About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: Music Review
Lesson 1: How to Read Tablature
Lesson 2: Time
Lesson 3: Banjo Fretboard
Chapter 2: Connecting the Licks
Lesson 1: Introduction to Improvising
Lesson 2: Rolling Through the Changes
Lesson 3: The Rolling Lick in G
Lesson 4: Variations for C and D
Generic Bluegrass Song (No 1)
Lesson 5: Lead-Ins and Tag Licks
Generic Bluegrass Song (No 2)
Lesson 6: Nine Pound Hammer
Nine Pound Hammer
Chapter 3: Up the Neck
Lesson 1: The Sally Goodin Position
Cumberland Gap
Lesson 2: The 10th-Fret Choke
Lesson 3: Up-the-Neck C and D Licks
Lesson 4: Lonesome Road Blues
Lonesome Road Blues
Lesson 5: More Up-the-Neck Variations
Good Ol' Mountain Dew
Lesson 6: Sally Goodin
Sally Goodin Part A (Melody Only)
Sally Goodin Part B (Melody Only)
Sally Goodin
Chapter 4: Moveable Chord and Double-Stop Positions
Lesson 1: Finding the Chord Positions
Lesson 2: Finding the 1, 4, and 5 Chord Groupings
Lesson 3: Double-Stop Positions
Lesson 4: Using Double Stops over a Chord Progression
Rolling in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Lesson 5: Double-Stop Licks
Lesson 6: Double Stops for Other Chords
Lesson 7: Using Double Stops in Songs
Little Maggie (Down-the-Neck Solo)
Little Maggie (Up-the-Neck Solo)
The Bells of St Mary's (Down-the-Neck Solo)
The Bells of St Mary's (Up-the-Neck Solo)
Chapter 5: Backup
Lesson 1: Advanced Vamping
Lesson 2: Playing Fills
Lesson 3: 6th and 7th Chord Fills
Red River Valley
Nine Pound Hammer
Lesson 4: Position-Shifting Fills
Lesson 5: More Up-the-Neck Backup Licks
Lesson 6: Putting the Backup Licks Together
Lesson 7: Rolling-Style Backup
Rolling in My Sweet Baby's Arms (Rolling Backup)
Chapter 6: Intro to Single-String Style
Lesson 1: Thumb and Index
Lesson 2: Left-Hand Coordination
Single County Breakdown
Lesson 3: Moveable Single-String Licks
Follow Me to Reno
Chapter 7: Melodic Style
Lesson 1: Melodic Style Scales in G, C, and D
Lesson 2: Melodic-Style Tunes in G
Turkey in the Straw
Blackberry Blossom
Lesson 3: Melodic-Style Tunes in D
Whiskey Before Breakfast (No 1)
Liberty
Lesson 4: Melodic-Style Tunes in C
Whiskey Before Breakfast (No 2)
Billy in the Low Ground
Lesson 5: Incorporating Melodic Style into Your Playing
Generic Bluegrass Song with Melodic Licks
Lesson 6: Combining Styles
Cherokee Shuffle
Cherokee Shuffle (Up-the-Neck Version)
Appendix
D-Tuners
Home Sweet Home
The Nashville Number System
Conclusion
Additional Resources
