"A Bass Player's Guide to Jamming"

by

Carl Yaffey

© 2006 BY MEL BAY PUBLICATIONS, INC. PACIFIC, MO 63069

Available from your favorite music store.

Contents

About the Author

Preface

Acknowledgements

Anatomy of a Jam Session

Bluegrass Rhythm

The 1-5 Method

Chords and Keys for Jamming

Participating in a Jam Session

Jamming Etiquette

About the CD

Appendix 1 - Finding the Notes on an Upright Bass

Appendix 2 - Some Typical Guitar Chords

Appendix 3 - Resources

Appendix 4 - Some Rules for Jamming

Appendix 5 - CD Tunes

Tunes on the CD:

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