Contents:

• Introduction
• Monroe Style Mandolin
• Monroe Chords
• Rhythm Exercises
• Boston Boy- Notes & Anticipation
• Boston Boy
• Salt Creek
• Cotton Eyed Joe
• Dusty Miller
• East Tennessee Blues
• Monroe's Approach to Common Tune Phrases
• Going Up Caney
• Soldier's Joy
• Arpeggios
• Chicken Reel
• Katy Hill
• Recorded Sources
• Cripple Creek
• Fire on the Mountain
• Gospel Turnarounds I
• Paddy on the Turnpike
• Gospel Turnarounds II
• Sally Goodin
• Panhandle Country
• Back Up and Push
• Roanoke
• Turkey in the Straw
• Monroe's Closed Position Solos
• The Gold Rush
• Photographs by Artie Rose
• Monroe Blues
• Blues Shapes and Licks
• White House Blues
• White House Blues II
• White House Blues III
• Sold Down the River
• Roll On Buddy, Roll On
• Wheel Hoss
• Gospel Turnarounds III
• Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
• Kentucky Mandolin
• Methodist Preacher
• Nine Pound Hammer
• Walk Softly on This Heart
• Blackberry Blossom
• Tremolo & Special Tuning
• Brakeman's Blues
• No One But My Darlin'
• I Saw the Light
• Happy on My Way
• Close By
• Y'all Come
• Little Joe
• Sugar Coated Love
• The First Whippoorwill
• Can't You Hear Me Callin'
• On My Way Back to the Old Home
• On and On
• Conclusion/About the Author