"A Banjo Player's Guide to Jamming"

by

Carl Yaffey

© 2002 BY MEL BAY PUBLICATIONS, INC. PACIFIC, MO 63069

Available directly from Carl Yaffey (remove the "NOSPAM" part)

or from your favorite music store.

Contents

About the Author

Preface

Acknowledgements

Anatomy of a Jam Session

The Minimum Set of Chords for Jamming

Minor and Seventh Chords

Using Chords in a Jam Session

Practice

The Right Hand

Jamming Etiquette

About the CD

Appendix 1 - Playing and Practicing Chords

Appendix 2 - Some Typical Guitar Chords

Appendix 3 - Resources

Appendix 4 - Some Rules for Jamming

Appendix 5 - CD Tunes:

Hot Corn, Cold Corn

Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms

Nine Pound Hammer

John Henry

Two Little Boys

Columbus Stockade Blues

Down the Road

Little Maggie

John Hardy