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. | 
