Table of Contents

Come into the jam circle; who this book is for; what you'll get out of this book; are you qualified to be a jammer?; what is bluegrass music?; old-time vs bluegrass jamming; the bluegrass repertoire; what is a bluegrass jam?; jamming manners; annoying jamming behavior; beginning, intermediate, or advanced jamming; tuning your mandolin; almost painless music theory; going to your first bluegrass jam; playing along in a bluegrass jam;holding your pick; structure of a bluegrass song; the chop; the art of improvising; secret of the holes; harmony; making up your own licks; transposing with the magic numbers; how to read the tab; KEY OF G; black-eyed Susie; Columbus stockade blues; east Virginia; hand me down my walking cane; high on a mountain; I am a pilgrim; John Henry; lonesome road blues; mama don't allow; pig in a pen; prettyu Polly; rocky road blues; roll on a buddy; sittin' on top of the world; KEY OF A; all the good times are past and gone; Cherokee shuffle; just over in the gloryland; love of the moutains; main of constant sorrow; working on a building; KEY OF C; back up and push; Colleen Malone; dark hollow; footprints in the snow; little birdie; KEY OF D; deep elem blues; I've just seen the rock of ages; Katie dear; more pretty girls than one; red rocking chair; run and hide; listening to the bluegrass masters; jam camps; G major scale; A major scale; C major scale; D major scale; mandolin rhythms in 2/4 time; mandolin rhythms in 3/4 time; chords to popular bluegrass songs; chords to popular fiddle tunes; simple mandolin chords; glossary; song index; Native Ground Books & Music

About the Author

Wayne Erbsen has made it his lifelong passion to collect, preserve and perform historic American music. An active teacher, musician, writer, and publisher, he is President of Native Ground Music, Inc. He lives with his wife Barbara and their three children near Asheville, North Carolina.