Contents

• Thanks
• Parts of a Banjo
• The Banjo Itch
• A History of the Banjo
• Seting Up Your Banjo
• New Strings
• How to Change Strings
• How to Hold the Banjo
• How to Tune the Banjo
• For Those Who Can't Tune
• The Chords
• Getting Started in Three Finger Picking
• How to Read the Tablature
• Picks
• Woodshedding
• Double Thumbing
• Skip To My Lou
• Bury Me Beneath the Willow
• Walking Cane
• The Pinch
• Ground Hog
• How to Improvise
• Playing the Banjo with Your Foot
• Jesse James
• Cripple Creek
• Bile Em Cabbage Down
• Cumberland Gap
• Sourwood Mountain
• When You and I Were Young
• Maggie
• What a Friend We Have in Jesus
• Grandfather's Clock
• Pretty Polly
• Little Maggie
• Old Joe Clark
• John Henry
• Lonesome Road Blues
• Waltz Time
• Down in the Valley
• Down in the Willow Garden
• Up the Neck
• Vamping
• The Capo
• Wildwood Flower
• Melodic Style
• John Hardy
• Devil's Dream
• Drop C Tuning
• The Banks of the Ohio
• Licks
• Endings
• The End of the Trail
• Record Companies
• Magazines
• Banjo Bibliography
• Bluegrass Bibliography
• Organizations
• Bluegrass Festivals
• Radio Stations
• Playing Poker with your Banjo
• Glossary (Back Cover)
• A Word About the Author