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@@ -96,12 +96,8 @@ When it looks good, print it via the browser and select "Save as PDF".
 there's a bug in Chrome on Mac that prevents the pagination from rendering properly,
 but it works when using Safari or Firefox.)
 
-Save the PDF file to `pdf/Fretboard-Foundation-YYYY-MM-DD.pdf`,
-and also copy it over the existing `pdf/Fretboard Foundation.pdf`.
-
-## Update the list of editions
-
-Update `_pages/editions.md` with a link to the new edition.
+Save the PDF file to your local system as `Fretboard Foundation v2.pdf`
+(replace `v2` with the current version/edition number).
 
 ## Tag a new release in GitHub
 
@@ -110,6 +106,12 @@ Then create a new release for the new edition on the GitHub website,
 following the existing naming convention at
 https://github.com/jasongrimes/fretboardfoundation/releases
 
+Upload the PDF file to the github release page as an artifact.
+
+## Update the PDF download forms at ConvertKit
+
+
+
 # Generating offline site
 
 ## With jekyll

printable.html

@@ -93,26 +93,23 @@ <h1 id="book.html" data-level="1.1" class="heading-chapter-title no_toc">
 
 <h2 id="book.html-summary">Summary</h2>
 
-<p>Practical music theory for intermediate guitarists.
-Fretboard Foundation aims to organize and simplify the information required for fluency on guitar,
+<p>Fretboard Foundation aims to organize and simplify the information required for fluency on guitar,
 including playing by ear, chords and harmony, and scales and melody.</p>
 
 <p>Start reading at the <a class="chapter-link" href="#toc.html">Table of Contents</a>.</p>
 
 <h2 id="book.html-version">Version</h2>
 
-<p>This edition: <strong>First Edition, February 2024</strong><br/>
-<span class="printable-hidden">plus revisions as of <strong>February  3, 2024</strong>.</span></p>
+<p>This edition: <strong>Second Edition, March 2024</strong><br/>
+<span class="printable-hidden">plus revisions as of <strong>March 12, 2024</strong>.</span></p>
 
 <p>The latest version of this book can always be found at
-<a href="https://fretboardfoundation.com/book.html">fretboardfoundation.com/book.html</a></p>
-
-<p>All editions are available at 
-<a href="https://fretboardfoundation.com/editions.html">fretboardfoundation.com/editions.html</a></p>
+<a href="https://fretboardfoundation.com/book">fretboardfoundation.com/book</a></p>
 
 <h2 id="book.html-copyright">Copyright</h2>
 
-<p>Copyright © 2022-2024 by Jason Grimes.</p>
+<p>Copyright © 2022-2024 by Jason Grimes. 
+All rights reserved.</p>
 
 <h5 id="book.html-credits">Credits</h5>
 
@@ -2882,25 +2879,35 @@ <h1 id="preface.html" data-level="1.1" class="heading-chapter-title no_toc">
 
   <h2 id="preface.html-why-this-book">Why this book?</h2>
 
-<p>This is the book I always wanted to learn guitar from. It didn’t exist, so eventually I just had to write it. Now I use it as the core of my ongoing music studies.</p>
+<p>This is the book I always wanted to learn guitar from.</p>
+
+<p>Though I searched for decades,
+I could never find a straightforward explanation of the core knowledge that was obviously possessed by those I considered masters of the art.
+They would share bits and pieces of wisdom,
+but it was always incomplete,
+and left a tremendous amount unsaid.
+It had yet to be analyzed and distilled into an accessible method.
+Eventually, I assembled it myself.</p>
+
+<p>Now I use it as the basis for my teaching and ongoing music study.</p>
 
 <h2 id="preface.html-intermediate-material-is-needed">Intermediate material is needed</h2>
 
-<p>Countless resources are available for beginning guitarists, 
+<p>Countless resources are available for beginning guitarists,
 and excellent materials exist for advanced musicians with a solid background in theory and practice.
-But for those of us in between, 
-the “intermediate” guitarists, 
+But for those of us in between,
+the “intermediate” guitarists,
 it can be a long and hard slog to master the instrument well enough to really express ourselves.</p>
 
 <p>Most of the material aimed at this level sorts into either classical or jazz styles.</p>
 
-<p>Classical guitar instruction tends to focus on the precise performance of a composer’s work, 
+<p>Classical guitar instruction tends to focus on the precise performance of a composer’s work,
 with little emphasis on improvisation or creativity.</p>
 
-<p>Jazz digs deep into improvisation and theory, 
+<p>Jazz digs deep into improvisation and theory,
 but with techniques that often don’t translate well to other styles because of an emphasis on dissonance and extended chords.</p>
 
-<p>And both approaches promise <em>at best</em> a long and winding road toward mastery, 
+<p>And both approaches promise <em>at best</em> a long and winding road toward mastery,
 requiring years of study and a somewhat blind faith that it will lead somewhere we want to go.</p>
 
