Starts off with the basics—how to hold the pick and the proper way to fret the notes—Mike then gets into rhythm patterns for accompaniments. You'll advance into melody playing, tremolo technique, sliding double-stops (fiddle tune style) and will soon by playing tunes, breakdowns and rags, including: Red River Valley, All The Good Times Are Past And Gone, Boil Them Cabbage Down, Keep On The Sunny Side, Hawkins Rag, Cowboy Waltz, Blackeyed Susie, Chinese Breakdown, Green Valley Waltz, Lesley Riddle Blues, Don't Let Your Deal Go Down, Deep Elem Blues.

Mike Seeger has devoted his life to singing, playing and documenting southern traditional mountain music. He has toured throughout the world as a soloist and as a member of the Vanguard old-time music group, the New Lost City Ramblers, of which he was a founding member. Mike plays a variety of traditional styles on banjo, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, trump, harmonica, quills, lap dulcimer, autoharp and other instruments. He has produced nearly 70 recordings and has been nominated for six Grammy awards.