Lessons

In the first of a series of videos on mandolin improvisation, Tim May explains and demonstrates the concept of how diatonic chords relate to a major scale and how that information can be used when knowing what scales to draw from when playing over chord changes in a given key.

Mike Mitchell teaches you how to find a melody on the fiddle and start to build a fiddle solo using the song “Little Mountain Home” as an example.

This video lesson is the fourth in a series where Tim May explains and demonstrates what he calls “The Big Four.” These are four aspects of note selections available to the musician that include: scales, folded scales, arpeggios, and harmonized scales. In the first video he demonstrated several ways of playing scales on the banjo….

This video lesson is the third in a series where Tim May explains and demonstrates what he calls “The Big Four.” These are four aspects of note selections available to the musician that include: scales, folded scales, arpeggios, and harmonized scales. In the first video he demonstrated several ways of playing scales on the banjo….

This video is the second in a series where Tim May explains and demonstrates what he calls “The Big Four.” These are four aspects of note selections available to the musician that include: scales, folded scales, arpeggios, and harmonized scales. In the first video he demonstrated several ways of playing scales on the banjo. In…

In our April 2023 issue, Bluegrass Unlimited featured Dede Wyland and her School of Voice. In this video Dede provides some introductory information about the course, which is now available at pegheadnation.com