The best-selling banjo method in the world! The legendary method by Earl Scruggs has made it easier for thousands of banjo players to get started. The revised and expanded edition includes more songs, updated lessons, and many other improvements. It provides everything you need to know to play the banjo, including a history of the 5-string banjo, an introduction to the banjo, Scruggs tuning mechanics, how to read music, chords, how to read tablature, techniques for the right and left hand, tuning the banjo, picking exercises, over 40 song tablatures, how to build a banjo, creating Scruggs tuning mechanics, autobiographical notes, and much more.