(Banjo). Old Time String Band Banjo Styles will introduce you to the traditional, rural string band banjo styles as played in the southern mountains of the eastern United States, which were used to "second" vocal songs and fiddle tunes during the Golden Age of recorded string band music, from the early 1920s through the early 1930s.

This instructional book uses commercial recordings from 70 different "sides" from the 1920s and early 1930s as its basis to learn the principal guitar backup techniques commonly used in old-time country music. Topics covered include: boom-chick patterns * bass runs * uses of the pentatonic scale * rhythmic variations * minor chromatic nuances * the use of chromatic passing tones * licks based on chords or chord progressions * and more.