Part One About Part One The Author Left-Hand Position Right-Hand Position and Fingering The Picks The Quickest Way to Learn Music-Reading Section The Rudiments of Music Other Musical Signs and Terms Tuning the Banjo Reading Tablature Time Values of Notes and Rests Counting Time in Tablature Counting Time Playing Songs on the First, Second, and Fifth Strings Playing a Song on the Second and Third Strings Chord Background The Chord Symbol The Basic Chords Down and Up Strumming Pinching the Chords Melody and Pinch Chords Together Chromatics Key Signatures Counting Review 3-Finger Picking Section Counting Bluegrass Style The Basic Rolls Forward Rolls Backward Rolls Thumb-Alternating Rolls Combination Rolls

Rolls on the D and D7 Chords Daily Practice Patterns Right-Hand Patterns The Basic Banjo Picking Effects Fills and Endings The Capo Solo Section The Banjo and Its Parts Part Two Foreword Chord Studies Mixing the Major Chord Forms The I, IV, and V Chords The I, IV, V, I Progression Other Movable Chord Forms The Dominant Seventh Chord The Diminished Seventh Chord The Augmented Seventh Chord Right-Hand Chord Background Patterns Blues & Boogie Back-Up Section Blues Rock Back-Up 5-String Boogie Melodic Thirds and Sixths Melodic Thirds and Sixths Mixed Blues-Rock Chorus "Melodic" or "Chromatic" Picking Advanced Solo Song Section Chord Diagrams for Solo Section Circled Tab Numbers The Choke Chimes Endings