 <h2 id="preface.html-triage-is-needed">Triage is needed</h2>
@@ -2909,7 +2916,7 @@ <h2 id="preface.html-triage-is-needed">Triage is needed</h2>
 It’s based on an idea of “triage”,
 doing the most important things first to make the best of limited time and resources.</p>
 
-<p>In the long run, 
+<p>In the long run,
 it would be ideal to learn everything.
 But life is rarely ideal,
 and the length of our run is unknown.</p>
@@ -2918,12 +2925,12 @@ <h2 id="preface.html-triage-is-needed">Triage is needed</h2>
 will the next months of study have been well spent?
 Making music we enjoy,
 building a foundation that will endure throughout our lives?
-Or will that time be essentially lost, 
+Or will that time be essentially lost,
 with nothing to show for it?</p>
 
-<p>Right <em>now</em>, 
-given the overwhelming amount there is to learn, 
-how can we make the most progress in the shortest time? 
+<p>Right <em>now</em>,
+given the overwhelming amount there is to learn,
+how can we make the most progress in the shortest time?
 What’s the minimum we need to learn,
 and the fastest way to learn it?</p>
 
@@ -2956,8 +2963,8 @@ <h2 id="preface.html-perspective-is-needed">Perspective is needed</h2>
 In these other systems,
 Western harmony is treated as just one mode (the “Ionian mode”) among many.</p>
 
-<p>By simply taking a step back and realizing that Western harmony is just one framework among many—albeit 
-one that is particularly suited to Western musicians—otherwise 
+<p>By simply taking a step back and realizing that Western harmony is just one framework among many—albeit
+one that is particularly suited to Western musicians—otherwise
 confusing concepts suddenly become clear,
 even obvious.</p>
 
@@ -2975,13 +2982,13 @@ <h2 id="preface.html-perspective-is-needed">Perspective is needed</h2>
 
 <h2 id="preface.html-who-this-book-is-for">Who this book is for</h2>
 
-<p>If you are among the audience imagined for this book, 
-you might describe yourself as an intermediate guitarist. 
-You can play some songs, and you know whatever you consider to be “the basics”. 
-You can play chords, and maybe some scales (or maybe not). 
+<p>If you are among the audience imagined for this book,
+you might describe yourself as an intermediate guitarist.
+You can play some songs, and you know whatever you consider to be “the basics”.
+You can play chords, and maybe some scales (or maybe not).
 The subjects in this book sound at least vaguely familiar to you.</p>
 
-<p>Most importantly, you want to make music on guitar, 
+<p>Most importantly, you want to make music on guitar,
 with a facility and a graceful freedom that allows you to express yourself creatively,
 and produce the sounds you hear inside as fluently as possible.</p>
 
@@ -3026,13 +3033,13 @@ <h1 id="introduction.html" data-level="1.1" class="heading-chapter-title no_toc"
   <h2 id="introduction.html-an-overview-of-the-ideas-in-this-book">An overview of the ideas in this book</h2>
 
 <p>If this was a step-by-step guitar method,
-it might be organized in reverse.
-First it might teach scales,
+it would traditionally be organized in reverse.
+First it would teach notes and scales,
 then how to assemble the scales into chords,
-and finally improvisation, 
+and finally improvisation,
 chord melody, and playing by ear.</p>
 
-<p>But I have found it more effective to study guitar in the opposite order,
+<p>But I have found it more useful to study guitar in the opposite order,
 and in short iterations rather than a long step-by-step path.
 First improvising by ear,
 however clumsy or imperfect,
@@ -3043,7 +3050,7 @@ <h2 id="introduction.html-an-overview-of-the-ideas-in-this-book">An overview of
 refining with scale practice.
 And then iterating again and improvising,
 “<em>improving</em>”,
-in an intermittent upward spiral.</p>
+like a spiral rising ever upward.</p>
 
 <h3 id="introduction.html-playing-by-ear">Playing by ear</h3>
 
@@ -3082,7 +3089,7 @@ <h3 id="introduction.html-scales-and-melody">Scales and melody</h3>
 In theory,
 if we were stranded on a desert island with only the major scale
 (and a full stock of provisions),
-we might eventually reinvent diatonic harmony from first principles.</p>
+we might eventually reinvent tonal harmony from first principles.</p>
 
 <p>A practical and hopefully enlightening approach to scales is given in <a href="#scales.html">Part 3</a>.</p>
 
@@ -3094,13 +3101,13 @@ <h3 id="introduction.html-whats-not-covered">What’s not covered</h3>
 
 <p>Guitar basics.</p>
 
-<p>See <a class="chapter-link" href="#references.html">References</a>
+<p>See <a class="chapter-link" href="#references.html">References</a> and <a href="https://fretboardfoundation.com">fretboardfoundation.com</a>
 for better sources on these topics.</p>
 
