Lessons

Finding the Melody using the Chords

In this video lesson Keith Yoder teaches how to find the melody of a song by using the chord shapes as a guide. He uses the tune “When The Saints Go Marching In” as his example.

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Christmas Times A Comin

In this video Mike Mitchell teaches Kenny Baker’s intro and break to the bluegrass Christmas classic “Christmas Tims A Comin.”

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Bill Cheatham on the Banjo

In this video Dan Miller teaches a straight forward simple Scruggs style banjo solo to the fiddle tune “Bill Cheatham”

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Ideas from BANJO player Allen Shelton

Brought to you by Hughes Music Banjo

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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.”

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O Come All Ye Fiddlers

For the holiday season, Mike Mitchell provides us with an arrangement of “O Come All Ye Fiddlers.”

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