics" article, Norman Yates "Jazzy Intros", Interdependence Exercise with Melodic Permutations.

TQ, Vol 2, No. 3 - Duke Ellington "In A Sentimental Mood", Jim Lampi Master Class on "Afro Latin" rhythms, Chick Corea "Children's Song", Jim Wright "Bass Lines", folk song "Scarborough Fair", Lennart Hansen "Superlick", right hand chords, web happenings.

TQ, Vol 2, No. 4 - Scott Joplin "The Entertainer, Part 1", Teed Rockwell Master Class on "Fast Trills", folk blues "St. James Infirmary", Frank Paul "Rapid Fire Bass", folk tune "Greensleeves", holiday classic "Auld Lang Syne", Stephen Patterson "Two-Handed Leads", Starting to play Joplin, Happenings - Daniel Schells' opera premiere.

TQ, Vol 3, No. 2 - King Crimson "Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part 2", Thierry Carpentier "Etude #1", Thelonious Monk "Misterioso", Markus Reuter "The Physics of Touchstyle", Modest Mussorgsky "Pictures at an Exhibition , Promenade A", Paul Mimlitsch "Two-hand funk", Frank Jolliffe "Jamming on the Blues", Happenings - Seminars, Sticknight, web sites, more.

TQ, Vol 3, No. 3 - Tony Levin and Trey Gunn "Internet," Larry Tuttle "The Five O'Clock Drop," Daniel Schell "Remi," Steve Hahn "Parallelism,", Markus Reuter's "The Physics of Touchstyle, Part 2," Frank Jolliffe "Whole Tone Parallelism," improvising with a diminished scale plus CD/tape ordering info for Sean Malone, Jim Speer, Markus Reuter, Bob Culbertson and Dave Denis.

TQ, Vol 3, No. 4 - "Mr. Sechter's Frühsport," a two-handed melody piece by Wolfgang Daiss; "The tunings of the tap guitar in usage today;" an article by Daniel Schell ; "Snow Karma Prelude," a Stick prelude by Ray Ashley; Markus Reuter "The Physics of Touchstyle, Part Two continued;" Frank Jolliffe's arrangements of "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" and "Deck The Halls;" "Lurking" lick by Dave Denis; improvisation "How to solo with arpeggios, Part One;" info on "Rapid Fire Bass" and "Tap Tech 1 Seminar."

TQ, Vol 4, No. 2 - Thierry Carpentier "Etude #2;" Daniel Schell Master Class "A Summary of the C-dot" theory; Teed Rockwell improvisation with Indian scales; Markus Reuter "The Physics of Touchstyle, Part 5;" Frank Jolliffe "Dawn," an original composition; special "Subscriber Showcase" issue featuring Norm Yates "Traditional Hymn," Akira Moriguchi "Lower position melody playing," Steve Grant "Horizons" excerpt, Paolo Vallebona "Air tap guitar;" "Happenings" includes info on new CD's, seminars and more.

TQ, Vol 4, No. 3 - Steve Hahn "Suite Vignette" and "Gar Dance" from his two newest CDs; New Column! - Teed Rockwell portrays Daniel Kane in "TouchStyle Profiles;" Don Schiff "Eighth note round," a real finger stretcher; Paul Edwards Master Class on "TouchStyle Aerobics;" Markus Reuter "The Physics of Touchstyle, Part Six;" "The Contest" with Steve Patterson - play and you'll have a chance to win a subscription to the TouchStyle Quarterly; "Happenings" include new recordings, seminar info and "TapRing."

TQ, Vol 4, No. 4 - Guest editor Ray Ashley's pan-cultural issue; Portuguese classic "La Folia;" English country dance "Drive the Cold Winter Away;" Klezmer wedding tune "Chosn Kalah Mazel Tov;" Chopin "Prelude in A Major;" Ashley's own "Prelude in A Major" and Master Class on "Shona Mbira Music for the Stick;" Frank Jolliffe's improvisation column on "Hexatonic scales;" Markus Reuter "The Physics of Touchstyle-Slides and Scales;" Happenings include info on the TapTechII seminar, new CDs by German touchstyle masters and a photo of the European Tap-Guitar participants.

TQ, Vol 5, No 2 - Special 8-string issue with "Prelude" by Markus Reuter (mp3 file); William Bajzek on two-handed melodies with a harp effect and his 8-string fretboard tutor; 10 and 12 string pieces include Thierry Carpentier's "Ma Petite Peste" and a Ray Ashley classical arrangement;" crossed/uncrossed hands illustrations; Concert Calendar; "Happenings" includes info on the European Tap Seminar and ordering info new cds by Adelante, SpendoRe and Colin Marston.

TQ, Vol 5, No 3 - Features an 8-string arrangement by Kuno Wagner of Mauro Guiliani's "Harfen Etude;" "Mein herz ist traurig," an original 12-string piece from Wolfgang Daiss's new CD; improvisation ideas in "Hexatonics, Part Two;" "Quiet Time," an original by Frank Jolliffe; "Physics of TouchStyle" column by Markus Reuter and Frank Jolliffe; Concert Calendar; "Happenings" includes info on "TapTech III," Scott Stenten "DoubleGuitar" CD, "European Loop-Project" CD and a correction on the "Prelude" from the last issue.

TQ, Vol 5, No 4 - Features "Timeless," the title piece from Don Schiff's new CD; "Grooveland," an interdependence lesson by tap guitarist Scott Stenten (plus a photo of Scott's 16-string, two-neck, DoubleGuitar™); "Tristesse" by Sylvain Dollet, a perfect song for the beginning Stick player; Markus Reuter's secrets for learning the fretboard; the Concert Calendar and new CDs by Rhett Butler, Jim Speer, Ozone Quartet and Frank Jolliffe.