Lessons

Bass Runs on Guitar – Part 1

This is the first in a series of lessons by Dan Miller teaching you how to approach playing bass runs on the guitar. This first lesson focus on step 1, learning how to use the “leading tone” to create a one-note run that leads between the G, C and D chords in the key of…

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“Eight More Miles To Louisville” on the Mandolin

In this video lesson Dan Miller demonstrates how to create a solo to “Eight More Miles To Louisville” on the mandolin using folded scale patterns to embellish the melody.

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“Bully of the Town” on Guitar – Part 3

In part 1 of this lesson, Dan Miller demonstrated playing the melody of the tune “Bully of the Town” on guitar. In Part 2, he took that melody and demonstrated how you might use techniques such as chord strums, tremolo, neighboring notes, double stops, toggle notes and cross picking to enhance the melody of the…

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“I Hear Banjos” on the Fiddle

In this video Mike Mitchell teaches you how to play a tune, “I Hear Banjos,” which he recorded one of his albums. The melody of this tunes is built from segments of several famous banjo tunes.

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Bully of the Town – Part 2

In part 1 of this lesson, Dan Miller demonstrated playing the melody to the tune “Bully of the Town” on guitar. Here, in Part 2, he takes that melody and demonstrates how you might use techniques such as chord strums, tremolo, neighboring notes, double stops, toggle notes and cross picking to enhance the melody of…

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“Bully of the Town” for Guitar

In this video Dan Miller demonstrates a melody oriented arrangement of “Bully of the Town” on the guitar. Tablature is available at the Bluegrass Unlimited website lessons page.

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