Lessons

In this video, Tim May discusses what he calls the “Bluegrass Harmonic Minor” scale and how it can be used to improvise over the dominant III7 chord. He uses a progression similar to that found in the bluegrass tune “The Old Home Place” as an example.

In this video Tim May teaches the scale options available to you when improvising over the flat 7 chord. He uses the song “Salt Creek” to demonstrate.

In this video Tim May describes what scale choices are available to you if you are improvising over a I-IV-V chord progression and interested in giving your solo a bluesy flavor. He demonstrates on the guitar, but the theory would apply to any instrument.

In this video Mike Mitchell teaches a fiddle solo, transcribed from Alison Krauss, for the song “Rain Please Go Away”In this video Mike Mitchell teaches a fiddle solo, transcribed from Alison Krauss, for the song “Rain Please Go Away”

In this video Tim May talks about the best note choices to use when improvising a solo over a Circle of Fifths (Cycle of Fourths) chord progression. He uses the A part to “Alabama Jubilee” and the bluegrass standard “Salty Dog Blues” as examples.

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