Lessons
Learning a Fiddle Tune on Mandolin by Ear – Part 1
In this two-part lesson on learning a fiddle tune on a mandolin by ear, Austin Scelzo demonstrates how to listen to multiple recorded sources of a tune and pick out the basic melody, song structure and chord changes. In the Part 2 of this lesson, he will teach you how to then find the melody…
“Sally Ann” on the Dobro
In this lesson, Dan Miller demonstrates and simple and straight-forward arrangement of the tune “Sally Ann.”
Learn to Sing Harmony in Bluegrass Music
Austin Scelzo has just released an amazing new app that teaches you how to sing harmony parts to bluegrass songs. In this video Austin demonstrates the app and explains how to use it and how to access it. If you want to learn how to sing harmony parts for bluegrass songs, this app will help…
How to Chop and Play Chords on Fiddle
In this video lesson, Austin Scelzo shows you how to play chop chords on the fiddle for backup.
Doublestops in G
In this video lesson Mike Mitchell explores Double Stops in the key of G on the fiddle.
Dawgatonics
In this video lesson Mickey Abraham demonstrates how a simple pattern on the mandolin, which his friend Christopher Henry calls “Dawgatonics,” can be used over a number of chord changes used for popular bluegrass songs and fiddle tunes. Learn this simple pattern and you can jam all night!