About the Author
Section 1:
Getting Started
Buying a Guitar
The Care and Feeding of Your Instrument
Holding The Guitar
Left-Hand Placement
Holding The Pick with the Right Hand
Right-Arm Placement
Left-Hand Posture
Right-Hand Placement on the Top of the Guitar
The Easy Way to Fret a Note
Reading The Chord Charts
How To Read a Chord Diagram
Section 2:
The Main Chords That Are Most Commonly Used for Each Key
Time Signatures- 4/4 Time Buffalo Gals
3/4 Time Down in the Valley
Let's Get Used to the Four Main Keys
Aunt Rhody
The Standard Bluegrass Strumming Patterns for Chords For 4/4 And 3/4 Time
Understanding The Chord Rhythm Charts-To Boom-Chuck-Boom-Chuck or Boom-Chuck-Chuck
Section 3-Rhythm or Backup:
Let's Get Started
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Old Joe Clark
John Hardy
Amazing Grace
In The Pines
House of the Rising Sun
Understanding the Tablature
Wabash Cannonball
Careless Love
Beautiful Brown Eyes
Two Dollar Bill
The Wreck of the Old '97
Cripple Creek
The Girl I Left Behind Me
Let's Work on Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
Lonesome Road Blues
Turkey In the Straw
Red Haired Boy
Freight Train
My Home's Across the Blueridge Mountains
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
Momma Don't Allow No
Section 4:
Let's Work on Picking the Lead
Finding The Notes on the Guitar
Jenny Linde Polka
Momma Don't Allow No "Guitar Pickin' Round Here"
Freight Train with Hammer-Ons
Freight Train with Pull-Offs, Hammer-Ons and Runs
Way Faring Stranger
My Home's Across the Blueridge Mountains
My Home's Across the Blueridge Mountains - Cross picking
Turkey In the Straw
The Wreck of the Old Ninety-Seven
Home, Sweet Home
Cripple Creek
The Girl I Left Behind
Home, Sweet Home-Cross picking
Red Haired Boy
Arkansas Traveler-The Bare Melody
Arkansas Traveler #2
Cripple Creek-A Little Fancier
Turkey In the Straw-A Little Harder
Momma Don't Allow No "Flat Top" Picking Round Here…
Practice Techniques to Remember
The Equipment Steve Used in This Series
Photo Credits/Other Credits
Steve Kaufman's Discography