Lessons

In this video Tim May explains harmonized scales on the mandolin and demonstrates a variety of ways that they might be used when improvising or creating solos.

Mike Mitchell teaches Kenny Baker’s fiddle break to “Pass Me Not”

In this video lesson, Tim May demonstrates the use of arpeggios on the mandolin through the technique of crosspicking. He shows examples of a number of different useful crosspicking patterns.

In this video Tim May provides his take on playing folded scales on the mandolin. He presents folded scales as part of what he calls “The Big Four” techniques that help when learning how to improvise, which are: scales, folded scales, harmonized scales, and arpeggios. He will address each of these topics as they pertain…

In this video, Tim May continues his series on mandolin improvisation by discussing and demonstrating the concept of chord tone targeting during a solo.

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.