In this video, Greg covers the things you'll need to know when you start getting together with other people for informal picking or to start a band. These are topics that have been consistently requested by his students over the many years he's been teaching. Topics include: chord theory, structure & positions • count-offs • 'pre-ending' and ending licks • adapting various licks to different keys & positions, and much more! Tunes include: Arkansas Traveler (in C and D positions), 8th of January (in G and D positions), Pike County Breakdown and Wildwood Flower (in C and G positions). (Intermediate Level)(82 Min.) (Video & Tablature) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Greg Cahill Greg Cahill has Grammy nominations for one of his Banjo LPs, & several LPs by his Bluegrass Band, 'The Special Consensus'. He has recorded & performed with the likes of Jethro Burns & Byron Berline, & his playing can be heard on countless major radio & TV commercials & on recordings of various Country, Folk, & Bluegrass artists. If youíve seen a TV commercial featuring John Lithgow (from the hit TV series 'Third Rock from the Sun'), with a banjo, thatís actually Greg Cahill doing the playing! Greg has been featured twice on the cover of 'Banjo Newsletter' & appears periodically as a guest columnist. He teaches at 'The Old Town School of Folk Music' in his hometown of Chicago, & conducts workshops at music festivals & venues nationwide & internationally. He has toured with his band all over the U.S. and Canada, South America (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay), & Europe (England, Finland, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Switzerland. Greg is on the Board of Directors of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), & is chairman of the IBMA 'Bluegrass in the Schools' committee.