Lessons

Chickin’ Pickin’ Demo

Brad Davis demonstrates the country chickin’ pickin’ technique on the acoustic guitar

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Master the Mandolin Fretboard in 7 Steps

Here are 7 steps to learning every note on the fretboard and to get you playing up as far as the 20th fret. Join on Patreon for pdf copies of all the fretboard diagrams and transcriptions and a bunch more exclusive mando content:   / davidbenedictmandolin   ✅ Subscribe for even more mandolin videos and lessons – https://www.youtube.com/user/DavidBen……

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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…

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Write Your Own Banjo Exercises // Bela Fleck Groundspeed Solo pt. 2

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How to Play Bill Cheatham Mandolin (Intermediate Lesson & TAB)

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Having Fun with Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar – Three Advanced Techniques

Here are three ways of having more FUN with your Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar playing. Once you’ve mastered the basic “Boom chuck” groove, you’ll want to vary it in all sorts of ways. If you think like a drummer, you can add rhythmic “fills” at the end of phrases that created temporary tension before resolving at…

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