Contents:

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Up-the-Neck Arrangements
• The Y Position
• Bluegrass Roll Patterns
• The Standard Roll Patterns
• "Bile 'Em Cabbage Down"
• "Salty Dog Blues"
• Summary: Roll Patterns
• Chords: Introduction
• Chords
• The Standard Chord Patterns
• "Cumberland Gap"
• "Train 45"
• "John Hardy"
• "Little Maggie"
• "Don't Let the Deal Go Down"
• "Wildwood Flower"
• "House of the Rising Sun"
• Summary: Chords
• Licks: Introduction
• Basic Up-the-Neck Licks
• "Train 45"
• "Little Maggie"
• "John Hardy"
• "Mama Don't Allow"
• "Crying Holy Unto the Lord"
• The "Identity Factor"
• Chord Progression #1
• Chord Progression #2
• Chord Progression #3
• "Lonesome Road Blues"
• "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms"
• Additional Licks: Interchangeable Licks by Chord
• Pick-Up Notes
• G Licks
• C Licks
• D Licks
• A Licks
• F Licks
• E Licks
• B Licks
• B-flat Licks
• F-sharp Licks
• Am Licks
• Bm Licks
• Cm Licks
• Em Licks
• Dm Licks
• Chord Progression #1
• Chord Progression #2
• Chord Progression #3
• "Lonesome Road Blues"
• "Little Maggie"
• "Salty Dog Blues"
• "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms"
• "Jesse James"
• Summary: Licks
• Incorporating the Melody
• Harmony Notes
• Accentuating the Melody
• "Worried Man Blues"
• "Red River Valley"
• "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane"
• "Wreck of the Old 97"
• Improvising: Advanced Section
• Advanced Expression: The X or the Y Position?
• Connecting Links: Up and Down the Neck
• "Lost Indian"
• "Sitting on Top of the World"
• Altered Roll Patterns
• "Blackberry Blossom"
• "Wildwood Flower"
• "Sally Goodin"
• Second Variations
• "Sally Ann"
• "Don't Let the Deal Go Down"
• "Look Down, Look Down"
• Melodic Licks
• "Dixie"
• "Cuckoo's Nest"
• "Crazy Creek"
• "Limerock"
• "Gray Eagle"
• Using Chromatic Licks
• "Hamilton County Breakdown"
• "Cumberland Gap"
• "Lonesome Road Blues"
• "Working on a Building"
• "Salt River"
• Single-String Licks
• Moveable Licks: Fingerboard Patterns
• "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain"
• "Dill Pickle Rag"
• "Black and White Rag"
• "Salty Dog Blues"
• "Salt River"
• Using Back-Up Licks for Up-the-Neck Lead Arrangements
• "12-Bar Blues"
• "Hear Jerusalem Moan"
• "I Don't Love Nobody"
• Summary: Improvising
• Ending a Song
• Chord Charts
• Disc 1
• Tuning
• Bluegrass Roll Patterns
• The Forward Roll Pattern
• The Mixed Roll Pattern
• The Forward-Reverse Pattern
• The Backward Roll
• "Bile 'Em Cabbage Down"
• Forward Roll
• Backward Roll
• Forward-Reverse Roll
• "Salty Dog Blues"
• Backward/Alt. Forward Roll
• The Standard Chord Patterns
• F-Position Pattern
• D-Position Pattern
• Barre-Position Pattern
• E-Minor Chord Pattern
• "Cumberland Gap"
• Alternate Part B
• "Train 45"
• "John Hardy"
• Alternate Forward Roll
• Variation
• "Little Maggie"
• Up-the-neck Arrangement
• 1st Arrangement
• 2nd Arrangement
• 3rd Arrangement
• "Don't Let the Deal Go Down"
• Variation #2
• Variation #3
• "Wildwood Flower"
• "House of the Rising Sun"
• Basic Up-the-Neck Licks
• Lick #3, #4, #5, & #6
• "Train 45"
• "Little Maggie"
• "John Hardy"
• "Mama Don't Allow"
• "Crying Holy Unto the Lord"
• The "Identity Factor"
• Chord Progression #1
• Chord Progression #2
• Chord Progression #3
• "Lonesome Road Blues"
• Substitute Licks
• "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms"
• Variation #2
• Pick-Up Notes
• G Licks
• C Licks
• D Licks - 1st-4th lines
• D Licks - 5th-8th lines
• A Licks
• F Licks
• E Licks
• B Licks
• B-flat Licks
• F-sharp Licks
• Am Licks
• Bm Licks
• Cm Licks
• Em Licks
• Dm Licks
• Disc 2
• Chord Progression #1
• Alternate Licks
• Chord Progression #2
• Chord Progression #3
• "Lonesome Road Blues"
• Substitute (Alt.) Lick
• Variation #2
• "Little Maggie"
• Substitute Licks
• "Salty Dog Blues"
• Variation #2
• "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms"
• Alternate Licks
• "Jesse James"
• Harmony Notes
• "Worried Man Blues"
• Forward Roll Pattern
• Chord Positions
• Other Roll Patterns
• Substitute Licks
• "Red River Valley"
• Variation #1
• Variation #2
• "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane"
• Forward Roll Pattern
• Substitute Licks
• "Wreck of the Old 97"
• Alternate Forward Roll
• Variation #2
• Variation #3
• The Ending
• Connecting Links: Up and Down the Neck
• "Lost Indian"
• "Sitting on Top of the World"
• Variation #2
• Altered Roll Patterns & "Blackberry Blossom"
• "Wildwood Flower"
• Variation #2
• "Sally Goodin"
• Variation #2
• Variation #3
• "Sally Ann"
• Variation #2
• "Don't Let the Deal Go Down"
• Variation #2
• Variation #3
• "Look Down, Look Down"
• Variation #2
• Melodic Licks
• "Dixie"
• "Cuckoo's Nest"
• "Crazy Creek"
• "Limerock"
• "Gray Eagle"
• Using Chromatic Licks
• "Hamilton County Breakdown"
• Variation #2
• Variation #3
• "Cumberland Gap"
• Variation #2
• "Lonesome Road Blues"
• "Working on a Building"
• Variation #2
• "Salt River"
• Moveable Licks
• F-Position Licks
• F-Position Licks Continued
• Barre-Position Licks
• "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain"
• "Dill Pickle Rag"
• "Black and White Rag"
• "Salty Dog Blues"
• "Salt River"
• Part B
• Using Back-Up Licks for Up-the-Neck Lead Arrangements
• "12-Bar Blues"
• "Hear Jerusalem Moan"
• "I Don't Love Nobody"
• Endings-Group 1
• Endings Continued
• Group II