 <h2 id="introduction.html-studying-music-on-guitar">Studying music on guitar</h2>
 
 <p>Over 2000 years ago,
-a Greek philosopher and mathematician named Pythagoras laid the foundations of Western music 
+a Greek philosopher and mathematician named Pythagoras laid the foundations of Western music
 by studying the properties of vibrating strings.</p>
 
 <p>Today,
@@ -3118,10 +3125,10 @@ <h3 id="introduction.html-differences-from-piano">Differences from piano</h3>
 It’s more useful to have C major down cold than to be partially fluent in many keys.</p>
 
 <p>Musical staff notation is not as well suited to guitar as it is to other instruments like piano,
-in part because on guitar 
+in part because on guitar
 the exact same pitch can be found at multiple places on the fretboard.</p>
 
-<p>On a fretboard, 
+<p>On a fretboard,
 intervals are the same shape in every key,
 but notes are hard to identify.
 On a piano keyboard,
@@ -3169,7 +3176,7 @@ <h3 id="introduction.html-chunking">Chunking</h3>
 
 <h3 id="introduction.html-slow-practice">Slow practice</h3>
 
-<p>Contemporary neuroscience research and the “old masters” seem to agree that 
+<p>Contemporary neuroscience research and the “old masters” seem to agree that
 <strong>the slower we practice,
 the faster we advance</strong>.</p>
 
@@ -3203,7 +3210,7 @@ <h3 id="introduction.html-variety-in-repetition">Variety in repetition</h3>
 Instead of mindless repetition,
 a more effective approach is to analyze a particular subject and practice it from multiple angles.</p>
 
-<p>Varying rhythm, dynamics, accents, 
+<p>Varying rhythm, dynamics, accents,
 and articulation
 keeps practice interesting,
 helps to solve technical problems,
@@ -3230,7 +3237,7 @@ <h3 id="introduction.html-skimming">Skimming</h3>
 
 <p>The headings throughout the text are written as an outline,
 intended to be readable on their own,
-as a summary of the text. 
+as a summary of the text.
 This makes it easy to take in an overview by quickly skimming tables of contents and chapter texts.</p>
 
 <h3 id="introduction.html-get-an-overview">Get an overview</h3>
@@ -3270,12 +3277,11 @@ <h3 id="introduction.html-quick-reference">Quick reference</h3>
 
 <h2 id="introduction.html-additional-resources">Additional resources</h2>
 
-<p>In addition to this book, supplementary tools and materials are available on the Fretboard Foundation website.</p>
-
-<p>For example, there are software applications that provide interactive, playable, 
-editable, and audible fretboard diagrams for exploring the ideas in this book in an experiential way.</p>
+<p>The Fretboard Foundation website offers a variety of additional resources,
+including self-paced courses, free tutorial videos and articles, private lessons,
+and software applications for exploring the ideas in this book in an experiential way.</p>
 
-<p>See <a href="https://fretboardfoundation.com/tools.html">fretboardfoundation.com/tools</a> for details.</p>
+<p>See <a href="https://fretboardfoundation.com">fretboardfoundation.com</a> for more information.</p>
 
 
 
@@ -5638,7 +5644,7 @@ <h2 id="melody-one-position.html-finding-notes-across-strings">Finding notes acr
 While all other strings are tuned the same distance apart,
 there is a slightly smaller difference in pitch between strings 2 and 3.</p>
 
-<p class="no-page-break-after"><strong>Identical notes on neighoring strings</strong></p>
+<p class="no-page-break-after"><strong>Identical notes on neighboring strings</strong></p>
 
 <figure class="figure color-callout-light with-border string-wide row">
   <a href="#assets/figures/playing-by-ear/neighboring-strings-P4.svg" target="_blank" title="Identical notes on all neighboring strings except 2-3, i.e. tuned a P4 apart. (Click to open figure in a new window.)">
@@ -19875,7 +19881,7 @@ <h1 id="author.html" data-level="1.1" class="heading-chapter-title no_toc">
 
 
 
-  <p>Jason Grimes has been playing guitar off and on for over 30 years. 
+  <p>Jason Grimes has been playing guitar for over 30 years. 
 He’s self-taught and likes to do things his own way. 
 He enjoys improvising, studying, and analyzing things from multiple perspectives.</p>
 
@@ -19885,9 +19891,9 @@ <h1 id="author.html" data-level="1.1" class="heading-chapter-title no_toc">
 and the fastest ways to learn them.</p>
 
 <p>He is a software developer by profession. 
-He considers himself fortunate to be able to do music for love and
+He considers himself fortunate to be able to play music for love and
 not money. 
-His aim is to condense, clarify, and share freely
+His aim is to condense, clarify, and share
 the things he’s learned about music that might be useful to others.</p>