The Basics books are designed to be companions to the 50 Tunes music books. Each Basics book contains training and technique to guide students through the basics of the 50 Tunes.
The Basics books contain the following:

• Chord diagrams and photos
• A list of tunes in a beginning-to-intermediate order
• Picking patterns
• Bowing exercises (fiddle)
• Playing chords on the fiddle
• Fingering patterns and exercises
• Rolling patterns (banjo)
• Scales
• General information on tunes types (i.e. reel, jig, hoedown, waltz, etc.)
• Graduation check-off section at the end of each book