The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple, common tunes to learn. These are standard Jam tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are written in the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, dulcimer or Dobro together, grab these books and start jamming.
Improvisation - Another idea behind writing the First Jam series was to provide a number of tunes that were easy to learn, but that are also a great to begin working on improvising. Each books offer the melody for that particular instrument as well as back-up chords for another instrument to accompany you. Each song is represented in Tab, notation and chord symbols. The accompanying online audio has two tracks for each song. The first playing the song with the melody line, the second track offers just the backup so you can play the melody over it or even improvise. Tunes include: Cripple Creek, Old Joe Clark, Will the Circle Be Unbroken and many more. Includes access to online audio.
Aura Lee
Blackberry Blossom
Careless Love
Cindy
Cripple Creek
Cumberland Gap
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
Irish Washerwoman
Lil' Liza Jane
Man of Constant Sorrow
Oh, Sinner Man
Old Dan Tucker
Old Joe Clark
Planxty Irwin
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Shady Groove
Sourwood Mountain
The Wabash Cannonball
Wildwood Flower
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
