Come into the jam circle; who this book is for; what you'll get out of this book; are you qualified to be a jammer?; what is bluegrass music?; old-time vs bluegrass jamming; the bluegrass repertoire; what is a bluegrass jam?; jamming manners; annoying jamming behavior; beginning, intermediate, or advanced jamming; tuning your mandolin; almost painless music theory; going to your first bluegrass jam; playing along in a bluegrass jam;holding your pick; structure of a bluegrass song; the chop; the art of improvising; secret of the holes; harmony; making up your own licks; transposing with the magic numbers; how to read the tab; KEY OF G; black-eyed Susie; Columbus stockade blues; east Virginia; hand me down my walking cane; high on a mountain; I am a pilgrim; John Henry; lonesome road blues; mama don't allow; pig in a pen; prettyu Polly; rocky road blues; roll on a buddy; sittin' on top of the world; KEY OF A; all the good times are past and gone; Cherokee shuffle; just over in the gloryland; love of the moutains; main of constant sorrow; working on a building; KEY OF C; back up and push; Colleen Malone; dark hollow; footprints in the snow; little birdie; KEY OF D; deep elem blues; I've just seen the rock of ages; Katie dear; more pretty girls than one; red rocking chair; run and hide; listening to the bluegrass masters; jam camps; G major scale; A major scale; C major scale; D major scale; mandolin rhythms in 2/4 time; mandolin rhythms in 3/4 time; chords to popular bluegrass songs; chords to popular fiddle tunes; simple mandolin chords; glossary; song index; Native Ground Books & Music.