Lessons

March 17, 2023 – In this video, Tim May discusses what he calls the “Bluegrass Harmonic Minor” scale and how it can be used to improvise over the dominant III7 chord. He uses a progression similar to that found in the bluegrass tune “The Old Home Place” as an example.

March 9, 2023 – In this video Tim May teaches the scale options available to you when improvising over the flat 7 chord. He uses the song “Salt Creek” to demonstrate.

In this video Tim May describes what scale choices are available to you if you are improvising over a I-IV-V chord progression and interested in giving your solo a bluesy flavor. He demonstrates on the guitar, but the theory would apply to any instrument.

In this video Mike Mitchell teaches a fiddle solo, transcribed from Alison Krauss, for the song “Rain Please Go Away”In this video Mike Mitchell teaches a fiddle solo, transcribed from Alison Krauss, for the song “Rain Please Go Away”

In this video Tim May talks about the best note choices to use when improvising a solo over a Circle of Fifths (Cycle of Fourths) chord progression. He uses the A part to “Alabama Jubilee” and the bluegrass standard “Salty Dog Blues” as examples.

This video is the second in the Learning By Ear Video Series by Lissa Schneckenburger, with a call and response rhythmic exercise in 4/4 time. More music and videos can be found at www.lissafiddle.com