Lessons
Learning A Fiddle Tune – Part 5
Dan Miller has presented a series of lessons outlining an approach to learning how to play fiddle tunes, using the tune “Liberty” as an example. This is the final video in that five-part series where he discussed a couple of ways to embellish the B part of “Liberty.”
O Come All Ye Fiddlers
For the holiday season, Mike Mitchell provides us with an arrangement of “O Come All Ye Fiddlers.”
Playing Over the Flat 7 Chord
In previous videos we have addressed the various scales that you can use when playing over chords that are diatonic to the key, especially the I, IV, and V chords. But, what do you do when the Flat 7 chord shows up, as it does in fiddle tunes like “Salt Creek” and “Red Haired Boy.”…
Moving Into Your Solo
In this video Brad Davis discusses and demonstrates how to use a walk up to one of the notes of the first chord of a song to help launch your solo.
Two Bar Hot Licks in G, C & D for Fiddle
In the October 2023 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine, we featured fiddler Justin Branum and his fiddle instruction website. So that you can get a feel for the kind of lessons Justin provides on his site, we are providing a sample lesson where Justin teaches two-bar licks that can be played over the G, C…