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