Bluegrass Fiddle Licks: The “Waterfall” Arpeggio

Great lick for tagging a solo or break, playing backup, filling the spaces, and building your technique. Bobby Hicks, renowned Bluegrass Fiddler, used this tool often in his solos.

This is a Lesson and Playalong for how to Improvise and play back up in a bluegrass song. Bluegrass is a bit different from other fiddle styles in that the genre’s emphasis is on SONGS. That means 90% of fiddle playing in this genre is improvised “back up” to a singer or other instrumentalists taking improvised (Or planned) solos. Learning the language of bluegrass involves transcription, listening, some common licks, and common scales (Pentatonic, Major and Minor Blues) and double stops for use in improvisation/backup

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-Essential Bluegrass Backup Techniques -Double Stops

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