Lessons

In this video Dan Miller continues his series on improvisation. Here Dan and Tim May introduce the concept of chord tone targeting and demonstrate how to practice targeting the root note of the chord as a first step to learning chord tone targeting in improvisation.

In this video Dan Miller builds on last week’s Improvisation Part 1 video. This week he moves from just using notes out of the chord for improvisation and adds the notes of the major pentatonic scale to the mix.

In this video Dan Miller begins a series on learning how to improvise. This first installment provides the initial step in a method that Dan developed with multi-instrumentalist Tim May. Even if you are a beginner, no matter what instrument you play, you can learn, practice, and use this basic first step towards learning how…

In this video Dan Miller talks about several aspects of timing and keeping time on the bass and then shows some options that can be used when playing a simple root-fifth pattern on the bass.

In this video, Dan Miller continues demonstrating folded scale patterns on the mandolin using the songs “Sailor’s Hornpipe,” “Goodbye, Liza Jane,” “Bill Cheathum,” and “Arkansas Traveler” as examples. Tablature is included at the Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine website Lessons page.

Dan Miller demonstrates a few folded scale patterns on the mandolin and how they appear in song melodies and how they can be used to embellish or enhance song melodies.