Bluegrass Banjo

Contents

Introduction 4

In the Beginning 5

Tuning 5

Left Hand Position 5

Chords 7

Inversions 9

The Capo 10

Tablature and Timing 11
Scruggs Style 14

Fingerpicks 14

Right Hand Position 14

Licks and Rolls 15

Red River Valley 20        

Cripple Creek 21

Choking 21

Harmonics 22

Old Joe Clark 23

Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms 24

Little Maggie25

Will the Circle Be Unbroken 26

Pretty Polly 27

Nine Pound Hammer 29

Reno Style 29

Wabash Cannonball 30

The Melodie Style         31

Devil'sDream         33

Arkansas Traveller         34

Blackberry Blossom 36

Turkey in the Straw 38

Soldier 's Joy 39

Backup 40

Salty Dog

Backup 42

Solo43

Sally Goodin

Backup 44

Solo 45

Dark Hollow

Backup 46

Solo 47

Other Tunings  48

Ruben's Train 49

Shady Grove 49

Farewell Blues 50

Improvising 51

Finale        54

John Hardy 54

Sitting on Top of the World 56

Live and Let Live 5 7

Bugle Call Rag 58

Stoncy Creek 60

Discography 61

Magazines 63

Bibliography 64

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