Becoming acquainted with your mandolin -- Getting to grips with tuning and terminology -- Getting a handle on your mandolin -- Making music on the mandolin -- Picking with the right hand -- Fretting notes and chords with the left hand -- Playing 'Jethro'-style three-string chords -- Playing mandolin music : scales and melody -- Playing music from yesteryear : old time, rags and blues -- Giving your mandolin a speedy workout : bluegrass -- Travelling to the Emerald Isle : Irish mandolin -- Taking a quick world tour -- Swinging to those jazzy rhythms -- Blending styles : Dawg music -- Selecting and buying a mandolin -- Building your accessories kit -- All change : replacing your mandolin's strings -- Caring for and repairing your mandolin -- The part of tens. Ten (or so) tips on becoming a good mandolin player ; Ten mandolin players you need to know ; Ten ways of tapping into the mandolin subculture.