This four-hour, two-DVD set is the companion to Perlman's bestselling book, which is the definitive guide to playing clawhammer banjo, the one purely American style on probably the one truly American instrument. Perlman leads you step by step to a thorough understanding of the style and instrument, basic hand positions, simple chords, and fundamental clawhammer techniques like the brush, bumm-titty strum, pull-offs, slides, and on to more advanced topics on DVD 2.