This is a landmark instructional text on bluegrass banjo. Written by the legendary Sonny Osborne, it presents the basics needed to successfully play bluegrass banjo (G tuning). A special bonus is the inclusion of seven favourite songs for banjo solo. In notes and tab

• The Osborne Bros.
• The Banjo
• Holding the Banjo
• The Left Hand
• The Right Hand - Position, Fingering, Picks
• Bridge
• Adjusting the Bridge
• Strings
• Tuning the Banjo
• Another Way to Tune
• 'D' Tuning
• Another Way to Tune
• The Rudiments of Music
• Notes on the First String (D)
• Notes on the Second String (B)
• Notes on the Third String (G)
• Notes on the Fourth String (D)
• The Fifth String (G)
• Tablature
• Tablature Symbols
• Counting Time in Tablature
• Preparatory Songs
• London Bridge
• Yankee Doodle
• Go Tell Aunt Rhody
• Little Brown Jug
• Repeat Signs
• Cripple Creek
• Shady Grove
• The Tie
• Examples
• Pick-up Notes
• Red River Valley
• The Eighth Note
• I've Been Working On The Railroad
• Tom Dooley
• It Ain't Gonna Rain No More
• The Sharp
• The Sharpie
• The Flat
• Flat Land
• The Natural
• A Pair Of Naturals
• The Key of G
• Gee-Whiz
• The Capo
• Chimes
• Rolls
• Forward Roll Patterns
• Backward Roll Patterns
• Split Roll Patterns
• Alternating Roll Patterns
• Slides
• Hammers
• Pull-Offs
• Backward Slides
• Double-Hammers
• Basic Bluegrass Sound

      Bluegrass Solos --

• Sonny's Breakdown
• Old Joe Clark
• Sonny's Chimes
• Red Wing
• Cumberland Echoes
• John Henry
• The Bird

The Bluegrass Style Chords --

The Major Chords

The Minor Chords

The Seventh Chords

The Diminished Chords

The Augmented Chords