So you’ve got your new instrument and you want to know where to start. That is a hard question to answer, because there is such a wealth of excellent bluegrass music waiting to be played.

However, some good old songs have formed the core repertoire of countless artists since bluegrass began. You can’t go wrong with these tunes.

We have whittled down the selection to ten of our favorites, the songs that we think every bluegrass musician, amateur or otherwise, should know.