The book is a method for learning the lute.

It includes:
- rhythmic and melodic exercises
- tables with all the chords
- detailed theory on the structure and melodic development of all folk modes and reference to the corresponding maqams
- tablatures and suggested fingerings for playing all folk modes from all natural bases
- open and closed positions in horizontal and vertical development on the fretboard
- sheet music for songs, characteristic of each folk mode
- a separate chapter on the rhythms of all regions of the Greek area with sheet music for characteristic tunes from each region
- text on the construction of the lute by the luthier Giannis Alexandris
- text on sound recording by Nikos Papazoglou
- historical elements