This banjo instruction book is a complete, progressive method for beginners. It offers a brief history of the banjo, a detailed description of the instrument, its parts and accessories. It also explains how to tune your banjo, proper technique for the right and left hand, musical theory, and chords. Inside you will find many exercises and examples in tablature form, with recordings on the accompanying CD. The second part provides 27 tunes in tablature form, including the famous "Duelling Banjos".

Bluegrass Banjo: Progressive Method

Part One
I A Brief History Of The Banjo
Ii Banjo Parts
Iii How To Select And Get To Know Your Banjo
1 Sound Quality
2 Description And Quality Of The Banjo Parts
Iv Banjo Gear
V How To Tune Your Banjo
Vi How To Read A Tab
Vii The Right-Hand Technique
1 The Right-Hand Position
2 Exercises/Rolls
Viii The Left-Hand Technique
1 The Left-Hand Position
2 Left-Hand Techniques
3 Chords
Ix The Other Chords – Music Theory
Building Chords
Intervals
Intervals Chart
X Practice
Part Two– Tabs
A Pop Banjo Song
Old Joe Clark
I’ll Stay Around
Ozark Mountain
Steel Banjo Rag
Orangis Express
Detour
Little Sadie
Blackberry Blossom
Devil’s Dream
Arkansas Traveler
Importune
Turkey In The Straw
Danse Casse Talon
Sunday’s Hornpipe
Sugarfoot Rag
Opus 57
Beating Around The Bush
Acadie
Red Fox
Jordu
Auld Lang Syne
Passage De L’ouest
Phosphène
Bougie Woogie
Dueling Banjos
Mr Glubo
Part Three
Other Scales
Licks
Endings
Last But Not Least
Banjo Players