Lessons

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.

Mike Mitchell teaches you how to find a melody on the fiddle and start to build a fiddle solo using the song “Little Mountain Home” as an example.

This video lesson is the fourth in a series where Tim May explains and demonstrates what he calls “The Big Four.” These are four aspects of note selections available to the musician that include: scales, folded scales, arpeggios, and harmonized scales. In the first video he demonstrated several ways of playing scales on the banjo….

This video lesson is the third in a series where Tim May explains and demonstrates what he calls “The Big Four.” These are four aspects of note selections available to the musician that include: scales, folded scales, arpeggios, and harmonized scales. In the first video he demonstrated several ways of playing scales on the banjo….

This video is the second in a series where Tim May explains and demonstrates what he calls “The Big Four.” These are four aspects of note selections available to the musician that include: scales, folded scales, arpeggios, and harmonized scales. In the first video he demonstrated several ways of playing scales on the banjo. In…