Lessons

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

In this video Dan Miller presents how you might develop ideas about creating your own solos using symmetrical note choice patterns. While idea can apply to any instrument, Dan presents it here using the mandolin.

In this video Dan Miller continues with the topic of building your chord vocabulary by continuing with another example of Texas swing style rhythm, again, using the fiddle tune Sally Goodin’ as an example. This lesson provide an alternate rhythm accompaniment to the popular fiddle tune, different from last week’s example.

In this video Dan Miller continues with the topic of building your chord vocabulary by introducing Texas swing style rhythm using the fiddle tune Sally Goodin’ as an example.

In this video Dan Miller continues with the topic of improving your chord vocabulary on the guitar using Kenny Baker’s “Festival Waltz” as an example.

Dan Miller uses the tune “Sweet Georgia Brown” to demonstrate how you can start to expand your chord vocabulary on the guitar and use a swing style of rhythm on tunes that follow a Circle of Fifths chord progression.