1. The Feeling-First Approach

2. The Nylon-String Guitar as a Laboratory

3. Building from Simple to Complex

4. The Humming Process

5. The Three Faces of Minor

6. Major Scales and Majestic Strength

7. Modal Color: Beyond Major and Minor

8. The Power of the Ninth

9. Suspensions: Creating Yearning

10. Diminished and Augmented Tension

11. Voice Leading and a Limited Range

12. Learning from the Masters

13. Secondary Dominants and Borrowed Chords

14. Reharmonization and Pacing

15. The Complete Compositional Process